CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-241-5-29-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: April 15, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/28: LOC-HAK-241-5-29-7
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I. I AGREE ,WITH P:HAGRAPX 1'i.UTEL. ALL T1
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WE ARE HEADING INTO THE ?SAME KIND OF OITOATIO!...r pUT U MORE
'AGC.RAVATED FORM, THAT DEVELOPED Il THE 1967 H.ECTIONF:. WE WERE
TO HADLE TFE siTvArioo 1I4if"J InTH,A FAO DEGo.LE OF TiCCESS,
BUT I. THINK MORE STRFUOUS NITASTIS WILL bE'NEEDED IN COPING
WITH THE 'PROBLEM .4,91 ; YEAR. THE RESOLUTION REQUIRING CUT OFF
IN AID,IF.ELECTIOr.'3 ARE. NOT "TOTALLY FAIR" IS ASKING SOMETHING
WE HAVE'NOI ACHIEVED IN'TF7 U.S. le IWI-HUNDRED YEARS AND,SEEMS
THE 'ULTIMATE IN ARROGANCE.
TN 1967 THE' dVM EXTENDED INVITATION TO 41 COUNTRUIS AND
SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (THE ICFTU AND THREE
.PARLIAMENTARY ORGANIZATIONS - THE APU, IPU, AND THE COMMON-
WEALTH ORGANIZATION) TO SEND 03SER1w:-..:R5 TO THE ELECTIOC:510 A
'TOTAL OF 116 OFFICIAL FOR7IGC OBSERVERS, OF WITCH 27 WERE
'JOURNALISTS, FROM 24 ,COUNTRIES AND THE NFU! ACCEFTED,III. Vt
INVITATIONSt? IN ADDITION, THERE lqERE APPROXIMATELY 100
.PNCFFICIAL!,OBSERVERS, PREDOMINANTLY JOrRNALIST5. IF TO nag
IS- ADDED :THE? REGULC FOREIGN PRE:"., CORPS 0); ABOUT 275,
CLEAR TH4T1HERE WERE PRESENT NEARLY 69' FOREIt:Y:,!
:THE AMEACAO OBSERVERS REPRESENTED A CROAD SPECTUM CF 1Ft
MERICAN SCENE' INCLUDING THREE SENATORS (HICKELOOPER, i4U3KIE,
VRPHY),JHREE GOVERNORS (HUGHES', NJ; MCCALL, OREGuN; Guy, ,ND),
.AYORS4 CLERGY, JOURNALISM (JOHN S. KNIGHT, PRESIDENT OF -KNIGHT
puBLIGATIONs?, LABOR, MINORITIES (WHITNEY YOUG? 1d3A LEAGUE), A
TOTAL'DF.22.',' IN ADDITION, ATTACHED TO THE U.S. D7LEGATION 'ARE I
SPECIALISTS. INTLECTOAL A 0
FFAIRS RICHARD SCAMMON0 FOFE3SOR
,
HERZBERG, RUTGERS, AND PROFESSOR PE. IN OF GEORGETO THERE
WERE PRESENT ALSO AS UNOFFICIAL OgERVERC FIVE i.,!EN1-2.ER
OF CONGRESS* SENATORS KUCHEL A.:;!D qY'CUTOC, REPRE7E',TAIIV
WOLFE, MCCARTHY, AND nLACKDURI.
4. THE GENERAL CONSESUS OF OUR 0:AVER:', WA-..; THAT THE
ELECTIONS WERE WELL OR(ANIZED, FEF. OF SIIFICVI FRAUD AND
COERCION, 'AND WERE REASONABLY FAIR. THIS VLA V.S ALSC.UXPRE3E")
TO ME SPECIFICALLY BY THE THREE EXPERTS ATTCHED TO OUR GROUP,
MESSRS. 3CAM1ON0 HERZBERG, AND PENNIMA.,,
State Dept.
review completed.
wiTH THIS PREVIOUS EXPEIECA AcKGRouND, I ELIEVL THAI
THIEU WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA OF INVITING OCISERVE,;r: AGAIN.
I SHALL TaY TO TAKE THE EATTEk UP WITH FIM PROMPTLY SO Tliq I
CAN POINT OUT THE IMPORTI\NCE OF SEIZPTI THE IVITIAIIVE IV 0RDER
TO FORESTALL' CONGRESSIONAL ACTION OR AT LF.AqT TO GET IN !kii:AD
OF IT. 1:: SUGGESTION s IF YOUR PARAORAPE 7, PNE,
) ARE ALL :i.00D AND I 5HA1L DISCUSS TH:?:3EsolITH 1iIM, I SH,\LL RFPGia
S SOON A3 ',HAVE ?AN OPPRIMUTY TO TALK WITH TriEu
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/11/28: LOC-HAK-241-5-29-7