https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/27f8030c8c00a2da2982731fe598104e.pdf 1d8ee2662cd23aa4ed569c18e22038e2 PDF Text Text ^'disclosed under the Access to Information Act Docui FM WASHDC 00118/65 VlKFPENoTxa l^ur l'accesa /'information .. .7 ? TO EXTERNAL 2020 IMMED 20-22. Uefs- INFO LDN IMMED 33 TT SAIGON IMMED DE DELHI 4.. . TT CANFCRCENED DELHI DE OTT TT EMBPAR IS DE LDN TT GENEVA DE PARIS AIRMAIL CNBRA WLCTN TOKYO VIENTIAN PNCMPEN ACCRA LAGOS CLMBO PORTSPA IN BAG MCC* SAW DE LDN REF PST 100UN7 VIETNAMS PRESIDENTS COMMENTS FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM TRANSCRIPT OF PRESIDENTS NEW COM" PEREICE YESTERDAY.QUOTE Qs SENATOR CLARK SAYS WE MUST NEGOTIATE WITH VIETCONG OR WE WILL NEVER GET A PEACE WITHOUT IT.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A STATEMENT LIKE THAT.,.3 aglier AS HIS SUGGESTIONS IS ONE THAT I THINK HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CON- SIDERED BY SEC RUSK AND SEC BALL ND FOR THAT MATTER THE ENTIRE SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT. I THINK WE ALL WISH WE COULD SETTLE THESE DIFFERENCES BY DISCUSSION AND BY REASONING THEN OUT INSTEAD OF TH WAY WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SETTLE IT. I HAVE NO RPT NO DOUBT THAT WHAT IF THE VIET CONG HAD A VIEUPINT TO PRESENT ARD WERE ANXIOUS TO NECOTIATE THEY WOULD HAVE NO RPT NO 2 000264 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I’information PAGE TVC 2020 DIFFICULTY FINDING THE G0T TO NEGOTIATE. I DONT BELIEVE WED EVER AGREE 70 SOMEONE NEGOTIATING THAT IS NOT RPT NOT A GOVT•I AM NOT RPT NOT AWARE-OF ANY GOVT THE VIET VONG HASaWHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NCCTIATIEG IS NGT R?2 NOT A FOR US IN THIS MATTERALTHOUGH IT IS A STATE S0VERIGN GOVT. BUT OUR INFO IS WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO CONE IN TO THE UN LAST AUG,AFTER WE SAID YOU BRING THESE PEOPLE IN AMD LETS TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE UN, .THEY VERENT THE SLIGHTEST INTERESTED THE NORTH VIETNAMESE WERE NOT RPT NOT. IN FEB,WE STARTED TME PROGRAM GF TRYING TO CURTAIL THEIR AMNUNI TIONS SUPPLYAND TRYING TO ELIMINATE THEIR BRIDGES AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COME INLAND ATTEMPTING TO CONVINCE THEM WE WERE THERE TO KEEP OUR COMMITMENT AND VE VERE GOING TO KEEP IT ALTNOLGH THEY RELIEVED FROM SOME THINGS SAID IN WORD AND WRITING, WE MIGHT NOT HPT NOT,WE ATTEMPTED TO CONVINCE THEM ■ THEY TOLD OUR REFS,OUR SPOKEMSNg PEOPLE WHO WERE NEGOTIATING FOR S^CHOT RPT 107 MEMBERS OF THIS GOVT), AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE LT X HAVE USED IN TALKING TO A GOOD NeNY PEOPLE IN THE CONGRESS AND ELSEWHERE, QUOTE THIS INFLEXIBILITY CHARACTERIZES THE POSITION C3 THIS RNGIE,AND ILLUSTRATES ITS GREAT MEASURE G? CONFIDENCE ITSELF4 IT CGNSZEP3 IT HOLDS ALL THE IRUMP CARDS ? THAT D CPYNZeH 13 BECCAINS MORE SYMPATEET ICeTHAT THE USA RETALIATION 1D;18/T SOUTH ULNAM IS HAVING ITS D FFICITIES AND THEY NOT PH HOT T1. SLIGHTEST INTERESTED UNQUOTE je ,..3 000265 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a /'information PAGE THREE 2020 * ON FEB15,THE SAME MAN REPORTED TO US AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, I BELEIVE IT WAS JUN?,AND THE MESSAGE ON JUN7WAS JUST ABOUT THE SAME OH FEB15,I7 IS A COWED MESSAGE .BUT I WILL UNCLASSIFY j A PARA OR TWO GF IT FOR YOU. HE IS COMPLETELY PERSUADED FROM HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFICIALS THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ANY NEGOTIATIONS OF ANY KIND. ME SAID HE WAS ABLE TO SEE” HE NAMES A HIGH OFFICIAL AND HE FOLLOWED THE STAR