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11:50 p.m. 12-6-72
Kennedy/ "D"
K: Hello.
D: Yes, Good Evening sir.
K: Good evening sir, how are you? I am sorry to be troubling you
again.
D: Well, that is alright.
K: We seem to do all our business at night. Sir, I have another message
which Henry wanted me to give to you. Can I read it SO you can write
it down?
D: Is it a long one?
K: Well, not too long, a little bit.
At this point Col Kennedy dictated HAKTO 18 to D as follows:
BEGIN QUOTE:
At tomorrow's session both sides are committed to presenting their
minimum requirements. It is now obvious that Hanoi will attempt to
extract major changes for any changes which the U.S. seeks. They invariably
react in an extremely imbalanced way to require modifications which alter
the fundamental character of the agreement. Nevertheless the U.S. must
achieve the following rock-bottom alterations:
(1) obtain the proper Vietnamese phrase for "'administrative structure. 11
(2) Provide for the establishment of a target date of three months for
the demobilization provision to provide the period during which the parties
will do their utmost to resolve this question. This will make this provision
parallel to the ones covering the other tasks included in paragraphs 8 (c)
(South Vietnamese prisoners) and 12 (a) (resolution of the political problems.)
(3) Provision of some reference in the agreement which relates to the
integrity of the territories of North and South Vietnam or establishes the
principle of the non-use of force between the North and South during the
post-settlement period.
(4) Provide for the implementation of a ceasefire in Laos within 10 days
vice 30 days.
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