CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM PARIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-247-1-7-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 20, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM: AMBASSADOR PORTER PARIS':910
TO:. THE WHITE HOUSE EYES ONLY DR. HENRY KISSINGER
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION, _
1. PRELIMINARY1REMARKS.COULD BE BUILT AROUND FACT:'THAT
WHILE THEY GRADUALLY MAKING SUPERFICIAL CHANGES,IN THEIR'
DRAFTS' SUBSTANCE' REMAINS:UNCHANGED AND UNACCEPTABLE.-
THUSs IN POINT' TWO OF?"THEIR SEPT 15 PROPOSALS,. THEY -EXTENDED
PERIOD OR REMOVAL. OF. TROOPS AND DISMANTLING OF BASES. TO
45 (FROM 30') DAYS.AFTER 'SIGNING OF OVERALL. AGREEMENT;.' THEY
PICKED UP,IN. POINT-4A MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION
OF ELECTIONS: WITHOUT' IN ANY' WAY CHANGI.NG 'TIMING OF_?ELECTIONSs
I,E..AFTER EVERYTHING POLITICAL HAS BEEN IRONED OUT.TO THEIR.
SATISFACTION;.:. LIKEWISE THEY PROVIDE FOR "SAIGON ADMINISTRATION"
TO RETAIN,ADMINISTRATIVE.RESPONSIBILITY IN,AREAS..CONTROLLED
BY THEM AFTER. ALL AUTHORITY. WAS' BEEN TRANSFERRED' TO'.
"PROVISIONAL . GOVT. OF. NATIONAL..CONCORD" AND COMMITTEES OF
NATIONAL CONCORD,. ALL. QUITE`.SUPERFICIAL, LATER''THEY MIGHT'
THROW IN MORE''!CONCESSIONSH SUCH AS?.OFFERING TO HAVE HEAD OF
NLF RESIGN IN..ORDER TO BRING ABOUT'.,"THIEU'S-. RESIGNATION AT''TIME'
THEY DESIRE ' IT:. BY, EQUATING WITH :THIEU `THEY' WOULD'.,CLAIM.
"GOOD WILL!" WHILE ACTUALLY DEROGATING,"THE.:GVN PRESIDENT'..
2. ORGANIZATION,.AND FUNCTIONING OF THE THREE.ELEMEN,TS.
OF "GOVT,DF. NATIONAL CONCORD" OFFERS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
FOR ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION. 'THERE IS: MATTER OF WHO WOULD'
PRESIDE OVER.GNC AND POWERS,CHIEF..EXECUTIVE WOULD HAVE.IN,
ALL-IMPORTANT' SIX-MONTH PRE-ELECTION PERIOD THEY' ENVISAGE..,.
IS:GNC.'TO.OPERATE BY ISSUING REGULATIONS OR . ARE.PROPOSALS'TO
REQUIRE MAJORITY'OF ALL PARTICIPANTS?'.'THERE ALSO WOULD
BE MATTER.OF ALLOCATING FUNCTIONS WITHIN GOVERNMENT'S;.
FOREIGN AFFAIRSsHOME AFFAIRS- FINANCE.* ETC, AND PROCEDURES-
INVOLVED, IT'.WOULD OF. COURSE BE NECESSARY TO REPEAT AS OFTEN
AS: NECESSARY' THAT'.'THEIRPROPOSAL WILL NEVER SEE THE.LIGHT OF
DAY.UNLES$`THEY'CAN SATISFY OUR SIDE'ON THESE'POINTSs AND
THEY ARE?FAR?FROM HAVING DONE THAT.
3, THEN THERE' IS GREAT'AND DECISIVE QUESTION OF ARMY OF'
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*WHSR COMMENT
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NORTH,VIETNAM TO BE SETTLED, AND THIS MEANS FIXING,AND
AGREEING ON. DATE FOR ITS WITHDRAWAL. THEIR DRAFT LEAVES
THIS TO VIET CONG TO SETTLE WITH RUMP SAIGON GOVT'AT-SOME
UNSTATED DATE., BUT MATTER IS. CRUCIAL TO ALL PROGRESS AND
MUST BE, DECIDED IN ADVANCE BECAUSE'.THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT
ANY SERIOUS'NEGOTIATION CAN TAKE PLACE"-JHILE SOUTH LIES
UNDER. CONTINUAL MENACE FROM NVN ARMY. IN'THIS.CONNECTION
AN INDEFINITE:PRESENCE-FOR NVN ARMY, DISGUISED AS VC,..
OF 'COURSE, IS PROBABLY' INTENDED BY' PROVISION FOR "MIXED
MILITARY GUARD" WHICH.WILL,,'-ASSURE'PROTECTION-- OF HEADQUARTERS
OF PROVISIONAL GOVT.OF NATIONAL CONCORD. UNDER WHOSE
COMMAND WOULD SUCH."MIXEO GUARD" BE, AND WHAT EXACTLY`
WOULD BE , ITS: COMPOSITION?'
4. CERTAIN ITEMS INCLUDED IN NVN SEPT. 15 DRAFT SHOULD BE
MENTIONED ONLY`_IN TERMS.. OF THEIR COMPLETE DELETION.
PARAGRAPH NO'.. SIX IS' CASE',IN POINT'. IT IS: NOT- MATTER FOR
UNITED STATES-AND NVN?'TO DETERMINE'NATURE OF DMZs,_BUT
RATHER FOR NVN/VC.AND THEIR.SOUTH'ERN INTERLOCUTORS.TO
DECIDE IN PEACEFUL: EXCHANGE.. LIKEWISE PARA NO. SEVEN IS'
OUT' OF QUESTION' AND' COULD NOT' BE INCLUDED .IN ANY OVERALL
AGREEMENT. NO U.S. ? GOVT IS.GOING -TO - AGREE.'THAT ' IT, "HAS
RESPONSIBILTY':TE)'SHOULDER.ECONOMIC-REHABILITATION.OF'
NORTH AND SOUTHI":..*IN SUCH TERMS. .NVN SHOULD.BE,INFORMED,
IN MY OPINIONs,.THAT'ANY ADDITIONAL. DRAFTS: WITH SUCH _,
PROVISIONS:_WILL BE'RETURNEDTO:'THEM.WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
5 `THEIR,. SEPT 15 DRAFT REVEALS. CLEARLY ,FOR FIRST' . TIME IN
POINT SEtiVEN _ THAT' WE ,ARE :EXPECTED. TO PAY TRIPLEI.RANSOM ?FOR
POW!S- (MILITARY,,.'POLITICAL AND.FINANCIAL).,,."THAT'.IS MADE CLEAR
BY FINAL SENTENCE: OF THEIR DRAFT, ' WHICH . READS a, ? "THE'
ABOVEMENTIONED *TE N POINTS. FORM A COMPLETE- WHOLE,!'
MEANING"THAT_EVERY POINT; IS AN INTEGRAL AND INSEPARABLE PART'
OF THE OVERALL AGREEMENT. THE POW'S ARE TO BE RELEASED
ONLY WITH WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS: DURING 45-DAY PERIOD'
SPECIFIED "AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE OVERALL AGREEMENT."
ERGO, NO PO I NT" SEVEN, . NO. OVERALL' AGREEMENT', AND NO POW i S. ,
6. 'ANY . OF; THESE. ITEMS' COULD WELL OCCUPY',.DEBATE FOR A
WEEK AT LEAST. .:EVERY. EVASION OR CIRCUMLOCUTION SHOULD
BE NOTED,.:CHALLENGED.P.OR WAVED OFF:
7, WARM REGARDS..
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