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SECTlDN ONE OF TWO T~ANSMJTTED HEREWITH IS A SOUTH ViETNAMESE MESSAGEM NORMAL QISTRlBUTlON FOR THIS: MESSAGE IS IN THE GAMMA SERIES. PLEASE ADVISE lF AN~ LIHITATlONS OVER AND ABOVE EXISTING RESTRlCTIONS.ARE ReQulReo·. i'H.rs:· MESSAGE WAS: TRANSMITTED to. THE wHire, Hause ONLY-. VlETNAHESecsouTHJ CIPHER/.:.-- - -XXHMENP01•0073012 G/00/ ·~73 CUSYCFN> SUL(tVAN BRIEFS SOUTH VIETNAMESE ON K~SSING~A:fHO MEETING OF 11 jANU~RY . . xx cc FM PA~IS~ DELEGATION~ (AMBASSADOR> PHAM DANG· LAH 11 JAN ·jj ~iOO· TO SAI~ONi PResjoeNT~S OF~ice;_ ~~SPECIAL ASSISTANT)) HOANG ouc NHA IMMEOJATE_ 10/PfiVN/ciP/H TBP~see~ET -

THE TWO PRINCIPAL QUESTlONS DJSCUSSEO TOOAY' eerweEN (<OR-. HEN~Y A~)) Kissl~GER ANO~~ PUC T~O WERE'THE DMZ ((DEHILITAR.IZEO ?DNE)J <C VAL A~b) THE· PROCSDURE FOR· SIGNING. .

. ((AMBASSADOR-WILLIAM H.,) SULLIVAN lNFORMEO US THAT KISSINGER AND· LE buc THO HAVE AtRe~DY ~EACHEO AGREEMENT' ON J~E DMZ. ~T OUR ReOUEST HE CO~MUNJCATeo TO us THE FOLLOWl~G TEXT; -

"CHAPTER 5 •. THE REUNIFICATION OF VIETNAM AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NQRTH1. AND SOUTH vieTNAM~. .

"ARTICLE 15• THE REUNIFICATION OF VIETNA~ SHALL BE CAR~I~O OUT STEP BY STEP THROUG~ PEACE,OL HEAN$ ·ON THE BAS JS OF otscus~. SiONS AND AGREE~ENTS BETW~~N NORtM AND SOUTH VIETNAH1 WITHOUT ~OER~ C10N OR ANNElATlON BY ElTHER:~ARTY1 ANO WITHOUT' FOREIGN lNTERFE~ENCE. THE THIE FOR REONiFICATlON WILL BE AGREED UPON BY NORTH ANO SOUTH . Vi~tNAM~ - . - -

·"Pl;N()I.NG REVtifFICATlONi' . "A• THE Mt(tTARY DEMARCATION .LINE BETWEEN· THE TWO-

ZONES AT.THE i1tA'PARALlEL IS ONL~-p~ovisioNAL· AND NOT A PO~ITIC~~ OR TERRITORIAL aoUNOARY) ~s PROVIDED FO~ IN p~~AGRAPH 6 OF THE FI­NAL OECLARAtlON·OF THE 1954:GENEVA CONFERENCE•·

"B. NORTH ANO SOUTH viETNAH iH,LL ~ESP~CT~tHe DEH~~-

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LiTARIZED~ZONE10N EITHER sioe OF THE PROVtSiONAL ' MILITARY O~HARCA~ · TiON LiNE~ . • _ .

,nc~ . NORTH · ANO SOUTH VIETNAM SHALL ·PROMPTLY START NE~ · Go:riATlQNS wiTH: A VIEW TO . ~e.:.esi"AelISIHNG NORMAL RELATIONS IN .VA&l­ous · F, ESl.!0$~ AMONG THE QUe,ST1 OHS TO . BE NEGOT IATEO ARE THE MOO ALI Tl ES OF ClYILUN t40VEHENT ACrtOS.S . THE PROVISlONAL .. OEHARCATION 1..INE. -

'"0~ NORTH• ANO SOUTH VIETNAM SHALL . NOT · JOtN ANY ~ill• TARY ALLi~Nce _ o1fHiLITARv · atoc ANo SHUL :. ~ot ALLOW FDREtGN POl!!eRs TO ~AlNTUN MILITARY BASES t :>TROOPS, . Mil·ITARV AOVISe~s;; . ANO MILITARY P~RSONNEL' ON tHIHR RESPECTlV~ TERRITORIES1 AS STlPULATED . JN THE 19( (·54'> > GENEVA..AGREE~NTS ON VIUtilAM,•" · _ . . . .. . .

