CABLE TO ALEXANDER HAIG FROM SAMUEL HOSKINSON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-253-7-1-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 1, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/11/13: LOC-HAK-253-7-1-2
INN--724 TOR: 010236Z
S E C R E T 01020SZ JUL 72
FM: SAMUEL HOSKINSON9 SINGAPORE 6014
TO: MAJOR GENERAL HAIG, SAIGON
AS. A RESULT ;OF OEIR RECENT VISIT TO PHNOM PENH AND
IN VIEW OF YOUR F RTHCOMING VISIT THERE, SECRETARY
CONNOLLY THINKS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLO'~WI NG
MAJOR POINTS THAT EMERGED FROM HIS DISCUSSION WITH LON
NOL
--LON NOL. TAMED ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A COMBINED
CAMBODIAN, L OTIAN AND THAI FORCE. TO MOVE AGAINST
THE NORTH VI?TNAMESE. CONNOLLY GAVE HIM NO
ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRESSED THE FIRSTPRIORITY
SHOULD BE TO GET CAMBODIA'S OWN MILITARY HOUSE I N
ORDER.
--LON NOL S,PECIFI''CALLY SAID THAT HE WOULD WELCOME
THE STATION m " U.S. MILITARY FORCES I N CAMBODIA. 11 CO1NNOLLY EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT THIS APPARENT MOVE
AWAY FROM, NEUTRALITY BUT WAS OTHERWISE NON-COMMITTAL
I N HIS RESPONSE.
AMBASSADOR SWANK SAT IN ON CONNOLLY'S ENTIRE TALK WITH
LON NOL_ AND CAN FILL-YOU IN ON THE OTHER LESS IMPORTANT
ASPECTS.
HOPE YOU HAVE SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO SAIGON AND PHNOM PENH.
WARMEST REGARDS.
S E C R E T
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2009/11/13: LOC-HAK-253-7-1-2