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The original documents are located in Box 15, folder "People's Republic of China - State
Department Telegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (5)" of the Presidential Country Files for
East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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PAGE 01 PEKING 00328 0101372
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FM USLO PEKING
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3287
C 0 N F I 0 E N T I A PEKING 0328
NODIS
FOR OSCAR ARMSTRONG FROM AMB GEORGE BUSH
E.O. 11652: GOS
TAGS: OREP CH
SUBJECT: CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO PRC
DELIGHTED TO KNOW ALBERT AND RHODES ARE COMING.
PLEASE CALL EACH OF THEM WITH FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM PEKING:
MR. SPEAKER, I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR ABOUT
YOUR TRIP. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE
BUSHES CAN DO FOR YOU IN ADVANCE OF YOUR ARRIVAL, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT THE USLO RESIDENCE.
PLEASE TELL MARY THAT BARBARA IS VERY PLEASED AND IS
PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS TO WELCOME HER TO PEKING.
WARMEST PERSONAL REGARDS. GEORGE BUSH"
SEND SAM MESSAGE TO RHODES STARTING MESSAGE
JOHN AND SUBSTITUTING BETTY FOR MARY.
BUSH
CONFIDENTIAL
HR 5/14/01
GESALOP FORD NORARY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES
BY
HR NARA, DATE 2/6/03
NODIS/CHEROKEE
E.O. 11652: XGOS-1
TAGS: PINT, PFOR, Ch, US, 2A
SUBJECT: COMMENTS OF ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MWAANGA
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1. ZAMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VERNON J. MWAANGA, AND OLD FRIEND
FROM UN DAYS, TOOK TIME OFF FROM MIS VISITS WITH PRC LEADERS TO
STOP BY FOR A CHAT WITH ME AFTERNOON OF MARCH 11.
2. CHOU EN-LIA. MWAANGA MET WITH PREMIER CHOU FOR 70 MINUTES
ON MARCH 10. HE FOUND CHOU MENTALLY ALERT BUT MUCH FRAILER THAN DURIN
G
MWAANGAIS LAST VISIT TO CHINA A YEAR AGO WITH PRESIDENT KAUNDA.
CHOU TOLD MWAANGA HE WAS "RECOVERING SLOWLY" FROM HIS ILLNESS BUT
AFRICANS NOTICED ADMESIVE PATCHES ON BUTH HIS WRISTS WHICH MWAANGA
FELT SUGGESTED EITHER RECENT 86000 TRANSFUSIONS OR INTRAVENOUS
FEEDING. THE TEA CUP SHOOK VISIBLY IN CHOU'S HANDS.
3. SINO-US RELATIONS, BOTH CHOU AND FOREIGN MINISTER CH'IAO
KUAN-HUA SAID THEY WERE SATISFED WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF
SINO-US RELATIONS. CHOU, HOWEVER, ADDED THAT THERE COULD BE NO
FORWARD MOVEMENT ON NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS UNTIL THE us
STOPPED GIVING "BLOOD TRANFUSIONS" TO THE NATIONALISTS ON TAIHAN.
(COMMENT: MNAANGA THOUGHT CHOU SEEMD TO IMPLY THE OBSTACLE
TC NORMALIZATION WAS US MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT OF TAIWAN RATHE
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THAN THE SECURITY TREATY.)
4. CAMBODIA. MWAANGA HAD A THREE HOUR LUNCH WITH SIHANOUK YESTERDAY
SECHET
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FINDING THE PRICE CHARMING AS USUAL AND CONFIDENT OF AN EARLY
KHMER ROUGE VICTORY IN CAMBODIA. SIHANOUK SAID HE EXPECTED 10 SERVE
AS A FIGUREREAD IN A KHMER ROUGE GOVERNMENT HANDLING FOREIGN
AFFAIRS BUT WITH NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS. UN THE
SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATIONS, SIHANOUK SAID THAT HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO NEGOT
IATE
WITH THE US WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE CALIMED THAT CHOU EN-LAI HAD
SUGGESTED TO SECRETARY KISSINGER IN NOVEMBER THAT SINCE SIHANOUK WAS
ALSO IN TOWN PERHAPS THE TWO SHOULD GET TOGETHER FOR TALKS BUT THE
SECRETARY HAD REFUSED TO MEET SIHANOUK.
5. US - ZAMBIAN RELATIONS. IN ANSWER TO MY GENERAL INQUIRY ON
US - ZAMBIAN RELATIONS, MWAANGA CHARACTERIZED THEM AS "GOOD" AND
NOTED THAT PRESIDENT KAUNDAIS UPCOMING VISIT TO THE us
SYMBOLIZED OUR GOOD RELATIONS. MWAANGA INDICATED THEY WERE PARTICULAR
LY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND THEIR
RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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6. THE DAVIS APPOINTMENT. THE FOREIGN MINISTER ADDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF NAT DAVIS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
AFRICAN AFFAIRS WAS CURRENTLY A SORE POINT IN US - AFRICAN
RELATIONS BECAUSE OF AFRICAN OPPOSITION TO EVENTS IN CHILE
DURING DAVIS' TOUR THERE. I EXPRESSED FULL CONFIDENCE IN NAT AND
DELIVERED A SMALL LECTURE ON OUR RIGHT TO APPOINT WHOMEVER
WE WISHED TO BE ASSISTANT SECHETARY, ADDING THAT AFRICAN
CRITICISM COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE US, AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO US
AFRICAN RELATIONS. MHAANGA SAID AFRICANS ALSO HAD A PUBLIC RELATIONS
PROBLEM. ZAMBIA, FOR EXAMPLE, DID NOT WANT OUR BILATERIAL RELATIONS
HURT BY PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST A VISITING US ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE AS A "CIA STOOGE". HE HASTENED TU SAY THAT
ZAMBIA WANTED US TO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS BUT NOT TO MAKE IT A
CONTENTIOUS ISSUE BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. I SUGGESTED THAT AS TIME
PASSED, THEY WOULD FIND THEIR INITIAL REACTION TO DAVIS HAD BEEN
MISTAKEN.
7, SINO-ZAMBIAN RELATIONS. MWAANGA HAD LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT HIS
EXTENDED TALKS WITH THE CHINESE ON SINO-ZAMBIAN ISSUES WTHER THAN
TO NOTE THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES REMAIN QUITE CLOSE
AND ZAMBIA WILL SOUN FILL ITS AMBASSAOURIAL SLOT IN PEKING, THE
FOREIGN MINISTER CLEARLY IS SUFFICIENTLY CONFIDENT OF HIS OWN
SECRET
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POSITION WITH THE CHINESE THAT ME DID NOT HESITATE TO BREAK ALL OF
THE PROTOCOL RULES IN PEKING BY COMING TO USLD FOR A CUP OF TEA
WITH ME.
8. MWAANGA HANDED ME A SEALED ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY
WHICH I WILL POUCH TO WASHINGTON MARCH 14.
9. DEPARTMENT MAY WISH TO FORWARD RELEVEANT PORTIONS OF THIS
CID
MESSAGE TO INTERESTED POSTS.
