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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700110013-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 21, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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DURING FIRST PHASE OF BR. KISSINGER?S VISIT TO SAIGON
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18 THROLiGH 21 OCTOBER HE HAD FOLLOWING COIdTAGTS :WITH STATION
PERSONNEL ? .
2. COS ATTF~NDED DINNER AT AMBASSADOR BUNKER' S
RESIDENCE DURING WHICi:i GUEST ION OF STAT ION' S REPORTING CAML UP.
THIS WAS PREVSOUSLY REPORTED IN
3r ON 2p OCTOBER IN MEETING WITI"I CGS ALONE! KI5SINGirR
ASKED SERIES OF QUEST ICNS ON ANT IGIPATED IMPACT ON SOUTH VIETNAM
OF CEASE-FIRE "IN PLACE". HE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
SECURITY AND CONTROL POSTURE OF GVN. COS REPLIES WERE
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BASICALLY ALONG LINES OF RECENT AND-DRAFT SUBMISSIONS
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TO AMBASSADOR, SENT TO HEAD~ilARTERS FOR INFO ONLY IN
q. ON 21 OCTOBER KISSINGER ATT-ENDED REGULAR- MORNING
i~1 IL ITARY BR TEEING PRE'aENTED TO AMBASSADOR BY MEMBER OF
IND ICAT IONS A11D ANALYSIS STAFF. BRIEFER THIS MORNING GIAS
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S(.n,L IVAN WITH 'GREAT APLOMB ~'~D GAVE COHERENT, WELL. CDNSTRl1CTt1RED
BRIEFING? HIGHLIGHT WAS SITUATION IN MILITARY REGION THREE WHERE
f'REEM.PTIVE MOVES ON GROUND AND IN THE ATR APPEAR TO HAVE
FOILED ENEMY?S PLANNEt~ OCTOBER 20 HIGHP~INTa
5. 21 OGT?r~~BER" L UNGH AT COS RESIDENCE ATTENDED F3Y
DR? KISSINGE:Rx AMBASSADORS BUNKER~~SULLIVAN AND WkiITEHOUSE,
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ON CURRENT MILITARY SITUATIONS PAC IFICAT?ION AND C~3>NSEQUENCEa~ OF
POSSIBLE CEASEmFIREo COtVCENSUS OF` SAIGON REPRESENTATIVES GCAS
THAT GVN COULD COPE IN STEADY ~t3T' ?~~SPECTACt~LAR FASHION WITH
G}iALLENCES OF CEASEFIRE ~ AIVD TFfAT T~fERE APPEARS TO BE SER ItJUS
GAP BETWEEN FIELD EVALUATIONS ~i~ SITUATION AND II~iPRESSON
REFLECTED IN WASHINGTaNo INR ANALYSIS ? ? SaUT~{ VIETNAM: ~-~''~
THE THREAT` TO SAIGON ? ? SEAT AS STATE TELEGRAM 190978 WAS
REPEATEDLY CITED .AS EICAMPLE E1F ANALYSIS WHICH OVERSTATES
E~ECnY CAPABILITIES 1~NJD MI~lI~1IZES EF~f~'E,CTIVENESS AN}~ CONTINUITY
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DISCUSSED IN SfDME DETAIL 'MILITARY
DEVELOPMENfiS IN LAST- Ft1RTYEIGHT HOURS IN [
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REVIEWED PROSPECTS FOR NEXT LOGISTICS OFFENSIVE AND COS
AfdD ~,i"SASSADOR WHITE HO USE TOUCHED ON VARIETY OF POLITICAL
'AND MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS. OVERALL CONCLUSION PRESENTED
S.E: AR AT ELY 9Y KISSINGER AND BY Si;LLIVAN WAS THAT THEY WILL DE
LEAVING SAIGON WITH VERY DIFFERENT IMPRESSION FROt~i WHAT THEY HAD
UP~JN ARR IVAL. IN NUTSHELL , LOCAL ESTIMATES REFLECT FAR h~ORE
t~PTIt?~ISTIG VIE'w' OF SITUATION THAN WHAT .THEY NAD GATHERED IN
tJASHINGTON. EZ IMPDET WN-SISM.
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:x Ii7r,~ ~issinger's views on Agency's- reporting of ~~outh Vietnam situatio:.r~.
~~~~ ~Re drafts prepared by station for Ambassador Bunker''s report to President,.
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