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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000600100022-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: February 27, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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REF: A. HEADQUARTERS 745
B. VIENTIANE 161
1. FOR VIENTIANE: APPRECIATE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE TO
REF A SENT AS REF B. WHILE WE REGRET YOUR CONCLUSIONS
WE CANNOT FAULT YOUR ARGUMENTS.
2. REF B, PARA 3, IS IMAGINATIVE ALTERNATIVE WITHIN
LIMITS YOUR RESOURCES AND WE URGE YOU PRESS FORWARD WITH
THIS APPROACH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IN THIS AREA, WE INVITE
YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO OTHER KEY JUNCTION BOXES OUTLINED
BELOW.
A. FOUR SQUARE KILOMETERS BOUNDED BY XD 1440,
1640, 1442, and 1612 WHERE 917 BRANCHES A[tia
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UNNUMBERED ROUTES COMING OFF 914 MEET TO
ROUTE THAT FEEDS SOUTH TO ROUTE 9.
B. TWO SQUARE KILOMETER BOX BOUNDED BY wD ~~~ta"~I
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3. FOR SAIGON: REF B WAS RESPONSE WE ANTICIPATED, BUT
AS VIENTIANE AND YOU WILL RECOGNIZE, IT LEAVES THE PROBLEM
UNSOLVED.
SOURCE INFORMATION ARE CONVINCED MAIN CREST OF ENEMY'S
1971 DRY SEASON LOGISTIC FLOW NOW MOVING THROUGH TCHEPONE
AREA AND IF NOT DAMMED THERE SOONEST WILL SOON BE WELL TO
THE SOUTH OF PRESENT OR PROPOSED LAM SON OPERATIONAL AREA.
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(I. E., WITHIN FIVE TO TEN DAYS), ENEMY WILL HAVE SUCCEEDED
IN FRUSTRATING ONE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF LAM SON 719 BY
INDUSTRIOUSLY EXPLOITING ROUTE 91 /914 ROUTE COMPLEX.
4. WE HAVE BROACHED ABOVE PROBLEM TO JOINT STAFF
(GENERAL VOLT) AND TO SAC5A. THEY ENVINCE GREAT INTEREST
AND DESIRE TO DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE. GTVEN PONDEROUS PACE
OF MILITARY MACHINERY, HOWEVER, SUGGEST YOU MIGHT PROFIT-
ABLY BROACH EITHER GENERAL ABRAMS OR, PERHAPS, GENERAL
W EYAND.
5. WE RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN ANY SUCH
XN~E~ UNDERTAKING, PARTICULARLY AT TIME WHEN MACV
EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY, UPTIGHT, AND MORE THAN NORMALLY
SENSITIVE TO GRATITUITOUS SUGGESTIONS FROM CIVILIANS ON
MILITARY MATTERS. FEASIBILITY OF SUCH AN APPROACH AND
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WEYAND AND STAND SUFFICIENTLY HIGH IN THEIR ESTEEM SO THAT
YOU COULD PROBABLY GET THROUGH THEIR FATIGUE AND/OR
DEFENSIVE REACTIONS. DRAW ON ANY OF ABOVE POINTS OR
TRAFFIC IN ANY WAY YOU WANT TO, BUT IF YOU CAN, TRY TO GET
POINT ACROSS QUIETLY AND PRIVATELY THAT ENEMY IS SIDE-
SLIPPING LAM SON 719 SERIOUSLY ALONG X91 /914 ~ COMPLEX AND UN-
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HE WILL ACHIEVE HIS MAJOR LOGISTICS GOAL DESPITE WHAT
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6. GERMANE BACKGRO UND POINT PROBABLY KNOWN TO YOU
IS THAT ARVN WAS SUPPOSED TO HELILIFT INTO TCHEPONE AREA
O/A 24 FEBRUARY.- IF ARVN FORCES ARE POSITIONED IN TCHEPONE
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