SUSH
NW
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P 130850Z MAR 75
FM USLD PEKING
TO SECSTATE WASHOC PRIORITY 3368
CONFIDENTIALPEKING423
NODIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: SCUL, CH
SUBJECT: PROPOSED APPROACH TO PRCLO ON "TAIWAN LIBERATION" SONG IN
U.S. PERFORMANCES
REF: STATE 56173
1. USL.O FULLY CONCURS IN APPROACH TO PRCLO RECOMMENDED REFTEL.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH INTRANSIGENT CHIFESP POSITION ON PRESS
COVERAGE OF ARCHEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION OPENING AND FLAP THAT IS
SHAPING UP OVER DEMAND FOR CLUSURE OF PERMANENT CHINESE EXHIBIT
AT NELSUN-ATKINS GALLERY IN KANSAS CITY SUGGESTS THAT PRC
MISUNDERSTANOS OUR WILLINGNESS TO BE ACCOMMODATING IN INTERESTS
OF DEVELOPING THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS. WE THINK
IT LIKELY THAT THE CHINESE WILL BACK DOWN IF CONFRONTED WITH in FIRM
DEPARTMENT POSITION, BUT IF THEY 00 NOT, THEY STAND TO LOSE MORE THAN
WE DO.
2, WE SHOULD ADD ONLY ONE THOUGHT TO PRESENTATION PROPOSED BY
DEPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO CHINESE, JUST TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS NO BASIS FOR MISINTERPRETATION, WE THINK IT
SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT OUR FIRM POSITION ON THIS QUESTION IN
NO HAY REFLECTS in CHANGE IN OUR POLICY HITH RESPECT TO
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS OR OUR AUMERENCE TO THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE.
3. REQUEST DEPARTMENT AT ITS DISCRETION PASS SECRETARY'S PARTY.
BUSH
CONFIDENTIAL
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FM USLO PEKING
TO SECSTATE WASHOC 3384
S E C R E T PEKING 441
NOOIS
E.O. 11652: GOS
TAGS: PHOR, CH, TW
SUBJECT: CO-PRODUCTION ADD-ON FOR F-5E'S
REF: STATE 55970
1. USLO NOTES REFTEL REPORT OF PROMISE TO ROC AMBASSADOR
SHEN THAT AN EARLY ANSWER WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE QUESTION
OF ADDING TWENTY MORE F-5E'S TO THE ORIGINAL CO-PRODUCTION
AGREEMENT FOR UNE HUNDRED AIRCRAFT. HE WOULD LIKE TO
WEIGH IN WITH OUR SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT CONTINUING FURTHER
AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH PRC INEVITABLY WILL. VIEW AS SLIPPAGE IN TME
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. IT IS THIS TYPE OF
RELATIONSHIP WHICH CHOU EN-LAI OBJECTED TO AS "BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS"
F
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TAIWAN IN A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH AN AFRICAN FUREIGN MINISTER.
2, IF DEPARTMENT CONCLUDES THAT AUDITIONAL TWENTY AIRCRAFT ARE
ESSENTIAL DEFENSE REQUIREMENT FOR TAIWAN, WE WOULD MUCH PREFER
THEY BE PROVIDED ON A CASH SALE BASIS WHICH WOULD AVOID THE
DEGREE OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT INHERENT IN A CO-PRODUCTION
ARRANGEMENT. (NEVERTHELESS, CASH SALE WOULD STILL CARRY
"84000 TRANSPUSION CONNOTATION AS FAR AS PRC CUNCERNED.)
WE NOULD APPRECIATE BEING ADVISED OF DEPARTMENT'S THINKING ON
THIS QUESTION.
BUSH
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FM USLO PEKING
TO SECSTATE WASHUC NIACT IMMEDIATE 3425
S E C R E T PEKING 493
NODIS
E.O. 11652: GOS
TAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY A.), SCUL, CH
SUBJECT: ACTION MEMORANDUM : "TAIWAN LIBERATION" SONG IN PRC
CULTURAL PERFORMANCE (S/S 7505512)
REF (A) STATE 062804 AND (B) STATE 57289
1. USLO FULLY CONCURS THAT WE MUST STAND FIRM ON PRC REFUSAL
TO DELETE "TAIWAN LIBERATION" SUNG FROM PROGRAM OF PERFORMING
ARTS TROUPE. NEVERTHELESS, WE FEEL THE APPROACH SPELLED OUT REFTEL
OMITS A VITAL STEP IN NEGOTIATING PROCESS WHICH COULD POSSIBLY SAVE T
HE
NAME B
WHOLE EXERCISE. CHINESE ARE PRACTICED CONFRUNTATION NEGOTIATORS, AND
THEY MAY WELL BE COUNTING ON ANOTHER U.S. CAVE-IN ON THIS ISSUE,
IT IS ENTIKELY CONCEIVABLE THAT THERE ARE DIVED COUNSELS WITHIN
PRC FOREIGN MINISTRY ON ADVISABILITY OF PUSHING THIS QUESTION TOO
FAR, AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT SCENARIO OUTLINED REF A DOES
NOT ALLOW CHINESE "A WAY OUT", ALSO A LONG STANDING
PRINCIPLE OF CHINESE NEGOTIATING PROCEDURE.
2. DESPITE THE STATEMENT REF B THAT "HAN WAS LEFT IN LITTLE DOUBT THA
T
TOUR IS IN JEOPARDY IF PRC DOES NOT ACCOMMOUATE OUR REQUEST, OR THE
Up
THREAT OF "SERIOUS CONSEQUENTS" (REF A) WE 00 NOT THINK THIS
IS SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR TO TAKE IRREVOCABLE STEP OF INFORMING
CHINESE THAT TOUR IS CANCELLED. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT
HABIB CALL IN HAN HSU AND INFORM HIM THAT WE FEEL SUFFICIENTLY
STRONGLY ABOUT THIS MATTER THAT IF SONG IS NOT DELETED WE WILL
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CANCEL THE TOUR. WHEN CONFRONTED WITH UNMISTAKABLE THREAT TO
CANCEL, WE 00 NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHINESE WILL FIND
IT POSSIBLE TO OMIT THE OFFENSIVE NUMBER "IN THE INTEREST OF
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES". THEY MAY NOT, BUT THE PRESENT
APPROACH SHUTS OFF THE ROUTE FOR THE CHINESE TO CAVE.
3. IF CHINESE REFUSE TO BUDGE, SCENARIO OUTLINED REF A LOOKS FINE
TO US, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST ONE AUDITIONAL THOUGHT.
WE MUST AVOID CHARGES OF STATE DEPARTMENT CENSURSHIP WHICH INEVITABLY
WILL ARISE AMONG CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PRESS IN COVERAGE OF THE
CANCELLATION. THE ISSUE ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE PRESS REVIEW FOR
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT WAS "FREEDOM OF ThE PRESS", STANDING FIRM
MEANT STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. ON THIS QUESTION THE
ISSUE IS DIFFERENT: AND THE PRC, IF CLEVER, CAN BE AGAINST
"CENSORSHIP" IN THE U.S. AND PICK UP SUPPORT ON THAT QUESTION,
THE PRESS RELEASE MUST SOMEHOW COUNTERACT THIS CHARGE, WE THINK IT
WOULD 8E MOST DESIRABLE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE ARE ASKING NO
MORE THAN THE CHINESE REQUESTED AND WE AGREED TO OURING THE VISIT OF
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. THE POINT SHOULD BE MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT
IN PEOPLE TO PEOPLE EXCHANGES MUTUAL ACCUMMUDATION IS NECESSARY
AND IT WAS NOT FORTHCOMING THIS TIME FROM THE PRC SIDE.
4. DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS SECRETARY'S PARTY.
BUSH
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SECRE T PEKING 522
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NODIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: SCUL, CH
SUBJECT: CHINESE PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE
REF: A) STATE 66717 B) PEKING 5-2 C) STATE 56173
1) REFS A AND B CROSSED. DISREGARD REF B.
2) IN REVIEWING CABLES THIS ISSUE WE NOTE APPARENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DISCRIPTION REF C WHICH MENTIONS SONG SYNOPSIS SAYING "WE ARE
DETERMINED TO LIBERATE TAIWAN, AND LET THE LIGHT OF THE SUN SHINE
ON THE ISLAND" AND HAN'S DESCRIPTION REF A WHICH REFERS
TO "PEOPLE OF TAIWAN, OUR BROTHERS" AND PUTS EMPHASIS ON LONGING
FOR TAIWAN COMPATRIOTS.
3) WE WONDER IF IT POSSIBLE CHINESE HAVE SUBSTITUTED A LESS
OFFENSIVE SONG ABOUT TAIWAN IN EFFORT TO SALVAGE THE TRIP, HE
RECOGNIZE THAT ANY SONG ON THIS SUBJECT POSES PROBLEMS FOR US,
BUT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF CHINESE ARE SHOWING SOME GIVE
ON THIS ISSUE.
BUSH
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3436
SECRET PEKING 506
ACTION COPY
NODIS
E.O. 11652: GOS
TAGS: SCUL, CH
SUBJECT: TAIWAN SONG IN THE PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE PROGRAM
REF: STATE 065461
1. USLO AGREES IN GENERAL WITH PRESS LINE LAID DOWN IN REFTEL
FOR USE IN EVENT THAT CHINESE DO NOT RESPOND FAVORABLY TO
S
OUR REQUEST THAT TAIWAN SONG BE DELETED FROM PROGRAM.
2. WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT "CSNSORSHIP"
ISSUE IS LIKELY TO CREATE A REAL PROBLEM UNLESS IT 15 DEALT
HITH FRUNTALLY, AND WE WONDER IF A SIMPLE "NO" TO THE QUESTION
POSED ON THIS ISSUE WILL WUFFICE. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST
THE FOLLOWING:
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3. AFTER THE "NO" REPLY, ADD THE WORDS, "HOWEVER, AS I HAVE
JUST POINTED OUT, WE CONCLUDED THAT THE HIGH POLITICAL CONTENT
OF THE SUNG MADE IT UNSUITABLE FOR INCLUSION IN A PURELY CULTURAL
PRESENTATION, AND IN CASES OF THIS NATURE wt BELIEVE IT IS ENTIRELY
APPROPRIATE FOR THE HOST COUNTRY TO SUGGEST CHANGES WHICH
WOULD AVOID POLITICAL CONTROVERSY. THE CHINESE THEMSELVES
EXERCISED SUCH CONTROL OVER THE PROGRAMS SUGGESTED BY THE
PHILADELPHIA URCHESTRA WHEN IT PLAYED IN CHINA IN SEPTEMBER 1973,
A NUMBER OF PROGRAM CHANGES WERE REQUESTED BY THE CHINESE HOSTS,
WITH WHICH THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA CHEERFULLY COMPLIED IN
THE INTERESTS OF FURTHERING SINO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP."
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4. FOR DETAILS OF PROGRAM CHANGES SUGGESTED BY THE CHINESE
AND PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA'S RESPONSE, SEE PEKING'S 0800
OF AUGUST 23, 1973, AND DEPTEL 169189 OF AUGUST 25, 1973.
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RECD: 3/25/75
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGS: SCUL, CH
SUBJECT: CHINESE PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE
REF: STATE 64013
1) URGENTLY REQUEST REPORT ON MARCH 24 MEETING WITH HAN HSU (REFTEL),
IF CHINESE WERE TO AGREE TO DELETE "TAIWAN LIBERATION" SONG AND TRIP
IS ON, WE HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED VISAS TO ISSUE AND I WOULD LIKE
TO ISSUE A SHORT NOTICE INVITATION FOR A PRE-DEPARTURE
RECEPTION.
2) AS POSSIBLE STRAW IN THE WIND, TWO MFA OFFICIALS JUST APPEARED
AT USLO TO REQUEST THE WITHDRAWAL OF ONE RPT ONE TROUPE MEMBER'S
PASSPORT. THEY ALSO COMPLAINED THAT REMAINDER OF VISAS NOT YET
ISSUED,
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S E C R E T PEKING 554
NODIS/CHEROKEE
E.O. 116521 XGDS-3
TAGS: PFOR, CB, US
SUBJECT: MESSAGE TO SIHANOUK
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR BUSH
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER FROM ME TO PRINCE
SIHANOUK WHICH WAS DELIVERED AT 10:00 A,M. MARCH 28TH:
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2. BEGIN QUOTE: YOUR EXCELLENCY: HIS EXCELLENCY AMB CLAUDE
ARNAUD OF FRANCE GAVE ME YOUR LETTER TO PRESIDENT
FORD, THE MESSAGE WAS PROMPTLY SENT TO WASHINGTON, AND WE NOW
HAVE A REPLY.
3. I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SEEK A PRIVATE MEETING WITH YOU
IN ORDER TO CONVEY OUR RESPONSE. IN THIS REGARD, I AM TOTALLY
AT YOUR SERVICE.
4. A REPLY TO THIS LETTER CAN BE MADE IN ANY MANNER
YOU SEE FIT. POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE (A) SIMPLY TO HAVE
A DRIVER DELIVER A MESSAGE TO USLO: (B) CONVEY YOUR WISHES TO
US BY CONTACTING MR. JOHN HOLDRIDGE, A TRUSTED CONFIDANT HERE
AT USLO. MR. HOLDRIDGE CAN BE REACHED BY TELEPHONE: OFFICE
522-033, RESIDENCE 522-195 CAFTER 5:30 PM); (C) MR. HOLDRIDGE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO PICK UP A WRITTEN RESPONSE AT YOUR
RESIDENCE OR AT ANY UTHER PLACE DESIGNATED BY YOU, DR HE WOULD
BE HAPPY TO MEET AN EMISSARY AT ANY PLACE OF MUTUAL CONVENIENCE.
YOURS SINCERELY, GEORGE Bush, CHIEF, U.S. LIAISON OFFICE. END
GUOTE,
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SUBJECT: MESSAGE TO SIHANOUK
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR BUSH
1. SINCE SIHANOUK MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN
CONVEYED TO THE FRENCH BY SIHANOUKIS CHEF DU CABINET PHUNG
PENG CHENG, I DECIDED THAT BEST WAY TO CONTACT THE PRINCE
TO SEEK A MEETING WITH HIM WAS VIA THIS SAME CHANNEL.
