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- . and South Vietnamese troops are moving in. Highway 1, which was closed
at the Ai - Van Pass must be reopened. A U.S. combat engineer battalion is
moving up to open the Pass. .
In the Khe Sanh area, the village of Lang Viet, four miles from Khe Sanh
- President Thieu
would join in an announcement of the bombing suspension.
The President: Asked each per son in turn whether he had any doubts as to
the ac t ion proposed. Every person agreed with the proposed action.
a. Two weeks ago we had a firm agreement
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Vietnam war .
2. During conve r sations with both Thieu and Ky, he emphasized the
importan ce of the relationship of these two leaders to each other and to
the leg islature.
3 . The inaugural speech of Thieu was his own, not ghost written.
Thieu i s
- n '' frozen" in a de
fensive posture. The reason for this was that the VC had established a
stranglehold around the cities. General Westmo r eland had tol d President
Thieu that one could not affo r d to defend a city from the inside and had to
go
- Thieu is a stabilizing force. He prefers to sit in the back
ground, consequently, he will not take the post of Prime Minister. The present
Saigon Government framework is solid but the members of the new government
are not yet well - known to us
- that he too would have
time to visit several Latin American countries to demonstrate our
high-level interest in the area .
The President asked Mr. Ht:_lms for the latest situation report from
Mr. Helms said
the Generals are fed up
with President Thieu
- ~ program, Further, Westmor eland repor ts that
t he morale of his Air Force personnel may already be showing sir.as of e r osion -
a n erosion result ing from current operational restrictions .
.:
President Thieu and Prime Minister Ky are thinking along
- as possible. Numbers of our Congressmen go to Saigon, are
seen by President Thieu, and are welcomed by the Vietnamese. We should
t ake this opportunity to see that their Senators are well received here.
SFCRE'ff SENSITIVE
SERV\CE &t; f
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