DARD LINE THAT W USA O.isi Or UNCCo Da i j. uw A. uSudoojoi wrS DECEIT” FULoHE ASKED THEM TO ELABORATE ON ANY PROPOSAL THEY. WOULD CONSIDER. HE REMAINED DELIBERATELY VAGUE AND GAVE NO RPT NO CLEAR ANSWER. WE PRESSED HIM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS MATTER BUT ONLY RECEIVED A VAGUE AND VERY INDEFINITE REPLY. KE JUST TALKS ABOUT BEING IMPRESSED BY All AMERICAN IN A FOREIGN 6 COUNTRY AND HE INCLUDED THE PARA THAT HIS IMPRESSIONS FROM ALL OF HIS NTGS AND DISCUSSIONS WAS THERE HAS BEEN NO RPT NO CHANGE WHATEVER IN THEIR POSITION OR AT LEAST THEY DID. NOT RPT NOT SEEM ABOUT TO LET SUCH CHANGE BE KNOWN. i ! NOW,IF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO NEGOTIATE THEY WOULD HAVE NO RPT NOT DIFFICULTY FINDING A WAY.I TOLD THEM IN BALTIMORE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AND WOULD HOPE TO DO,AND HAVE REPEATED IT SINCE,AND WE HAVE INDICATED MANY,MANY TIMES WE WOULD BE GLAD TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANY GOVTeNOW THEY ARE GOING INTO GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WELL-THAT IS THE CURRENT LINE0YOU REMEMBER FIRST WE HAD NO RPT I. 06.4 000266 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Art Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'information PAGE FOUR 2020 NO POLICY.SECOND,WE WOLDNT EXPLAIN IT. TRIRD, E OUGHT TO MEGJTIA7E, FOURTH, WE OUGHT TO HAVE A HALT IN THESE THINGS ORIGINATE AND IN ABOUT A MONTY THEY COME TO US. YOU WILL FIND A GOOD DEAL OF IT IN THE NEXT FEW SEEKS- NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THE VIET CONG.AND I WOULD SAY THE VIET CONG WOULD HAVE NO RPT NO DIFFICULTY,SINCE THEY ARE CONTROLLED DIRECTED,AND MASTER MINDED FROR NORTH VIET-NAM IN GETTING ANY VIEW TO US THEY W ANTE De 02.MR.PRESIDENT ,THIS HAN WHO IS REPORTING IN, IS THIS AN AMERICAN ' IHATYOMAL? I A. YOU DONT NEED TO GIVE HIM A BLOOD TEST. hMQ.TKIS MAN WAS TALKING TO HANOI? &«YES.THE NEGOTIATIONS,OR WHO IS CARRYING IT ON AND HOW.I DOST | SEE HOW THAT COULD BE 07 ANY VALUE.THE SUBSTANCE IS WHAT YOU WANT? NOT RPT NOT HOW MUCH HE WEIGHS, HOW TALL HE IS OR WHAT COUNTRY | KE REPRESENTS. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET THEM TO TALK TO US. Q.NR: PRESIDENT „THE CONVEL MTG IN LDN AGREED TO CONTACT COUNTRIES PRINCIPALLY INVOLVED,WOULD YOU CARE TO COMMENT ON THAT, STR? A. YES, I THINK THE PM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PMS OF OTHER COMUEi COUNTRIES PRE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN THIS HATTER. AND WE ARE HAPPY THY ARE.WE NAVE REVIEWED TNEIR IDEAS AND We ARE KZEPING CLOSE TOUCH WITH THEN.UE ARE VERY HAPPY THEY HAVE MADE THIS SUGe CASTIOI.E NAUR t a l k e d to (i CCMNUEICATED WITH THEM ABOUT 11 AND 112 WILL HAVE QUR FULL COOPERATION AND UE ARB DELIMTED, S I INDICATED THE DAY AFTER I TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT,ID BE 069 000267 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act f Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur l'acces a I'inform&^ion L 4 ’ h -i p PAGE FIVE 2020 GLAD TG GO ARYURSRS,00 ANY ThINs,SE£ AYBODY , SNi IlA,ThAI CFFERED ANY HOPE OF PEACE r AND THIS IS NOEUE HOPE THEY CAN SELECT A GOOD CT TEE THAT WILL 22 FAIR TO ALL SIDES AUD WE WILL 57 TO MEET WITH THEM,ALL WE HOPE THAT EVERY OTHER COZNTRY INVOLVED • WILL BE GLAD TO MEETe WE WELCOME ANY ATTEMPT'S VE TOLD THEM ABOUT *E CABODIAN 007 RENCE AND REPLIED TO THE 17 NATIONS AS WE SMD IN 44 STATES AN0 AS WE TRIED TO REPSAT IN SOME LENGTH IN PAT FEROSON5 TOWN OF BALTIMORE SQMET1E AGO,UNQUOTE 000268 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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