EVENING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-5-13-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 9, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER
FROM : THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT : EVENING NOTES
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VY'S COMMENTS ON RELATIONS WITH U.S.: NORTH VIETNAM IS ENTERING
INTO "AN ENTIRELY NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S." ACCORDING TO
NGUYEN MINH VY, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF HANOI'S DELEGATION TO THE
PARIS TALKS.
NORTH VIETNAM, SAID VY, CONSIDERS IT T O BE OF "IMMEASURABLE
IMPORTANCE" TO ESTABLISH "FRIENDLY AND LASTING TIES" WITH
THE U.S. DISCUSSING THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH, VY CLAIMED
THAT BOTH HANOI AND THE PRG HAD ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT MILI-
TARY WAR WAS "NO LONGER PRACTICABLE" AND THAT THEY MUST NOW
CONCENTRATE ON POLITICAL STRUGGLE. HE BELIEVED THAT THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND CONCORD WOULD
BE EFFECTIVE AND SAID THE COMMUNISTS WOULD PRESS FOR ITS ORGANI-
ZATION, VY COULD "IMAGINE" THE COUNCIL GRADUALLY REPLACING
SOME FUNCTIONS OF THIEU'S GOVERNMENT t BUT IN A SEEMING CON-
TRADICTION, ADMITTED THAT SELECTING A TRULY INDEPENDENT "THIRD
ELEMENT" CONSTITUTED AN "ALMOST INSURMOUNTABLE PROBLEM." VY
MORE OR LESS WROTE OFF THE PARIS EXILE ELEMENTS AS PARTICIPANTS.
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SAIGON SELECTED AS SITE FOR RVN-NFL MEETINGS: AN INFORMATION
OFFICIAL IN SAIGON TOLD NEWSMEN THAT THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CAPITAL
HAD BEEN SELECTED AS THE SITE FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS BETWEEN
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT FOR
CONSULTATIONS ON INTERNAL POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF SOUTH VIETNAM.
LON NOL PRESSES FOR SIRIK MATAK AS VICE PRESIDENT :
MARSHAL LON NOL SUMMONED
PRINCIPAL LEADERS OF THE SOCIO -REPUBLICAN PARTY YESTERDAY TO
DISCUSS SIRIK MATAK'S NOMINATION TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY. AFTER
UPBRAIDING SEVERAL OF THEM, INCLUDING LON NON, HE
SAID HE WANTED MATAK IN THAT POSITION AND INTENDED TO HAVE
HIS WAY. IF NOT t HE WOULD RESIGN AND TAKE THE ENTIRE GOVERN-
MENT DOWN WITH HIM. HE ALSO TOLD PRIME MINISTER HANG THUN
HAK THAT HE WANTED HIS IMMEDIATE AND TOTAL ACCEPTANCE OF
SIRIK MATAK AS VICE PRESIDENT, AND THE PRIME MINISTER AGREED
WITHOUT RESERVATION.
SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION: SOUTH KOREA WILL HOLD A GENERAL ELEC-
TION ON FEBRUARY 27 FOR A NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE OLD
ASSEMBLY WAS DISSOLVED LAST OCTOBER WHEN PRESIDENT PARK DE-
CLARED MARTIAL LAW.
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PALME'S RESPONSE TO ROGERS' STATEMENT : IN RESPONSE TO SECRETARY
ROGERS' COMMENTS IN HIS EXCHANGE WITH CONGRESSMAN FRASER YESTER-
DAY, PRIME MINISTER PALME SAID THAT THIS DID NOT INFLUENCE THE
SWEDISH ATTITUDE TOWARD U.S. POLICIES IN VIETNAM NOR THE VIEWS
ON THE CEASE-FIRE. NEITHER DID IT INFLUENCE THE SWEDISH DESIRE
FOR NORMAL DIPLOMATIC CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
HE CLAIMED THAT SWEDISH OPINION HAD CONTRIBUTED TO SHORTENING
THE WAR. IF THERE HAD BEEN NO OPINION EXPRESSED AND IF ANY
METHODS COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE WAR, THERE COULD HAVE
SOME KIND OF PEACE, "BUT THE PRICE FOR THAT PEACE WOULD HAVE
BEEN INFINITELY HIGH." SWEDISH STATEMENTS REFLECTED HONEST
OPINIONS. IT WAS RIGHT TO MAKE THEM, EVEN IF THEY IRRITATED
A GREAT POWER p ACCORDING TO PALME.
UK RECOGNIZES EAST GERMANY: AN EAST GERMAN COMMUNIQUE STATES
THAT GREAT BRITAIN BECAME THE FIRST OF THE BIG THREE WESTERN
POWERS TO RECOGNIZE THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT. THE TWO COUN-
TRIES WILL EXCHANGE DIPLOMATS ON AN AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL AFTER
EAST AND WEST GERMANY RATIFY THEIR NORMALIZATION TREATY AND
AFTER BONN SENDS ITS OWN REPRESENTATIVE TO EAST BERLIN. FRANCE
AND EAST GERMANY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS AND WOULD EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS AT AN UNSPECIFIED
TIME.
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OAU CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL: A PRESS REPORT FROM ADDIS ABABA
STATES THAT AN ORGANIZATION FOR AFRICAN UNITY COMMITTEE HAS
APPROVED A DRAFT DECLARATION CONDEMNING ISRAEL, INDIRECTLY
CONGRATULATING THE AFRICAN STATES WHICH HAVE BROKEN OFF TIES
WITH THAT COUNTRY, AND CALLING ON ALL MEMBER STATES TO STRENGTHEN
THEIR SOLIDARITY WITH EGYPT.
ANOTHER FISHING BOAT SEIZED: EMBASSY QUITO REPORTS THAT THE
ECUADOREAN NAVY SEIZED AN AMERICAN FISHING VESSEL OFF THE
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS THIS MORNING. A SECOND VESSEL WAS INSPECTED
AND RELEASED.
THE EVENING STAR AND WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS: AP QUOTING AMERI-
CAN SOURCES SAID YOUR OVERNIGHT STAY IN VIENTIANE EN ROUTE
TO HANOI WAS UNLIKELY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE NEGOTIA-
TIONS BETWEEN THE LAOTIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNIST PATHET
LAO REBELS.
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LEE COHN STATES PRESIDENT NIXON SOON MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CRISIS TO SQUEEZE ECONOMIC CON-
CESSIONS FROM FOREIGN COMPETITORS. INFORMED SOURCES SAID THERE
ARE INDICATIONS THAT NIXON MAY MAKE A MAJOR MOVE WITHIN A FEW
DAYS. (A 2)
GEORGE SHERMAN REPORTS PRESIDENT NIXON PLANS TO MEET THIEU IN
THE LAST PART OF MARCH, POSSIBLY IN WASHINGTON ACCORDING TO
INFORMED SOURCES.
GEORGE ESPER REPORTS THAT THE POW RELEASES PROMISED IN THE
CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT WILL BEGIN MONDAY MORNING, SAIGON TIME.
JEREMIAH O'LEARY STATES THAT COSTA RICA'S PRESIDENT FIGUERES
HAS THROWN THE HALF-MILLION CUBAN EXILES INTO A STATE OF SHOCK
BY HIS DECLARATION THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK A DIALOGUE WITH FIDEL
CASTRO.
ANDREW BOROWIEC WRITES THAT PRESIDENT POMPIDOU HAS STEPPED
INTO THE NERVOUS FRENCH PRE-ELECTORAL SCENE WITH A SOMBER
WARNING ABOUT THE DANGER OF A COMMUNIST TAKE-OVER.
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