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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000600050004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 31, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

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WITH , EVANS CREDITS MR. GOODWIN WITH HAVING TAUGHT-
SOURN" :.:TS' TRADE WHEN HE WAS CUB REPORTER, NO VY
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AT T_HEh..'DARTERS PRIOR TO MID-EAST TRIP LAST YEAR ANv
NOVAK LENGTHY BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON VIETNAM, LAOS A"-,,..
CAMBOD. P::tIC , TO HIS DEPARTURE', NO `3'AK WAS EFFUSIVELY
PLAYED GAME ACCORDING' TO HOYLE.
2. WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ADVISING YOU FYI
HIMSELF '-,-N/OST GRATEFUL. SO FAR AS WE AWARE., HE ADHE?7.
SCRUPU,_)USLY TO NO ATTRIBUTION GROUND RULES AND G : NNE Rr
SEEMS :L :E:RY WE ELL DISPOSED TOW.:-::.D
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MADE POINT OF PRAISING) ND EE ED GENERALLY SYMPATH_.
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TO US POLICY. BASIC THEME OF BRIEFING WAS THAT ISXsF LEtTMO`-'. l'
BEHIND CURRENT, AND PAST DECADE'S, DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHCG-
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INDOCHINA WAS EXPANSIONIST, AGGRESSIVE DESIGNS OF LAO DONG POrl.r.,:
IN HANOI. NOVAK DID NOT DISAGREE AND IN FACT VOICED RATIJER
PERSONAL SENTIMENTS. AT ONE POINT HE OBSERVED THAT CU RE:N i
HEADLINES MADE MUCH MALIGNED DOMINO THEORY LOOK PRETTY
3. GIVEN ABOVE, SUGGEST YOU GRANT NOVAK WHATEVER T'' YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITS AND, SUBJECT TO USUAL RESTRICT'--NS .',':-'D
GROUND RULES, ENGAGE IN WHATEVER SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION, I v-
PERSON"AL INCLINATIONS DICTATE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE A " \O ON
ANY SUCH CONVERSATIONS FOR OUR RECORDS.
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