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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nU.Alexis Johnson/Mr. Kissinger\nJune 6, 1970\n11:00 a. m.\nJohnson: Have you seen Phnom Penh 1143 in which they are attacking ???\nHAK: Yes.\nJohnson: I have talked to Packard - I was planning to go back out with a\nmessage saying we should go very slow in giving them any advice. I must say\nthis marks a big leap to the ??? It is hard for me to believe the enemy\ncould\nhave much strength there but as to whether they should resist or abandon the\ntown, I don't think we want to tell them what to do. This will shake up the\nThais. If they and the Thais get together, it is their business.\nHAK:\nBut how are they going to interpret our not doing anything?\nJohnson: They haven't asked us to do anything. We simply say these are\ndecision you have to make. They have not formally asked for advice.\nRives said he hesitates to offer advice but would appreciate anything the\nDepartment, Saigon or MACV might have. I was going to ask in this message\nany views or recommendations MACV might have.\nHAK: We have no forces there and there is no air support.\nJohnson: The Thais could lfy air support if that is practical.\nHAK: Why don't we look into that because I know that will be the first\nreaction of the President.\nJohnson: Well, I could ask Bangkok if they have any information on Thai\nthinking. I don't think they use air support there because they haven't got any\nground controllers and enemy can always retreat into Angkor ruins and nobody\nwants to bomb that.\nHAK: Oh no. No doubt about that. It would just shift some of the responsibility\nto the Thais for not doing anything.\nJohnson: OK, I can ask Bankgog Bangkok if they have information on what the\nThai intentions are\nthat\nHAK: And what they could do in the way of air support, recognizing/the dis-\nadvantage of bombing the Angkor Ruins would outweigh any possible benefit.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, as amended, Sect 3.5\nNLN02-20/20: PerLtr 13 Nov.2008\nBy P6H\nNARA, Date 04-06-09\nPDIMaT"
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