CABLE RE QUESTIONS OF TRADE, AND IS HANOI BEATING THE BOMBING

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482304
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: September 15, 1972

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N RATHER, CBS. NEWS,- THE WHITE.-EQ US.E. 6000 -MORN INC3-$.
'EST TONS OF �TRADE, - AND IS: HANOI- BEATING THE. BOMBING?
TRY AT SOME. ANAL 'TICAL THOUGHTS AFTER THI3..7- --
NNOUNCENENT) - �
N. RATHER; IT NO TAP, CAN .9E. REPORTED AISTHORITATIV,ELY � .
P�T. -PRESIDENT NIXON '.HAS BEEN TOLD WHILE. MINING HARBORS AND
�Cfr."A'A-7D r---10MBING .OF NORTH VIETNAM HAVE CAUSED P.P.TAT DAMAGE
'D. SPREAD TERROR,. THEY HAVE-NOT CUT OFF.. HANO1SSUPFLY..LINEs
FORCES IN THa. SGUTI-1.
7XAMPL7, THE PR,F,SIDF_NT.,1-1AS- BEEN TOLD THAT 'SOVIET.
i0 EASTERN EUROPEAN -.1ANKERS14.1HIC3H PREVIOUSLY RAN IN AND OUT..
IPHONG HARBOR,. tiOW CALL,: INSTEAD, AT CHINESE PORTS AND
:--71-2 CARGOES AF'�E :SENT INTO NORTH VIETNAM VIA-THREE PIPELINES,
PUMPED INTO TH.u: -SOUTH,. -.INCLUDING ONE PIPELINE WHICH � RUNS .
.L TI-E WAY INTO THE A SHALT VALLEY.
11515 THE BEST JUDGMENT OF-.THE CENTRAL- INTELLIGENCE
NCY AND TI-E. SEPARATE DEFENSE__ INTELL IG.ENCE. AGENCY. TAD SZLTLC-.-:
- THE NEW YORK TIMES VAS -PRINT WITH PART OF THIS STORY,_:.1
-tAt HE HAD,. AND � T Hr.4.. REST OF,.117,..-.:-CPECKS OUT;�:::.._SO- DO REPORTS. THAT.
�-iS.u1E OPINION- OF--I40ST. U-4-S�;.-INTELICIENCE-0.PERATIONS THAT --
INC I IS R .D?1j1TH A ,NEU._.0.17FEN.5INE. IN. THE, SOUTH LATE THIS l'ilONTH
NEXT; BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECT IONS, WHICH; AS POINTED OUT
THIS E.F;OADCAST EARLIER IN - THE. WEEK, IS-TH-E- REA SON DR, HENRY �
i'SSINC.-'ER IS IN. MOSCOW..
G-INCREASES IN TRA DE WITH THEi UNITED -STATE AND
;'.70PENT CF-RUSS1A'S NATUPALRESO 5' uRCE:ARE;BEING b
1: ANGL7D
DR, K TSrziNGER AS BA UST WOULD- PREFER TEE WORD
INCENTIVE-FOR SOVIET HELP IN ENDING THE WAR. PRESIDENT NIXON,
MAYJU -R5_:,CALL DID SOME OF THIS AT THE NOSCOW SUMMIT IN THE
PRING 4 XISSING'ER, ON HIS CURRENT TRIP, IS IN EFFECT OFFERING
3 Sj7ETEN THE F0T0
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THE ansTs OF a),RE TRADE, AND WHAT THAT. COULD MEAN
D 11-NOt2.EASING CONSUMER GOODS FOR THE AVERAGE RUSSIAN, AND OTHER
STDEATIONS, KREMLIN LEADERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE INDICATED
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AT THEY ARE DOING wi-1,4-r THEY CAN TO HELP END THE 11.e1R0 BUT
�HE'-f 14jV's GIVEN 1.'40 ASSURANCES) ARGUING THAT HANOI� AS ALWAYS, .
:5 TOUGH) INDEPENDET, PATIENT;,- AZ4D RSIST.S PRESSURE> FSP,',-CIALT
�i5 LONG AS THIE.U. RECIAINS PRE.SIDENT OF S3ul}-1 VIETNAM.,
RESIDE'.Tk1IXON IS. DESCRIBED. BY NOT ONE, BUT A NUMBER
IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN -HIM-RECENTLY, AS ''''ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED -
'0 END.T.HE WAR SOMEHOW BEFORE. THE. END OF THIS TF.RM..-" THAT IS,
;y LTE JANUARY. WITH" CAUTIONS AGAINST WHAT ALL _HIGH ADZi.tINI.STRA--
'TON 075-TOTALS CALL EXCESSIVE OPTIMISM IN MIND, IT SHOULD BE �
1.1-11T KISSINGER1S MOSCOW TRIP, AND TALK OF INCASED TRADE
:7SUITTNG FROM IT, NUST BE VIEWED. FROM THIS OVERALL �PERSPECTIVE,
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NE s:1ALL EXAMPLE: QUESTION: HOW. BADLY AND HOW SOON-
0 THE Sol[IETS WA-t'sIT -THEIR VAST OIL AND GAS FIELDS IN SIBE.RrA
DEVEL0PED1 AND WHAT ARF.. THF.Y ;--IILLING Toe Do IN THE WAY OF HELPING
ND THE VTETNAM TRAGEDY-TO GET THAT? .
Ow BACK TO CONSIDERATION OF HANOI'S BEATING THE
NG: AT LEAST THREE., AND PERHAPS FOUR OF PRESIDENT NI-XON'S OWN
ATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ADVISED HTM
GAINST THE MINING AND HEAVY *B0m3ING. THAT DECISION HE ANNOUNCED -
N MAY, CIA DIRECTOR HELMS; DR.. XISSING'ER AND ADMIRAL 1100RER;
1-DATRMAN OF THE LITLITARY JOINT CHIEFS MOORER RECOMMENDF.0 '
GAINST B7CAUSE HE DID NOT THIN".K IT WAS ENOUGH TO BE� EFFECTIVE...
71..05 AND KISSINGER SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY D.I.DN4T BELIEVE IT WOULD
1_;;FFECTIVE. . .
HE soLEICE ON THIS IS ON THE NATIONAL'SECuRITY COUNCIL,
uOTE0 BY PETER EARS:? IN TECH, PUBLISHED BY THE NASSACHUSETTS
:ISTITir.E�7 OF TECHNOLOGY. � DEFENS'F. SECRETARY LAIRD NAY Al So HAVE
?Pr1S7D THE BOMBING AND MINING EVIDENCE AND 1-75T-PilOnY IN HIS
ASE IS LESS CONCLUSIVE,
77' TS, WITH AT LEAST THREE OF HIS 'TOP- �ADVISERS
?POSED, Tn _PRESIDENT WENT AHEAD. AND GAMBLED ON MINING AND -
3NBI:,iG IN NORTH -VIETNAM. MR,. NIXON NAY YET PROVE TO BE .RIGHT.
E AND W. ARE IN THE :PROCESS NOW OF FINDING OUT, - �
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