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MEMORANDUM
3002
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ACTION
SECRET
May 31, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. KISSINGER
FROM:
WILLIAM L. STEARMAN
SUBJECT:
Presidential Reply to Trudeau Letter
on ICCS
Attached at Tab I is a memorandum from you to the President which
attaches a reply (Tab A) to a message (Tab B) which Canadian Prime
Minister Trudeau sent the President on May 29.
Trudeau formally advised the President that the Canadians have
decided to pull out of the Vietnam ICCS but to delay the deadline for
their departure from June 30 to July 31. Although Trudeau avoids a
full explanation for this decision, he notes that the decisive element
was Canada's 19 year history of cease-fire supervision in Vietnam.
He adds that the only criticism implied by this decision is a lack of
good faith by the Vietnamese parties in abiding by the Agreement and
states that the ICCS "got off to as good a start as circumstances per-
mitted. 11
The President's reply at Tab A expresses deep regret at the Canadian
decision but notes our appreciation of Canada's many contributions to
the ICCS. The President also says that he shares Trudeau's view that
the ICCS performed as well as could be expected. He notes that we
are determined to remedy cease-fire enforcement problems that gave
rise to the difficulties which so complicate the work of the ICCS.
Dave Gergen's office concurs in the President's reply.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you forward the memorandum at Tab I and the letter at Tab A.
Sonnenfeldt concurs
SECRET
GDS
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
DECLASSIFIED
This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified
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