LAOS (LAMSON 719) CAMBODIA (TOAN THANG) 01/71

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-477-18-23-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 20, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/09: LOC-HAK-477-18-23-8
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TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE March 20, 1971
MEMORANDUM OF BRIEFING
PRESENT: Henry A. Kissinger
Colonel Kennedy
David R. Young (Nate Taker)
SUBJECT: Laos (Lamson 719)
Cambodia (Toan Than'g) 01 /71
BRIEFER: Lt. Colonel Martin
DATE: March 18, 1971
Martin: (Cpened by saying that in response to Kissinger's question
on the replacement regiment, they were going to be extracting a
regiment back to Khe Sanh today.)
Kissinger : Will a new one be put in?
Martin: We don't know.
Kissinger: It also looks like 914 is open.
Martin: Yes, that unit has now moved north to support a unit that was
taking fire up there.
Kissinger: That could have been done by a new regiment coming in
couldn't it?
Martin: Yes, I agree. There were a number of contacts and about 82
enemy bodies were found as a result of ARCLIGHT strikes.
Kissinge How are they now going to move into Base Area 611 when
they are moving north? Shouldn't they be moving southwest into 611.?
They cannot go from where they are.
TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
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Martin: I agree.
Ki..ssin er Then they are not going to go after the Binh Trams after all'?
Martin: It appears that way.
Kissiri er: Who is going to,replace the unit that is being extracted today?
Martin: No one as of now.
Kissin er: They just can't hold Route 9 with a decreasing force which is
spread out like a sausage all along the road.
Martin: But this is all according to a predetermined plan, it is not just an
isolated decision.
Kissinger; But they've never showed us this kind of plan.
Martin: The B-52 strikes have been quite successful and it should be
remembered that we are targeting them in this area.
Ki.ssin e In my view this is the end of this operation; don't they realize
that this is the last time they are going to have such full American support?
CAMBODIA
Martin: The patrol from Snoul ran into a hot LZ. It just so happened that
the North Vietnamese were advancing south at the same time. They had
to move to another LZ and lost three helicopters there and 3 US KIA.
In the Chup Planatation operation there is good news. There have been
two contacts, one in which 59 enemy were killed and one in which 350
were killed.
Kissinger: You don't believe 350 do you?
Martin: Well, quite a number of weapons were captured, including 68
individual weapons, and several machine guns and rocket launchers. This
indicates that it could well be that they did get in the magnitude of 200 or
300, which is still very good.
End of Briefing.
TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/09: LOC-HAK-477-18-23-8