SAIGON STATION REPORTING

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1. TIMELY AND COMPREHENSIVE STATION (BOTH SAIGON AND
POC) REPORTING WELL RECEIVED, EXTENSIVELY USED AND HIGHLY
PRAISED ALL OVER WASHINGTON. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE,
BUT KEEP IT UP,
2. AS YOU OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZE (PER REF PARA 6) THERE IS
CRITICAL, URGENT NEED HERE FOR REPORTING ON POPULAR REACTIONS
AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SITUATION, .VC AND GVN IN SAIGON, IN
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URBAN CENTERS AND IN COUNTRY SIDE. WE NEED ALL AVAILABLE
FACTS, OF COURSE, BUT ALSOVANT YOUR ASSESSMENT AND FINGERT/P
FEELINGS. 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2)
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WAS IN PART FALL OUT. FROM LONG
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STRONGLY THAN OUR DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES) THAT CURillENT
CRISIS PUTS GVN AT CRITICAL, INDEED CII.UCIAL, FORK IN POLITICAL
ROAD. DYNAMIC, GALVANIC PSYWAR AND IR OPAGANDA MOVES BACKED
UP ASAP BY SOLID, SUBSTANTIVE ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS CAN TURN
RECENT EVENTS TO GREAT A3DVANTAGE. PROCRASTINATION, SQUABBLING
AND BUSINESS AS USUAL RESPONSE TO RECENT EVENTS CAN SWIFTLY
MAKE POLITICAL CANCER IRREMEDIABLY TERMINAL. PRESENT POPULAR
REACTION BOUND TO CONTAIN LARGE ELEMENTS OF CATAONIC SHOCK,
WHAT GVN DOES (OR DOES NOT DO) ISYLNIMINNICX IN INITIAL HOURS
AND DAYS WHEN POPULACE EMERGES FROM SHOCK MAY WELL DETER.-
M INE GVN'S ULTIMATE VICTORY OR DEFEAT.
4, IN LINE ABOVE, URGENTLY REQUEST YOUR BEST THOUGHTS -
ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE-- BOTH IMMEDIATELY AND IN NEAR
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TERM FUTURE-- AND WHO NEEDS TO BE GIVEN WHAT ROLES (EITHER
FOR SYMBOLIC OR SUBSTANTIVE REASONS) IF THESE TASKS ARE TO
tX ACCOMPLISHED. PLEASE REPORT INITIALLY IN ASSOLUTE
FRANKNESS IN 71-1E PRIVACY OF THIS CHANNEL BUT 'RECV.KX TRY TO .
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RESIST. PLEASE MAKE YOUR IDEAS AS CONCRETE AS POSSIBLE AND,
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DO NOT SCRUB ANY PROPOSAL YOU
BELIEVE COULD REALLY IMPROVE THE SITUATION, RECEIPT OF YOUR
BEST THOUGHTfp. BY 1200, 5 FEBRUARY WASHINGTON TIME 'LL GIVE
US A VALUABLE ASSIST IN SOME HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS TO BE HE LD
HERE MONDAY EVENING.
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