CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-3-24-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: March 12, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2011/10/17 : LOC-HAK-490-3-24-8 ~ ," `- '~~' `"
MORI/CDF 005076649 Pages 1-2
71.
T - " ~ T T VE 121 12OZ MAR
~,, ,
..F~tOM:. AMBASSADOR BUNKERy SAIGON f~A95 r~'~
TO. ,, (TxE WRITE HOUSE, ~_YES ONLY DR. }~{ENRY
REFS w A.
WHS 1.~J 13:
SAIGON
9~
FEEL HAS
LONG AND WHAT
D A
H
"
~
"
A
, GENERAL ABRAMS AND I HAVE
ABRA(hS
1
GE NERAL
LK WITH THIE11 TODAY.
BEEN. A VEt~Y SATISFACTORY ~T:A
WILL ~ REpORTX~IG DN QUR t?ISCUSSION A'~D THE CONCLC]SIONS ,~E REACHED.
THROllGH HIS CHANNELS. ~ . ,
~, 4 ,.,
"
`
~~ ~~ F ,~
N
. ""
"
~
OU
E
THE
DISCUSSED 'THE PRtJBLEMS WHIC458ETO
Z. WE
E IACLUDED
THES
YOUW
D IN MY
FOLLOWING T}~ PLAN OUTLINE
R
m
N
H
LOSS OF 1?IOMENTUM IF R~JNAF WERE
AND THE
BASE~6I~
INTO
MOVE
~
~
LATER
BY
A
A REST PERIOD, TO BE FOLLOWED
AS}iAU AREAS,~AND THE POnIrc~ALr~FD_P4IHETIiEREITTMOIGHT~NOTLAPpEARIGH
THAT. RV~tAF FORCES NAD ~.~~ rurc~.~.u =~ n~=...,?,~,.. ----
CASUALTIES INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY; HOW SllCH A MOVE WO[1LD 8E INTER'-
~
N
I
VIET-
IN SOUTH
ARETED t3Y THE SOUTH. VIETN~MO~IATHEIPOLITICAL
SITtlATION
THE 'EFFECT THI5 WOULD HAV
NAM?, THE FACT THAT A RETURNDTGIVEOCRITICS OFTTHEAPRESENTHOpERATIO~
CONSIDERED A. NEW VENTURE A
.
SOt~IETHIhG NEW To, HAN~3 UN TO?
?
?. J( ,
O HAD BEE
~
A
N
E
THAT HE ALS
S
3. THIEU REPLIED
FEBRUARY
ON
SAID
VING
~ MATTERS.. HE WO NDERED__ALSO~WHEMHr~n T N 't'[M,E AND SPACE, RVNAF
THAT THE UYk.t(Al ivcv .w~U4., u.. .._---_- . ..
COULD RETURN TD,.LAOS HAVxNG ANCE BEEN 'a1ITHDRAWN.
A. t - Y~?~" ~.xi.' w;.. ~.~.,y. : .,,:.: rrW .;w:.y .9 ..ap'.. .aia'~
VIII ~~ CAS CHANCd~L~,~~>:~:
 o Objection to Declassification in Full 2011/10/17 : LOC-HAK-490-3-24-8
.SUN_~.._..AND-.
ANALYSIS ~~' THE
VE HI~
H N
'
~
.'.
GA
T
GENERA ABRAMS
A.THE ENEMM'l~H`TBEABLE TO Do
Y
T
H
A
T HIED. RESPONDED BY EXPLORING W
OS xHIS "YEAR AND WHA'~ HIS
IN L
A
THE DRY SEASON
AFTER THE ENR ,OF,` ?
Y
f~
EA
., ~= .
TACTICS h~IGNT ~ IN THE FOLLOWING
HZS VIEWS FOR LAM
,L
1
g
THI~CI THEN SUAI~ED UP
~..
OUTLINE,SINCE.
UUGH
O
FOR THE FUTURES WHIC~f Y AM_ GIVING~ONLYYINnRTAr~ ,
GEN~:nAL gtsttAta~ , rir.~~Huk. xF~... ,,....... _- ---
~:;;. `A) RVNAF TROgPS_W.ILL NOT BEMWIT~HDRAWN~.,FR~nuewNSFORUR~ST
WHEN NEEDED. THE A
FIRST, ` yIT WILL RETURN Tq 'ACTION AFTER REST AND REFITTING'.
T DIVISION AND A MARINE
S
L{iVil~, w1t.L. w[y~:n~esr~.,~..ar n.... _.,..-? ---?-----
IRBQRNE DIVISION WILL BE WITHDRAWN:
S,7 THE. ,51ST REGIMENT - OF THE 1
RIG DE' '~ WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED, WIL1} ~ USED FOR
A
~ ~<
B
EtOT"Ar~ION WITH THE TRO~QP$ Tq BE WITHDRAWN.
E Tq ~ EXPLOITED "BY
N
LaNG? AS ;NECESSARY?"".J'~ , ~:~ ~,x,,
.
W
RO
;D) :,RVNAF Fq
AND ,SHE ASHAU~:AREA. ,AND. WOULD EXPLgIT THESE AREAS AS
.~* . ~ , , s:. w :~.... ,
gtsuua inc. r sna. ..., , .,..._,,.._ :,
SOt~TH TO BASE 611
OULD THEN MOVE'
ES'
THE LST,'ARVN.:AND_[~ARINE_DTVxSTONS, PROBA ,
C~.. T;HE; RDUTE~:,914 AREA WILL CONTI
U BLY DNTIL
~r '~~
6. GENERAL":,AB~iJ~~ .AND'.I 8O?H FEEL THAT THIS REPRESENTS A SATIS-
FACTORY PLAN F4R LAM SQN,:?LJ?' THIEU SHARES OUR PE~SPOUTLINED~ ~~'
THE OPERATI0~1 AHp ,THE ..PUBLIC ..IMAGE IT MUST HAVE.
MgRE SPECIFIC"IALLY'`IN`.GENERAL ABRAMS' MESSAGE I SELIEVE,THE PLAN
~}EETS THE P.dIt~TS RA,~SE,a; Its YDUR WHS 1~J 13 ~ .
,,. ,
7 r 'ky~F w a F
BEST REGARDS,~~~~ ~~, ~'~` ~-
G1dENMPOG ? 8&;63E.1MG ry ~~1~~ ~~~W~~~~1~ ' - }_
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2011/10/17 : LOC-HAK-490-3-24-8