North Vietnam's Hand in the Cambodian Struggle

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80T01719R000400230001-5
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 23, 1998
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
May 12, 1973
Content Type: 
MF
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP80T01719R000400230001-5.pdf42.22 KB
Body: 
Approved For Release 199109/08 : CIA-RDP80T01719R00040023QW1-5 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 12 May 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs SUBJECT North Vietnam's Hand in the Cambodian Struggle 1. Attached for your information is a package of two comple- mentary memoranda, prepared in response to requests from Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Stearman. The shorter piece ("Hanoi's Role in Cambodia") is a summary analysis of what kind of support Hanoi is providing the Khmer Communists, how Hanoi is providing that support, why Hanoi is providing it and what would happen to the Khmer insurgent movement if North Vietnamese support were with- drawn. The longer piece ("Hanoi's Proxy War in Cambodia") is a survey of the whole record of Vietnamese Communist involvement in Cambodian affairs. 2. Five copies of each of these two memoranda are being sent to you and one copy of each to Ambassador Sullivan. Beyond that, we will make no additional distribution unless or until you direct other- wise. 25X1A9a Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs Copy to Ambassador Sullivan with attachments Approved For Release 1999/09/0 -RDP80TO1719R000400230001-5 7' =7