COMCERNING ·· THE PROCEDURE ,. FOR SJGNING1 KISSINGER · ANO ~ .LE OUC THO ARE Li~ewis~ AGR~EO IN PRiNCtPLE ON THE FORMU(A .D6&CRIBED

. YESTfRQAY~ WJTH;.JHE DIF~l;RE~CE1 . Jl:f~f# · INSTEAD OF ~J:GNINC c ON FOUR SEP4UTE 'PAGES: C (1 WO G))i 'THE U.S. ANiVTHE GVN ((GOVERNMENT OF vierNAHn w1L~1 stGN oN ONE· PAGE, · wline THE· oRv· doeMoCRATIC:· RePVltlIC O~ . vte:i'NAM>) AND j~e _· pRG (CfltRClVlSIONAL REVOLOTtD~AgV GaV.ERN~ENTI) wH.L s tGN.(JN .ANOTHER PAGEi . IN ORQER TO STR~SS THE • Co~C~l'T . OF rwo,· sioes. Lt: OUC· THO PROPOSED .. l~CL.UOING . A CLAl,ISE SPEC'IFVlNG THiT' le VAL · THE . ACCOR-0) WILL. BE SlG~eo BY THE FOUR fOREIGN ~J~1srERS1 A ~ROeO~AL REJ6CT~O ~v KjS$lNGER1 ~ . WHO AGREEDONLV .. 'fO THE TERM REPRESENTATIVES. LEDUC THO IN..:. sisj~o tH~t T~E , SIGNATU~E ~ O~ ~ouveN THl B±NH ~~i ~D Gji ~E -

...--.. PRECEDED "lN. l!He ·NAME OF ·rHe PROVISIONAL REVO(.U .T.JONARY · GOVERN·~ MENT" AND FOLUJNE(> sv · HER > S'UTUS : AS FOREIGN MitHSTElh . SOLL IVAN wiSH~S to KNOW ' WHJCH .OF fM~ : TWb FO~MULAs : we PREFER IN tNe ~RE~HBLEi THE FIRST DOCUME~T SIGNED BY .THE u.s~ ANO THE ORV, OR "IN CONCERT wtTH1i• OR 11 WUM:· t11e CONCURRENCE OF~ti . AS FAR AS ' SULLIVAN . IS ~ONCERNED~ tHE SEtONO FO~HU(A BlNOS Us · LESS THAN THE FfRSr: XXMH -900

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. OISTIUBUTlON FOR THIS MESSAGE IS IN THE GAMMA SERIES •. P.LEAse· ADVISE . lF A"'Y:.L.iMl'T~TIDNS OVER AND :ABOVE :·SXISTING RESTRJ.CTlONS'.ARE . .

REQUIRED, THlS MESSAGE WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE WHITE: HOUSE ONLY. ~iet~AHES~~SOUTH) . CiPHER/~:. XXMMENP02~0~7~0t2 . . GIQQI . .-73·. ( USVCFN > . .. .. SULLIVAN BRIEFS' SOUTH VIETNAMESE~ON KjssINGER~lHO HEETJNG OF 11 ~iNUARY . - .

· x~cc. . . .. _ . . . . . . ~e .. ouc· nt~ SU~GESJ'E:D THAT THE $1GNING CEREMONE~ TAKE. PLACE AT. . . ((T~E HOTEL ~AIESTlC· ON ~V~~9Eli K(E~E~~BET~EEN.THE 1 FO~R P~~TlES. SULLIVAN ALS~ AlKED US TO~L~T HIM.KNOW THE OPINION Of :OUR _ GOVEl\NMENT. ON;. nus ~UBJecr·. WILL THE CEREMONY BE' PUBt.ICkOR NOT' OR PUBLIC. FO~" A·<·twO•PARTY: $lGNtNG ONI,. Y1 .

o~ THE e•orotoLS1 THE.QUESTION AS TO HOW TO· FIX THE CEAS~~IRE Lt NE REHA.INS: l)~~ESOLVEO;. Tf.IE TWO .H~VE:. LIKEWISE' NOT YET AG.REED ON THE. MANPOWER ( U.IMfTS.), OF' THE secs. ( ( I.~TER~~TtONAL COHMISStON OF . CONTROL: ~ti!-0. Sl)PERVIslON>>1·QUART!RING P4ACESi~C<ANO THE>) ALLOTMENT OF·UPENSES. TO: BE.MENTIONED.ALSO ts THE: QUEST10N AS TO .HOW TO WORI( Olff~THE BILATERAL toM).iiS.sioN:. . .A~TER 'THE e~t&FlNG BV SU((IVA~,: we ASKED HI~ IF: T~ERE· ARE~.

