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CIA-RDP80R01720R000600100048-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 16, 2016
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October 25, 2004
Sequence Number: 
48
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Publication Date: 
January 14, 1971
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CABLE
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y :.'~STR IC7ED HANDL ry.~ G T DE DELIVERED DIflECTLY TO S'PE.CIAL SAL G ~ ..', v hlr,T r v r r r n R4~Np~~~eQ ~~r ~ Aelease52~~4/L1~?, f 02 ~ ~~la,6F,?~P#~1.R000 00100048-9 OR I u; CACarver, Jr. UN IT: DCI/SAVA 25X1EXT:: TOI DATE: 14Jan71 (CLASSIFICATION) 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 REFS: A. HEADQUARTERS 070 C . SAIGON 298 REST~~CTED ~Ai~DLI~lG CLASSIFIED MESSAGE S E C R E T (DATE AND TIME FILED) Copy of ~JJ~ ~.~ `~ `i-1 ~K/~--. CITE h~EADQUARTE~S ..-4~= 1. R,EF5 B, C AND D W ERE MOST TIMELY AND HELPFUL. THEY WERE PACKAGED INTO AN EYES ONLY MEMORANDUM FOR MR. PACKARD W RICH WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. MANY THANKS. THESE REFS -- - COMMENTED ON THE ROUTE 2X1 4 CLEARING OPERATION NOW UNDERWAY. ) 2. ABOVE EXCHANGE, HOWEVER, POINTS UP A PROBLEM NOT F EASY TO GET HOLD OF BUT ONE LIKELY TO BE WITH US FOR SOME TIME, AS YOU WELL KNOW, ARVN (OR FOR THE' T MATTER FARK) UNLIKELY TO GIN UP MAJOR OPER.ATIONSdoR-E~NA'E~ o LLE'SJOINT ARVN-FARK VEI~TTURE:= , ~~N~X RELEASING OFFICER S E C R E T THISpFORM FORaUSE IBY AUI`tIORIZED RESTRICTED ~i~N~LO~~~5 ONLY : i__--~- p~o,,,~~ayy~,,ry,E,. ,pFiAgB. p~q r~t~ rTp~r$p~ f,..j y~~T~,~~ ~n NTER. 1t*STfi1CTED HANDIA~~Ii'~Y~~'~~~r~'G"c~~E~dV4/IL~UL~IrIH-KUrB~Ke~/Ll7TC~U ~UU~UUU4$-9 D~3 NOT E%CEED 69 TYPEWRITTEN c,riARACTERS PER LINE, INCLUDING SPACES. ORIG; UP! IT: EX7:: DATE: S E C R E T RESTRICTED HAI~DLII~C~ CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CITE HEA?C~llARTERS ?I?? PAGE TWO WITHOUT ASSURING THEMSELVES OF AT LEAST STANDBY US SUPPORT, ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SUPPORT, HOWEVER, ARE USUALLY .~K LAID ON AND APPROVED VIA VERY GLOSE HOLD, BACK CHANNEL DISCOURSE BETWEEN MACV, CINCPAC, SECDEF AND WHITE HOUSE. 3. OUR PROBLEM DERIVES FROM FACT THAT FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, ARRANGEMENTS HERE FOR KEEPING COPY of APPRISED 25X1 OF SUCH PLANS OR APPROVALS ARE HAPHAZARD, UNCERTAIN AND NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE. THUS WE RUN THE CONTINUING RISK THAT IN ITS PUBLICATIONS WILL DRAW ON DISSEMS, OR SAIGON 25X125X1 SENT VIA NORMAL REPORTS CHANNELS, IN WAYS THAT LEAD IT TO SAY THINGS IN PU BLIGATIONS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF, THAT DO LITTLE TO ENHANCE MADE IN THE EYES OF THESE PUBLICATIONS VERY'HIGH-LEVEL RECIPIENTS, E. G., 'ITEMS BASED ON SECOND-HAND STATION REPORTS ABOUT POSSIBLY IMPENDING OPERATIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS IN FACT PERSONALLY THIS FORMV FOR USE`BY AUTHORIZED RESTRICTED 'HANDLING MESSAGE USERS ONLY : ~~^- 25X1 1~ ~?E~T~2ICTED HAN G MES A E ~1UST DE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO SPECIAL "NAL CENTER. 