CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-9-16-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 15, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LO~K-490-9-16-1 19-171
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T 0 P G E C R E T SENSITIVE 1511302 NO VIA CAS CHANNELS (BUNKEW5
FROM: !N9ASSADORBUNKER -AIGON 0271 FLASH
TO: THE WHITE HOUSE, EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
REFS : A) WHS 2244; B) WHS 2247
DELIVER OPENING OF BUSINESS
1. I FINALLY SAW THTEU AT 18014 TODAY AND DELIVERED THE PRESIDENT'S
LETTER TO HIM.. HE READ THE LETTER CAREFULLY, MADE NOTES AS HE
WEPT ALONG, BUT OFFERED NO COMMENT.
2. I THEN SAID THAT I HAD RECEIVED THE DRAFT OF THE CHANGES WE: WILL
SEEK TO GET FROM THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AT THE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK;
THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO OBTAIN THESE CONCESSIONS FROM THE OTHER
SIDE, BUT WE DO NOT BELIEVE WE CAN GET THEM ALL; THEY ARE PART OF
THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS. I POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME FIFTEEN
CHANGE'S IN THE DRAFT INCORPORATING OUR NEW PROPOSALS AND PROPOSED
THAT A TASK FORCE ON OUR SIDE MEET WITH A TASK FORCE TO BE DESIG-
NATED BY HIM TO GO OVER THESE CHANGES IN DETAIL. I STRESSED THE
ABSOLUTE URGENCY OF DOING THIS WITHOUT DELAY IN VIEW OF THE LIMITED,
TIME AVAILABLE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20. I
PROPOSED THAT WE MEET TOMORROW MORNING; ON OUR SIDE. WEHWOULD HAVE
A"' 3ASSADOR WHITEHOUSE, MR. BENNETT,~AND MYSELF.
3. 1 CAVE THIE11 A COPY OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND OFFERED TO GO
OVER WITH HIM THE CHANGES WE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT CONCERNING HIS
THREE MAJOR CONCERNS: A) OBSERVANCE OF THE DMZ; B) WITHDRAWAL
OF P'VA TROOPS TO NORTH VIETNAM; AND C) THE COMPOSITION AND ROLE
OF THE {.CRC. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO STUDY THE DRAFT OVER-
NIGHT !&"'D CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF IT TOMORROW.
4. I SAID THAT, AS THE PRESIDENT HAS POINTED OUT, WHAT WE DO
SHOULD THE ENEMY RENEW ITS AGGRESSION IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT
THAN WPnT ,'E SAY IN THE WGREEMENT. THE PRESIDENT HAD ASKED ME
TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THE ULTIMATE PROTECTION FOR THE GVN IS
CUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT THE AGREEMENT AND THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN WRITTEN ASSURANCE OF OUR FIRM INTENTION TO
DO SO. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT OBSERVED, THAT
IF THE CEASEFIRE IS VIOLATED, WE WILL REACT PROMPTLY AND EFFECTIVELY
IN SUPPORT OF. THE GVN.
DOS Review Completed.
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5. T RECALLED THAT GENERAL HAIG HAD GIVEN NHA A DRAFT PROTOCOL
ON THE I"'TERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CONTROL AND SUPERVISION AND
THAT WE H'.lE SINCE RECEIVED A DRAFT PROTOCOL COVERNING THE FOUR-
PARTY JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION. YF MILL ALSO GO OVER THESE
WITH HIS TASK FORCE, BUT BELIEVE THAT THE PROTOCOLS SHOULD BE
NEGOTIATED BY OUR TWO DELEGATIONS IN PARIS, SINCE WE CONSIDER
THE KLESER FORUM AS THE ONLY AVAILABLE PLACE FOR FOUR PARTY
DISCUSSIONS.
5. THESE WILL BE NEEDED TO DEVELOP AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER
SIDE ON THE PROTOCOLS. WE HOPED, THEREFORE, THAT HE WILL.
AT'THORIZE HIS DELEGATION IN PARIS TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT PROTOCOLS
WITH THE U.S. DELEGATION. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE BEGIN DISCUS-
SIONS PROMPTLY.
7. THIEU EXPRESSED SOME DOUBT WHETHER THE GVN HAD ADEQUATE
STAFF IJ'a PARIS TO UNDERTAKE THIS. I REPLIED THAT THE PROTOCOLS
WERE QUITE SIMPLE AND I THOUGHT THEY' WOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN
HANDLING THIS WITH OUR DELEGATION.
S. THIFU SAID THAT O RA WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH ME IN THE MORNING TO
,SET UP THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND I SHALL BE REPORTING PROMPTLY.
9. WARM REGARDS.-
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LOC-HAK-490-9-16-1