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The original documents are located in Box 4, folder "Cambodia - State Departrment
Telegrams: From SECSTATE - NODIS (2)" of the National Security Adviser.
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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COPY / OF 15 COPIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WH- C.
ZODIU
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
TELEGRAM
SECRET
NOD491
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TO AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH IMMEDIATE
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SECRET STATE 048176
NODIS
FORD
E.O. 11652: GDS
& LIBRARY GERALD
TAGS: PFOR, CB, US
SUBJECT: CAMBODIAN SETTLEMENT
FOR THE AMBASSADOR FROM HABIB
REF: PHNOM PENH 3913
1. WE FULLY AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD SEE HANG THUN HAK,
LISTEN TO HIM AND REPORT TO WASHINGTON.
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2. WE ALSO CONCUR YOUR VIEW THAT NO KHMER EFFORTS TO
RESOLVE OWN PROBLEMS SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED. KISSINGER
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NODIS
GERALD
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E.O. 11652: AUS-DECLAS JUNE 30, 1975
TAGS: PFOR, CB, US
SUBJECT: CAMBODIA NEGOTIATIONS
FOR AMBASSADOR
1, PLEASE INFORM LON NOL IN STRICT CONFIDENCE THAT, IN
RESPONSE TO GROWING CONGRESSIONAL AND PRESS PRESSURES,
WE ARE MAKING PUBLIC THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF OUR
EFFORTS TO STIMULATE NEGOTIATIONS ON CAMBODIA. YOU
SHOULD INFORM LON NOL THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR
EFFORT TO SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR CAMBODIA,
A MATTER ON WHICH WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH GREAT URGENCY.
2, FOR SAIGON: YOU SHOULD INFORM PRESIDENT THIEU.
3. BEGIN TEXT. SUMMARY OF NEGOTIATING EFFORTS ON
CAMBODIA. Wt. HAVE MADE CONTINUAL AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE
ATTEMPTS, IN ADDITION TO OUR NUMEROUS PUBLIC DECLARATIONS,
TO DEMONSTRATE IN CONCRETE AND SPECIFIC WAYS OUR
READINESS TO SEE AN EARLY COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT IN
CAMBODIA.
SECHET
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NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF STATE
Department of State
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PAGE 02 STATE 047895
--
THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT LEO TO THE PARIS
AGREEMENT ON VIET-NAM IN JANUARY L973, THE UNITED STATES
REPEATEDLY INDICATED ITS DESIRE TU SEE A CEASEFIRE ANU
POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN CAMBODIA, AS WELL AS IN VIET-NAM
SECRET
AND LAOS. IN LATER DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THE
IMPLEMENTATION UF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, THE UNITED STATES
CONVEYED ITS IDEAS ANU ITS DESIRE TO PROMOTE A NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE CAMBUDIAN PARTIES.
-- ON MANY OTHER OCCASIONS IN 1971 AND 1972 WE MADE
CLEAR OUR INTEREST IN SEEING AN INDEPENDENT AND NEUTRAL
CAMBODIA ESTABLISHED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND NOT THROUGH
A BATTLEFIELD VICTORY.
-- A NUMBER OF MAJOK EFFORTS TOWARD NEGOTIATION WERE
MADE IN 1973, EFFORTS WHICH WERE THWARTED BY THE FORCED
BOMBING HALT IN AUGUST OF THAT YEAR.
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FORD
--
IN OCTOBER 1974, WE BROACHED THE IDEA OF AN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CAMBODIA AND WITH TWO
COUNTRIES HAVING RELATIONS WITH THE GRUNK. WE ALSO
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DISCUSSED THE ELEMENTS OF A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. WE
RECEIVED NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO THESE OVERTURES.
-- IN NOVEMBER 1974, WE AGAIN INDICATED WITH SPECIFICITY
OUR READINESS TU SEE A COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT IN CAMBOOIA
IN WHICH ALL ELEMENTS COULD PLAY A ROLE TO A GOVERNMENT
WITH RELATIONS WITH THE GRUNK. OUR INTERLUCUTURS
SHUWED NO INTEREST IN PURSUING THE SUBJECT.
-- IN DECEMBER 1974, WE TRIED TO FACILITATE A CHANNEL
TU REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KHMER COMMUNISTS THROUGH A
NEUTRALIST COUNTRY WITH RELATIONS WITH ThE GRUNK.
NOTHING CAME OF THIS INITIATIVE.
