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Fl CARDEL SAIGON HAR5/65 TSPSEC BACON NO RPT NO DISTRIBUTION TO EXTERNAL 203 INKED FOR ARNOLD SMITH AND FAREAST DIV INFO TT UASHDC DE OTT REF YOURTEL Y[GS FE327 VIETNAM UPON ARRIVAL HARI IN HANOI I TOLD LT COL MAI LAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PM TO CONVEY USA MSG.NEXT MORNING LIAISO MISSION SAID REQUEST | HAD DEEN SENT TO PS OFFICE .THAT AFTERNOON DURING CALL ON COL HA VAN i LAU HE SAID HE WOULD PASS TO m ANY MSG I MAD TO CONVEY.I SAID I 1 HOPED FOR INTERVIEW BUT IF THIS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE I COULD PASS MSG THROUGH HIM ON NAR4 BEFORE DEPARTURE AT DINNER MAR2 HA VAN LAU WAS OUT OF TOWN THAT DAY AND MIGHT DECAUSE OF LATEST AIR STRIKES THAT DAY EE TOO BUSY TO RECEIVE ME.I TOLD KA VAN LAU WHAT MSG WAS AND WHY AMERICANS WANTED IT CONVEYED SO HE GOULD LET PM KNOWe 20s AFTERNOON MAR4 I PAID SECOND CALL'ON HA VAN LAU IN LIEU OF GALL os. Fi. INCIDENTALLY STAWICKY MANAGED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY TO SEE PM FOR FAREUELL CALL«I EXPLAINED NATURE OF MSG AND THEN READ HIM SLOWLY FRENCH TRANSLATION OF FULL TEXT OF CABOTS STATEMENT IN WSAW AS GIVEN IN UASHDC TEL 642 FEB27. 3. INTERPRETER TOOK FULL NOTES.HA VAN LAU SAID HE WOULD PASS MSG ON . TO PM THOUGH HIS FZRSONAL OPINION UAS THAT IT CONTAINED NOTHING NEW. TIZY MAD ALREADY HAD REPORT OF LATEST USAW MTG FRC CHINESE. 4® KA VAN LAU TIEN MADE PERSONAL COMMENT ON MSG AND GENERAL SITUATION. IT CONFINED NO RF NO NEW ELEMENTS AND IS OF SO LITTLE INTEREST TET I hl SENDING CLOSE TO VERBATIM ACCOUNT ONLY BY BAG. o 000225 ...2 20 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a /'information PAGE TV0205 5.1 TOLD ILA VAN LAN THAT IF AFTER PM HAD HAD REPORT OF MSG HE HAD ANY COMMENT OR REPLY IT COULD BE PASSED TO HE AT ANYTIME VIA JACKSON OR WITH A BIT OF NOTICE I COULD ALEAYS COME TO HANOI TO HEAR IT MYSELF e 6.MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES DRVN HAVE VERY LITTLE INTEREST IN CD N CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH USAT!Y HAVE NEVER TAKEN INITIATIVE TO USE IT AND THIS TIME WERE NOT RPT NOT EVEN SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED TO ARRANGE FOR HE TO SEE PM. 7. I SHALL SHOW COPY OF THIS TEL TO ALEXIS JOHNSON TOMORROW SEABORN 000226 0 �f Dokuinent dls'clasedjjnder the Access to Information Act 2-cZ kzta/ ■ 2612/6%04 divulqueqn/ektu de la.XqLSi/rJ^cc^ a 1'mformation 3 / y t t _ ) L S E C RiE T 324 Ci 77 > 0/6s202-//67s-</ 77 CC! 4 V— 6-e- y ; .04 •> . / __ /' 6 f 0 / On m'a donne des instructions h reaffirmer la politique americaine au Vietnam du Sud. C’est notre politique constante d’aider les efforts du Vietnam du Sud ci maintenir sa liberte et son indepen- dance devant l'aggression communiste dirigee et appuye par Hanoi. Tant que le Vietcong, dirige et appuye par le Vietnam du nord et encourage par votre ct, continue ses attaques au Vietnam du Sud, les Etats-Unis se trouveront dans la necessite d’accorder au gouvernement vietnamien l’aide voulue et necessaire pour restaurer la paix. Les press ions qui sont c &sedi 66 monte es par les Vietnamiens du nord au—delades frontier es du Vietnam du sud sont intolrables. Nous devons prendre, nous prendrons de l’action pour les arret er. Le 17 fevrier, le President Johnson a tpt que nous n'avons pas pour nous-memes d’ambitions en Indochina; nous no cherchons aucune guerre elargie; or, nous persis terons dans la defense de liberte et nos actions continuelles seront celles qui sont justifies et necessities par 1'agression continue des autres. M. 1' Ambassadeur, je veux souligner que nous l'avons rendu clair que nous n’avons pas de mauvaises 4 intentions envers le territoire de la RDVN. Nous n'avons non plus aucune intention de renverser les autorits h Hanoi, C'etait notre espoir que les accords de Geneve de 1954 permettraient aux gouvernemcnts en Indochina d’exister en paix. 000227 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information direction, instruction, personnel et materiel-cle, Afin de vous donner des exemples plus specif iques. nous avons des preuves que pour la majorit le "noyau dur" des officiers Vietcong et la plupart du personnel specialise, tel que les specialistes des communications et des armes lourdes, sont inflitres dans le sud par l’arme du Vietnam du nord. Nous connaissons les principaux centres d‘ instruction au Vietnam du nord et les principales routes d'infiltration. Le gouvernement vietnamien du slid a capture des officiers de l'arme nord-vietnamienne et des officiers de securite publique envoyes sous ordres au Vietnam du sud. Nous serious contents si toutes les parties observaient les Accords de Geneve de 1954. Le respect pour ces accords de tout ddte donnerait une resolution satisf aisante du probleme vietnamien. N’importe quel Evidence de la part, de la RDVN qu’elle voudrait retourner k ces accords serait note et accueilli par notre ct. . Je suppose que vous vous trouvez dans l’obli- gationd’enregistrer ici votre position publique. Je vous prie de le faire si vous le voulez, mais j'espere que vous passerez l'essentiel de mon appreciation 2 vos autorites pour leur consideration serieuse. S'il roste de doute h Hanoi quant a cette position amricaine, 3‘espere que vous y transmettrez mes remarqucs. 000228 saba � 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 CDVN00041 Title A name given to the resource Appendix 22 - Saigon telegram 203, text of Seaborn presentation and Seaborn report Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-Mar-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. 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