MORNING CABLE SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY JUNE 11, 1972

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-477-3-8-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 11, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17: LOC-HAK-477-3-8-1
1110452 JUN 72 ZY14 ZF'F-1
FM THE WHITE HOUSE
TO AMEMBASSY TOKYO
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T 0 P S E C R E T SENSITIVE CONTAINS,.CODEWORD WH21867
FOR DELIVERY TO PETER RODMAN/WINSTON LORD
FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
SITT 0 26
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSIN(ER
~MORI/CDF C03353060 Pages 1-
FROM: SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: MORNING :.E SUMP1ARY FOR SUNDAY JUNE It, 1972.
STRAINS IN NORTH VIET'NA.M SIMILAR TO 1965-68 PROBLEMS: OUR SAIGON
EMBASSY REPORTED THAT ITS ANALYSIS OF RECENT NORTH VIETNAMESE MEDIA
STATEMENTS INDICATES INCREASED STRAINS IN THE NORTH BUT DOES NOT
YET SHOW AN ESSENTIA1 ' WEAKENING OF THE. STATE. HANOI'S DIFFIGULTIE;S--
LAW ENFORCEMENT BREA' DOWNS, FOOD AND LABOR SHORTAGES, QUESTIONING
OF PARTY LINE, INTERNAL SECURITY CONCERNS AND MISGIVINGS OVER
CHINESE AND SOVIET INTENTIONS--SO FAR ONLY PARALLEL SIMILAR PROBLE,Yi;
DURING THE 1965-68 BOMBING CAMPAIGN. HOWEVER,. NEW ELEMENTS SUCH HS
THE SUMMITS IN PEKING AND MOSCOW, MINING OF PORTS AND MORE EFFECTIVE
BOMBING ARE FXPECTED T O CAUSE EVEN MORE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17: LOC-HAK-477-3-8-1
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17: LOC-HAK-477-3-8-1 '
CAlh-*. 117"., 'INSTALL AT ONS ` EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA
REPORTS THAT COMMUNIST-LED STUDENT MOBS, VOICING ANTI-VIETNAM SEI~T-
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ITLENTS, ATTACKED.:AND DAMAGED SEVERAL U.S. INSTALLATIONS IN GA MAYA-
t:VELA AND TEGUCIGAL-PA, HONDURAS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DAMAGE TO THE
USMILGP HEADQUARTERS ,IN DOWNTOWN TEGUCIGULPA WAS REPORTED AS EXTENSIVE.
LESSER DEGREES OF DAMAGE WERE INFLICTED UPON THE USIS OFFICE, THE
BINATIONAL CENTER AND THE BANK OF AMERICA. NO INJURIES WERE HEPORTEUU.
THE MOB ALSO ATTACKED THE PRESIDENT'S PALACE BUT DID LITTLE DAMAl,
OTHER THAN BREAKING WINDOWS AND PAINTING SIGNS.
THE EMBASSY HAD ASKED FOR INCREASED POLICE PROTECTION PRIOR
TO THE INCIDENTS. THERE OE NO INDICATIONS THE REQUEST WAS HONORED.
THE EMBASSY IN COMMENTING ON THE SITUATION NOTED THAT THE COMPLETE
LACK OF POLICE PROTECTION IS A LONG STANDING AND TYPICAL GOH
REACTION TO STUDENT RIOTS. AN APPROPRIATE PROTEST WILL BE PROMPTLY
SUBMITTED.
N.Y. TICS ARTICLE pN 'N LAVELLE: ACCORDING TO A REUTER RELEASE,
`TJ? NEW YORK TIMES RE,fPTED TODAY THAT GENERAL JOHN D. LAVELLE WAS
ELIEVED OF HIS' POST AND DEMOTED AFTER ORDERING REPEATED AND UNAUTH-
ORIZED BOMBING ATTACKS ON MILITARY TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM.
THE TIMES, QUOTING MILITARY AND CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES SAID THE FORMER
COMMANDER OF U.S. Aft FORCE UNITS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTED
THE RAIDS T O HI GHER HEADQUARTERS A S OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED 9 SMALL
SCALE "PROTECTIVE REACT I'ON" STRIKES. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE,
LAVELLE SAID THE RATIONAL FOR HIS REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF ORDERS WAS
THE HEAVY BUILD-UP OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL IN NORTH VIETNAM
REPORTED BY HIS PILOTS. HE WAS SAID TO HAVE ORDERED THE RAIDS
OVER A THREE-MONTH PERIOD- THAT BEGAN IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
LAVELLE REPORTE 3L1 E .XEVED THAT HIS SUPERIORS IN SAIGON WERE AWARE
OF. HIS BOMBING ATTAG B T NONETHELESS ACCEPTED HIS REPORTS OF
"PROTECTIVE REACTI0$w 5jKES AT FACE VALUE
.FLOOD VICTIMS: THE DEATH TOLL, IN: THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
FLOOD NOW STANDS AT .155. IN ADDITION, 500 PERSONS ARE MISSING IN THE
RAPID CITY AREA.
A DETAILED REPORT O.N T I ,SITUATION IN VIETNAM WILL FOLLOW
LATER TODAY.
BT No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/17: LOC-HAK-477-3-8-1