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  • . Military Situation in Vietnam. (Sec. Clifford and Gen. Wheeler) Report of Abrams' view at Tab A. 2. Sihanouk Letter. (Sec. Rusk and Sec. Clifford) Draft letter at Tab B. 3. Paris Pros_Eects: Next Steps. (Sec. Rusk) Situation report. 4. Increme
  • Sihanouk should be warned about the North Vietnamese troops his cou ntry is harboring. The President said he thinks there is merit in trying to catch them. "We 1 ve got to serve notice on Sihanouk if the y are g oing to us e h is t er ritory." DECLASSIFIED
  • that formal diplomatic ties were broken in late 1964 - early 1965. Walt Ro stow said Sihanouk broke relations when it looked as though the U.S. would lose the war in South Vietnam. Secretary Rusk said Cambodia is getting some Chinese aid. relations between
  • wldenlng. We hope that Sihanouk will see the light. He dldA't denounce ua after we preaented the evidence. ,­.__ Perbapa there 11 aome room !or dlplomacy here. But:we muat c:onetantly bear in mind that 2 more dlvlsloll8 lrom the North are coming down
  • . The President: Senator Mansfield says Sihanouk is a great statesman. I would show him these maps and photos of the enemy positions . .. ---- MffTIMC 1 1\1 r-& rr: s {'' n i''t ~; l f:~ un~ D )"..~bli-~;ti1:in ::·:( ::1.?'..~ tk~~~i·i'~'~r
  • and prospects; - - threat of assassinations in Saigon. 2. Cambodia (Sect. Rusk) -- Sitrep on possible contacts and initiatives with Sihanouk. 3. Eastern Europe (Sect. Rusk) - - Poland and Most Favored Nation treatment; -- asylum for Czech refugees
  • of policy control and clearance ot such politically a~sitive operatione ia also being worked out by then 1'epartmenta. 2: tlB ability to influence C&lllbod.1a bas been reduced b;y Sihanouk' a request tor tend.nation ot W dd and by his continued charges
  • the Cambodian situation, particularly in light of recent press reports about base camps along the Cambodian border. Secretary Rusk said that Prince Sihanouk has invited 20 newsmen to visit Cambodia and is also writing the United Nations on this matter
  • disconcerting to him. The President: They would impeach me. Nick Katzenbach: Senator Mansfield thinks Sihanouk is the greatest leader in the Far East. The President: Have they ordered fire stopped against DMZ. General Wheeler: Pattern of attacks
  • are worried about the activity of Sihanouk. The South Vietnamese do not want Thai forces in their territor y . The Thais are giving us good political support, but we have not pressed them to send military forces to South Vietna m . Secretary Rusk called
  • and Japanese (Embassy Bangkok and Embassy Saigon see very little information from these sources; if it is coming to the Department, they would appreciate being put on distribution !or it.) 3. Sihanouk should personally be presented with evidence of Viet Cong
  • by Sihanouk indicate an ever-closer alignment of the RKG with the Government of North Vietnam and communist objectives in South­ east Asia. d. Evidence indicates that communist exploitation of Cambodia is increasing. Infiltration LOCs are being extended
  • ., that Sihanouk of Cambodia is turning away from )forth Vietnam and is prepared to wo1:k out an under standing with South Vietnam . S ec r etary Rusk presented the recommendations of pages 17 and18 of S ec retary McNamar a's r epor t on Vietnam (attached) . He
  • in a major sense, the effects could be far worse, it should be noted.) Nonetheless, Co~unist control of South Viet~u would abost tillnedia tely make Laos ex tr anely hard to hold, arrl would surely have Sihanouk ber.a:iing sharply to the Communist side
  • be very severe. CAMBODIA Secretarv Rusk: Gene Black dici not get to see Sihanouk. MEETING NOTei COPYRIGr1TED F'U5l1cotion Requiros Pennissi9R of (Qp~ignt Ho1dw1. W. Thomas Jb"nson They were Mf!Tl~~S ~&QHS COPYP 1GfilED ,oblleatlon Riqvires PerMinio 0
  • successful in persuading him to go along with Washington proposals . We should continue our method of pctsuasion• . Secretary Rusk noted that if we go in with new expanded programs we might pro'm pt the French, as well as Sihanouk, to change
  • /VCUSE OF CAM30D:AANDTKE AP?A~ENT ·RESU??LY~ROM THIS eu~~TER. OURMEASURSS SHOULD DE't?PLIED IN SUCHA VAY -~S TO BRINGFRE~SUREON SIHANOUK TO DEALMOR~FORTHRIGHTLY •• sr-coc--r ••.. :.. L J\U • . - : .- .. .. ...... . . ... ' ,. .- . SEGRE! -2
  • TILE TO GVN, RESPONSIVE ONLY TO SIHANOUK’ S W IL L BE RENDERED ' IMPOTENT TO T R O IK - L IK E COMPOSITION A L^ IC C . ACCORDINGLY, B E L IE V E ^ GVN'AND U .S . SHOULD I N S IS T ON OG: , / 1) WHOSE MEMBERSHIP I S P O L ITIC A LL Y IM PA R TIA L
  • STATUS: (Tuk Force Viet Ram has requested thbasaie• Saigoa aacl Pbnca Pesh to atep by damping daWllpreu take firat illvective Af.ter o Sihanouk'• from Geiteva, cliacuasiana retuna will be eacourageci o) 13 o Obta:hted. Diem'• uaiag foreign
  • Khanh was about to take advantage of an apparent reversal of Sihanouk's intention to deal with the North Vietnamese. Mr. Rusk commented that we will encourage the GVN to take full advantage as this might be a most important development. 2. Mr. Rusk
  • . In Laos, we are still working largely within the framework of the 1962 Geneva Accords .. In Cambodia we are still s.ecking to keep Sihanouk from abandoning .whatever neutrality he may still have and fulfilling his threat of' reach­ ing an accommodation
  • . RLG, Lao King and Lao people humiliated-by having to ask Sihanouk to re~onsider his refusal to attend 14-nation conference. 4. Each time RLG has tried undertake positive action it has been-deterred from doing so by u; Ambassador wbo bas sided
  • . CAMBODIA GVN r e p ly t o Cambodian charges o f d e f o lia t io n p o iso n (p . 1 7 ) ; Sihanouk may oppose UN in v o lv e m e n t i n GVN-RKG r e l a t i o n s (p . 1 8 ) , C. LAOS J o in t GVN-Lao m i l i t a r y planned (p . 1 8 ) . D. lia is o n