CABLE TO DIRECTOR (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002500090009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 13, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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T0- DIRECTOR INFO DDCI OFFICE AND DDO.
DURING VISIT TO
AND SAW KEY FIGURES IN
ORGANIZATIONS,
I STAYED WITH
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ALL SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN CHINESE SITUATION AND WHAT
IT MIGHT BODE FOR THEM, ALL WERE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN
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DEVOUTLY HOPED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE CASE.
SEEM TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT NORTH VIETNAMESE MIGHT DO
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I FOUND AMONG LEADERS AS ELSEWHERE IN THIS
AREA CONCERN ABOUT US RESOLUTION AND STAYING POWER. WITHOUT
PAINTING TOO ROSY A PICTURE I ENDEAVORED TO REASSURE THEM
THAT U.S. WAS EMERGING FROM DIFFICULT PERIOD AND WOULD
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WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT NVN MIGHT DO ONCE THEY GOT THEIR COUNTRY ORGANIZED IN
THE WAY OF SUPPORT TO THE
THEY FELT THIS WOULD BE SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE FUTURE.
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BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY AND WOULD STAND BY ITS FRIENDS, I NOTED
THAT PRESIDENTIAL REURGANIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
VESTED GREATER POWER IN DIRECTOR THAN EVER BEFORE, THEY
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WERE PLEASED WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH BKHERALD AND LIKED
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SIMILARLY REGARDED
IN AREA
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER
SIMILAR TU THAT OF U.S. IN NATO BUT REALIZE
WHO ENJOYS THEIR RESPECT AND IS
ARE SOMEWHAT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEIR ROLE
SHOULD BE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLAY ROLE IN
THAT THEY
AND THAT
THEY ARE REGARDED BY SOME OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WITH A MIXTURE
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OF RELIANCE AND FEAR, I THINK WE IN BKHERALD CAN PLAY VERY
CONSIDERABLE ROLE IN PUTTING THEM ON RIGHT ROAD- COS WILL
REPORT IN SOME DETAIL ON TALKS WITH VARIOUS LEADERS.
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