COMMUNIST DELIVERIES THROUGH CAMBODIA FOR VC/NVA FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-12-1-5-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 17, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHIT( HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 17, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Conununist Deliveries through Cambodia for
VC/NVA Forces in South Vietnam
The President has requested that your recent analysis
of past Conununist deliveries of war supporting material
through the port Qf Sihanoukvil-le be prepared in a
format suitable, for wide public dissemination on an
unclassified basis.
The precise manner and timing in-which'this material would
.be used is not firm, but presumably would be in the near
future to highlight the logistic problems facing the
North Vietnamese as a result of the closure of Sihanoukville
and their relevance to the current operations in Laos.
It would be helpful- if appropriate briefing charts,
statistical tables and maps could accompany your suggested
text. I would appreciate it if you could provide this
material by February 22.
' r
Henry A. Kissinger
cc: Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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February 3, 1971
b s:u QitANL1.>i JfOR (AL, hAIG
5ihhanoukville and the war in south Vietnar=i
or. .issiager' s co.teztents on Sihhanoukviile during the
morning staff u:eetiny seemed most effective.
'as you know, the intellige=nce cox:ununity has more than
l;iw,000 pages of detailed and highly reliable data on the
scope and nature of the Cox unist's logistics activities
carried out through Cambodia to support VC;fx~i'V~ forces in
south Vietnam. The recent CIA reports on this matter pro-
vide a startingly new and long-overdue insight into the
importance of Sihanoukville.
` iie docui tinted large-scale Cor zninist use of Sihanoukville
adds even greater brilliance to the Pri:;sident' s deci -ion
to enter the Cambodian sanctuaries last Sprint. It has
significant relevance to current operations in Laos, atid
in yay view could add a new dimension of public confidence
is tiie current Laotian operation.
I recommend that CIA be tasked with providing the White
douse with bacnup charts and data necessary to give this
key strategic issue the full public illumination wi-ijch it
deserves. If you concur, I will be pleased to draft a
hero to CIA.
Concur. waft memo
I will draft own memo
I will handle by telephozne..__..?_
See sae
DO not concur
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