CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-9-3-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 2, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LOC-HAK-490-9-3-5
'T 0 P S E C R E T SENSITIVE 9552 NU 12 VIA CAS CHANNELS (BUNKER)
FROM: AMBASSADOR BUNKER '. SAIGON
0245 .IMMEDIATE
TO: THE WHITE HOUSE, EXCLUSIVELY EYES. ONLY FOR. HENRY' A. KISSINGER
REFS: A)'WHS 2329; B) WHS. 2310
1. IN CHECKING WITH NHA ON MY APPOINTMENT TODAY, HE REPORTS THAT
THIEU IS STILL.LAID UP AND'WILL NOT BE ABLE. TO SEE ME. NHA SAID THAT
THIEU HOPES TO BACK ON THE JOB TOMORROW AND WILL SEE ME AS
SOON AS. HE RETURNS TO THE OFFICE. I REGRET DELAY IN REPORTING, BUT
SUPPOSE WE MAY TAKE SOME SMALL . COMFORT IN-THE ABSENCE, FOR A
SHORT PERIOD AT LEAST,. OF THE KIND OF NEGATIVE AND DAMAGING STATE-
MENTS IN WHICH HE .HAS BEEN .INDULGING RECENTLY.
2. I SHALL 'TAKE UP WITH HIM TOMORROW POINTS MADE IN REFERENCED
MESSAGES. PARAGRAPH 2 OF REF A MENTIONS INFORMATION PROVIDED
LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW- YORK TIMES AND CBS ON THE ISSUE OF
NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS .IN THE SOUTH. . SINCE.' THERE ARE SEVERAL
DAYS DELAY IN RECEIVING PAPERS HERE, WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN ARTICLES
I
N EITHER NEWSPAPER AND.WOULD APPRECIATE F tUMT CAN PASS
ON TO THIEU. Tair
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ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LOC-HAK-490-9-3-5