CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-5-20-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 25, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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FROM: AMBASSADOR BUNKER SAIGON 0075 ?FP:MEDIATE
TO: THE WHITE HOUSE, EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
REF: WHS 2054
1. A MINISTRY OF. FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ILLEGIB
'ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES AT 0838:6 1ctricOre)1.4:. 1rIc:P.44%,t
? QUOTE: THE REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM HAS AGREED WITH THE
? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THAT THE PARIS TALKS SHOULD BE
RESUMED ON APRIL 27, 1972'. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM RECALLS THE NUMEROUS APPEALS OF THE
,OTHER SIDE TO REOPEN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS AND IS AGREEING
TO DO SO ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE. OTHER SIDE IS PREPARED TO
CONDUCT SERIOUS AND MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS WHICH COULD .
LEAD TO. A PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT.
THE REPUBLIC OF' VIETNAM EMPHASIZES THAT THE GOOD INTENTIONS
OF THE OTHER SIDE MUST ALSO BE PROVED BY ITS CESSATION OF
ITS INVASION OF SOUTH' VIET-NAM.
PENDING THE PEACEFUL SOLUTION SINCERELY SOUGHT BY THE GOVERN-
MENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM, THE GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS
ITS DETERMINATION TO DEFEND ITS POPULATION AND ITS TERRITORY
? FROM INVASION BY NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES, WHOSE FLAGRANT
VIOLATION OF THE DMZ AND THE 1968 UNDERSTANDINGS HAVE BEEN.
DENOUNCED
, DENOUNCED BY PEOPLES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ?UNQUOTE.
2. GVN UNDERSTANDS THE NECESSITY OF MAKING NO REPEAT NO COMMENT
RELATING THE RESUMPTION OF TALKS TO YOUR MOSCOW .TRIP.
3. WARM REGARDS.
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