CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM AL HAIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-505-1-13-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 17, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-505-1-13-5
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T0. WINSTON LORD FOR HENRY A. KISSING ER
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DELIVER TO faR. KISSING ER IN SEALED ENVELOPE
OCTOBER 17, 1972 ~ ~ "
.TO: HENRY A. KISSING ER
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AS OF 5:1~ P.M. WASHINGTON TIME TODAY, ZIEGLER HAS HAD AN
Ii+IQUIRY FROM JER~tY SCHEGTER AND .A MAJOR NEWS SERVICE TO THE
EFFECT THAT THERE iS A REPORT THAT YOU WALL BE TRAVELING T_0 HANOI
AND THAT THERE HAS. BEEN A i~AJOR BREAKTHROUGH WITH A CEASEFIRE
ICI M I NE NT . ~ .
WITH RESPECT TO THE" FIRST REPORT, I HAVE TOLD ZIEGLER IN THE
MOST CATEGORIC TERMS THAT YOU PLAN TO RETURN DIRECTLY TO
WASHINGTON FROM SAIGON. .
WITH RESPEGT TO THE OTHER RUMOR, I HAVE TOLD HIM TO CAUTION
AI+TY INQUISITOR THAT WHILE WE ARE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, THEY WOULD BE MAKING A SERIOUS'
MISTAKE TO GO OUT ON A LIMB IN ANY WAY AT THIS TIc~E. I ~AM NOT
SURE THAT THERE ISN' i MISCHIEF AFOOT IN HANOI DESIGNED TO ADD
Tt9 TENSIONS IN SAIGON. WE -1UST, OF COURSE, 8E ALERT TO THIS
POSSIBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF AN IMMINENT HIG.HT POINT.
WARi~ REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-505-1-13-5
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