751G.00/7–2854: Telegram
The Ambassador at Saigon (Heath) to the Department of State
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353. Repeated information Paris 134, Geneva 74, Hanoi unnumbered. I do not want to appear alarmist (re Deptel 323, July 26)1 but must state it is of utmost importance that a public letter by President making clear that we are not giving up our program of aiding Vietnam be sent without delay. Belief is almost nationwide that we are “abandoning” Vietnam and that belief is specifically affecting government’s program of evacuating anti-Communist refugees from North Vietnam. President’s letter should specifically state that we will aid in evacuation and resettlement of these refugees.
- For the substance of telegram 323 to Saigon, July 26, see footnote 4, p. 1874.↩