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Digitized from Box 3 of the NSA. Backchannel Messages Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
162
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DE YEKADLC #0000 1191415
Z 291414Z APR 75 ZFF-1 ZYH
FM SAIGON
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Q ECRET 291400Z APR 75 VIA SRF CHANNELS
CITE SAIGON
TO: FLASH WHITE HOUSE,,
FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
PERHHPAS YOU CAN TELL ME HOW TO MAKE SOME OF THESE AMERICANS
ABANDON THEIR HALF VIETNAMESE CHILDREN, OR HOW THE PRESIDENT WOULD
LOOOK IF HE ORDERED THIS,
FOR MORE TTHAN 50 MINUTES THERE HAVE BEEN NO CH-5313 HERE,
AND ONLY ONE CH46.
COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET MESSAGED ME ABOUT HOUR AND HALF AGO,
SAYING HE WOULD LIKE TO STAND DOWN ABOUT 2380 HOURS AND RESUME
0800 TOMORROW MORNING,
I REPLIED THAT I DAMN WELL DIDNT WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER NIGHT
HERE.
FOURE HOURS AGO I TOLD NOEL THE NUMBER OF SORTIES WE NEED,
NOW THE NUMBER IS 30 CH53 SORTIES, I DONT REALLY MIND GIVING DAD
COMPLETE PRIORITY -- THEY WERE MORE EXPOSED THAN WE WERE HERE,
I NEED 30 CH531S SORTIES DAMN QUICK AND I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING BUT
SILENCE SINCE I ASKED FOR THEM.
I AM WELL AWARE OF THE DANGER HERE TOHMORROW AND I WANT TO
GET OUT TONIGHT, BUT I DAMN WILL NEED AT LEAST 30 CH5315 OR THE
EQUIVALENT TO DO THAT. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN? GET PRESIDENT
TO ORDER CINCRAC TO FINISH JOB QUIICKLY.
I REPEAT, I NEED 30 CH531S AND I NEED THEM NOW!
WARM REGARDS.
is
FORD
BERALD
LISA
*WHSR COMMENT
HAK, SCONCROFT, RODAMAN, NCFARLANE
RECALLED
PSN:023394
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COPY
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12356, Sec. 3.4.
MR 94-124 and State/WH Guidelines
By KBH NARA, Date 8/23/96
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