GRS 75
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 231050Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONF RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.52
2 4 JUL 1974
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1974
ISO
TOP COM
LAST
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 778 OF 23 JULY INFO FLASH SAIGON.
(149)
SAIGON TELNO 203 TO YOU.
REF.
NEX
REF.
IN VIEW OF BAC'S DIFFICULTIES WE WOULD ON BALANCE RATHER
STICK WITH STATEMENTS ALREADY MADE THAN RISK YET ANOTHER
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT IN DIFFERENT TERSM FROM
PREVIOUS ONES, WHICH MIGHT HAVE UNSETTLING EFFECT ON LOCAL
OPINION.
(156
2. PUBLICATION OF NEWS OF LATEST RELEASES (SAIGON TELNO 202)
SEEMS GENERALLY TO HAVE HAD A COOD EFFECT HERE. WE COULD
THEREFORE SEEK TO HOLD THE LINE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO
FURTHER SPECULATION OF STATEMENTS FROM ANY QUARTER UNTIL
THE PUBLIC TRIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE OVER, AND THAT WE HOPE THAT
THESE WILL NOT BE LONG DELAYED.
3. VIETNAMESE CONSUL GENERAL HAS ASKED FOR APPOINTMENT WITH
FOLITICAL ADVISER ON 24 JULY. IF POSSIBLE WE SUGGEST WAITING
TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY BEFORE PRESSING BAC FURTHER.
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