TELEGRAM FRM THE CIA STATION IN SAIGON TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL ASSISTANT (ROSTOW), SECRETY OF STATE RUSK, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA, AND DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE - 1967/12/29

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• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00143908
• Document Creation Date: July 27, 2018

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Telegram From the Central Intelligence Agency Station in Saigon to the President's
Special Assistant (Rostow), Secretary of State Rusk, Secretary of Defense McNamara,
and the Director of Central Intelligence (Helms)
Saigon, December 29, 1967, 2052 Z
CAS 6462.
1. Source:/Department of State, Central Files, POL 27-7 VIET S/BUTTERCUP.
Secret; Nodis; Buttercup. Received at 4:45 p.m.
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3. 'THUSLY SOTH SU HA A':'4D CR RY OUR WITTE .RESFONCE.
R.US VERB-AL O0iT'IETARYYDISOUSSION TO OTHER. 'SIDE. IO
FING PrA.F. CONFIRM EACH OTHERS ST A7'7ETS ESPECIALLY RE IA:)A'12
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� . SUP,.TEGTS:. A . SINCE D7RARTURt7 AND SAU HA �
;FO i SA IGO DECE:MEER YE HAVE MOVED MADAiE E-1 i Jo ;ZW
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C3MPAJI1--7 IN A7DITION TWO OTHER'. C.AS LI.-;G"ISTS P.;�D./C.),R JCPS
IJITH HER AL*10ST EV1.7.PY DAY FOR CE EL 7ISCUSSI-ONS. YHIC,'H LEADS
I 1T0 ELICITATIOI ESSION ON HER,- HER HUSEA.!.Z.; AND FA*IILY, EACK-
GROUND A!1D THEIR POLE wITH. THE VIFT COPG, ETC.' � THESE CO sillZRSP.TIONS
.9.7AP71:: .INTERESTI NC I .ISIGHT ITO HER AND HER H1JS7.;AND'S' THINKING
:!�10T.I//AT ION, Pr7R!7ONAL PROBLEMS, PLANS ETC. B. THOUGH UNLIKELY-
; IT -ROSSIEL7 THAT i,,!E .MAY HAP: TO MOVE rIA D :1E El 1 ALONG EITH7R.
..THROUGH "DISPUTED" AREA SUN OR. ONTO CAM30DIA'N SOIL TO GET HR
'PACK TO HER SIDE.. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE LOCALLY FAEF?ICATED
SYN IDENTITY CARD PLUS CAMBODIAN 4LIE N R'EGISTRAT-I0i.4 DOCUMENT .
EITHER OF WHICH WE WILL ISSUE TO HER JUST PRIOR TO HER LAUNCH.
SHE INSISTS 'T,-1,AT SHF KNOYS NO ROUTE: INTO NR-4 Ai-1D !.,'OULD BE
ECUALLY. HELPLESS .I7j GETTING THROUGH TO COF.VN; H01!EVEP .SHE DID
:fLIVE I PI-IN,Or'l PENH. AND S_AYS. SHE RETAINS SOME- KHMER LANGUAG-E
FACILITY.C. MAD'AME B--1 'ELL UNF.)FPSTANDS THAT SF' HAS
"ROLE" Nn. "missioN" D TT � SHE IS SE.1.!�]C IPLY RELEASED -A S �
k�.1A.S. HER: OLD 2IE SAU p. 01.4,1: V ER , E V ER .1)./E FIND HER_ IN _A _
; RECEPTIVE 'FRE OF MIND WE HAVE DISCUSSED 1.1ITH HER POSSI:=AE ;
k_ ADVANTAGES OF -FACE TO FACE SECRET iTALKS BETWEEN HER HUSE:AND
C.P.ND/OR. OTHER' RESPONSIBLE .VIET GONG' OFFICIALS AND A R7PRESFNT-
F.P.TIVE OF. U.S..GOVERNTENT. WE HAVE SUGGESTED. THAT IF SHE WISHES
TO .D0 SO SHE, aOULD MENTIO N THIS TO B-1 t4NEN SHE. REJOINS HIM - ���
f..-AWD ADD THAT IN SUR VIEW THESE UNOFFICIAL -MEETINGS COULD BE � �
!.'1-1ELD IN A THIRD (UNSPECIFIED) COUNTRY OR EVEN 10 -SUN AT �A PLACE
i.WHERE THE .-U.S. CTJLDGUARATEE ,THE SAFETY AND- _SECURITY OF THE
VIET CONG REPS; T-N CONTF.,"4T; SliE,H.AS BEEN INFORMED THAT-THE ,
;-DAU TIEN/BEN CUI REG ION�tO0,0: Q_LOSE TO THE IDEAL -SINCE IT .
f1ILITAPILY. QUIET, VC 'ABOUN-o� IN-THE .PROXIMITY AND THERE ARE NO�
VARVII ELEMENTS OR GVN CHECK POINTS-FOR THE VIET. CONG. REPS TO
.:.001�JERN..T.H-FMSELVES ABOUT... SHE HAS...PROMISED- TO RELAY: THIS '
� SO NALLY' TO HER HUSRA ND AND HAS THE PERSONAL...HUNCH THAT . HE -JUST
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.MIGHT BE: INTERESTED i-,Off EN' HE HEARS OF ''1�1-IE SINCERITY AND 'RECJACILITY
-OF OUR. SIDE AS DEMONSTRATED TO; HER AND "SAU HP.
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