LADD'S ROLE IN PHNOM PENH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-7-3-8-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 26, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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M~~rtf~i~,A,1~1.UUhd PC?lt H.I~NRY A. i~TNG~R
T+'RQl-+is ,~xl Haig
~CSSJ~CT: Lae1d'~ Rohe in Pha4~ Peak
Jr~-ty fib, 197Q
Yo~z will recall Est the President wtated rims sharaild ~rtrex~gthex~ ~dd'a
sta# is ~~ Penh as a rHalt cf the y'fA.I3 discussieaa+~ as~d stru
"for oar gu,arpo~res" for him to serv~a ss car ~~ Chief of luiissic~x~.
Lt. Cc-1. BQa~er, whD epueies Freaduch IIs~eatiY, halts beex- ?e~tt taK~
Phaoacx~ P'ermh as ~.add'? eesistant, sch~~sd to arr=ive the firart weak
in Aagust. Thiw ie ` a sxxxali facet r~!' the pae~obiem,, however, and
the key issue on the future aEx~#.Xitattary reprsseatatioxr in Phaaxa~x Penr~-
foz ;I~A~P ~eox~trat miil eo~e up is the aext ~V'SAG xxxeeting. hty aam
vi~rw is thaftt we ~nc~+uid keei- Lsi ixt charge a~ beef up x~aili#ary
represemta~tioa4- ~sader hiarn, rar-the~c !halts to 'bni~.d ~- la-rge amilita~ry
staff oat side a~ l+ red's! pux~iewr a-hich rovw~tld oal7ly ratrve to either
eli~r,~i.~-te the requirement for Ladd or la~ild is vu~uraeceass.ry friction.
Tho eacoad dart +~ the president's c~rective is in effect nade~r ~vay
x~crar. ~Ve hage always deep writh Wired a-s the awl-sti~ chief far aseietalr.A?e
zaatCere., I awsee ~ reasoa to rsiAte this ia~s~te direetig with ~altte.
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M~lVdUtCH.1V 1J U M.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINO~ON
INFORMATION
SECRET
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDEN'T'
FROM: Henry A. Kissinger
5U13JECT: Status of Designation .of U. S. Ambassador
to Cambodia
The problem of Mr. Kobe Swank's clearance as the U. S. Ambassador .
to Cambodia came up in this morning's rra.eeting with your Foreign ,
intelligence Advisory Board. Here is w.hexe the issue stands:
-? The agrement has been processed with the Cambodians axld
now rests in the hands of the Foreign Relations Conzxn.ittee.
.The request for clearance by the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, pxeliminary to Senate approval, was forwarded this
week; hearings normally follow within a week. However,
the Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to .hear testi~
mony from Ambassador Godley on Tuesday and State reports
'that' the Corr~.mittee will probably not get to the hearings on
Mr. Swank until 3u1y 27th.
Assuming the Foreign Relations Cornznittee hearings move
on the above schedule, we could normally anticipate full
Senate clearance within a week following that. .
?? Thus, if all went well, we could anticipate Ambassador
Swank's arrival in Cambodia by mid--August.
The, Foreign Relations Committee, through Carl: Marcy, has already
expressed some concern about the advisability of sending an Axnbassa-
dpr to Cambodia. Secondly, we can anticipate Some probing about the
activities of Mr. Swank when he was t.h~ DC:11i1.:ixlLaas, .In general, .how?
ever, State assures us that Swank is .highly regarded by the Foreign
Relations Committee and should as an individual pose xlo special prob~
lems.
ILLEGIB
SECRET
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