CABLE TO ELLSWORTH BUNKER FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-5-27-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: May 2, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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TOPSECRET SENSITIVE EYES ONLY
TRUE DTG 020922Z MAY 72
TO: AMBASSADOR BUNKER
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER
CITE: WHS2057 ?
DELIVER IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT
REF: SAIGON ?S1.
THANK
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAIGON 0081.
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I AM SURE THAT THIEU IS MORE AWARE THAN WE OF THE
SHORTCOMINGS OF HIS COMMANDERS. AT THIS JUNCTURE, HE ?
WILL NEED' ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WE CAN
MUSTER. WE MUST BE SURE THAT OUR OWN DISAPPOINTMENTS IN
ARVN PERFORMANCES DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO A FURTHER WORSENING:
OF THE SITUATION.
IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT I AM ABOUT IN PARIS TODAY,
THERE IS DANGER THAT THIEU MIGHT WELL CONSTRUE HIS
DISCUSSION WITH YOU AND ABRAMS AS PRELUDE TO US ACTION
WITH OTHER SIDE WHICH COULD SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZE THE
CHARACTER OF US SUPPORT. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU AGAIN
URGENTLY SEE THIEU AND REASSURE HIM OF OUR FULL SUPPORT
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF MY DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS TODAY. YOU
SHOULD ALSO ASSURE HIM THAT WE WILL KEEP HIM PROMPTLY AND
FULLY APPRISED OF THE OUTCOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT
THERE WILL BE NO DEVIATIONS FROM THE GAME PLAN THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DESCRIBED TO HIM.
PLEASE, ADVISE.
WARM REGARDS.
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