ACCORDINGLY, AT 10:00 A.M. ON MARCH 28 00 HOLDRIDGE
MET WITH PHUNG IN OFFICE OF CHARLES MALO, FRENCH UCM, AND
GAVE PHUNG SEALED LETTER TO CONVEY TO SIHANOUK FROM ME IN WHICH I
REQUESTED THE MEETING AND SUGGESTED SEVERAL WAYS IN WHICH A REPLY COULD
BE CONVEYED TO US DIRECTLY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE FRENCH. MALO
HAD ARRANGED TO BRING HOLDRIDGE AND PHUNG TUGETHER, BUT WAS
NOT PRESENT WHEN THE LETTER WAS TRANSMITTED AND WAS NOT AWARE
OF CONTENTS.
2, HOLORIDGE-PHUNG MEETING WAS BRIEF BUT VERY CORDIAL. PHUNG
EVIDENTLY HAD SUMETHING MORE IN MIND THAN SIHANOUK'S
REQUEST FOR US ASSISTANCE IN RECOVERING CULTURAL FILMS AND RECORDS,
FOR HE REMARKED THAT HE HOPED THAT THERE WOULD BE A QUICK
SOLUTION IN CAMBODIA. HE ALSO SAID AS HOLDRIDGE DEPARTED
THAT HE HOPED HE WOULD BE SEEING MORE OF HIM.
3. PRESUMABLY I WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM SIHANOUK SOON. HOWEVER,
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IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT SIHANOUK MAY WISH TO AVOID A DIRECT
MEETING WITH ME AND KEEP THE CONTACT WITH us AT THE HOLORIDGE- PHUNG
LEVEL OR SOMETHING LIKE IT. YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN HOLDRIDGE
ASKED MALO TO FACILITATE THE MEETING WITH PHUNG, MALO SAID THAT
PHUNG HAD JUST CALLED ON HIM AT SIHANOUK'S BEHEST TO STRESS THAT THE
MATTER OF SIHANOUK'S MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT WAS BETWEEN THE PRINCE
AND
AMBASSADOR ARNAUD ONLY, AND THAT IN VIEW OF THE PRINCE'S
"DELICATE POSITION" WITH THE "RED KHMER" HE DID NOT WANT TO MEET
WITH ME, IT WAS THEREFORE SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE WHEN THE
HOLDRIDGE-PHUNG CONTACT WAS AGREED TO. THIS CERTAINLY HAD
SIHANOUKIS APPROVAL,
4, IF SIHANOUKIS SENSITIVITIES ABOUT THE "RED KHMER"
ARE AS INDICATED, I WONDER IF THERE MAY NOT BE SOME PROBLEMS
FOR HIM IN OUR INFORMING CHIAO kuan-hua. ON BALANCE I BELIEVE
IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR US TO DO SO IF SIHANOUK AGREES
TO A MEETING WITH ME (THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP FROM THE CHINESE IN ANY EVENT), BUT THE SAME
CONDITIONS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY APPLY IN CASE OF THE HOLORIDGE-
PHUNG CONTACT. (EVEN IF THE CHINESE SUSPECTED ITS EXISTENCE THEY
MIGHT CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT, WHICH THEY COULD NOT DO WITH RESPECT
TO A MEETING BETWEEN SIHANOUK AND ME). WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT WISH
TO HAVE OUR EFFORTS TO OPEN COMMUNICATIONS WITH SIHANOUK RESULT
IN PUTTING WEAPONS IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES. WE WILL PROBABLY
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN WHICH WE ARE OPERATING
WHEN WE RECEIVE SIHANOUK'S RESPONSE. WE HAVE GIVEN HIM THE OPTION OF
REPLYING TO US DIRECTLY, BUT THE FRENCH CHANNEL IS OF COURSE STILL OP
EN
TO HIM. USE OF THE LATTER AT A LOWER LEVEL MIGHT SUGGEST A DESIRE
TO LEAVE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE WITH NO IMMEDIATE CHINESE
INVOLVEMENT.
5. WHILE WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY, I SUGGEST THAT
INSTRUCTIONS BE SENT TO PHNOM PENH TO TAKE STEPS ALONG THE LINES
OF SIHANOUK!S REQUEST. I BELIEVE IT WOULD PUT US IN A BETTER
PSYCHOLOGICAL POSITION WITH THE PRINCE TO BE ABLE TO ASSURE
HIM, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT WE ARE ALREADY TAKING
THE NECESSARY ACTION.
6, TEXT OF MY LETTER TO SIHANOUK FOLLOWS BY SEPTEL.
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT SIHANOUK MESSAGE TO AMBASSADOR BUSH;
QUOTE:
MRM. GEORGE BUSH
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CHIEF, U.S. LIAISON OFFICE
EXCELLENCE,
JE vous REMERCIE DE VOTRE LETTRE EN DATE DUE 27 MARS 1975,
VEUILLEZ M'EXCUSER DE NE POUVOIR VOUS RENCONTRER, CAR UNE
EVENTUELLE ENTREVUE ENTRE UNE PERSONNALITIE AMERICAINE ET MOI
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SUBJECT: MESSAGE FROM SIHANOUK
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR BUSH
REF: A) PEKING 555; B) DEPTEL 5043
1. PHUNG PENG CHENG TODAY DELIVERED A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM
SIHANOUK TO BUSH WHICH WAS PASSED TO HOLORIDGE BY FRENCH DCM MALO.
MESSAGE STATES THAT SIHANOUK DOES NOT FEEL A MEETING SHOULD BE
HELD AS IT RISKED BEING INTERPRETED BY "INTERNATIONAL OPINION" AS AN
OPENING OF POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS. (TEXT CONVEYED TO DEPT VIA
SEPTEL).
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2. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING COURSE OF ACTION:
A) HOLDRIDGE MEET WITH PRC TO PASS ALONG A WRITTEN MESSAE TO
SIHANOUK STATING THAT WE UNDERSTAND SIHANOUK'S FEELING
AS SET OUT IN HIS LETTER ABOUT A MEETING; AND THE USG HAS ALREADY
ENDEAVORED TO FULFILL THE REQUEST SIHANOUK MADE OF US REGARDING
HIS RECORDS.
B). HOLORIDGE WOULD THEN CONVEY TO PRC THE ESSENCE OF PARAS 4-7 OF
REFTEL B.
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3. ALTERNATIVELY, HOLDRIDGE COULD DELIVER A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM
ME TO SIHANOUK WHICH IN ADDITION TO MAKING THE POINTS
OUTLINED IN PARA 2, ABOVE, WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ELEMENTS
CONTAINED IN PARAS 4-7 OF REFTEL B. HOWEVER, THIS COURSE
MIGHT BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE WITH RESPECT TO FURTHER
CONTACTS, GIVEN SIHANOUK'S EVIDENT SENSITIVITY ABOUT POLITICAL
NEGOTIATIONS.
4. PLEASE ADVISE.
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REF: A) PEKING 563; 8) STATE 068735; C) 0711721; D) PEKING 575
1. HOLORIDGE MET WITH PHUNG PENG CHENG APRIL 1 AT 10:45 AM PEKING TIM
E.
CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AS BEFORE, I.E. MEETING WAS ARRANGED BY FRENCH
DCM MALO AND TOOK PLACE IN HIS OFFICE, BUT MALO ABSENTED
HIMSELF DURING TIME THAT MEETING TOOK PLACE.
2. HOLDRIDGE FIRST CONVEYED INFORMATION ABOUT SIHANOUK'S
FILMS. PHUNG SAID THAT SIHANOUK WOULD BE VERY PLEASED, AND THEN
MENTIONED THAT IN ADDITION TO FILMS LOCATED IN PHNOM PENH THERE WERE
ADDITIONAL ONES LOCATED IN CAMBODIAN EMBASSY IN PARIS. (THERE WERE 0
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TO LOOK INTO MATTER OF THE FILMS IN PARIS.)
3. HOLORIDGE NEXT CONVEYED PARA 2 OF REFTEL C). PHUNG SAID THAT
HE FOUND THIS VERY INTERESTING, BUT IMMEDIATELY POINTED OUT THAT
BECAUSE OF SIHANOUK'S SPECIAL POSITION IN PEKING THE PRINCE WOULD
FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MEET DIRECTLY WITH ANY US REPS.
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HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE FURTHER
CONTACTS OF THE NATURE HE, PHUNG, AND HOLDRIDGE
WERE HAVING. HE STATED HAT IN FACT HE HAD BEEN THINKING OF ASKING MAL
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SORT OF EXCHANGE,
4. PHUNG WENT ON TO VOLUNTEER THE THOUGHT "ON A CONFIDENTIAL AND
PERSONAL BASIS" THAT IT WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR CAMBODIA IF THE
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WERE "VERY DOCTRINAIRE". IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER "FOR THE FREE WORLD"
IF PRINCE SIHANOUK, WHO HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE PEASANTS AND
THE PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH, COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO CAMBODIA AND WITH
THE BACKING OF THE SUPERPOWERS EXERCISE SOME BALANCE OVER THE
OTHER FORCES. PHUNG INDICATED THAT HE HOPED THAT THE US COULD
ASSIST IN BRINGING SIHANOUK BACK.
5. APROPOS OF SIHANOUK'S ROLE IN CAMBODIA, PHUNG PRODUCED THE
PRINCE'S STATEMENT OF MARCH 31 ATTACKING THE DEPARTURE OF
LON NOL FROM PHNOM PENH (REFTEL D), AND NOTED THAT WHAT THE PRINCE
TOOK PARTICULAR OBJECTION TO WAS THE EVIDENT INTENTION DISPLAYED
IN THE STATEMENT TO PRESERVE A REPUBLIC FORM OF GOVER SZNT
IN CAMBODIA AND EXCLUDE A MONARCHY. UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THERE
WAS NO ROOM FOR SIHANOUK.
6. THE MEETING CONCLUDED WITH AN EXPRESSION OF WILLINGNESS ON PHUNG'S
PART TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS CHANNEL IF HIS SIDE HAD ANYTHING TO
CONVEY. HOLDRIDGE STATED THAT WE WOULD DO THE SAME, AS FOR
202-2
EXAMPLE IN PASSING ON FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DISPOSITION
OF
SIHANOUK'S FILMS.
7. SUBSEQUENT TO THE FOREGOING, AMBASSADOR TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY
PRESENTED BY THE ALBERT/RHODES MEETING WITH TENG HSIAO-PING TO INFORM
FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA ABOUT THE CONTACT. CHIAO APPEARED
MUCH INTERESTED, AND THANKED AMBASSADOR BUSH FOR THE INFORMATION.
COMMENT: PHUNG DESCRIBED HIMSELF TO HOLDRIDGE AS BEING OPPOSED TO
THE "RED KHMER", AND THE FRENCH HAVE ALSO SPOKEN OF PHUNG IN
THESE SAME TERMS. HE APPEARS TO BE WELL-INTENTIONED, FRIENDLY,
AND SINCERE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER HIS
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"CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL" COMMENTS WERE PURELY PERSONAL OR AT LEAST
SOME TO EXTENT REFLECTED SIHANOUK'S OWN OUTLOOK. WE SUSPECT THE FORMER,
BUT AS WE ARE REPORTING SEPARATELY, SIHANOUK NOW APPEARS TO BE
ENGAGING IN MANEUVERS OF HIS OWN TO OPEN UP LINES OF COMMUNICATION
TO ARIOUS POWERS IN PEKING WITH THE INTENTION OF PLAYING THEM OFF
AGAINST EACH OTHER--AND AGAINST KHIEU SAMPHANS FORCES-- WITH THE
INTENTION OF BUILDING UP HIS POSITION IN POST-HOSTILITIES CAMBODIA.
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1. AT CANADIAN FILM SESSION YESTERDAY BOUSTANI, AMBASSADOR OF
LEBANON, SAID TO ME: "I HEARD FROM THE HUNGARIAN AMB THAT
YOU HAD SENI A LETTER TO SIHANOUK. I WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN
BACK AND REPLIED, "NO". I TRIED TO SOFTEN THE ORIGINAL "NO" BY
SAYING OUR POSITION HAD BEEN MADE CLEAR TO SIHANOUK PUBLICLY
AND IN OTHER WAYS BUT THAT I NEVER WROTE HIM A LETTER ON THIS
SUBJECT.
2. THE CHINESE DO NOT KNOW THAT I WROTE SIHANOUK A LETTER.
THEY 00 KNOW THAT HE CONTACTED US ON HIS RECORDS AND FILMS
AND THEY DO KNOW THAT WE OBTAINED THESE FOR HIM.
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3. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SIHANOUK LEAKED THIS INFORMATION TO
THE HUNGARIANS OR OTHERS TO TRY TO CONVEY THE IMPRESSION THAT
THE AMERICANS FELT HE WOULD HAVE A MAJOR ROLE IN A POST-LON
NOL CAMBODIA.
4, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THE FRENCH LEAKED IT, THE FRENCH KNEW
OF THE LETTER BUT NOT ITS CONTENTS.
5. TWO THINGS NOW CONCERN ME. THOUGH I TRIED TO AMELIORATE IT
I LIED TO BOUSTANTI, AND WE MUST NOW CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY
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THAT THERE WILL BE SOME FURTHER ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER NOT
ONLY BY OTHER AMBASSADORS BUT BY THE PRESS. RUMORS AND INFORM-
ATION TEAR THROUGH THIS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY IN UNBELIEVABLE
FASHION.
6. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY MY STATEMENT TO BOUSTANI BY TELLING
HIM: "I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF YOUR QUESTION AND I SHOULD HAVE
REPLIED THAT I NEVER SENT ANY LETTER TO SIHANOUK RELATING TO OUR
POSITION ON PEACE IN CAMBODIA. " FROM THAT POINT ON I COULD
DECLINE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF HIS, ASKING HIS UNDERSTANDING
WHICH I HOPED WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.
