September 25, 1963
Secret Telegram from Maneli (Saigon) to Spasowski (Warsaw) [Ciphergram No. 12328]
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Ciphergram No. 12328
From…Saigon……dispatched on 09.25.63 at 12:00 hours…..received 09.27.63 at 8:40 hours… Came in to the Decoding Department…09.27.63 at 12:45 hours…………………………..
Spasowski
For the information of: Siedlecki, Thee, Haraśny, Mikołaj
1) Henry, a counselor of the US embassy [in Saigon], invited me for dinner, just the two of us. The purpose of the invitation:
a) Establishing a private [and] convenient contact [between] the [US] embassy
[and the Polish] delegation.
b) A general probe preceding a possible conversation with Lodge. c) Obtaining information about my conversation with Nhu.
2) Regarding c) – I said: it took place on the initiative of Nhu, the invitation came through the communication mission. N.[hu] said what he wanted, my questions pertained only [regarding carrying out] the Geneva Accords. As to the question how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [of the DRV?] assesses the results of the conversation, I said: there is nothing to assess, because Nhu did not say anything new and important, and [besides] visits at the representatives’ of both governments are normal for the commission [ICC], as for example, a recent visit of Canadian Ambassador [to the ICC - Gordon Edwin Cox] with the Prime Minister of North [Vietnam].
3) Henry spoke with enmity [animosity] about Diem, his regime and ideology.
4) The Vietnamese comrades relayed the assessment of [my] conversation with Nhu, [it’s] not concrete, but they are pleased with the fact that and are asking to maintain contact.
I will discuss this [issue] in Hanoi in the spirit of your 10016.
No. 443
Deciphered 09.27.63 at 14:45 hours
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/-/ Maneli
Deciphered by Górski, checked by Bakunowicz
Cable from Polish official in Saigon, Maneli, to Warsaw, reporting his meeting with a US official "Henry" (not Cabot Lodge), where they discuss Maneli's meeting with Ngo Dinh Nhu. Notes that it was an attempt to establish contact between US and Polish officials in Vietnam.
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