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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: August 17, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
T 0 P. S E C R E T 1723072 AUG 72 SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD
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TO: RODMAN/LORD FOR DR. KISSINGER
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DOS and
ARMY
reviews
completed.
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05 LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
IN MILI,nni "r.QZVty st, nr.uiVIIHL,, rvnUGV, Durrunir.U of iauain
STRIKES, ENGAGED ENEMY FORCES AT MY THO, .DINH TUONG PROVINCE.
THIRTY-THREE ENEMY WERE KILLED. FARTHER SOUTH ON THE GULF OF
SIAM, ARVN INFANTRY REPORTEDLY KILLED 21 MORE OF THE ENEMY IN,
A FIREFIGHT AT RACH GIA. NO ARUN LOSSES WERE REPORTED.
PARIS. TALKS -' 155TH PLENARY .SESSION: AMBASSADOR PORTER NOTES
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CONTAINS CODEWORD
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05 : LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
ECHOES IN THE OTHER'SIDE' S STATEMENTS TODAY. BOTH BINH AND THUY
THAT THE CURRENT: ISSUES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FOUND.
TOOK UP THE THEME OF THE "LOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE" DURING.
1969 - 72 THE OTHER SIDE OFFERED ".PEACE WITH HONOR" FOR .THEW
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
U.S. THROUGH " ABANDONMENT OF T HIEU AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRG'S
SEVEN POINTS. THE COMMUNIST DELEGATION RIDICULED U.S. TROOP
WITHDRAWALS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM, CLAIMING THAT U.S. FORCES ELSE-
WHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OFFSHORE EXCEEDED THE U. S. FORCES
PULLED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. D IKE-BOMBING AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT .THE BOMBING.. RECEIVED. RELATIVELY SCANT MENTION. 'BINH
ATTEMPTED TO CON.TRAST SAIGON'S REPRESSIVE POLICIES WITH THE
PRG'S ALLEGED POPULAR SUPPORT AND INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE,
THE VIET CONE'S ACCEPTANCE ' OF THE GEORGETOWN NON-ALIGNED
FERENCE TO
CONCENTRATED. ON THE OTHER SIDE" S :RESPONSIBILITIES TO
8 CEASE-FIRE PROPOSALS AS THE BASIS FOR A' SOLD
LAM URGED THE PRG TO DISCUSS POLITICAL QUESTIONS WITH
GVN AND.TO END ITS ARMED. STRUGGLE,
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PLENARY SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AUGUST 24.
SITUATION IN MOROCCO AND DEATH OF OUFKIR: RABAT IS GENERALLY
CALM FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF KING HASSAN. THE
CIR CUSTACES aURRAUNRG )ET t?F=..GE~lUF3==AR1r:-='SL
UNCLEAR, ALTHOUGH A SENIOR OFFICER IN THE ROYAL MOROCCAN ARMY
W IT H EXCELLENT. ACCESS SAID THAT ACCORDING TO INFORMED WORD FROM
THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE MOROCCAN ROYAL ARMED FORCES, OUFKIR
WAS IMPLICATED 19 THE-PLOT AND WAS EXECUTED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN.
THIS CONTRASTS WITH EARLIER REPORTS THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE."
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05 : LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
SOVIET PRESS COMMENTS ON: PETERSON REPORT A TASS ITEM ON
SECRETARY PETERSON'S REPORT ON U.S.-SOVIET TRADE TALKS CITES:
I S EMPHASIS ON' T HE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF
MUTUAL ADVANTAGE AND ITS STATEMENT THAT THE UNDERSTANDING
REACHED DURING THE PRESIDENT' S VISIT WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE ITEM CAREFULLY SELECTS
PORT IONS OF? T HE. REPORT WHICH - INDICATE "THAT THE SOVIET ECONOMY
HOLDS GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE , U.S.
IT NOTES TIE PETERSON STATEMENT THAT CONTROLS- ON THE EXPORT
OF CERTAIN U. S.. GOODS -TO THE USSR ARE AN p ANACHR ONISM" UNDER
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE EVENING STAR ANO WASHINGTON DAILY "NEWS:: WILLIAM "BUCKLEY:
ASKS WHY, AFTERHANOI' S t4ASSIVE INVASION OF SOUTH VIE' NAME
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05 : LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8
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No Objection
o Declassification in Full 2010/11/05: LOC-HAK-548-2-21-8 """" ='