VIETNAM AD HOC WORKING GROUP, NOVEMBER 3, 1970

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-488-19-19-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 10, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
INFORMATION
November 10, 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILES
SUBJECT:
The RMK Strike
Ambassador. Sullivan said the RMK Strike was getting serious. It
has now been going on a long time and we need to be prepared to
take a position. He has sent out a telegram asking the Mission
Council for its views.
Long-run Economic Study
Sullivan said that the Secretary has asked for a study of the long --
run.prospect of the South Vietnamese economy. It appears that the
study which Mr. Nooter is arranging through IDA will help answer
the Secretary's questions.
Sihanoukville Infiltration
Sullivan said that have asked us for the information we
have regarding infiltration through Sihanoukville. Mr. Carver said
he would like to delay giving them anything at least several weeks
until we get all the data straightened out. He will be in touch with
Vietnam Ad Hoc Working Group, November 3, .1970
Mr. Sullivan said that he thought the political value of
the material was sufficiently high that we should try to give it to them.
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POW's
Sullivan said that we have a cable going out on holiday releases, with
an additional paragraph indicating that we may follow up with a demand
for large-scale releases. Laird is pushing this. He will talk to
Bunker about it, but there is no indication whether Thieu will agree.
Bunker's and Ky's Schedules
Sullivan said that he would try soon to get the appointments for Bunker
and Ky with the President pinned down through the NSC. It is not
certain that Bunker should be here during Ky's presence. We want
to have as little time as possible between the announcement of Ky's
visit and the visit itself to give less time for demonstrators to get
organized.
The Cease-Fire Paper
Mr. Kirk said the exact scope of the paper to be prepared by the first
panel is still uncertain. The VSSG staff wants the panel not just to deal
with cease-fire but to develop negotiating packages relating political
proposals and other subjects to cease-fire. There was some discussion
of this and it was generally agreed that the panel should not go beyond
the request made by Dr. Kissinger for a study of the cease-fire negotia-
ting position.
The 1972 Budget
Nooter said that he was sending the budget forward to OMB, with an
information copy for the NSC. The budget proposal has been cleared
by all. There was some discussion about the possibility of Japanese
assistance to Vietnam, with Nooter saying that we do not expect much
Japanese help in 1972 but are counting on more later.
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Sullivan said that some work should be done on developing the
Vietnarnization fund. Nooter said that everybody agrees that such
a fund is a good idea but we have to sort out how we want to run it.
Perhaps the stabilization aspects can be emphasized to tempt the
Japanese. Sullivan said we need to get an idea if the Congress will
accept such a cash grant formula. Nooter said they may not like it at
first but may accept it once it is explained.
General Smith raised the subject of Postmaster Blount's visit to
Hanoi, expressing concern as to whether or not Blount realized that
many POW's do not write because of an understanding between them-
selves and their families that they will not do so. They feel the
-failure to write subjects them to less pressure.
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