-- IN DECEMBER 1974 AND EARLY JANUARY 1675, WE CONCURRED
IN AN INITIATIVE TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH SIHANOUK IN
PEKING. SIHANOOK AT FIRST AGREED TO RECEIVE AN EMISSARY,
BUT LATER REFUSED.
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IN FEBRUARY 1975, WE THIED TO ESTABLISH A DIRECT
CONTACT WITH SIHANOUK OURSELVES, WE RECEIVED NU
RESPONSE.
" ALSO IN FEBRUARY 1975, WE APPRISED CERTAIN FRIENDLY
GOVERNMENTS WITH CLEAR INTERESTS AND CONCERNS IN THE
REGION, AND WITH ACCESS TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING THE
GRUNK, OF OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE THE CONFLICT TOWARD A
NEGUTIATED SOLUTION AND OF THE DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY
TO OUR APPROACH. THEY COULD OFFER NO HELP.
UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THESE ATTEMPTS HAVE HAD ANY
RESULT. THE REACTIONS WE HAVE GOTTEN su FAR SUGGEST
THAT NEGOTIATING PROSPECTS WILL BE DIM AS LONG AS THE
CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT'S MILITARY PUSITION REMAINS PRE-
CARIOUS.
FORD
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WE ARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE OUR LONG-STATED
OBJECTIVE OF AN EARLY COMPRONISE SETTLEMENT IN
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CAMBODIA. IN THIS PROCESS WE ARE, AND HAVE BEEN,
GUIDED BY THE FULLOWING PRINCIPLES:
1. THE UNITED STATES WILL SUPPORT ANY NEGOTIATIONS
THAT THE PARTIES THEMSELVES. ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT.
2,
THE UNITED STATES WILL ACCEPT ANY OUTCOME FROM
THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT THE PARTIES THEMSELVES WILL
ACCEPT.
3,
AS FAR AS THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED, THE
PERSONALITIES INVOLVED WILL NOT, THEMSELVES,
CONSTITUTE OBSTACLES OF ANY KIND TO A SETTLEMENT.
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TOSEC 195
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TAGS:PFOR, CB, US
SUBJECT: CAMBODIAN NEGOTIATIONS
FOR AMBASSADOR FROM HABIB
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REF: PHNOM PENH 4090
1. IN YOUR CUNVERSATION WITH HANG THUN HAK, REPORTED
REFTEL, YOU ARE CLEARLY MOVING BEYOND THE LIMITS OF
INSTRUCTIONS ON NEGOTIATIONS. YOUR CONTACTS SHOULD ONLY
BE EXPLORATORY RPT EXPLORATORY WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING
A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT. YOU SHOULD NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVE
YOURSELF IN INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SORT DISCUSSED
BY HANG THUN HAK, WHICH WOULD ONLY HELP TO FURTHER
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UNRAVEL THE KAMERS AND THEIR GOVERNMENT. YOU SHOULD
THEREFORE TAKE NO ACTION WITH REGARD TO THE SCENARIO
PROPOSED BY HANG THUN HAK.
2. U.S. INITIATIVES FOR NEGOTIATIONS ARE TO BE STRICTLY
CONTROLLED FROM WASHINGTON. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR ANY
EMBASSY INVOLVEMENT IN INITIATIVES BY THE KHMERS
THEMSELVES. WE DO NOT WANT TO GET IN THE POSITION OF
APPEARING TO BE CONNIVING IN THE OVERTHROW OF THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE IN PHNOM PENH. THE MAINTAINANCE OF
ZOD-U
SOME ORDER AND COMESION IN PHNOM PENH IS ESSENTIAL TO
ANY NEGOTIATIONS. THIS PURPOSE WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY
SECRET
YOUR ALIGNING YOURSELF WITH CAMBODIAN PERSONALITIES BY
TAKING THEIR IDEAS TO THE MARSHALL WHO WOULD ONLY READ
THEM AS U.S. DESIRES. THEREFORE, YOU ARE NEITHER TO
ENCOURAGE NOR DISCOURAGE HANG THUN HAK AND LONG BORET
NOR ARE YOU TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS DIRECTLY WITH THE
MARSHALL. INGERSOLL
FORD
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SECRE T STATE 952536
NODIS
E.O. 116521 GOS
TAGS: MOPS, APER, CB
FORD, & LIBRARY GERALD
SUBJECT: CIVILIAN AIRLIFT
REF: PHNOM PENH 3787
FOR AMBASSADOR DEAN
1. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A CINCPAC MESSAGE REQUESTING YOUR
VIEWS A3 TO TME FEASIBILITY OF ASSIGNING TO MEOTC TME
MILITARY PERSUNNEL DESCRIBED REFTEL WHO ARE NOW MAKING
DAILY FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THAILAND. SOME CURRENT MEDTC
PERSONNEL MIGHT, OF COURSE, HAVE TO LEAVE Tu MAKE ROOM
FOR THESE PERSONNEL,
?. PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS OUR CONGERN. HERE
THAT DAILY ENTRY OF THESE PERSONNEL INTU POCHENTONG, UNDER
INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS
CF NECESSITY FOR FILING REPORT TO CONGRESS UNDER MAK POWERS
RESOLUTION AND POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF STATUTES PROHISITING
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INVOLVEMENT OF U.S. FORCES IN HOSTILITIES IN CAMBUDIA. WE
ARE CONSIDERING THESE QUESTIONS ANO WE CAN EXPECT CLOSE
QUESTIONING AT UPCOMING HEARINGS ON CANGUDIA AID
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESUAY OF NEXT WEEK.