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7, I WOULD APPRECIATE DEPARTMENT'S GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO SAY TO
OTHER AMBASSADORS AND THE PRESS. HOLDRIDGE AND I ARE ATTENDING
HUNGARIAN RECEPTION TODAY AT 11:00 A.M. PEKING TIME.
BUSH
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SUBJECT: CAMBOOIA
REF: STATE 75749
1. REPS ALBERT AND RHODES ARE NOW IN SHANGHAI. USLO OFFICER
IS HAND-CARRYING MESSAGE TO THEM ON FIRST AVAILABLE FLIGHT.
MESSAGE SHOULD REACH CONGRESSMEN APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS
PEKING TIME, APRIL a. AFTER OFFICER CONFIRMS DELIVERY,
WE WILL INFORM DEPARTMENT BY NIACT IMMEDIATE CABLE.
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1. SINCE REFTEL 603 USLO HAS HAD PHONE CALLS FROM JOURNALISTS
ASKING IF BUSH HAD OFFERED TO NEGOTIATE WITH SIHANOUK ON
POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN CAMBODIA. DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY
BUZZING WITH RUMORS.
2. THE FIRST CALL WAS FROM AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST SAYING HE
HEARD WE SENT SIHANOUK A LETTER OFFERING TO NEGOTIATE, BUSH
TOLD HIM HE SIMPLY WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE MATTER AND THAT
HAD BEEN HIS POLICY RELATING TO POLICY QUESTION HERETOFORE.
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3. REUTERS MAN CALLED SAYING THAT HE HEARD WE HAD APPROACHED
SIHANOUK OFFERING TO DISCUSS POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. BUSH
TOLD HIM THERE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO EFFORTS ON HIS PART TO
ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CAMBODIA.
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1. I LEARNED TODAY IN CONVERSATION WITH SOVIET AMB TOLSTIKOV THAT,
JUST AS I HAD SURMISED (REFTEL A, PARA 3) IT WAS SIHANOUK HIMSELF
WHO LEAKED INFORMATION BOUT MY LETTER TO HIM. TOLSTIKOV TOLD ME
THAT WHEN HE CALLED ON SIHANDUK TO INFORM THE PRINCE THAT THE SOVIETS
HAD EXPELLED FRON MOSCOW THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GKR, SIHANOUK
MENTIONED MY LETTER AND IN FACT EVEN SHOWED IT TO TOLSTIKOV CALTHOGH
TOLSTIKOV WAS NOT ALLOWED TO READ IT), TOLSTIKOV ADDED THAT HE WAS NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE LETTER BY SIHANOUK, AND I
PRESUME THAT THE MUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR MUST HAVE LEARNED ABOUT IT IN
MUCH THE SAME WAY.
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AND REPREHENSIBLE. IF YOU CONCUR, I WOULD LIKE TO LET HIM KNOW
THROUGH ONE OF OUR INTERMEDIARIES THAT WE DO NOT CONSIDER SUCH
CONDUCT HELPFUL. WE COULD ASK THE FRENCH, WHO ARE OF COURSE
AWARE OF OUR CONTACT WITH SIHANOUK, TO PASS THE WORD WITHOUT
GOING THROUGH PHUNG PENG CHENG (REFTEL B), PLEASE ADVISE.
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REF: PEKING 613
1. AFP CORRESPONDENT RENE FLIPO CALLED AT USLO APRIL 9 TO
REQUEST CONFIRMATION THAT I HAD SENT LETTER TO SIHANOUK PRO-
POSING A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN CAMBODIA. USLO
OFFICER SAID HE HAD NO COMMENT ON ANY SUCH STORIES, AND FLIPO
REPLIED THAT SINCE HIS SOURCE WAS VERY GOOD HE PLANNED TO FILE STORY.
QUERIED ON SOURCE, HE SAID IT WAS THE RUSSIANS. DEPARTMENT LIKELY
WILL RECEIVE QUERIES BASED ON AFP REPORT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE NO COMMENT HERE.
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REF: PMNOM PENH 6113, STATE 082747
1. HOLDRIDGE SAW PHUNG AT 5135 P.M. PEKING TIME AND PASSED ALONG
MESSAGE TO SIHANDUK. TO ASSURE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF MESSAGE
INCLUDING URGENT TIME FACTOR HOLDRIDGE SHOWED HIM TEXT IN ENGLISH FRO
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WHICH PHUNG COPIED DOWN EACH POINT IN FRENCH. HOLDRIDGE THEN GAVE HIM
GIST OF MEASURES SAUKHAM KHOY PLANNED TO TAKE, AND THESE WERE ALSO
RECORDED POINT BY POINT BY PHUNG. DURING AND AFTER THIS PROCEDURE
HOLDRIDGE SEVERAL TIMES STRESSED NEED FOR A RAPID REPLY AND
SAID HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT HIS HOME (WHICH IS IN SAME COMPOUND
AS THAT OF CHARLES MALO) THE ENTIRE EVENING.
PHUNG SAID HE WOULD TRY TO GET MESSAGE TO SIHANOUK THIS EVENING.
2. PHUNG APPEARED HIGHLY PLEASED, AND SAID THAT MESSAGE WAS VERY
IMPORTANT. RE ADDED THE PERSONAL COMMENTS THAT (A) APPOINTMENT
OF CHAU SAU DID NOT SEEM TO HIM TO BE NECESSARY, AND (B) SIHANOUK WOU
LD
FIND IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO PHNOM PENH IN RESPONSE TO INVITATION
FROM SAUKHAM KHOY ALONE BUT WOULD BE MUCH MORE ABLE TO 00 SO
IF HIs HAND WERE STRENGTHENED BY PUBLIC APPEAL FOR HIS RETURN BY THE
TWO CHIEF RONZES, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRIESTHOOD, STUDENTS, ARMYMEN,
PHNOM PENM RESIDENTS IN GENERAL, AND THE PEASANTS. PHUNG SUGGESTED
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THAT SAUKHAM KHUY TAKE STEPS TO ARRANGE FOR SUCH AN APPEAL.
OTHERWISE, HE SAID, SIHANOUK WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BALANCE OFF THE KHM
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ROUGE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO PHNOM PENH ONLY WITH THEM.
3. AT BEGINNING OF MEETING PHUNG CONVEYED SIHANDUK'S GREETINGS TO
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRINCE'S ASSURANCES THAT WITH THE REMOVAL
OF U.S. SUPPORT FOR LON NOL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U,S, AND
CAMBODIA WOULD BE CLOSE IN THE FUTURE.
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1. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT
WITH PHUNG, AND THE FRENCH HAVE NOT RPT NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH
HIM. THEY ARE STILL TRYING,
2. AFTER RECEIVING THE TWO REFTELS WHICH ARRIVED ALMOST
SIMULTANEOUSLY FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO
SPEAK PERSONALLY TO FRENCH AMBASSADUR ARNAUD ABOUT THE URGENCY OF
THE SITUATION. I HAVE JUST DONE SO, AND IMPRESSED ON HIM THE NEED
TO GET THE MEETING WITH PHUNG SET UP AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE
OPPORTUNITY. HE ASSURED ME THAT THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN,
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1. HOLORIDGE MET WITH PHUNG IN MALO'S APARTMENT AT 6:15 A.M. PEKING
TIME
(7:15A.M. PHNOM PENH TIME) AND CONVEYED TWO POINTS CONTAINED
IN REFTEL. PHUNG WAS OBVIOUSLY DISAPPUINTED OVER U.S. EVACUATION,
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ASCERTAINED THAT AMBASSADOR DEAN WOULD
BE LEAVING AS WELL. AS TO MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS WITH
SIHANOUK, HE SAID HE WOULD CONVEY MESSAGE AND HOPED SOMETHING
COULD BE SET UP LATER IN PHNOM PENH. IN MEANTIME HE PERSONALLY
WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A LINK IN PEKING.