4~~rovec~ for Re~~~~ ~04~~1?/I~ ; ~Q,-~Q,~dB?GZ4'~000600100048-9 2. DO NOT EXCEED 69 TYPEWRITTr~cH 25X1 25X1 ORIG: UNlT: EXT:: DATE: TO RES T ~6CTED FiAi~IDLII~I~ CLASSIFIED MESSAGE S E C R E T CITE HEADQUARTERS PAGE THREE VETTED AND APPROVED. 4. THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO ARISE IF WSAG, ON WHICH IS REPRESENTED, MET REGULARLY, BUT IN RECENT WEEKS WSAG HAS NOT CONVENED. THIS i~EAVES 25X1 WEEKLY SESSIONS WITH LAIRD AND PACKARD AS OUR BEST CONTINUING BACK- STOP, BUT THESE FREE FORM DISCUSSIONS WHOSE AGENDA IS SET LARGELY BY. SECDEF .~?~'?~~ ARE NOT IDEAL VEHICLE FOR THIS PURPOSE. ~,. TO DATE, SEC}DEF HAS ALWAYS BEEN FORTHCOMING IN RESPONSE TO DIRECT QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS' TO ASK. 5. FVS 24, 345 RELAYED BY SAIGON 24580 (IN 243805) IS MOST RECENT EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REPORT THAT, UNAMPLIFIED, CAUSES US PROBLEMS. DOES IT OR DDES IT NOT MEAN THAT SCHEDULED 15 JANUARY KICKOFF DATE FOR OPERATION HAS BEEN SLIPPED? (PLEASE CLARIFY THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. )? IT WOULD BE MOST COORDINATING OFFICERS - RELEASING OFFICER S E C R E T THISpFORMaFOR USE BY AUI`IiORIZED ' STRICTED ~~ M~~~~~T~ERS ONLY : 1.---_;T~~= =. i~. as FORM !.32Qrj ,R:~+:':t!CTED HANDLING MESSAGES ;7 DE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO SF`CIY~~L :; SAL CENT[H. z . c~~::, ..r EXCEED s T?lal~"L~GI~/Prflr ~rI,~~S2Q~,~/1 ~(p2 ; ,~~.~i~-DR,~P~~,~0~171000600100048-9 ORIG, u~IT: EXT:? DATE: CITE h1EADQlJARTERS TO ~~~~ HELPFUL IF SAIGON AND COULD AMPLIFY DISSEMS OF THIS NATURE BY ~~ SIMULTANEOUS COMMENT IN COMMAND CHANNEL (OR, IF SENSITIVITY SO DICTATES, THIS CHANNEL) PUTTING REPORT IN PERSPECTIVE IN LIGHT OF OTHER KNOWLEDGE FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY GLEANED OR TELLING US THAT YOU HAVE NO FUR~'HER 25X1 LIGHT TO SHED. IT WOULD ALSO HELP I OULD KEEP US CURRENT BY ADDING HIS COMMENTS TO SUCH DISSEMS FROM CINCPAC WHEN FEASIBLE OR APPROPRIATE, 25X1 25X1 25X1 DOES NOT EXPECT TO BE MADE PRIVY TO ALL CLASSIFIED MESSAGE DETAILS OF SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL PLANNING. DO, HOWEVER, NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR Copy FROM INADVERTANTLY CLIMBING OUT ON 1~~ LIMBS IN THEIR PUBLICA- 25X1 TIONS IN WAYS THAT MAKE 25X1 William E, Ne son, C / FE C/ rLOOK FOOLISH. 25X1 25X1 G orge Ao Carver, Jx SA VA RELEASING OFFICER I S E C R E T AUTHENTICATING OFFICER Approved For R~~1IIU41"f'27D`~GT~-RDPBUKU T20R000600100048-9 THIS FORM FOR USE BY AUTHORIZED I4ESTRICTED HANDLING MESSAGE USERS ONLY: RESTRICTED H~6~DLI~IG FDF::+: 32U~ 4.70 "~