https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e4f2aa41be2d26d97d9a2e03f9dffbf0.pdf 772338a8043e44ba9b8a0b5b871c034f PDF Text Text i Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ______D£icu£n£n.tdjv.ulgue.e-n-vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information . " APPENDIX 17 DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA OUTGOING MESSAGE Classification downgraded to SECRET Authority:nemo of lay/13/58 EXT OTT FM: -$472. DATE DEC4/64 1 i ?rr !. ./ +File Diary Divi nal Mr. . ' old Smith SECURITY _______________ FILE_______ 20 -2.2-/675 -2 - /- Bo e t ,v 33 PRECEDENCE HUMBER OPIMMED Y-883 TO: SAIGON (SEABORN ONLY) INFO: WASHDC Ref.: WASHDC TELS 4189 AND 4190 DEC 3 Subject: VISIT TO NORTH VIETNAM TBPSECRET BACON NO DIST. OPTIED IN LIGHT OF YOUR LAST INTERVIEW WITH PHAM VAN DONG, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF SUBSTANCE IN POSITION YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO ADOPT IN FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HANOI. SINCE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MESSAGE TO CONVEY, USA SUGGESTION AMOUNTS TO RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU EXPRESS PERSONAL VIEWS. IN PARTICULAR, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SUGGEST PERSONALLY THAT “TIME IS RIPE FOR ANY NEW MESSAGE HANOI MAY WISH TO CONVEY" WITHOUT APPEARING TO REPRESENT USA INTEREST IN ELICITING PROPOSITIONS FROM DRVNo 2. IN AGREEING TO CARRY OUT THIS EXERCISE, WE BELIEVE YOU SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO JOHNSON OR TAYLOR THAT SINCE USA SUGGESTIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY PASSIVE, YOUR ROLE WILL HAVE TO BE LIKEWISE. YOU COULD POINT OUT TO THEM THAT YOU WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO PRESS FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH PHAM VAN DONG SIMPLY TO DISCUSS YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS AND REACTIONS. YOUR OWN DISCRETION OF COURSE WILL BE ULTIMATE GUIDE IN DECIDING COURSE OF ACTION TO BE FOLLOWED IN HANOI BUT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER POSSIBILITY *==================-==-=-=-=======================================2= LOCAL DISTRIBUTION ORIGINATOR eie................................................. .............. Name . W.T.. Delworth/RH BXT. 10 (REV. t 2/6 1) NO DISTRIBUTION DIVISION FAR EASTERN APPROVED R Y PHONE 2-6807 d iq ... HAMS 000210 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act iDocument divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information I 2. TSP SECRET BACON NO DiSrBulic OF'ATTEMPTING TO CONTINUE. CALLS ON DRVN MINISTERS IN ROUTINE AND NORMAL WAY AND MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO MEET THE PR I MINISTER. YOU SHOULD ENSURE HOWEVER THAT LINE SUGGESTED BY AMERICANS IS TAKEN, AT ONE STAGE OR ANOTHER DURING VISIT, WITH MAI LAM IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE PHAM VAN DONG, UNLESS THERE IS SOME OTHER MINISTER wliO KNOWS ■ OF THIS OPERATION 000211 � 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 CDVN00036 Title A name given to the resource Appendix 17 - Ottawa telegram Y-882 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04-Dec-64 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25/R219, 2017-00506-1, Box 3, Pt. 12, "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_020901 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