CABLE TO RICHARD T. KENNEDY FROM ALEXANDER HAIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-9-23-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 22, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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T O S E N S I T I V E EYES ONLY
NOVEt~9BER 22, 1972
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TOs RICHARD T. KENNEDY, THE GIHITE HOUSE
FROM: GENERAL HAIG "
PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY TO
AMBASSADOR BUNKER FOR DELIVERY AS CL05E A5 FOSSIBLE TO OPENING
OF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 23.
VTA BUNKER CHANNEL - '
T0: AMBASSADOR BUNKER
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER
THE PRESIDENT HAS ASKED THAT YOU DELIVER THE FOLLOWING
MESSAGE FROM HIM TO PRESIDENT THIEU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BEGIN TEXT. I AM INCREASINGLY DISMAYED AND APPREHENSIVE
OVER THE PRESS CAMPAIGN Er1ANATItiG FROM SAIGON. THERE ARE ALLE-
GATIONS THAT MY ASSOCIATES ARE NOT INFORI~9ING ME ACCURATELY OF
YOUR VIEWS AND THAT YOU HAVE THEREFORE DISPATCHED A SPECIAL
EMISSARY TO WASHINGTON TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK. THE UNFOUNDED
ATTACKS ON THE DRAFT AGREEMENT HAVE CONTINUED WITH INCREASING
FREQUENCY.
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IN ADDITION, I AM STRUCK UY THE DILATORY TACTICS W}{ICl-{
WE ARE EXPERIENCING FROM YOUR SIDE IN PARIS. IT IS EVIDENT
THAT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THERE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN WITH
SUFFICTENT TIMELINESS THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WHICH WE MllST
HAVE IF WE ARE ADEQUATELY TO REPRESENT Y~"IR VIEWS DURING THE
NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING THE PROTOCOLS RELATED TO THE DRAFT
AGREEMENT WHICH WERE PROVIDED TO YOUR GOVERNMENT IN SAIDON SOME
TWO WEEKS AGO. '
AS I TOLD 'YOU IN MY LETTERS OF NOVEhI}3ER 8, 14, AIdD 18,
I WILL PROCEED PROh}PTLY TO A FINAL SOLUTION IF AN ACCEPTABLE
FIPIAL AGREEMENT IS ARRTVED AT IN PARIS THIS WEEK. GTVEN MY
CLEAR -1ESSAGES AND THOSE CONVEYED BY MY RE}~RESENTATIVES THESE
PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ANY FURTHER DELAY FROM YOUR SIDE CAN ONLY
BE INTERPRETED AS AN EFFORT TO SCUTTLE THE AGRF.EI4ENT. THIS
WOULD HAVE A DISASTROUS EFFECT ON OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR EMISSARY IN WASHINGTON
AS SOON AS THE PARIS SES5IONS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED, BUT IN THE
INTERTI9 I MU5T URGE YOU THIS ONE LAST TIh9E NOT TO PUT OURSELVES
IRREVOCABLY AT ODDS. IF THE CURRENT COURSE CONTINUES AND YOU
FAIL TO JOIN US IN CONCLUDING A SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT WITH
hANOI, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT 14lILL PROCEED AT WHATEVER
THE COST. END TEXT.
FOR KENNEDY: PLEASE GIVE A COPY DF .THE ABOVE'
TEXT TO HALDE~IAN AND TELL HIM THAT THTS IS THE
ISSUE HAK DISCUSSED WITH HIM ON THE PHONE AND
THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT HE TAKE THIf
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