3. THEREFORE, WHILE WE REGRET HAVING TO AUU TO YOUR
WORRIES, WE CONSIDER THIS IMPORTANT FROM STANDPOINT OF
OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE AIRLIFT. INGERSOLL
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GERALD
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TAGS: MOPS, APER, CH
SUDJECT: CIVILIAN AIRLIFT
REFS: (A) STATE u52536; (b) PHNOM PENH 4244
1. BELIEVE QUESTIONS RAISED REF A WARHANT INTEGRATING INTO
MEDTC STAFF THOSE TUY PERSONNEL NOW FLYING IN AND CUT or
CAMBODIA DAILY. SO LONG AS NUMBER OF OFFICIAL AMERICANS IN
CAMBODIA DOES NOT EXCEED 200, IT WOULD SEEM THAT ThesE
PERSONNEL COULD BE ASSIGNED TO MEDTC UN T.U.Y BASIS.
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2. AL.SU, IF YOU so REQUEST, 000 IS PREPARED TO CUT THANS-
FER ORDERS FOR APPROPRIATE NUMBER (7"y) PENSONNEL CURRENTLY
ASSIGNED TO MEDIC KITHLR AS PERMANENT OUTY STATION UR ON TOY,
IN UKIN.K TO KEEP AUTOURIZED STRENGTH TOTAL AT OR BELOW
LUILING or 200 (IN NUMBER 11 OFFICIAL AMERICANS PRESENT IN
CAMHOOIA. INGERSULL
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TAGS: PINT, PGOV, SOPN, CB, us
SUBJECT: MORE BALANCED REPORTING ON CAMBODIA BY VOA
REF: PHNOM PENH 4294
CD
TO AMBASSADOR FROM HABIB
1. FULLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE EFFECT THAT THE
DEBATE ON CAMBODIA HERE MAY UE HAVING ON THE KHMEN. WE ARE
DOING OUR UTMOST TO PRESERVE A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE IN OUR
DISCUSSIONS WITH MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND THE HILL. THE
MANAGEMENT OF VUA IS IN FULL ACCORD WITH UUH POLICY AND WE
CONSULT AT THE WORKING LEVEL VERY CLOSELY. WHILE WE CANNOT
CENSOR STORIES, OUR VIEWS ARE CONSIDERED.
2. CONCERNING THE SPECIFIC CASE OF VOA COMMENTARY ON THE
HUMPAREY STATEMENT WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE VOICE AND BEEN
ASSURED THAT A BALANCED STATEMENT WILL BE AIRLD CONCERNING
CONTINUING SUPPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATION PLUS FANKIS
UNGOING EFIU: TS TO IGHT BACK. INGERSULL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRET
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INFO USDEL ASWAN IMMEDIATE
RECD: MARCH 14 1975
SEC R E T STATE 057286
NODIS
a. FUND
TOSEC 493
E.O. 11652: GDS
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TAGS: PFOR, JA, CB
SUBJECT:CAMBODIA: JAPANESE APPROACH
1. IN RESPONSE TO OUR EARLIER DISCUSSION WITH THE JAPANESE,
THEY HAVE NOW RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO
SPEAK AT THEIR OWN INITIATIVE TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE,
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CHINESE, AND THE SOVIETS ABOUT A CAMBODIA SOLUTION. WE
HAVE AGREED TO THEIR INITIATIVE AND HAVE PROVIDED THEM
WITH SOME TALKING POINTS ALONG THE LINES OF POINTS WE HAVE
USED IN OUR EARLIER APPROACHES. THE JAPANESE WILL USE
THESE TALKING POINTS AS THEIR OWN.
2. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED BUT DO NOT REPEAT NOT WISH TO
MENTION THIS JAPANESE FOLLOW-UP TO LON NOL AT THIS TIME. INGERSOLL
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CAN REPLY SHORTLY. INGERSOLL
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TOSEC 509 CINCPAC FOR POLAD
MILITARY ADDRESSEES TREAT AS SPECAT EXCLUSIVE
TAGS: AEMR, CB, us
SUBJECT: E AND E
1. IF A DECISIVE CONGRESSIONAL VOTE AGAINST SUPPLEMENTARY
MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CAMBODIA OCCURS, YOU SHOULD TAKE
THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.
2. UPON RECEIPT OF A STATE MESSAGE REFERRING TO THIS ONE
AND INFORMING YOU of THE NEGATIVE VOTE, YOU SHOULD INFORM
LON NOL THAT THE VOTE MEANS WE ,VILL SOON RUN OUT OF FUNDS
FOR MILITARY AIO. YUU SHOULD STRESS THE FACT THAT THE USG
WILL CONTINUE MILITARY AND FOOD AID SHIPMENTS AS LONG AS
EXISTING FUNUS LAST AND THAT THE GKR OF COURSE wILL HAVE
HEEKS OF FUEL, FOOD ANU AMMUNITION LEFT AFTER OUR SHIP-
MENTS END. THUS, FANK HILL BE ABLE TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY
WHILE THE GOVERNMENT MAKES ITS VITAL DECISIONS ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
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3. YOU SHOULD TELL LON NOL THAT OUR SUPPORT FOR THE GKH
WILL CONTINUE. IF LON NOL REQUESTS AUVICE CONCERNING THE
SECURITY SITUATION AND POLITICAL STEPS TO BE TAKEN, YOU
SHOULD STATE THAT YOU HAVE NO CONCRETESUGGESTIONS, OTHER
THAN TO SUGGEST THAT HE CONSULT HIS COLLEAGUES. It HE
EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY, AS WELL
AS FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS COLLEAGUES, YOU SHOULD INDICATE
CLEARLY THAT ThE ACTUAL SITUATION DUES NOT WARRANT SUCH
CONCERN AT THIS POINT. YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT THE US
MISSION WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION NORMALLY TO AUMINISTER
THE ONGOING AID SHIPMENTS AND THAT YOU HAVE NO PRESENT
PLANS TO EVACUATE OFFICIAL AMERICANS. IN ANY CASE, WE
WILL ENSURE HIS SAFETY.
A. FYI: WE RECOGNIZE FROM PHNOM PENH 4556
THAT THE MOOD IN PHNOM PENH AFTER AN AID CUT-OFF MAY NOT
PERMIT us TO HOLD TO THIS POSTURE ON EVACUATION FOR VERY
LONG. HOWEVER, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT EVEN THE PARTIAL
EVACUATION YOU SUGGEST WOULD LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO PANIC
AMONG THE KMMER AND TO AN EARLY COLLAPSE OF THE GKR.
THIS WE WISH TO AVOIO IF WE POSSIBLY CAN. THEREFORE,
YOU SHOULD NOT HEPEAT NOT ORDER ANY EVACUATION WITHOUT
RECEIVING FINAL AUTHORIZATION FROM WASHINGTON. OF
COURSE, IN EXTREMIS, IF IN YOUR CONSIDERED JUDGEMENT
AMERICAN LIVES ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, AND YOU ARE
UNABLE TO CONTACT WASHINGTON, YOU HAVE THE FINAL
DECISION AS TU THE METHUD AND TIMING OF EVACUATION
WITHOUT REQUESTING INSTRUCTIONS,
THESE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY.
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TOSEC 544
GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
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TAGS: AEMR, CB, us
SUBJECT: E&E: QUESTION OF INCLUDING KHMER EMPLOYEES OF USG
REF: (A) PHNOM PENH 46251 (B) STATE 056210
1. WE FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEM RE INCLUSION LUCAL
EMPLOYEES IN ANY EVACUATION AND RECOGNIZE IMPOSSIBILITY
OF INCLUDING MANY.
