CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM PARIS

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CREST [1]

Collection:

Library of Congress [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6

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RIPLIM

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Document Creation Date:

January 11, 2017

Document Release Date:

February 22, 2010

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Publication Date:

March 2, 1972

Content Type:

CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6 SANITIZED COPY FOLLOWS ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6 'Sanitized Copy . RECEIVED DECLASSIFtEb DLA533 00 YEKADS DE YEKADL 4634 0811812 ZNY MMNSH 0 2118102 ZYH MAR 72 FM PARIS TO THE WHITE HOUSE ZEN S 211747Z. MAR 72 FM AMBASSADOR WATSON PARIS 614 1972 LIAR Sanitized Cop: 'DECLASSIREt) ,: 5k1.e f#e F y ~~K~~ By I- LC fi T i z `'J TO THE WHITE HOUSE EYES ONLY FOR DR. KISSINGER I HAD VERY GOOD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT POMPIDOU THIS AFTERNOON AND PASSED ALONG TO HIM THE VIEWS AS EXPRESSED IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 2108 5. HE LISTENED TO THE POINTS OF THE'TELEGRAM AND SAID HE COULD UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH US. HE SAID NO MORE A ND .I !MERELY, TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT HE UNDERSTAND OUR VIEWPOINT BECAUSE: OF OUR STAGE IN THE DHINESE INTERCHANGE. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN AL ERTED THAT HE WOU LD BE RECEIVING A LETTER FROM-THE-PRESIDENT ON "HIS CHINA VISIT, AND IT HAS NOT YET HE REEMPHASIZED HIS STATEMENTS IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCEOF LAST WEEK ON HIS POSITION ON THE DOLLAR. HE SAID OBVIOUSLY TO HI M THE AMERICAN POLICY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND HE UNDERSTOOD OUR PROBLEMS. AT THE SAME TIME HE MENTIONED THAT THE EUROPEAN POLICY IS ALSO IMPORTANT, BUT THE LAST THING HE WANTED TO SEE WAS A DOLLAR WAR. WE ALSO DISCUSSED BRIEFLY THE NARCOTICS SITUATION,-AND I CONGRATULATED ? HIM IN THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE FINE DEIZURE OF A LAB LAST WEEK 'IN MARSEILLE. THIS SEIZURE, OF COUR SE, HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGH REGULAR CHANNELS. WATSON 200 4634 NNNN No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/02/22: LOC-HAK-110-9-12-6