Republic of Korea Troops in Vietnam and Force Modernization, April 1971–December 1972
119. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 KOR S. Secret; Priority; Nodis.
120. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 KOR S. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Ranard on December 13, cleared by Brown and Miller (S/S), and approved by Irwin.
121. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 KOR S. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Repeated to Tokyo and CINCPAC for POLAD.
122. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 KOR S. Confidential; Exdis. Repeated to Tokyo and CINCPAC.
123. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 7 KOR S. Confidential. Drafted by Dorr on February 14 and approved in draft by Ranard and in final by Green on February 14. The meeting was held in Green’s office at the Department of State.
124. Memorandum From John H. Holdridge of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. Top Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. Haig wrote the following note for Holdridge on the bottom and top of the page: “2/8/72—John, Let’s consider in coord. w/Abrams, Defense, + State what must be done to keep this miss[ion] intact including if necessary a Presidential msg to Park—this is urgent. Please call me. AH”.
125. Memorandum From John H. Holdridge of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. No classification marking. Sent for action. Sent through Haig.
126. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of State Rogers
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files:FRC 330 75 0155, Korea, 000.1 1972. Top Secret. Copies were sent to Laird and Helms.
127. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972. Secret; Priority;Exdis. Repeated to Taipei for Assistant Secretary Green’s party and to Tokyo.
128. Memorandum From the Chairman of the National Security Council Under Secretaries Committee (Irwin) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–232, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 161. Top Secret.
129. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Laird to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–232, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 161. Top Secret.
130. Memorandum From John H. Holdridge of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, Korea, 1972, Part 2. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. The memorandum bears Kissinger’s and Haig’s initials.
131. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–232, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 161. Top Secret. Sent for action. A notation on the memorandum indicates Nixon saw it.
132. National Security Decision Memorandum 161
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 364, Subject Files, National Security Decision Memoranda, Nos. 145–264. Top Secret; Nodis. A copy was sent to Helms.
133. National Security Study Memorandum 154
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, National Security Study Memoranda, Nos. 104–206. Secret. Initialed by Haig.
134. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1305, NSC Secretariat, 1972. Secret. The meeting was held in Holdridge’s office.
135. Minutes of a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–114, Washington Special Actions Group, WSAG Minutes, Originals, 1969–1970. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.
136. Memorandum for the President’s File by the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, January–December 1972. Secret; Sensitive.
137. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972. Secret; Nodis.
138. Memorandum From John H. Holdridge of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Froebe also initialed the memorandum. A notation on the memorandum indicates Kissinger saw it.
139. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, ODDI Registry of NIEs and SNIEs, Job 79–R01012A. Secret. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, the NSA, and the Atomic Energy Commission participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Director of Central Intelligence submitted this estimate with the concurrence of all members of the USIB with the exception of the representatives of the FBI and the Department of Treasury who abstained on the grounds that it was outside their jurisdiction. Another copy of this NIE is in the National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 361, Subject Files, National Intelligence Estimates, Part 3.
140. Memorandum From John A. Froebe, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1972, Part 2. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Initialed by Kissinger and Haig.
141. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL KOR S–US. Secret; Nodis.
142. Letter From President Nixon to Korean President Park
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 757, Presidential Correspondence 1969–1974, Korea: President Chung Hee Park, 1972. Secret. The text of President Nixon’s letter was transmitted in telegram 97271 to Seoul, June 2, with a request that a copy be delivered to President Park as soon as possible. (Ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 US/NIXON)
143. Minutes of a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–116, Washington Special Actions Group, WSAG Minutes, Originals, 1/3/72–7/24/72. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.
144. Letter From President Nixon to Korean President Park
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 757, Presidential Correspondence 1969–1974, Korea, President Park (1972). Secret. Holdridge sent a draft of the letter to Kissinger on June 2, noting that such a message had been proposed at the June 1 WSAG meeting (see Document 143) and that minor changes had been made to a Department of State draft, and recommending that he send it to the President. Kissinger sent it to the President under cover of a memorandum of June 3 with the recommendation that he sign it. Kissinger approved for the President. The text of Nixon’s letter was transmitted in telegram 98489 to Seoul, June 3. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 757, Presidential Correspondence 1969–1974, Korea, President Park (1972))
145. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL KOR S–US. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
146. Memorandum from John A. Froebe, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. Top Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates Kissinger saw it.
147. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec. 1972. Secret; Priority; Nodis.
148. Memorandum From the Acting Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Miller) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Korea Overflow, Vol. V–A, Jan–Dec 1972. Secret. In an undated memorandum to Haig, Richard Kennedy forwarded this memorandum with the note: “This was the special study that HAK asked for. We are staffing it and preparing for a potential meeting but thought that HAK might want to have it in the meantime.” (Ibid.)