Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency outgoing cable, dated 22 March 1975 and addressed to Saigon and Phnom Penh, reports that Air America chief executive Paul Velte had returned from Vietnam hopeful that air and ground personnel would stay through the contract. It notes that events in Vietnam had overtaken his information, asks for details and suggestions, and stresses Phnom Penh's reliance on Air America for evacuation. It also reports a State decision on a follow-on contract with Air Vietnam. The cable contains no UFO material.
OUTGOING MESSAGE SIGNAL C.ENITRUSC ONLY AGE COI ACP TOG PC MEG OMF 0 0 0 0 0 0 ■:tAs...FIcATION •SCCRE I .1 7 2 5 el i1 A 0 PAGE Or PAGES 2 2 DC, TO LEAVE FOR_ DATE: 22 MAR 75ORIG: UNIT: XT. COORDINATING OFFICERS REPRODUC N BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PR .41BITED ACME AS I. •SsaViCATION ER _ . —Irmo OFFICER R E I messAaa HAMMING INDICATOR DATE•TIME GROU• CITE MESSAGE NU GER ;NOES DISSEM BY: CONF: INFO: FILE 0 NO INDE 0 RETURN TO PER 0 IF MES BE IN LOCAL CURRENCY. CONTRACT WOULD COVER BOTH SOUTH VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA. HQS CURRENTLY COORDINATING ON STATE/AID CABLE ADVISING BOTH SAIGON AND PHNOM PENH OF THIS DECISION AND PLANS OF USAID/WASHINGTON CONTRACTING OFFICER MR. SAIGON EARLY NEXT WEEK. FYI: WE HAVE BEEN INFORMALLY ADVISED THAT CASI WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO MAKE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS WITH AIR VIETNAM TO REPATRIATE DOLLARS FOR THEIR SUBCONTRACT SERVICES. y 4. TRUST ABOVE DECISION HAS BEEN REACHED IN TIME TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE AIR SERVICES WILL CONTINUE AND THAT AIR/GROUND .PERSONNEL MAY HAVE OPP'ORTUNITY FOR ONGOING JOBS. *REPORT THAT SAIGON EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN MAINTAINING LEVEL OF AIR OPS.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.