CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM PARIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-139-4-52-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: June 22, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/15: LOC-HAK-139-4-52-6
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HAD FINE CHAT WITH P(iIPIDOU RE ALGIERS AND ALL FENCES'ARE MENDED
ON THAT SCORE.
HE RAISED MALAGASY AND' GAVE ME HIS WORD THAT 'FRENCH HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH MATTER BUT THAT PRESIDENT TSIRANANA A MOST UNSTABLE EXPLOSIVE
MAN. ALSO POMPIDOU SAID HE IiAD INSTRUCTED PLANTEY PERSONNALY TO DO
ALL POSSIBLE TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL. I EXPRESSED US APPRECIA-
TION. THEN HE SAID THAT MALAGASY WAS VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGICALLY
TO FRANCE AND THE US.
HE QUESTIONED ME AS HE ALWAYS DOES ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR ECONO-
MY AND I REPORTED TO HIM THAT IT WAS ON THE, WAY BACK.
ALSO HE BROUGHT UP ? PROPOSED 5-POWER NUCLEAR CONFERENCE AND
SAID IF HE WERE CHINESE HE WOULD SAY YES TO SUCH A CONFERENCE.
MEETING ENDED BY HIS STATING HE DIDN'T SEE ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. WARM REGARDS. WATSON
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/15: LOC-HAK-139-4-52-6