CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-5-32-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: May 5, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/0'3 : LOC-HAK-41-0-?--3247-- flg'S
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TOPSECRE'T SENSITIVE 0510201 MAY 72 (BUNKER)
FROM: AMBASSADOR BUNKER SAIGON 0085 IMMEDIATE
TO: THE WHITE HOUSE, EYES ONLY FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
REF: VHS 2063
1. I HAVE HAD A FRANK DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL ABRAMS ON THE SUB-
JECT OF REFTEL. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE BROADER CONSIDERATIONS THAT
ARE INVOLVED IN OUR DEALING WITH THE SOVIETS, GOING AS THEY DO BEYOND
THE PROBLEMS WE FACE HERE. HE WAS ENTIRELY RECEPTIVE TO MY
EXPLANATION AND WELCOMES THE PROCEDURE YOU HAVE OUTLINED, I. E.,
THAT HENCEFORTH THINKING ON QUESTIONS OF THIS KIND WILL BE TRANSMITTED
TO HIM THROUGH ME. IN THE CASE OF OVERRIDING SECURITY PROBLEMS
ABOUT WHICH THE PRESIDENT WILL WANT TO BE INFORMED, HIS VIEWS WILL
BE PROVIDED THROUGH ME. I THINK IT IS A FACT THAT SIGNALS FROM SOURCES
IN WASHINGTON MAY HAVE BEEN CONFUSING AND THE PROCEDURE THE
PRESIDENT PROPOSES WILL AVOID THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
2. GENERAL ABRAMS' MESSAGE RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL OF HANOI/
HAIPHONG STRIKES WHICH I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE WAS BASED ON URGENT
REQUEST FROM PRESIDENT THIEU TRANSMITTED TO HIM THROUGH GENERAL
VIEN. I THINK THE SITUATION NOW HAS BEEN STRAIGHTENED OUT.
3. WARM REGARDS.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/03: LOC-HAK-490-5-32-7
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