PARIS MEETINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-4-41-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: September 6, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/10/02: LOC-HAK-490-4-41-8
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FROM: AMBASSADOR BUNKER SAIGON 0972 IMMEDIATE
TO: THE WHITE HOUSE, EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT: PARIS MEETINGS
1. I HAD FIRST OPPORTUNITY SINCE MY RETURN FROM WASHINGTON TODAY
TO GIVE THIEU A RUN-DOWN ON YOUR TALK WITH YUL AUGUST 16. I WENT
OVER WITH HIM IN DETAIL THE POINTS IN THE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
WHICH WE THOUGHT SHOULD GOVERN A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR INDO-
CHINA WHICH YOU HAD SUBMITTED TO YUL. I SIID THAT HE HAD SHOWN
ENOUGH INTEREST IN THEM TO SUGGEST A FURTHER MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13
AND THAT YOU PLANNED TO'GO AHEAD WITH THIS. I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER
MICHAEL WOULD BE PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
2. THIEU'S ONLY COMMENT WAS TO ASK WHETHER WE THOUGHT THE OTHER
SIDE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH US BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HANOI WAS APPRE-
HENSIVE CONCERNING WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THE VISIT AND MIGHT FEAR,
AS A RESULT OF IT, SOME KIND OF AN IMPOSED SETTLEMENT. I REPLIED
THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THE PROSPECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
HAD STIMULATED THEIR INTEREST IN FURTHER EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES, BUT
WE THOUGHT IT WORTHWHILE TO CONTINUE TO PROBE HOW FAR THEY ARE READY
TO GO. IN ANY CASE WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.
3. BEST REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/10/02 : LOC-HAK-490-4-41-8