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2. PHUNG THEN WENT ON TO NOTE THAT HE HAD MET WITH SIHANOUK
AT 2:00 A.M. THAT SAME NIGHT TO DISCUSS THE MESSAGE WHICH
HOLDRIDGE HAD PROVIDED HIM WITH EARLIER. ACCORDING TO PHUNG,
SIHANOUK SAID THAT THE U.S. PLAN HAD COME TOO LATE, AND IN
ADDITION HE, THE PRINCE, HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE
KHMER ROUGE. SIHANOUK!S JUDGMENT WAS THAT HAVING COME THIS CLOSE
TO MILITARY VICTORY, THE KHMER ROUGE WOULD NOT ACCEPT A CEASE-
FIRE NOW. PHUNG HAD BEEN TOLD BY SIHANOUK TO DELIVER THIS RESPONSE
TO HOLDRIDGE IMMEDIATELY, BUT HAD NOT DONE SO OUT OF RELUCTANCE
TO DISTURB MALO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
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3, PHUNG ADDED THAT SIHANOUK WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE TRAVELING TO
PHNOM PENH FOR SOME TIME YET, CERTAINLY NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE
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FUTURE.
THE RATIONALE PRESENTED BY PHJNG FOR THE DELAY WAS THAT SIHANOUK
WOULD WANT TO ASSESS THE GENERAL SITUATION IN PHNOM PENM BEFORE
RETURNING, BUT IT SEEMS EVIDENT THAT THE PRINCE'S INFLUENCE WITH
THE KHMER ROUGE IS SO WEAK THAT HE MUST AWAIT THEIR INVITATION,
WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE FORTHCOMING DEPENDING ON THEIR
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4. PHUNG WAS GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS ROLE AS A
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CONTACT WITH THE U.S. LEAKING OUT. HE CLAIMED THAT PHNOM PENH
WAS FILLED WITH KAMER ROUGE SPIES, AND HOPED THAT HIS PART IN
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS COULD BE KEPT QUIET. WE HERE CERTAINLY SYMPATHIZE
WITH HIM ON THIS POINT, AND REQUEST THAT IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE AT
THIS LATE STAGE TO SAFEGUARD PHUNG, IT BE DONE SO IMMEDIATELY.
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1. SUBSEQUENT TO HOLDRIDGE'S SESSION WITH PHONG IN MALO'S APARTMENT,
MALO GOT IN TOUCH WITH HOLDRIDGE TO ASK THAT THE LATTER
CALL ON HIM AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY. WHEN HOLDRIDGE DID SO, MALO
PRESENTED A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM SIHANOUK RESPONDING IN
CONCRETE TERMS TO THE U.S. PLAN WHICH HAD BEEN FORWARDED
TO HIM THE EVENING BEFORE. (NOTE IS BEING SENT TO DEPARTMENT
VIA SEPTEL). MALO EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO CAMBODIAN
PECULIARITIES, SIHANOUK HAD SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED PHUNG NOT
TO HAND OVER THE NOTE DIRECTLY BUT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE THROUGH A
THIRD PART, I.E.. MALO.
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IT MAKES IT ALL THE CLEARER THAT SIHANOUK HAS NO INFLUENCE OVER
THE KHMER ROUGE AND CANNOT IN HIS JUDGMENT DD ANYTHING THAT WILL RUN
CONTRARY TO THEIR WISHES AT A MOMENT WHEN THEY CONSIDER A MILITARY
VICTORY IS WITHIN THEIR GRASP. IT DOES, HOWEVER,) HOLD OUT HOPE FOR A
FUTURE RELATIONSHIP
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WITH THE GKR, STOPS ALL AID TO THE GKR, AND EVACUATES US PERSONNEL
FROM PHNOM PENH.
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DOOR OPEN FOR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S., AND THAT HIS RESPONSE TO
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THE U.S. PLAN CONSTITUTES PART OF THE POLITICAL MANEUVERING IN PEKING
IN WHICH THE PRINCE IS NOW ENGAGING IN ORDER TO BUILD UP HIS
INFLUENCE VIS A VIS THE KHMER ROUGE. WITH RESPECT TO THIS
MANEUVERING, MALO TOLD HOLDRIDGE WHEN PASSING ON SIHANOUK'S NOTE
THAT DURING THE PRINCE'S DINNER WITH SOVIET AMBASSADOR TOLSTIKOV
THE LATTER HAD ASSURED THE PRINCE OF MOSCOW'S FULL DIPLOMATIC,
POLITICAL, AND MILITARY SUPPORT, AND HAD ALSO OFFERED A GIFT
OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF CLOTHING TO HIM
PERSONALLY FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CAMBODIA. SIHANOUK ACCEPTED THE
GIFT. IN MALO'S OPINION, DISTRIBUTION OF THESE SUPPLIES IN
SIHANOUK'S NAME RATHER THAN IN THE NAME OF THE FUNK OR GRUNK WOULD
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4. INCIDENTALLY, IT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS IN HOLDRIDGE'S CONTACT WITH
MALO THAT THE FRENCH HAVE BEEN KEPT FULLY INFORMED BY SIHANOUK AND
PHUNG OF ALL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S. CONTACT WITH SIHANOUK,
INCLUDING THE DETAILS OF THE U.S. PLAN.
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1) FOLLOWING IS FRENCH TEXT OF HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM SIHANOUK
PASSED TO DC HOLDRIDGE BY FRENCH DCM MALO ON APRIL 12. BEGIN QUOTE:
NORODOM SIHANOUK NIEST PAS EN MEASURE DIACCEPTER LA PROPOSITION
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DU GOUVERNMENT DES USA CAR CETTE PROPOSITION SERAIT, A COUP SUR
REJETEE PAR LES KHMER ROUGES.
OR LA RESITANCE CAMBODGIENNE (FUNC-GRUNC-FAPLNC) EST COMPOSEE
EN PARTIE DE SIHANOUKISTES MAIS EN MAJORITE DE KHMERS ROUGES.
LES KHMERS ROUGES N'ACCEPTERONT JAMAIS UNE SOLUTION POLITIQUE DU
PROBLEM CAMBODGIEN QUI NE TIENNE PAS COMPTE DE LEUR VICTOIRE MILITAIR
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SONT EN DROIT DIEXERCER DANS PHNOM PENH COMME DANS TOUT LE RESTE
DU PAYS (CAMBODGE).
