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Gen. Westmoreland/Kissinger
afternoon
4/12/71
K: I have thought with nostalgia and regret of our conversation here many
weeks ago. You were right.
W: It's evident.
K: I was uneasy and didn't know what was wrong. I wish you had been wrong.
W: So do I. Formidable undertaking. So much depended on communications and
helicopters.
K: I didn't realize they hadn't set up a headquarters for that.
W: They had two generals. Long and Than and then Dong who commands airborne.
In retrospect we should have ? ? ? ? ?
.
K: Sent one of our guys up.
W: A 4-star on the scene.
K: We came close. The other side wasn't? ? ? ?
,
W: The operation was still successful. Our losses were heavier then might have
been. Our materiel losses are shocking.
K: In helicopters?
W: That is public knowledge but 94 artilerry pieces and tanks and RX APC.
K: I haven't see it.
W: Not revealed and shouldn't be. It gives you a better idea of what happened.
The personnel involved -- you left the room. Dong I have no confidence in. The
xjxx man you named earlier tax thought Louad fell flat on his face. He was relieved
after Tet.
How
K:
Who did they think with these guys it could be done.
W: They have come a long way and learned as time has gone on. Give more
credit then for running something as complicated as this. We would have been
hard pressed to run it ourselves and to o much for these little fellows.
K: I remember the briefing you gave to the WSAG a few months ago. If this war
doesn't ruin you, it breaks your heart.
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