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COMMISSJONER GENERAL OF ST~TE FOR INFORMATION• MR. HOANG 0UC NHA URGENT 08/C/HD/37/T(K . . .

KINDLY REPORT THE FOLLOWING TO PRtiSIOENT ((THIEU)) IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE BEEN AROUND CONSTANTLY THESE DAYS MEETING QUIETLY WTTH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN iNCLUDING THE lNHUENTIAL SENATORS ANO MOULDERS O~ QPINiON1 ANO I WANT TO REPORT BACK TO PRESIDENT <tTHIEU)) OUR FEELINGS AND TENTATIVE CONCLUSION AFTER.OUR STAY HERE. BUT~ BEFQRE HAVING.TIME TO DO IT~ I FEEL THAT I HAVE TO REPORT' to fH€ PRESIDENT RIG~T AWAV1 BEFORE I LEAVE FOR PARIS· THIS.AFTERNOON• THE CONY.ERSATION t H~O WITH GENERAL f1Al6KANDER M.)) .HAIG HALF AN HOUR AGO. .

GENERAL HAIG IS NOW AT THE PENTAGON1 BUT HE TOLD HE THAT .HE

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~AS WI .TH PRESIDENT NI~oN : LAST .NIGHT ANO I THINK THAT" IN SPiTE OF THE FACT .lHAT HE IS AT .: THE PENTAGON HE IS STILL . VERY .CLOSE(y ~ON~ -NECTIED WJTH v ·rel'NAM. JN FACT, ·HE TOLD ME "THAT " IN CASE . THERE IS A t~~TATIVE AG~ESMENT I~ PARlS~ HE HAS TO GQ TO SAIGON. GE~ERAL HAlG!SAIO THAT HE IS VERY CONC~RNEO BECAUSE: "WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF i.os ING· EVE~YTH I NG WI; TR i EO TO: oo TOGETH~R UP ·ro NOW~;, HE A~KNbw(eo~eo THAT THERE ARE-: PERHAPS . SOME DIFFERENCES . BETWEEN ?~ES·JDENT tUXQN . ANO PRESiQf;NT -THl!EU BUT IN - HIS :. OPINION ." THESE · OIFF.-ERENCES . ARE NOT VERY LAgGE BECAUSE BOT~ ARE· CO~MITTEO · TO SOME 8ASiC PROVISIONS• FOR INST~~ce~ NO CO~O·WNIST . TAKE!'"OVl!R IN _ SOUTH viETNAM1 .NO ST.ATE CAN PRO~ec!f trs :.AHBITION :oveR ITS BORDER. HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM OF THE o ·1~FERENCES IS · ONE THING BUT THE arHe~ iMPaRrANr ·rHiNG · is · rf,fe: :F.Acr· tHAt · PResioeNr· NixoN HAs rHe iMP~~sstoN tH~t PR~SiDENT " ' TMieu : ii DRAWJNG ~Ai~ FROM WHAT H~D BEEN .AGREEO UP,ON: BEFORE• . . . . - .. . . ..

ACCOl~ING - TO GENE~Al ~HAIG» . PRESIDENT .. NJXON · IS "UPSET B~CAUSE HE · HAS · THE tMPRESSION THAT PRESIDENT . THIEU ts : DEPRIVING HIM OF fHE ~BiLi~Y-0' H~L~iNG PReSJO~Nt . f~IEU"i AN6 tHAT fo: ~OME E~TENt PRESlOENT TH·!S'U DOES NOT TRUST"'HIM. HE . IS · IN FACT ·1::>1$TURBEO. , GENE~~LHAIG · WENT ON TO SAV : THAl.-SOHEHOW WE · WENT . OFF ·~THE TRACK. Ai ~ T~lS 1 !NTE~8UPTED GEN~RAL H41G AND SAID : THAT ~ ev T~E TIME .. DR• . ((HENRY A~)) K'ISSINGE~ AND .HIMSELF BROUGHT ": THE oc:roBER ()RAFT" TQ SAIGON, WE VlETNAMESE · FELT "THAT ·. THH' OIO. NOT . CONSULT US IN .. . . ADVANCE. . GENERAL HA I G. !3Y THEN ADMITTED ·rH~T ''Ir ·· WAS A BAD .M J STAKE' A BAD ERROR Otf· OUR PART." . GENERAL . HAIG SAID TH.AT PRESIDENT . THIEU ~lsReAo oR. 1dssiNGER· ANo rr · w4S oR~ 1< 1lssiNGeR•s owN··FAUL f. ''•At.:t: · THAT i i$ PAST NOWi•i SAl0 . HAIG, · 11 AND Nm(WHAT IS : TH~ OUYLOOl(.11 . ACC.O~DlN<L TO H4IG, PRESlOENT NIXON ~AS .NO F!,.E>tIBILITY •. · IF · 11THE COMMUNISTS WOULD · AGREE to . THE DMZ . ( COEM.ILIT:.IHiEO ZONE)) LANGUAGE) ro · r~e · MODALti'1es m: : si·GNING· rHe .4GReeMeNt, ··PRESIDENT' Ntxo111 wouLo PROCEED. . . . . . . . . .. . - . _ . . . GENERAL ijAlG SAID TH4T HE THINKS THAT HE . H~S NO oouer· ABOUT THE OETERM I ~AT-lCJN OF PRE"StoENT ': NI xo"' . TO P~OCEEI). ·. PRESIDENT_ NIXON WOULD CALL PUaltCILY ON 'PRESIOE:NT ( cnueu-· ro JO ·lN MIM ANO IF BY THlS. TIME PREStoeNT T~JE~ REJECTS IT TAEN 11 TH~T ~ILL : ee T~E ENO AND THE ABANDON< CMENT)) :oF ' VIETNAM.-'. I REPORT. HERE: JN THIS :CABLE A(MOST VERBATIM THE WO~DS FROM GENERAL ~ fiAIG FOR THE ~~ESlOENT~S : CONS;iDERATlON BECAUSE : t . FEEL DEEPLY IN MY HEART : THAT. i HAVE TO 00 I( ' . . ~~HH; 900 .

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