Second Version of Communist Violations Memorandum

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01719R000400290001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 15, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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CENTRAL INTE LLIGENCZ AGENCY
WASHINGTON. 1D.C. 24305
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
15 May 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJECT Second Version of Communist
Violations Memorandum
1. On 10 May, per your request relayed by Ambassador
Sullivan, we sent General Scowcroft three papers for your
briefing book. One of these was a TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE
memorandum entitled, "Communist Violations of the 27 January
Vietnam Agreement" (TCS No. 3242/73, 10 May 1973). As
requested, this memorandum drew on the full range of our
collection resources. In cataloguing direct or presumptive
Communist violations of the 27 January Agreement, the memorandum
identified the sources on which individual items were based
and was explicitly candid about our areas of doubt or uncertainty.
2. After that 10 May Communist violations memorandum
had been received, Mr. Stearman (on your behalf) asked that
we rewrite it in a version that, if you so desired, could be
handed to the North Vietnamese during the course of your
session with Le Duc-Tho.. Attached is our response to this
request.
3 . Preparing this second -version was not an easy task
and required the exercise of a good deal of discretionary
judgment. We naturally wanted to keep the memorandum
sufficiently explicit and detailed to meet your needs At the
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same time, we had to avoid undue risk of compromise to our
ability to serve you in the future.
To the best of our ability we have tried to meet both requirements.
4. Though the document carries no classification and
was designed for passage to the North Vietnamese, we would
still urge that it be given no wider circulation than you deem
absolutely essential.
Despite the fact
that the North Vietnamese may get this text and can easily pass
copies to the Soviets and the Chinese, this text (in its present
form) should not be- put into the public domain..
propaganda points. Hence, we excised all indications of doubt
or uncertainty and all references to GVN evidence or activity
that could be debatable If you use this text, we? w ould.
respectully suggest that you term it a catalogue of representative
examples of the kind of Communist activity we are protesting,
leaving its recipients in some doubt about just how much more
we know.
interest," i.e. , language that the North Vietnamese could to
against us.or exploit (out of context) to score debating or
5. In revising the original 10 May memorandum to
make it suitable for possible passage to the North Vietnamese,
we also made several other types of editorial change. We
decided to eliminate all statements we considered "against
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6. We are sending five copies of this revised memorandum
to you for your and your staff's use. We are also sending one
copy to Ambassador Sullivan. We plan no further distribution
unless you instruct otherwise. If you desire any further changes
or editorial modifications to make this document optimum for
your needs, please let us know.
/s/
James R. Schlesinger
Director
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