2. NEVERTHELESS, WE BELIEVE THAT IN PRINCIPLE AND IN VIEW
THEIR SERVICE TO US THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
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3. POSSIBLITY OF EVACUATION SHOULD NOT RPT NOT BE HAISED
BY YOU AT ANY TIME.
4. IN FINAL COUNT, OECISION MUST REST WITH YOU. HOWEVER
WE WOULD HOPE THAT, IF ANY LOCALS REQUEST EVACUATION,
LACH CASE COULD DE CONSIDERED ON GROUNDS OF WHETHER YOU
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BELIEVE THEIR LIVES WOULD BE CLEARLY IN JEUPARDY FOLLOWING
EMBASSY WITHURAWAL.
5. FOR EXAMPLE, WE 00 NOT RPT NOT BELIEVE GARDENERS WOULD
FACE SERIOUS UANGER. BUT, ON OTHER HAND, PERHAPS SOME
SENION CLERKS, SUCH AS MADAME TENG HEM, SAVOUN SOUN AS
MEAS SAN, MAY FELL THEIR LIVES IN PERIL ANU APPEAL FOR
EVACUATION.
6. WITH RESPECT PROBLEMS RAISED PARA 3 REFTEL,
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1. SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS THE SECRETARY MAY HAVE, BELIEVE
YOU HANDLED APPROACH FROM LONG BORET JUST RIGHT. YOU
SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW EXISTING GUIDELINES AND TO FOLLOW
YOUR LINE AS REPORTED PARA. 7 REFTEL: IT IS NOT OUR ROLE
TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR THE KHMER. SUCH DECISIONS
SHOULD BE ARRIVED AT BY CONSULTATIONS AMONG THE KHMER, AND
CERTAINLY LON NOL SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS COLLEAGUES ON
SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION. OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
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2. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO FINESSE THE QUESTION OF AN INVI-
TATION FOR LON NOL. FYI: IN THE END, IF HE SHOULD WISH TO
COME TO THE US WE WOULD ISSUE HIM A VISA. END FYI.
3. FOR THE SECRETARY: IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF THESE
INSTRUCTIONS, AND OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING NO NEW
POLICY LINE, WE HAVE SENT THEM DIRECT TO DEAN. THE NSC
CONCURS. IF YOU HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS, YOU MAY WISH TO
CABLE THEM DIRECT TU HIM, REPEATING THEM 10 THE DEPARTMENT
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1. STORIES APPEARING IN TODAY'S NEWS RE BURNING OF FILEY
BY ENGASSY ANDRE THE EMBASSY18 ORGING THE VOLAGS (1)
REDUCE THEIR STAFFS FURTHER, HAVE GENERATED SOME CONCERN
HERE. IN REPLY TU PRESS QUERIES RE HURNING OF FILES, ETC.
HE HAVE REPLIED TMAT THIS IS IN CUNFORMITY WITH NORMAL
PRACTICE OF US EMBASSIES IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS THAT
CURRENTLY FXISTING 14 CAMBODIA. HOWEVER, WE ASSUME YOU
CLEARLY UNDERSTAND FROM REFTEL THAT YOU ARE TO TAKE NU
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1. WE ARE REVIEWING E AND t PLANS IN DETAIL MERE, AND
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ON WHICH WE WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.
2. WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR FIRMEST POSSIBLE CURRENT
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JUDGMENT AS TO TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS WHOM YOU ANTICIPATE
MAY HAVE TO BE MUVEO OUT OF CAMBUDIA UNDER PHASE III OF
EAGLE PULL. BESIUES 606 PERSONS CITED HEF C (IF THAT
FIGUREIS STILL VALIO). WHAT IS YOUR BEST ESTIMATE OF THE
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AND FAMILIES, IN ADDITION TO 50 ALREADY PROVIDED FOR, WHO
WOULD HAVE A LEGITIMATE CALL ON US FOR EVACUATION IN
LIGHT OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH us, AND THEIR PROSPECTS OF
SURVIVAL AT HANDS OF KC?
3. THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT TO ASSIST US IN MAKING
JUDGMENT UN THE QUESTION OF PROVIDING AUDITIONAL LIFT
CAPABILITY FOR PHASE III OF EAGLE PULL. SINCE DEPLUYMENT
OF MAJOR ADDITIONAL ASSETS WOULD TAKE SIX TOTWELVE DAYS
AND WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE, WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THEY WOULD BE ESSENTIAL BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER
TO TRY TO PREPOSITION THEM. NUMBER OF AINCHAFT NUW COM-
MITTED TO EAGLE PULL COULD EVACUATE 606 PERSONS WITHIN
SIX HUURS IN ONELIFT. SOME SMALLER CAPACITY INCREASES,
OF ONE TO TWO HUNDRED, COULD BE ACHIEVED BY OTHER MEANS
IN LESS TIME. IF NUMBER OF EVACUEES GREATER THAN THAT,
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SOME OF PRESENTLY CUMMITTED AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE TO DE
HECYCLED FOR SECOND LIFT IF ADDITIONAL ASSETS NOT
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FOR THE AMBASSADOR FROM HABIB
1. WE SHARE YOUR RELUCTANCE TO CALL ON THE MARSHALL IN
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PRESENT SITUATION IN CASE WRONG SIGNAL GIVEN.
2. HOWEVER, IN VIEW LON NOL RENEWED AND ALMOST DISASTROUS
ARA
MEDDLING IN MILITARY AFFAIRS WE BELIEVE IT ESSENTIAL YOU
CALL UN HIM WITH REQUEST HE ALLOW SAK SUTHSAKHAN AND
STAFF TO RUN THE WAR AS HE PERMITTED FENNANDEZ TO DO.
AS YOU NOTE THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE COUNSELED IN THE PAST
AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO 00 WHAT WE CAN, WITHOUT POLITICAL
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PARTICULAR AREA NOT NECESSARILY WRONG BUT THAT IT EVIDENT
HE HAS NOT IN FULL KNOWLEUGE OF FACTS. THEN, TUO, EMG
S
WAS NOT AWAKE OF HIS ORDERS SO THAT COMBINATION OF LACKS
OF KNOWLEUGE ALMUST CAUSED SERIOUS SITUATION.
3. AT SAME TIME YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT LON NON
HAS ALSO BEGUN INTERPERE WITH MILITARY DESPITE FACT HE
HOLUS NO MILITARY POSITION. YOU SHOULD URGE MARSHALL
ONCE AGAIN TO GET HIS BROTHER TO STOP THIS SINCE IT
COULO CAUSE NUT ONLY MILITARY REVERSES BUT ALSO PRICTIONS
WHICH ALREAUY REPORTED TO BE ARISING.
4, IF MARSHALL RAISES POLITICAL MATTERS SUCH AS HIS
DEPARTURE FROM CAMBODIA, YOU SHOULD CUNTINUE TO USE SAME
LINE AS WITH LONG BURET. IF ME PHESSES FOR A USG VIEW,
ANSWER AS PREVIOUSLY BUT AGREE TO REFER QUESTION TO
WASHINGTON. INGERSOLL
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ON PENSIBILITY OF BEGINNING TO REDUCE FURTHER THE
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NUMBER UF PEUPLE WHU AHE INCLUDED IN THE EVACUATION PLAN.
INVESTIFY such PERSONNEL WHU. COULD LEAVE WITHOUT
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INITIATIVES
REF: PHNOM PENH 5369
1. THE STATUS OF DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES REGARDING CAMBODIA
REMAIN ACTIVE BUT UNSUCCESSFUL. WITH RESPECT TO JAPANESE
CHANNEL OUR EXCHANGES IN WASHINGTON HAVE THUS FAR BEEN EX-
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CHANGES OF VIEWS. JAPANESE HAVE NOT RPT NOT COME FORWARD
WITH ANY CONCRETE ACTIONS ON THEIR PART, BUT THEY CONTINUE
TO SPEAK OF WILLINGNESS TO APPROACH PRC, USSR AND DRV. TO
DATE THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US OF ANY RESULTS OR ATTEMPTS ALONG
THIS LINE. GENERAL REACTION OF THOSE WITH WHOM WE HAVE
BEEN IN CONTACT IS THAT THERE IS NO RPT NO CHANCE FOR COM-
PROMISE OR NEGOTIATION UNTIL THE MILITARY SITUATION IN
CAMBODIA IMPROVES. JAPANESE HAVE ALSO SPOKEN OF DESIRA-
BILITY LON NOL'S DEPARTURE ALONG LINES EXPRESSED TO YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING SAME NEUTRAL STANCE IN RESPONSE THAT
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YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING.
