39. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Poland1
Washington, July 25, 1964, 9:42 p.m.
169. Cabot-Wang Talks: 121st Meeting Guidance. Deptel 1602 rptd London 569, Stockholm 66, Taipei 74, Hong Kong 98.
Guidance in reftel is confirmed, with following amendments:
- Section 2. Introduce presentation with brief review of purposes of talks and their successes and failures. Revise first two paragraphs section [Page 71] 2 as necessary to accommodate your general introduction. Eliminate third para section 2. Close section with statement that a clear statement of our position seems desirable to avoid possibility of misunderstanding.
- Section 3 para d. Expand closing phrase to read “to lend SVN such help as it desires and needs to restore peace.”
- Section 5. Expand conclusion of your presentation along following lines: We have presented our position in SEAsia in some detail as means insofar as possible of avoiding danger of conflict based upon misunderstanding. Given our understanding that your ultimate intention is Communization SEAsia by any means, we are not confident that confrontation between us is avoidable. However, we welcome an expression from you of your side’s intentions concerning area.
Rusk
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Grant, cleared by William Bundy and in substance by Harriman and Thomson, approved and initialed by Rusk. Repeated to London, Stockholm, Taipei, and Hong Kong.↩
- Document 37.↩