CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM VIENTIANE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-3-12-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 5, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/06: LOC-HAK-248-3-12-0
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P 051014Z JAN 73 ZFF1
F,l VIENTIANE
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FM AMBASSADOR GODLEY VIENTIANE 637
TCo THE WHITE HOUSE, EYES ONLY DR. KISSINGER
WHITEHOUSE: PLEASE ALSO PASS PARIS FOR AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN
RFF: AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN'S MESSAGES 031932Z JAN
AND 0410002 JAN.
1. SISOUK IS OUT OF TOWN AND WON'T BE RETURNING TO
VIENTIANE UNTIL JANUARY 6. LAST NIGHT I INFORMED PRIME
MINISTER OF THE GIST OF TWO TELEGRAMS UNDER REFERENCE AND
HF WAS MOST APPRECIATIVE. HE CONCURRED WITH KHAMPHAN'S
CYNICISM REGARDING AN EARLY ACCORD AND AGREED THAT KHAMPHAN
SHOULD NOT REPEAT NOT CONTACT THE DRV UNTIL SITUATION
CHANGED. HE WAS PARTICULARLY RELIEVED THAT SULLIVAN WILL
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH KHAMPHAN.
2. 1 TOOK THE OCCASION TO REFER TO THE ANNOYANCE BEING
EXPRESSED IN SOME QUARTERS IN VIENTIANE ABOUT THE LPF'S
ATTITUDE IN THE TALKS HERE. RE VIENTIANE'S. 0062 HE
CONCURRED THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR PATIENCE AND THE TALKS
SHOULD GO ON HERE ON AS EVEN A KEEL AS POSSIBLE. GODLEY
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/06: LOC-HAK-248-3-12-0