2, OUR LATEST DIPLOMATIC MOVE IS TO PREPARE A LETTER TO THE
UN SECRETARY GENERAL FROM THE SECRETARY URGING HIM TO CON-
TINUE WITH HIS EFFORTS IN PEACE MAKING AND ESPECIALLY
URGING HIM TO INCREASE UN HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN CAMBODIA.
3. OUR POLICY TOWARD CAMBODIA REMAINS THE SAME. THAT IS,
WE INTEND TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SECURE SUFFICIENT
FUNDS FROM CONGRESS TO ENABLE THE GKR TO RESIST THE
CURRENT KHMER COMMUNIST OFFENSIVE. MEANWHILE, WE SHALL
ALSO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP ALL CHANNELS OPEN FOR
COMPROMISE.
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THE COURSE OUTLINED IN PARA 4 OF REFTEL. AS YOU NOTE,
THE CONGRESSIUNAL RECESS WILL, IN SO FAR AS POSSIBLE, BE
A TIME DURING WHICH WE SHALL CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH THE
CONGRESS. WE DU NOT HAVE ANY IDEA AT THIS TIME WHETHER
AND WHEN CONGRESS WILL VOTE SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO
CAMBODIA. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM YOU OF CONGRESSIONAL
SITUATION AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
5. AS FAR AS FURTHER CONTINGENCIES ARE CONCERNED
RESPECTING POLICY, YOU HAVE RECEIVED STATE 057526 FOR
GUIDANCE. THERE IS NO CHANGE AT THIS POINT. KISSINGER
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FOR AMBASSADOR DEAN FROM THE SECRETARY
1. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY
THE EVENTS IN CAMBODIA DURING MY MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND HAVE
BEEN PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE STRENGTH, FINESSE AND
FORTITUDE WITH WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT YOUR DUTIES
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. IT'S A TOUGH JOB I KNOW AND A
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STRONG DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT
LET us DOWN.
2. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FINE JOB YOU ARE DOING.
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1. FRENCH EMBASSY IN PEKING HAS PASSED A MESSAGE TO
GEORGE BUSH FROM SIHANOUK. IT APPEALED TO PRESIDENT
FORD FOR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING LON NOL TO RELEASE,
FOR TRANSMITTAL TO SIHANOUK, THE FILMS AND CULTURAL
RECORDS ABOUT CAMBODIA WHICH SIHANOUK HAD MADE BEFORE
1970 AND WHICH REMAINED IN PHNOM PENH.
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2, MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED BY SIHANOUK'S CHEF DU CABINET
WHO COMMENTED TO MALO THAT THE MESSAGE MIGHT HAVE AS
ITS PURPOSE NOT ONLY PRESERVATION OF RECORDS BUT ALSO
A POSSIBLE OPENING OFREQUIRED CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION.
BUSH IS BEING INSTRUCTED TO SEE SIHANOUK TO INFORM HIM
THAT WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN ABOUT THE MATTER. AT THE
SAME TIME BUSH will LET IT BE KNOWN THAT HE IS AWARE OF
PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT CONTACT AND ASK IF SIHANOUK HAS
ANY OTHER MESSAGE HE WISHES TO TRANSMIT TO WASHINGTON.
3. OBVIOUSLY WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THIS WILL LEAD. YOU
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2. It LUN NOL SHOULD STILL CALL YOU IN AND ASK YOUR AU-
VICE CN HIS DEPARTURE, YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO ASSERT THAT
THIS MUST BE HIS DECISION AND THAT OF GKR, BUT SAY
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NOTHING TO DISCOURAGE HIM FROM GOING!
