CABLE TO PRIORITY SAIGON FROM DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300030032-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2002
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 2, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. RICHARD MOOSE AND CHARLES MEISSNER, SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE STAFF, DEPARTED WASHINGTON THIS MORNING FOR
SAIGON. ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THEIR TRIP WAS TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE'S
INFORMATION ON THE POLITICALI, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND REFUGEE
SITUATION IN VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA. THEIR TRIP WAS SCHEDULED TO
LAST FROM A WEEK TO TEN DAYS.AND THEY ORIGINALLY NPLANNED TO
DEPART WASHINGTON TOMORROW. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE, OF COURSE,
CHANGED THE FOCUS OF THEIR ATTIIENTION AND ACCELERATED THEIR
DEPARTURESY
2. MOOSE AND MEISSNER HAD PLANNED TO COME TO HEADQUARTERS FOR
A BRIEFING BY ACTING NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER/
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, YESTERDAY BUT THEIR ACCELERATED DEPARTURE
CAUSED THEM TO CANCIEL THAT MEETING. MOOSE DID, ^HOWEVER, SIT IN
ON A DETAILED BRIEFING WHICH GAVE TO SENATOR DICK CLARK
OF IOWA EARLIER THIV UUWEEK AND TALKED WITH II BY TELEPHONE
JUST PRIOR TO HIS ?DEPARTURE.Y
DATE: 2 APRIL 1975
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3. CHAIRMAN SPARKMAN IN A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR REQUESTED
THE AGENCY'S COOPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TRIP AS WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PRIAST? AS USUAL, MOOSE AND MEISSNER WILL PREPARE A
CLASSIFIED REPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE UPON THEIR RETURN. IF THE
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO ISSUE A PUBLIC VERSION OF THE REPORT WE WILL
BE CONSULTED REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION?Y
4. REGRET INCONVENIENCE THIS VISIT MAY CAUSE STATION IN VIEW
OF PRESENT-SITUATION BUT REQUEST YOU ASSIST MOOSE AND MEISSNER
CONSISTENT WITH EXIGENCIES OF THE SITUATION. E2 IMPDET?d
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