NORDODOM SIHANOUK, CHEF DE L'ETAT DU CAMBODGE, NIEXERCERA PAS
LE POUVOIR GOUVERNMENTAL. PAR CONTRE, IL CANTINUERA A APPORTER AU
MONDE EXTERIEUR LE GRANTIE DU NON-ALIGNMENT DU CAMBODGE.
EN CE QUI CONCERNE LES RELATIONS FUTURES ENTRE LE CAMBODGE DU FUNC
ET LE GOUVERNMENT DES USA, NORODOM SIHANOUK PENSE QU'ELLES POURRONT
SE NORMALISER SU LE PLAN INTERETATIQUE ET DIPLOMATIQUE, SI LES USA SE
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DESEGAGENT DES MAINTENANT DE LA SOI-DISANT "REPUBLIQUE KHMERE" CE
DESENGAGEMENT CONSISTERAINT EN: 1) LE DEPART DE TOUT LE PERSONNEL
U.S., DIPLOMATIQUE ET AUTRE (MILITAIRE, ETC...), DE PHNOM PENH
(PAR AVIONS). LE RUNWAY DE POCHENTONG AIRPORT EST EONCORE UTILSABLE.
2) LA CESSATION DES ENVOIS DES ARMES, MUNITIONS, EQUIPMENTS
MILITARIES A L'ARMEE DE LA SOI-DISANT "REPUBLIQUE KHMERE".
PEKIN, LE 12 AVRIL 1975
(S) N. SIHANOUK
P.S. - NORODOM SIHANOUK EST UN HOMME D'HONNEUR. IL N'A JAMAIS TRAHI
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SA PATRIE OU SES AMIS OU ASSOCIES,
DANS LA RESISTANCE, NORODOM SIHANOUK A VOUE ALLIANCE AVEC LES KHMERS
ROUGES.
IL NE TRAMIRA JAMAIS LES KHMERS ROUGES SES ALLIES.
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TAGS: PFOR, CB, us
SUBJECT: SIHANOUK
FOR THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR BUSH
1. I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT SIHANOUK CALLED IN THE PRESS THIS
EVENING PEKING TIME AND GAVE THEM A DISTORTED VERSION OF THE PLAN
WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM YESTERDAY. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN A FULL
VERSION OF WHAT HE SAID, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT HE STATED THAT
WE HAD ASKED HIM TO RETURN TO PHNOM PENH AND HE HAD REFUSED
HE ALSO ADDED THAT EVACUATION OF ALL U.S. PERSONNEL FROM PHNOM
PENH HAD BEEN ONE OF HIS CONDITIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE GRUNK ANU THAT OUR EVACUATION
HAD THEREFORE BEEN INSPIRED BY THIS CONDITION. HE MENTIONED ME
AS THE LINK BETWEEN HIMSELF AND WASHINGTON, BUT EVIDENTLY 010 NOT
GO INTO SPECIFICS ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL.
2. THE PRESS HAS OF COURSE BEEN ALL OVER ME, AND I AM RESPONDING
TO QUESTIONS WITH A STRAIGHT NO COMMENT.
3. GIVEN SIHANOUK'S PATENT EFFORTS IN RECENT DAYS TO BUILD UP
HIS OWN PULITICAL ROLE INDEPENDENT OF THE KHMER ROUGE, d AM AFRAID
THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR WHICH CAN BE EXPECTED OF HIM.
BUSH
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FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HABIB FROM AMBASSADOR BUSH
1. I HAVE LEARNED FROM AMBASSADOR OGAWA HERE THAT MIYAZAWA WAS
RATHER THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON CAMBODIA WHILE IN WASHINGTON. QUITE
CLEARLY OGAWA HAS BEEN CLUED IN.
2, SINCE LEAD STORY IN BLUE NEWS ON APRIL 13 HOLDRIDGE AND I HAVE
BEEN BESIEGED WITH INQUIRIES FROM FRIENDS. WE HAVE BEEN NO COMMENTING.
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3. WE WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING SOME LATITUUE, IN THIS MATTER ALTHOUGH
WE REALIZE THE SENSITIVITY.
4. SIHANOUK WILL UNDOUBTEOLY CONTINUE TO DISTORT EVENTS TU HELP
HIS OWN POSITION AND WE DO NOT WANT TO 00 ANYTHING TO WEAKEN HIS
ALREADY SHAKY POSITION. WE DO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THESE
DIPLOMATS AND IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF WE COULD GIVE SOME OF THEM
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5. I LEAVE FOR CANTON TOMORROW, THEN HONG KONG, THEN BACK TO
CANTON MONDAY. RETURN TO PEKING APRIL 24.
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REF: PEKING 689; (NOTAL) PEKING 719
HONG KONG FOR AMBASSADOR BUSH, BANGKOK FOR AMBASSADUR DEAN
1, ADDRESSEES WILL BY NOW HAVE SEEN SIHANOUK'S APRIL 16
STATEMENT ABOUT THE US APPROACH TO HIM IN WHICH HE ACCUSES DEPARTMENT
SPOKESMAN ANDERSON OF LYING ON QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
US EVACUATION OF PHNOM PENH CAME AS A RESULT OF SIHANOUKIS EARLIER
NOTE.
2. A CHECK OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS INDICATES THAT SIHANOUK
MAY ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THE us EVACUATION OF PHNOM PENH
RESULTED FROM HIS NOTE. IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT ME DIRECTED
HIS CHEF DU CABINET PHUNG PENG CHEN TO DELIVER THE NOTE CIN WHICH
HE CALLED FOR A US DISENGAGEMENT) AT AROUND 2:00 A.M. APRIL 12
PEKING TIME, AND THAT PHUNG FAILED TO DO SO OUT OF RELUCTANCE TO WAKE
OUR INTERMEDIARY AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT, WHEN HOLDRIUGE MET PHUNG
ABOUT 6:15 A.M. APRIL 12 TO PASS THE WORD OF THE US EVACUATION, PHUNG
HAD STILL NOT DELIVERED THE NOTE TO US NOR DID HE DO so UNTIL SOME
TIME LATER. IF PHUNG DID NOT INFORM THE PRINCE, OF HIS FAILURE
TO DELIVER SIHANOUKIS NOTE AT THE ORIGINAL TIME, STHANOUK COULD
THEN HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT THE us LEARNED OF HIS
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POSITION ON EVACUATION BEFORE IT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE, AND DRAW THE
CONCLUSION THAT THERE WAS INDEED A CONNECTION.
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SUBJECT: PNG OF CHINESE DIPLOMAT IN CANADA
FOR HABIB FROM BUSH
I HAVE HEARD HERE IN PEKING THAT THE CHINESE PRESS ATTACHE WHOM THE
CANADIANS ARE THROWING OUT OF CANADA WAS IN SOME WAY INVOLVED WITH
FUNNELING MONEY FROM THE USA TO INSURGENT GROUPS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
ALSO THAT A GRAND JURY IN THE USA IS ABOUT TO HAND DOWN SOME CHARGES
RELATING TO THIS CASE, WOULD APPRECIATE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE ON THIS. CANADA IS SPECULATING THAT PRC MAY WELL TAKE
ACTION AGAINST SOMEONE IN THEIR EMBASSY HERE WITH AN EQUIVALENT
SECOND SECRETARY RANK.
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