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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 38 of the NSA. Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n.\nFile\nis\nSECRET/NODIS\nJanuary 31, 1969\nEYES ONLY\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE\nFROM:\nHenry A. Kissinger\nSUBJECT:\nCommunication with Hanoi Prior to January 20\nPrior to the inauguration, President Nixon was in com-\nmunication with the North Vietnamese through a contact who is -\npersonally known to the top leades in Hanoi. The messages\nwere sent by me to the contact who delivered them to Mai Van\nBo (DRV representative to the Government of France) and vice\nversa.\nThe President initiated the exchange with his message of\nDecember 20 (Tab- A), which told the North Vietnamese that\nhis Administration was prepared to undertake serious talks,\nOn December 31, Hanoi sent its reply (Tab B), which em-\nphasizes thatifs point of primary concern is U. S. willingness\nto withdraw troops. The ball was kept in play by the President's\nresponse of January 2 (Tab C), which states inter alia that his\nAdministration in ready to withdraw U.i. S. forces from South\nVietnam as part of an honorable settlement which includes mutual\ntroop withdrawal. The North Vietnamese replied on January 13\nto the President's message (Tab D): The President has not\nreplied to this latest message.\nThe President. has asked that this be very closely held.\na\nSECR ET /NODIS\nP. T FORD\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.0.12958, Sec. 3.5\n11/24/98, State Dept. Guidelines\nlet\n, NARA, Date 12/15/99"
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