CABLE TO ELLSWORTH BUNKER FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-8-45-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 30, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/17 : LOC-HAK-490-8-45-0 Q. /
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OCTOBER 3&f "972
!. WHILE WE`:ARE~.AWAITTNG.WDRD FROM HANOI.ABDUT RESUMING
OUR hiEGOTxAZIONS~ 1~E~'SHDULD USE INTERVENIl~G,PERIOD TO
PREPARE S[~PERVTSOR7 :MACHIi~ERY TO; BE IN PLACE IMMEDIATELY AT
TIME CEASEWFIRE` GOES` `TI~TO. 'EFFECT., HERE. TN WASHINGTON, WE
ARE' WORKING 01~~. YEiTER1~A?IONAL~ CONTROL COMMTSSTO[~ PREPARATIONS..
WE WOULD LIKE'YOU' IM "SAIGON .TO MOVE AHEAD. ON PREPARATIONS.
FOR ..TWO-PARTY;?:;At~D "F?UR~-PAR?Y JOINT MILITARY COMMISSIONS.
2. WE RECOG~3I~E "THA'~ ~fVN ~~tAY' $E RELUCTANT .Tfl, JOIN US IN
SUCH PLANNING?>:WHILE'rYHEY .CDNTIl~UE TO TAKE STAND IN PRT~NCIPLE
'AGAINST CURRENT DRAF?,, AGREElrfEEl~T. HOWEVER, WE NOTE THAT THEY
-ARE, 'NEVERTHELESS,. MAKING "~MAHY- "PRAGMATIC. PREPARATIONS FOR A
.,.CEASE-FIRE. ~~YE C41~'dEMT.LY':: THINIf~''TT ISr WORTH DCIR I~HILE" TO
"A??~MPT: TO. ,HRIN6 "YHE~1==IlRTD .PL.AI~l~I01G VENTURES WI?H '.fJS.
3. PLEASE" BRI~iG- FREk~;~1--EYAMD;: COMPLETELY-INTO PIGT!]RE WITH""
RESPECT OUR " CURREi~'1'" `DRAFT`' AGREEMENT AND HAVE HIM FORM VERY ''
SMALL PLAN~tI~1G STAFF..`~~~:0 1~ORK DUT"DETAILS OF FOUR-PARTY JOINT
MILITARY COMMISSI011~'Y>N ;FORM 'WE WOULD CONSIDER OPTIMUM- TO U.5,
INTERESTS. ~ pNCE HE'"HAS ".DONE THIS, HAVE HIM. SEND US BRIEF
OUTLINE OF HxS THTNT~T!@G"?NROUGH ?HESE CHANNELS NO LATER ?RAN
3 NOVEMBER.'";,HE SHOU~I NAVE. INFORMAL LIAISON WITH GE[lERAL
CAO VAN VIEI~`.:It~ PREPARIl~G HIS PLANS .BUT SHOULD NOT RPT NOT A?
THIS STAGE UAiDERTAKE",70 EXCHANGE ANY PAPERS WITH VIEN.
4. IF ~WE FIND ,PLANS`;":~ATISFACTORY~ AND IF VIEN SEEMS WILLING '
PURSUE PLANNING 'MORE 'flEFT~ITTIVELY, WE. WILL INSTRUCT, YOU '
CONCERNING FURTHER STEPS TO SE .TAKEN WITH GVN."
`5. I AM SURE .YOU UNd>~RSTAl~D THE. EXTREME SEMSITIVITY OF THIS
MATTER AND "URGE ~YOU~?D CA~TIDN. FRED WEYAND AND ALL INVOLVED '
THAT ~ IT SHOULD: BE Ul~D>ERTAKEN WITH THE MOST SCRUPULOUS CARE ~ .
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TO AVOID.COMPROMISE.:::AMD.PUBLIC SPECULATION. .GDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/17 : LOC-HAK-490-8-45-0