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TRANSMITTED HEREW~TH IS A SOUTH ViETNA~ESE MESSAGE. NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR THIS MESSAGE IS. IN · THE GAMMA SERlijS~ PLEASE AOViSE IF ANY LIMITATIONS OVER ANO ABOVE EXISTING· RESTRICTIONS ARE ReQUIREO. : fH:iS . MESSAGE ~AS TRANSMITTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE · ONLY. XXMMENP01F0073b15 VIETNAMESE <SOUTH> CIPHER/ENGLISH G/00/ · ~73 iUSVNFAl TRAN VAN DO, BUI DIEM REPORT U.S. DOMESTIC REACTION TO REC~NT PARJS .NEGOTIATIONS, WAR ACT!VITY IN VIETNAM xx cc -fR ~ARIS: ((DELEGATION:)) OR. TRAN VAN DO ANO BUI DIEM 15 jAN 73 1930 . - . . . TO SAIGON1 GENERAL COMMISSIONER HOANG DUC NHA IHHEDIATE i61POVN/P/H

ili,AliT. P(EASE Ki"DL~~REPORT THE FO(LOWiNG TO PRESIDENT ~(THieuij, iF YOU .. FEEL IT (' lS-ltr:STlLL TO BE CONSIDERED. WE PRESUH~ THAT AMBASSADOR ( ( TRAN KIM)) - ~HUONG DID REPORT ENOUGH ALReAOY ABOUT THE HODO iN THE u.s. "THESE · DAYS. we THINK, NEVERTHELESS, THAT HE SHOULD REPORT BACK OUR iNoEe~NOENT ASSESSHENT1 DUE TO ~ THE VERY SIMPLE FAci THAT we HAVE ACCEPTED AN ASSIGNMENT FRO~ PRESIOE~T · ((THlEU))1AND WE HAVE !THE OUTV TO REPORT HON~STLY TO HIM WHAT " WE HAVE FOUND. WE RECOGNiZE "THAT : rT IS PER11APS A LITTLE BIT TOO LAre1 ESPeCIALLV NOW WHEN :ALHOST EVERYTHING rs TOWARD TD FINAL SHAPE ((SlC)t • . HEREUNOER is OUR ASSEjSHENii . . .

i~ BARRING SOME RARE EXCEPTIONS, THE News MEDIA IS AGAINST us IN THE SENSE THAF'FHEY FOUND OUR ATTiTUDE INTRANSlGEANT ' TO "'THE POl~T OF BECOMING U~REALISTIC. IN PRIVATE THE~ SYMPATHIZE WITH US 1 BUT THEY POINT ou~ · ~HE FACT THAT PUBLIC OPINION ((IN -THE)) u.s~ I~ OEFINi~e~~ · FOR AN IMHEO~ATE ENDING OF THE W,R, A(~OST AT AN~ COST, ANO~ THAi~ CONSEOUENf(y, TALKING ABOUT PRiNCiP(ES:ANO MD~Al~· Ines IS . LIK:E '. TUKING lNTD :·DEAF · EARS. AQOING T[) THAT; : nte CARPET 80M8fNG < CSIC t)) 010 PROV IKE AN EMOTIONAL REACTION, AND THE . NEWS Heoi~, w1+H · A~l THE LIBERAL ELEMENTS INSIDE IT~ ~EAC+~n RAiHER

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z~ tHE CO~G~Ei~) ·FOR ITS . PART, ts NOW IN A ~PEClAL MOOO. TH~Y ... OEFil'HTELY WANT .AN IMMEDIATE END OF THE WAR: BUT ' MORE THAN THU, THE.y.:AP..E 4NGRY AbOUT THE FACT . THAT PRESIDENT NIXON SEEMED TO JGNORE i~~;. do~bR~is~ THEY wau(o LlKE ta RE~ssett ·.fHE AUTHORITY o~ tH~ ' CO~~ . GRESS1 ANQ THE ··i=IRST OCCASION HOU~D BE THE . WAR . IN VIETNAM. W~ . TALKeo A LOT ~~OOT ECO~QMIC ANQ ~J~ITAR~ ASSlSTANCE WITH l~~LUENTlAL SE~HORS . OF ·EVERY SH~oe: Nj,Ml:LYi . ((HU8E~T H.)) HUMPHREY, . ((JACO$)) . ~AVITS• ((GEORGE)) AI~EN1 . <CAND , JOHN>> ~OWER· THEIR GENERAL .ADVICE TO us IS 'THAT·;we SHOULD BE ~EALlSTtC. ACCORDlNG TO THEM, THE _ HOOD OF THE . CONGRESS . NOW IS "REAL . BAO•" BUT THlS ~ HOOD CAN TURN .. OUT TO _ BE VERY SYMPATHETlC <C VAL IN TERMS> -OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUC­tjnN :ONciE fHE WAR IS ave~, ~NO eVEN MILtTA~~ AS~IST~NCE. iF ~eeo BE1 I~ . CASE OF VIEILATION OF .THE AGRHMENT ev TftE CDMHUNJSTS. ' TA~KIN.G WITH EXPERfS ON CONGRES~IONAL PROBLEMS1 WE FOUND OUT TWO IMPORT•NT OATES: :THE OATE 'OF 28 FE~'l)ARy;, . AT lilHICH ((rl~E)) THE CONTiNUING ~ESQL!JTJON ijlll '. (8 . VAL .: C:~~~~ TO a; IN) ~· EFFt:cn ANO THE . DATE OF· . JUNE 1973:1 IN THE SENSE ·rHAT MlUTARY ASSISTANCE CANNOT»BE P,ROVIOEO BEvON.D "TH·I S :DlTE. THESE e'5Pe~TS . OP I NED TH~T : CaN~Rf;SS NEED N\JT Ne.:. N.eC~~SAR IL y ·vare A. CUTOFF-OF.,;TH~ FU.NOS Bill.. All'Tl:iEY ' HAVE :. TO ;DC) _ Is TO ((1 WO G~> TO DISCUSS.THE . EXTENSJON i O~ t"E :CONTlNUlNG RESOLUTION1 . BECAUSE . BY . T~EN -THE MONEY WILL SS · AUTOMATICALLY · cuT C OF~AS FAR AS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IS CONCERNED~ .

~ ·. CONCERNING 1 THE MOOD OF THE ADM .JN.JSTRATION1 WE THINK' THAT fT is cc VAL USElESS j T·O .ADO MORE: TO WHAT . we. HAVE ALREADY REPORTED IN OUR PREVIOUS :CABLE. . . .

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4· • . WE Will SEE ; FRENCH FllREiGN HINiSTER C (MAURICE>) SCHUMANN to.:.. ~ORRC)IW ANO Will :FLY AFTERWARQS : TO .LONDON TO: SEE · (CTHE; : BRITISH FORE~· IGN SECRETARY;, ·sJR)) DO~GL.1$•HOME .ON WEDNESDAY~ . WE PLl'N to . -CoHe : BACK TO P~RIS AROUND FRIDAVANO TD CONTINUE OUR CONTACTS ' IN e~RJS . LATER ON~ . . . . Tl --···-HHH 775

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