CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-241-4-23-4
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: April 27, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/28: LOC-HAK-241-4-23-4
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2710 APR 7?, / A CAS 'CHANNELS
FROM: AMBASSADOR BUNKER, SAIGON SAIGON 2-49,
THE WHITE HOUSE HENRY A KISSINGER
PO MAY, RECALL'. THAT I HAVE. BEEN 'PLANNING TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON
FQR.THE CEREMONY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SYLVANUS THAYER :AWARD AT
?WF..ST POINT ON.,:rAY,,,13 AND OR CONSULTATIONS IN WASHINGTON SUBSEQUENTLY"
"SOMETIME AGO, '.13ILZ 'SULLIVAN INFORMF. ME THAT SINCE PHIL HABIB 'GAS
ALSO RETURNINGif,'IT' WAS PLANNED THAT CONSULTATIONS WITH YOU. POSSIBLY ,?
THE:.PRESIDENT, A OTHERS WERE TENTATIVELY sCHEDULED FC:,R MAY,
24:?-:,7,r,'T AM ALSOS'.. ;tiLED- TO APPEAR BEFORE THE' SENATE FOREIGN _RELATIONS'
OMMITTEE?,MA ?WHICH I2Att,NOT PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.
, INCE/CAROL WILL BE UNABLE TO ACCGPkNYJIIE'DUE TO,Titi A SENCE
DCM,.'.4Y,HAD,,PLANNED-,TO LEAVE HERE MAY 2 OR 30 LEAVE KATHMANDU
N, THE. 5TH "AND ARRIVE IN ,WASHINGTV THE NIGHT OF MAY 6" SINCE, THE
SITUATION NERE:,..HAS CHANGED' CONS-IDE:I.?, ,BLY WITHIN THE 'LAST WEEKS'''. HAVE.
WANTED' TO SEND' THIS ,REMINDER LANS'IN CASE YOU OR THE PRESIDENT
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FEEL' I SHOULD CHANGE THEW'
,NEW ,SUBjE
3. WHILE I REPORTED ON SATURDAY THAT PRF.SIDENT THIEU WAS GREATLY
,DISTURBED AND UPSET BY THE LEAK ON THE SHIPMENT OF AK-47'S TO PHNOM
PENH, WHEN I SAW HIM THIS MORNING HE VAS IYIUCH MORE RELAXED, TO
WHICH A-DAY?.$ FISHING YESTERDAY AT YUNG TAU No DQUBT CONTRIBUTED.'
,YOU WILL HAVE, SEEN ALREADY .THE MESSAGES WHICH HAVE GONE. OUT ON
THE SHIPMENT; TO BE 'MADE AT 0300 , TOMORROW APRIL 3 (SAIGON 6393
AND . 6395) OKA LATTER .,REFLECTING THIEU'S PRESENT MORE OPTIMISTIC
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/28: LOC-HAK-241-4-23-4