SOUTH VIETNAMESE LINKS WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN CAMBODIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-5-3-10-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 16, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM IP
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASR IN GT ON
SECRET/ EXDIS
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM: Henry A. Kissinger k
INFORMATION
April 16, 1970
SUBJECT: South Vietnamese Links with the New
Government in Cambodia
The South Vietnamese Foreign Minister has informed us that he re-
cently sent one of his assistants for a four-day visit to Phnom. Penh.
He also stated that the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff has sent a
IImessenger" of its own to Phnom Penh to talk about military matters.
Our Embassy in Saigon believes the GVN is now quietly pushing, or
preparing to push, its contacts with Cambodia in the following four
ways:
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completed.
--Upgrading the Vietnamese representation in Phnom Perth by
increasi'r.--ng the Vietnamese staff which has been attached to the
Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh ever since t e and
Cambodia broke relations.
--Developing greater unofficial contacts with the Vietnamese
community in Cambodia.
--Using the Vietnamese permanent representative on the Mekong
Committee, who is well-connected in Phnom Penh, to establish
contact with the new Cambodian government.
9 'D
--Developing more contacts at the General Staff level.
One problem the GVN is going to face is the new Cambodian government's
reported tendency to regard all Vietnamese as enemies. If the GVN does
not protest Cambodian actions against the Vietnamese in Cambodia, it
could forfeit its claim to represent the Vietnamese people. Moreover, it
would enable the Communists to win the support of all Vietnamese living
in Cambodia. On the other hand, the GVN does not want to jeopardize its
relations with the new Cambodian government. We expect Saigon and 25X1
Phnom Penh will p.ktempt to settle this problem as soon as possible.
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April 14, 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER
FROM: John Holdridge
SUBJECT: South Vietnamese Links with the New
Government in Cambodia
We have received further information on South Vietnamese efforts to
strengthen its ties with the new Cambodian government.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you sign the memorandum for the President at Tab A.
Attachment
JHH:WRS:alh (4/14/70)
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