3. YOU SHOULD CALL ON LONG BURET AND INFORM HIM OF YOUR
KNOWLEDGE OF SUMARTO'S OFFER AND LON NOL'S ACCEPTANCE AND
OFFER TRANSMIT MESSAGE TO JAKARTA RE LON NOL'S PLANS AS
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4. DURING MEETING WITH LONG BORET YOU SHOULD URGE HIM TO
BE CERTAIN THAT LON NON ACCUMPANIES THE MARSHAL FOR OWN
SAFETY AND FOR SAKE OF GKR. IF IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
LON NON TO GO WITH THE MARSHAL, THEN ASK LUNG BURET WHAT
GOVERNMENT. PLANS TO DO TO GET LUN NON OUT OF THE WAY,
5. FINALLY, YOU SHOULD ASK LONG BOHET OF HIS PLANS UPON
DEPARTURE OF LON NOL. WE WOULD WISH TO KNOW IF
INDONESIAN REPORT THAT HE PLANS IMMEDIATE EFFORT CONTACT
KC IS ACCURATE AND WHAT THAT PORTENDS. YOU SHOULD RE-
ASSURE HIM OF OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, INCLUDING AIRLIFTS,
BUT DO NOT LEAVE HIM WITH IMPRESSION OF OUR ABILITY TO
PROVIDE AID FOR VERY MUCH LONGER, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
ALL INDICATIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FUR EARLY CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION ON SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE AFTER CONGRESS RETURNS
ON APRIL 7. (IF HE SHOULD ASK YOU FOR SUGGESTIONS, YOU
SHOULD STATE YOU HAVE NU CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS, OTHER THAN
TO SUGGEST HE CONSULT H15 COLLEAGUES. HE SHOULD ALSO
BE INFORMED or OUR WILLINGNESS 10 THANSMIT MESSAGES IF
HE AND GKR so DESIRE.
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LIGHT OF THESE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, KISSINGER
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SUBJECT:DEPARTURE OF PRESIDENT LON NOL FROM CAMBOUIA
REF: A. PHNOM PENH 5659, B. PHNOM PENH 5668, C. PHNOM
PENH 5658 (NUTAL), D. STATE 060006
1. AS WE HAVE INDICATEU EARLIER (REF. 0), NOW THAT LON NOL
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HAS EXPRESSED A WISH TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES, WE ARE PRE-
PARED TO HAVE HIM DO so AND WILL ISSUE NECESSARY VISAS FOR
HIM AND HIS SUITE.
2. CONCUR WITH YOUR SUGGESTION (REF. A, PARA 5(8) THAT IT
WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FUR LON NOL TO TRAVEL TO JAKAHTA
VIA AIR CAMBODGE. SHOULD HE THEN WANT A USAF PLANE FROM
JAKARTA TO HAWAII, WE WOULD PROVIDE IT.
3, ALSU AGREE THAT HE SHOULD GO FIRST TO HAWAII FOR MEDICAL
TREATMENT. IF, WHILE IN HAWAII, HE DESIRES SEE DH. COOPER,
SEGRET
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AC ARE WILLING CONTACT LATTER TO TRY TO ARRANGE.
4. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE CORRECTLY HANDLED THIS PROBLEM
IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH LONG BURET (HEF. B) AND THAT YOU
SHOULD CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN. WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD
NOT BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN INTERNAL KAMEN POLITICAL DEVELOP-
MENTS (REF. C) AND THAT GKR SHOULD DEVELOP ITS OWN SOLUTION
TU EVOLVING SITUATION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULU HOPE,
OF COURSE, THAT LONG BORET WILL KEEP US INFURMED OF HIS
CONSULTATIONS WITH HIS COLLEAGES, PARTICULARLY ON GKR STEPS
AFTER LON NUL'S DEPARTURE. KISSINGER
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SUBJECT: DEPARTURE OF LON NOL FROM CAMBOOIA
REF: A. PHNOM PENH 56711 B. PHNOM PENH 56831 C. JAKARTA
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1. WE 00 NOT WISH TO HAGGLE WITH GKR OVER LON NOL'S
DESIRES. IF HE HAS DECIDED HE WISHES TO COME TO THE US
AFTER INDONESIA WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO THWART HIS WISHES
REGARDING LOCATION.
2. REGARDING REF C. WE WILL ABIDE BY INDONESIA'S DESIRE
TO USE COMMERCIAL CHARTER. AS FAH AS WE AHE CONCERNED,
THIS IS A MATTER TO DE WORKED OUT BETWEEN LON NOL AND THE
INDUNESIANS. KISSINGER
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1. SIHANDUK REPLY TO BUSH'S ATTEMPT AT CONTACT IN
CONNECTION WITH REQUEST FOR RECORDS HAS BEEN TO REBUFF
ATTEMPT TO MEET OR TO DISCUSS PULITICAL MATTERS.
2, BUSH HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO PASS MESSAGE BACK TO
BIHANOUK THAT LUNG BORET IS WILLING TO COOPERATE ON
CULTURAL RECORDS ANU THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS CUR
IDEAS ON THE POLITICAL EVOLUTION IN CAMBODIA EITHER WITH
SIHANOUK OR HIS DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE AT ANY TIME Ht
WISHES. KISSINGER
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