STll,.L SUBSTANTlVE PROBLEHs~ro DISCUSS CONCERNING· THE ACCORDS. SULLl·VAN ANSWEREO~i. "WE ARE IN A. srfUATlON WHERE NO MAJOR· PROBLEM: ~E~~iNS~" W~: TH~N ~EMINDEti ~iH tHAT TH~ ·FUNOAHENt~L PRciBLEM FOR US:. js· THE WITHDRAWAL OF t:IORTt:f VIETNAMESE TROOPS1 · ASl(ING THAT .. 1qSSHIC,iER HAKE N~W EFFORT$.'~ .:SUlLIVl\N LET IT BE UNDERSTODD"THAT .. THERE• JS NO HOPEI ;'VESTE~l)~YI. KISSINGER TRIED ONCE AGAIN FOR 2 112· HOURS1 ~vt· WITHOUT RESULT~: SULL iv~iit CONSJDERS SEVERAL . CLAUSES--SVCH· AS RESPECTt CFO~ THE) J. OM?; PROHIBITION Of . . ~EINT~ooucttoN·'ciF TROOPS;. OR THE o8LIGATto~ FD~~~O-Tij VJETNAHESe: T800PS.TO.WlT~ORAW FROH~CA~BDOIA AN0-LAOS~-SUFF1CIEHT~T0 PROTECT us. we POINTED OUT TO HIM. ·THAT 'THESE CLAUSES CONCERN THE'. FUTURE ANO Nor NORTH• vliETNAMestL TROOPS ALREADY PRESENT IN sou:tH. vreTNAM~

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we ~S~EO WH.AT' l'ROGRESS HAO. BISEN tO.DE. o~,:n;e_ PROBLEM OF CONVENING AN. INTER~!TtONA( ·:coNFE~ENCE AND' HOW THe··u•s~. PL'A'~S ro. RESOLVE THE OlFFICULTleS· POSED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE PRG. SULLIVAN REPLIED TH~t· THE .LOtATlDN HAS NOT yer· ~EEN OETERHINEO BUT THAJ·, THE COMPO.:.. sinON:'REM~INS:'jUST AS. PL~~N~D. He(c vu 'THRASHeo·oun 'THE . QUESTtON- 'F'OR US. lN ORDER Tl} MAKE US. UNDERSTAND THAT 001·. OBJECTION ta THE"Pll&SENC.E:. OF 'THE PRG'· CANNOT BE SCLVSO~ . . .. .

SULLIVAN· ttAS' TO HAVE, Ol!R: GOIJERtil~E!llT•S:.R&SPONSILTOHORROW BeFOP.~. THE. McE"TltiG w ITH l!E'>ouc THO' (( CO~CERNl~G·:)) . . .

1 •. ,DUR CHOitE BE.TWEEN •.•lN CONCeRT-· !f't TH"; AND·:· uwnH THE CONCU~RE~CE ~F"-¢0NCE~N1NG.THE· SIG~lNG l'~OCEDURES.

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WE··lNSlSTE·D' AGAlN ANO AGAIN ON OBTAINING AN UP•:ro-oATEiTEXT -Of.:·ttie DRAFT' AGREEMENT;, Bl,IT Su~dVAN wiSHEO. TO KNOW FiRST THE .

· RESPONSE OF· OUR GOVERNMENT· ON THE SUBJE(T. OF SIGNING PROCEDURES• w~ ~LSD EMPHASIZED 'THE NECESS rtv FOR us. TO HAVI: AN UP;;,g;.oA+~. VtETNA.HESE T.Elt' OF 'THE AGREEMENT' AHO PROTOCOLS:. SULLIVAN .gePLtEO TH•T' THE two Dei.;eGATlONS. ARE· PRESENTLY WORKING ON AN .ENGLISH TEXT. AF.i'eR roo•Y•s:_sus loN,. Ir CLEARLY APPEAR$.·rri' us: THAT' riie AGREEMENT' CAN ~ .CONSIDeREO VIRTUALLY :ACHIEVED AMO' THAT. THERE REHAl·N ONLY THE piUNOI'('. QUESTIONS CONCERNlNG PRo:roco(s·. THIS: lMPRESS!ON is· . RE j ~fORCED ey· SULL I VAJ':l 1 S · JNSJ ST~NCE ON OBTA i NI NG OUR ACCORD D~ T~E_PROCEDUR~·~OR St~Nt~G~ WITH. THE· FORMULA ADOPTED tDDAY. $Y KISSINl;ElkANO, LE DUt"THO~. THE u.s. A~O 08-V WILL BE. ABLE. TO·_ StG~ ALONE~THE' ACCORD <ftRST DOCUM~NTJ ~ORCING OUR.HANO ~FTER~· WAROS:>fOR. THE· FOO~"·~AV'. Sl.Gt41HG C SECOND ·DOCUMENT)·~ IN ANY CASE1 ·

·we W(JULO f INQ' OU~SEl.VES ·tHE ONl.V' PARTY ~EFUSJNG to SIGN:.. FOR JT .. CAN es FORESEEN•.'THAT THE PRG· WILL SlGN. UU4EOIATELY AFTERWAROS~.

« cweJ, Re;uesr· 1NstRuci'10Ns. ON- THE; QuesttoNs · PRes~Nieo ev sutL IVAN IN Q~OER'TO ~ePC~ TO TH~ u.s~ OELEGATldN-TOMORROW. Ti 11 JAN 73'.224$% . XXHH 900

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