https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/150e1584795d35532887e38b86a660c9.pdf 3e758c6e9afe517f7ab5a22178eda999 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under th.e Access to Information Act • Document divulgue en vertu^e Ig Loisurl'^acces a /'information YV ‘ / APPENDIX 20 , 06-77 1 J /- • Classification domgraded to 3E023T-uthority:meno of lay/12/63 _ 54 7 eeamar FM WASMDC FEB27/65 } TSEC BACON 24-224476/ 5-2 TO EXTERNAL 642 EMERGENCY®’ 2, wa! INFO TT SAIGORCFOR COMMISSIONER ONLY (DIRECT FM OTT) EMERGENCY DE OTT VIETNAM FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SELF EXPLANATORY DRAFT TEL FROM STATE DEPT TO USA EM3 OTT INFO USA EMB SAIGON, ALREADY APPROVED BY SEC OF STATE BEGINS: QUOTE WE HAVE PASSED TO CDN EMB HERE TEXT OF THAT POR IT ION OF AMBASSADOR CABOTS PRESENTATION AT LATEST VSAW TALKS DEALING WITH VIETNAM SITUATION. TEXT AS FOLLOWS?SUBQUOTE.I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED. TO RESTATE USA POLICY IN SOUTH VIETNAMOUR CONSTANT POLICY HAS BEEN TO ASSIST SOUTH VIETNAM IN ITS EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN ITS FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE IN THE FACE OF COMMUNIST AGGRESSION DIRECTED AND SUPPORTED BY HANOI.SO LONG AS VIET CON3, DIRECTED AND SUPPORTED BY NORTH VIETNAM AND ENCOURAGED BY YOUR SIDE, CONTINUES ITS ATTACKS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, USA WILL FIND IT NECESSARY. TO AFFORD GOVT OF VIETNAM SUCH ILP AS IT DESIRES AND NEEDS TO RESTORE PEACE. THE PRESSURES BEING MOUNTED BY NORTH VIETNAMESE ACROSS THE FRONTIERS OF SOUTH VIETNAM ARE INTCLERABLE’E MUST AND WILL TAKE ACTION TO STOP THEM, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, ON FEBneRPTD THAT WE HAVE NO RPT NO AMBITIONS IN INDOCHINA FOR OURSELUIS.VE SEEK NO RPT NO DOMINION AND WE SEEK NO RPT NO CONQUEST.VE SEEK NO RPT RO WIDER. VAR,BUT WE WILL PERSIST IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AND OUR CONTINUING ACTIONS VIL DE THOSE WHICH ARE JUSTIFIED AND THOSE MADE NECESSARY BY THE o .2 000218 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information PAGE TWO 642 ( CONTINUING AGGRESSION OF OTHERS. HR AMBASSADOR, I WISH TO STRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE NO RPT NO DESIGNS ON DRV TERRITORY, NOR HAVE WE ANY INTENTIONS OF UNSEATING THE AUTHORITIES IN HANOI. IT WAS OUR HOPE THAT THE 1954 GENEVA ARRANGEMENTS WOULD ALLOW GOVTS IN INDOCHINA TO EXIST IN PEACE. GENEVA AGREEMENT OF 1954 HAS BEEN TORN UP BY NORTH VIETNAMESE IN THEIR EFFORT TO SUBVERT SOUTH VIETNAM.HANOI HAS SUPPLIED VIETCONG WITH ORDERS, DIRECTION, TRAINING, PERSONNEL AND KEY MATERIAL.TO GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES,WE HAVE PROOF THAT MAJORITY OF HARD CORE VIET CONG OFFICERS AND BULK OF SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS AND HEAVY WEAPONS SPECIALISTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY THROUGH INFILTRATION TO SOUTH.WE KNOW PRINCIPAL TRAINING CENTERS IN NORTH VIETNAM AND PRINCIPAL ROUTES OF INFILTRATION, SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT HAS CAPTURED NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY AND PUBLIC SECUR ITS OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN SENT TO SOUTH . VIETNAM UNDER ORDERS. WE WOULD BE SATISFIED IF THE GENEVA AGREEMENTS OF 1954 WERE OBSERVED BY ALL PART IES. OBSERVANCE OF THESE AGREEMENTS BY ALL SIDES WOULD PROVIDE A SATISFACTORY RESLN OF VIETNAM PROBLEM.ANY EVIDENCE OF WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE DRV TO RETURN TO THESE ACCORDS WOULD BE NOTED AND WELCOMED BY OUR SIDE. I PRESUME THAT YOU FEEL OBLIGED TO GO ON RECORD HERE WITH YOUR PUBLIC POSITION.PLEASE DO SO IF YOU VISH,BUT I HOPE THAT YOU WILL PASS SUBSTANCE OF MY COMMENTS TO YOUR AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR , ( ..3 U 000219 �7 t Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en yertu de la Loi sur l’acces a /'information > • . 1 “je Fr M PACE THREE 642 SERIOUS CONSIDERATION IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT IN HANOI AS TO THIS USA POSITION, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONVEY IT TO THEM. UN SUBQUOTE.0 WE HAVE ASKED CDN EMB HEBE TO SEEK OTTS APPROVAL FOR HAVING BLAIR SEABORN CONVEY ABOVE QUOTED PASSAGE TO APPROPRIATE HAOU AUTHORITIES IN COURSE OF NEXT VISIT HANOL (ACCORDING TO EMB, THIS COULD BE AS EARLY AS MARI WHEN SEABORN MIGHT ACCOMPANY OTHER ICC CCMMISSI CNERS ON TRIP TO HANOI) 6 WE ARE NOT RPT NOT ASKING THAT SEABORN DO MORE THAN CONVEY THIS PASSAGE FROM CABOTS PRESENTATION, POINTING OUT THAT THIS IS BEING DONE FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING CLEAR AMERICAN POSITION AS TAKEN AT VS AW AND THAT USAW CONVERSATIONS ARE OF COURSE C^FD. G UE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN PEIPINCS AND HAN OXS je GENERAL CuTLOOYCSWER SOVIET-DRV RELATIONSHIP) AND THERE MAY ■ ase ' * ACCORDINGLY FHERCEEERTAIE VARIATIONS IN THEIR PROSPECTIVE VIEES ON NEGOTIATIONS ISSUES THAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE HANOI AS KLLY AND CORRECTLY APPRISED OF CUR POSITION AS IS POSSIBLE® MOREOVER UE KONSIDER IT DESIRABLE KOT RT NOT TO ALLOU SEABORN CHANNEL TO BECOME CLOAGED THROUGH DISUSE AND TO MAKE CLEAR. THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HANOI AS A SEPARATE ELEIENT, NOT RPT NOT ONE ENTIRELY CCTROLABLE BY PEIPING® UNQUOTE. USA DRAFT TEL ENDS. . ' 000220 � 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 CDVN00039 Title A name given to the resource Appendix 20 - Washington telegram 642, USA request and suggestions for Seaborn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 27-Feb-65 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_020904 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