CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM DAVID BRUCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-246-3-13-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 19, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

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DEAR HENRY:'
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
..MANY THANKS FOR YOUR LETTER OF Oc OBER 9.
IN REGARD TO MAKING ANY SUGGEST IONS TO THE
PRESIDENT ABOUT A CHANGE IN OUR NEGOTIATING POSTURE,
I HAVE NONE TO PUT FORWARD. I THINK THE POINTS IN
HIS SPEECH ARE COMPLETELY VALID, AND SHOULD BE
? ADHERED TO WITHOUT ANY PRESENT ALTERATION. . OF
COURSE, I icECOGNIZE THAT IF SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS
SHOULD EVER TAKE PLCE, THERE NIGHT BE COMPROMISES
ON BOTH SIDES-O',' DETAL S, BUT T XERE 'SHOULD NOT BE
MAKING C3NCESSIOi'J AFTER CONCI S-SION THROUGH IMPATIENCE
BY US ON PRINCIPLES. UNHAPPILY, OUR DIPLOMATIC
HISTORY IS ALL TOO ILL-STARRED BY OUR UNNECESS.-:R ILY
GAIN.
AFTER UNDERCUTTING OUR ALLIES WITHOUT ANY COMT-1PENSATORY
DOING, UNDER PniM"SENT CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD WIND UP
APART FROM OTHER CONSIDERATIOiJS, MY GUESS IS BY SO
FAVORING Tr ADINCC UNILATERAL ' ITHDRAWAL FOR A CEASE-FIRE.
TO ACHIEVE EPHEMERAL RESULTS.
I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR BUREAUCRATIC PRESSURES
IN REGARD TO A SECOND POINT IN YOUR LETTER. IT
AMAZES ME THAT SO MANY i'::-RSONS IN OUR GOVI;;RNMENT, THE
TO FOLLOW, A C(' !') IT ION ALWAYS FI VORABLE TO THEIR
DESIGNS-OF THE 3TRUCTU;;E OF ADMINISTRATION IN SOUTH
VI1MT-NA M. THE fi,iEER IMPUDENCE OF A JUNGLE-BASED
MINORITY SETTING FORTH SUCH A PROPOSAL S iOULD BE
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NEVER PT i:' WVER COMPROMISE. 1"IdIEI), KY, AND Kr{IE1~1 ARE ONLY
CONdVEE NIL,, l NANNIES AS, FAR AS TH OT1Ir i-t SL-)E IS CONCERNED.
WHAT THLY REALLY AIM AT IS T IL:. ) ISNANTL ING-- WITII CHAOS
GENERALLY, HAVE BENFOOL .D BY THE PERSISTENT CONWUNIIST
DEMAND FOR THE P- MOVAL OF MESS 3. THIEU, KY, AND KHIEM,
AND THE SUBSEQUENT ESTABLTSH{NNE: J'T OF A PROVISIONAL
COALITION GOVERNMENT. ON THI %, I BE'LIEVE' WE SHOULD
CONGRESS, OUR NEWS MEDIA, AND AMONGST THE PUBLIC
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1-ili INUES TO OGRESS
FAVORABLY AND. WE MAINTAIN
uATRESONABLEPRIRMNESS,
OUR OPPONENTS MAY SLOWLY BEND. NOT BETRAY OUR OWN FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTSLTHROUGHT
IMPAT IENCE..
UPJHANPILYr' JHERE ARE ALL TOO Iti1ANY
IL;NS
WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY REALLY INTEND,
NAMELY TO SEIZE POWER BY SUBTERFUGE.
IS CALSSICAL IN COMMUNIST PR ACT ICS DI{AL TACO
HAS SUCCEEDED, BECAUSE 0}. AN ALL TOO OFTEN
Y
THEIR ADVERSARIES OF LACK OF COPIPF?EI~i'PdSION D
03J E: CTIVE. WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE COMMUNIST
I HOPE IT IS NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE O FA GE, AND
HARDENING OF T}iE ARTERIES, THAT I FEEL STRONGLY THE
DESIRABILITY OF STAKING HEAVILY Oi) THE PRESIDENT' S
EXCELLENT HAND, AND NOT BEING BLUFFED OUT OF. ITS FULL
USE. IF VIETNAMT7ATION?
au MUGH FOR THAT HOM.IL Y.
WITH 14ARII REGARDS I AM
EVER YOURS, DAVID
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-246-3-13-1