CABLE TO ELLSWORTH BUNKER FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-8-9-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 5, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/17: LOC-HAK-490-8-9-0
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! I HAVE I CUSS WITH GENERAL HATO THE OUTCOME OF HIS
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