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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-1-23-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: December 12, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM THE WHITE HOUSE TOHAK 162
PARIS
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UNCLAS Wt 29879 TOHAK 162
T OHA K 162
FM THE SITUATION ROOM
TO: WINST ON'LORD FOR DR. KISSINGER
DECEMBER 12, 1972
MEM A UM? FOR MR. KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
THE WASHINGTON POST
PRESIDENT T HIED, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, PROPOSED
A CHRISTMAS. HOLIDAY TRUCE DURING WHICH NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM
AND THE VIET CONG WOULD BEGIN SEPARATE PEACE' NEGOTIATIONS. EMPH-
ASIS WAS' PUT ON THE FOLLOWING PHRASE: "T:IS TRUCE CAN BE EXTENDED
FOR A FURTHER DURATION AS AGREED BY ALL PARTIES,- IF THE CONSULTA-
TIONS "PROGRESS IN AN ENCOURAGING WAY."
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WESTERN DIPLOMATS AND JOURNALISTS TO AN EFFORT TO "VIETNAMIZE
THE PEACE TALKS' AND FORESTALL ANY AGREEMENT IN PARIS TO. WHICH
HE WOULD BE FORCED TO CAPITULATE. NEITHER THE WHITE HOUSE NOR
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD' ANY IMMEDIATE COMMENT. WHILE MAKING
NO' DIRECT MENTION OF THE PARIS TALKS, THIEU REITERATED SOUTH
VIETNA. M' S UNCOMPROMISING STAND IT HAS FOUND OBJECTIONABLE IN
THE DRAFT 'AGREEMENT. TKIEU CONFIRMED THAT SOUTH VIETNAM WOULD
REDUCE THE SIZE OF ITS ARMED FORCES BY THE SAME NUMBER OF TROOPS
THAT NORTH VIETNAM WITHDRAWS FROM THE SOUTH, BUT HE SAID NOTHING
THAT WOULD INDICATE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN HIS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIONS
TO THE AGREEMENT. HE INSISTED THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT A
TOTAL PULLOUT OF NVA FORCES, AND REJECTED THE POLITICAL ARRANGE-
MENTS AND ELECTIONS AFTER A CEASE-FIRE. TO "STOW ITS UTMOST
GOOD WILL," TKIEU SAID SOUTH VIETNAM "WILL UNILATERALLY RELEASE
FIRST AND WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS 1,015 COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAMESE
DISABLED AND HEALTHY PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE
TRUCE." HE FURTHER APPEALED TO THE LEADERS OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S
FRACTIOUS POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO JOIN IN ACHIEVING
NATIONAL SOLIDARITY ON THE BASIS OF DETERMINATION TO SAVE OUR
LAND# HE SAID THEY SHOULD MARE AN "ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO
POLITICAL LIFE THROUGH POLITICAL PROCESS THAT YOU AND I WILL
DISCUSS AND AGREE TO IMPLEMENT." ACCORDING TO THE STORY, THIS
APPEARS T O MEAN THAT HE IS PLANNING TO TAKE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
NONCOMMUNIST OPPOSITION INTO -HIS CABINET, AS GOVERNMENT SOURCES
INDICATED LAST WEEK. (k-1)
REI.,.IABLE VIETNAM SO{ OE ' I.NDLOA?E. THAT THE TH.IEU GDVER$MT WANTS
THE. MOUNTAIN RESORT CITY OF DALAT TO BE THE SITE OF MEETINGS FOR
THE PROPOSED NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RECONCILIATION AND CONCORD. (A-20)
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A REPORT ON THE RESUMPTION OF YOUR MEETINGS IN PARIS TODAY AP-
PEARS ON PAGE A-18.
DUSKO DODER WRITES THAT THE U. S. AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA ARE SEEKING
EETTER RELATIONS. OFFICIALS OF BOTH COUNTRIES SAY THAT FORMAL
TALKS ON A NEW CONSULAR CONVENTION ARE SCHEDULED TO. BEGIN "VERY
SOON," T O BE FOLLOWED BY NEGOTIATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGES AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE A GAMUT OF OUTSTANDING
FINANCIAL ISSUES. (A-1)
IN MIAMI YESTERDAY, A GROUP Of 85 CUBAN REFUGEES FWFIVED ABOARD
THE FIRST "FREEDOM FLIGHT" SINCE LAST MAY. (A-i)
U, S. MILITARY SOURCES HERE SAY THE SOVIET UNION HAS OFFERED THE
GOVERNMENT OF CHILE $50 MILLION IN LOW- INTEREST CREDITS TO BUY
SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT. (A-3)
A ,,,t J; RIAL WAS DECLARED IN THE TRIAL OF DANIEL
ELLSBERG. A NEW JURY WAS DIRECTED TO BE IMPANELED. (A-6)
IN TOKYO, PRIME MINISTER TANAKA AND HIS LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WON
A NEW TERM. HOWEVER, COMMUNIST PARTY GAINS WERE HEADLINED IN
THE COMMUNIST PARTY JUMPED FROM FIFTY-RANKING
WITH 14 SEATS IN THE DIET TO THIRD-RANKING WITH 3S SEATS. (A-16)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO EXPLORE THE
CAUSES OF ACTS OF TERRORISM RATHER THAN DRAWING UP INTERNATIONAL
LEGISLATION AIMED AT STEMMING THE ACTS OF TERRORISM THEMSELVES.
MANY OF THE NATIONS SEEKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HIJACKING SAID
THEY WOULD. NOW BY-PASS THE UN IN THEIR EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH
TERR OR ISM. (A-1)
INDIA AND PAKISTAN COMPLETED DEMARCATION OF A NEW TRUCE LINE IN
KASHMIR YESTERDAY. FINAL GOVERNMENT APPROVAL IS EXPECTED TO BE
AL N 5 000WAtrm, L WJ" '~' E ,
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TROOP WITHDRAWALS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 10 DAYS. (A-5)
HENRY PAOLUCAI WRITES AN ARTICLE DEBATING YOUR BEING A*DISRAELI
CONSERVATIVE" SINCE COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. HE DISCUSSES YOUR
IMPACT UPON THEPRESIFENT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, QUOTING BOTH
YOU AND THE PRESIDENT, AND PROJECTING HIS CONCEPTION OF WHAT THE
NEXT 4 YEARS WILL BRING. (A-47)
THE BALTIMORE SUN
JOSEPH. KRAPT DISCUSSES SADAT' S SHAKY POLITICAL STANDING IN EGYPT.
SADAT HAS LOST PERSONAL PRESTIGE OVER HIS CONCERN WITH THE PROB-
OF I I*~ ' I. AND P0,L;TICALLY, SADAT HAS DESTROYED
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THE EGYPTIAN LEFT-WING WHICH NASSER HAD USED AS A BALANCE AGAINST
THE ARMY. RIGHT-WING OPPOSITION FROM THE ARMY HAS ENJOYED FREE
FLAY FOR ITS GRIEVANCES AND RIVALRIES. AS A RESULT, COUP RUMORS
ARE PROMINENT, BUT KRAFT FEELS THAT SADAT WILL MANAGE TO MUDDLE
THROUGH. (A' 19)
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