https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f44916d370cf1f27721bf7740da22840.pdf fddb99524d184640c9d9b4b776a9caff PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue dn vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a /'information APPENDIX IL tmmani II 1 III nsmmnp Classification donngraled to SECRET -Authority: memo of 1ay/13/682,• 34 " ACTIQN_CopyY 2-2202,873-2-/ / V FK CANDEL SAIGON NCV19/64 FGFSEC BACON N e” / TO EXTERNAL 677 IMSED FOR IMMELIATE DELIVERY TO ARNOLD SMITH AND FAREAST DIV INFC TT WASHDC LE CTT FEF NYTEL 665 NOVI 4 VISIT TO ECRTAVISTNAM JOHNSON TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT TAYLOR IS NOW LEAVING SAIGON FOR WASHDC NOV25 AND WILL MOT RPT NOT 3E BACK TILL DEC3 OR 4. HE SAID WASHLC HAD ASKED KE TO DELAY TRIP TILL DEC7 OR EVEN A FEW DAYS LATER.IMPLICATION CF THEIR RCUEST WAS THAT THERE WOULD EE MESSAGE TO E DELIVERED THOUGH THIS COULD NOT RPT NOT BE CERTAIN TILL AFTER CCNSULTATIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE. JOHNSON THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MOST DESIRABLE FCR ME TO SPEAK WITH TAYLOR HERE BEFORE HEADING NORTH. 2.1 SAID I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT REPEATED DEFERRAL CF. KY TRIP MIGHT ARCUSE SUSPICIONS HERE AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOME PLAUSIBLE EXCUSE FCR DELAYS IN DEPARTURE I WAS ALSO WORRIE LEST, LEARNING OF STAND WHICH I HA J TAKEN OVER SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CCCHAIRMENC PARTICULARLY IF IT HAD BEEN FINALIZED BY TAEM)EY STOCK SHOULD BE VERY LOW WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE AND THEY MIGHT BE LESS INCLINED TO GIVE ME A HEARING ANCER INCREASED THE LONGER I DELAYED VISIT. 3.1 ALSO SUGGESTED TO JCHNSCN THAN,IF DECISION IN WASHDC WERE TO CO AHEAD SCON WITH AIR STRIKES, A PRECISE MESSAGE CFWARNISC TC THIS LFFTCT FRC USA TO RVI MIGHT -F LESS FFFrCTIV: THAN MY ...2 000201 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information l j PAGE TiC 677 SAYING THAT I HAD NO HPT NC MESSAGE BUT THAT IT LCCKED VERY UCH AS IF AIR STRIKES WERE BEING PLANNED AND WHAT DID NORTH VIETNAMESE THINK ABOUT THIS SITUATION.JOHNSON SEEDED ATTRACTED BY THIS IDEA AND FROM ONE OR TC OTHER REMARKS IT WOULD APPEAR THAT DECISION IS RUCH LORE LIKELY TO BE IN DIRECTION OF AIR STRIKES THAN IN OFFER TO NEGOTIATE. A.PLEASE ADVISE BY RETURN WHETHER YOU ARE AGREEABLE TO MY DELAYING STILL FURTHER NY TRIP TO FORTH TO MEET USA RE CUI RELENTS. DELAY OF LORE THAN DAY OR TC BEYOND DEC7 WOULD BE VERY AWKWARD SEABORN 000202 EBI � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indochina (CDVN) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDVN00033 Title A name given to the resource Appendix 14 - Saigon telegram 677 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-Nov-64 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25/R219, 2017-00506-1, Box 3, Pt. 11, "A study of Canadian Policy with respect to the Vietnam Problem," Library and Archives Canada. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC ATIP EA_2023_020898 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Vietnam Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en