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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000600050037-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: February 15, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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IN CONSULTATION WITH SULLIVAN AND OUR COLLEAGUES HERE.
REF C MAY STRIKE YOU AS NEGATIVE BUT BE ASSURED THAT REF B WAS
CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. REF C ACTUALLY REFLECTS A CONSIDERABLE
SOFTENING IN THE DEPARTMENT'S INITIAL ADAMANT REACTION OF "NO
CQV,MENT, PERIOD1S.
2. WE APPRECIATE, PERHAPS MORE THAN OUR DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES,
',SAIGON CLIMATE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A BADGERING PRESS CORPS.
X12A THE CLIMATE HERE, HOWEVER, IS ALSO TRICKY AND CHANGEABLE. WITH
VAN TESTIFYING ON 18 FEBRUARY, A SELF INITIATED 16 FEBRUARY EMBASSY
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