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Mr. Kissinger/Admiral Moorer
9:37 a. m., , June 5, 1971
K:
Tom, I just had a talk with the President about that situation
we discussed yesterday. I would like to sit down with you next week
sometime to let our hair down on what is going on out there. Secondly,
before that happens, I have the impression that the enemy is really
building up in I Corps. We cannot afford another shellacing. I don't
give a damn about the autonomy of the field commander. We have
to
avoid another set of debacles here. Maybe we need another field
commander. We cannot have these reports that are, in fact, misleading.
M:
I agree, Henry.
K:
Something isn't right out there. We may have withdrawn a little
too fast.
M:
I don't think they are following it as close as they can. I have
had several communiques.
K:
Could you in the meantime get an assessment of where we
are going over the next 6-12 months, what is happening in I Corps and
what we are going to do about it. There's a lot dependent on it; there
is a lot going on.
M:
I looked at a wrap-up of the Laos side. The effect of the rain
is rather significant in terms of their movements up there.
K:
They are slowing down?
M:
Way down. There were no trucks into Military Region I into
Laos yesterday.
K:
We want to know exactly what is going to be happening. You
know what we think of you. I speak sharply, but you are not our
problem.
M:
I will be back in touch.
lds
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