CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM RICHARD T. KENNEDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-247-9-26-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2010
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: December 5, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/03/03: LOC-HAK-247-9-26-0
BUT JO'' HALNiiY 7I003ER IS .:P .'.G.=.INST IT. HE HAS PUSHED THE
NORTH VIETNAMESE 000 ;.j FAR ,.S SHE CAN. AFTER HIS RET'.HN FROM KRIS
AND S I30N HE TOLD 3 JE rRIEaD J::i/IL-.:+iLY i'&T IF IN ,DV.;NCE OF TH=.T
TRIP NIXON HAD PIBLICIZED AS NON-E EGOTI`'.aL:. TZHL:;; FOri - CE'.-SE-FIRE
THE CONCESSIONS THE NORTH VIETN.A:1ES: rjA, GONE ON TO ii NE, "NIXON
..O':LD HAVE BEEN DENOUNCED BY NATIONAL HEV IE.:: ''.3 i/E I:y?3 TOO Iiv-
T:Z'.NSIGENT." :ELL, THE NORTH VIETN::'i ion KASON3 I+3CRJ1-.3LE
AND NOT-SO-INSCRUTABLE, CAPITLL:TED: PRISONERS REL :USED; AO COA-
LITION GOVERN: ENT; FACE-S?VIN3 ThIPARIITE ADVISORY BODY OF NATIONAL
CONCILIATION HOSE RECO 1NENll =.T IONS :. OULD Sir OPERATIVE ONLY HEN
MADE YNANIrOLSLY: PRESIDENT THIEJ Irv DIRECT C.;AKE OF ONE-THIRD
OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF SAID 3OAhD; THE 3GVERNZENT OF SO'TH VIETN-.",
MEAN,. HILE DIRECTLY 3OVERNED BY T HIE'J; IT HDR:`..: '.L" OF NORTH VIET-
NAMESE TROOPS F ;O N CAMBODIA AND LAO5, ;-,C.KAT IDi'i OF U.S. BASES IN
THA: IL;ND; PROVISIONING OF WORTH V IET NANESE SOLDIERS IN THE SO::T H
ONLY TO THE POINT OF MAINTENANCE ...
NORTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS IN THE SO::THI
THE NORTH VIETNA.KSE :.'NSNILINGLY TELL YOJ TiiAT.THERE ARE NO
NORTH VIETNAMESE IN THE SOUTH, TH j.S. COW~TWRP' RT CF HIC'ti '.:O LD
BE TO DECLARE SOLEMNLY, SAY IA THE 0IT'ED ...-..tI3NS, THAT THERE IS
NO NEGRO PROBLEM IN THE SOUTH FOR THE 51.'.PLE REASON THAT THERE
RE NO NEGROES IN THE SOUTH. HO.', SPY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE, CAN
:E BE '-.S;:ED TO "REPATRIATE" SOLDIERS HO ARE REALLY SOWTH V IETN:`_NESE
TO BEGIN .'ITN, QOM ".:E FEEL :MERELY A HS&NE OSLIG..TIOv TO CONTIN'2E
TO PROVISION?
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.:ITH T ;E INT;,=.:;S 3ENCE Or PRESISE; T ThIE. 5=10 HO..EVER 137 T HIM-
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HIM CEASE-FIRE Q AT 00VIDEO FOR THE I::DEFI;;-TE 3Ov'ERNAENr OF
A HALF DOZEN FRENCH DEPART!?1EAT3 BY THE NAZI .:ROY.
EXACTLY. THIE:; IS EXACELY r I3HT.
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F:?_OVIDED THAT CAN BE AACCO!!PLISHED ON FIEASO ABLE TERMS, AND THE TERMS
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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/03/03: LOC-HAK-247-9-26-0
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