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SUBuEC':~ D:scuss:o \V H ·cEAUSESCU NOV 28 
•• CEAUSESCU ~ECEIVED ME _NOV 28 AT 1730 FOR TWO HOURS. AL~os: E~T:RE :scuSSi01 CENTERED ON VIETNAM THOUGH TOWARD END CEA SESCU RA.SEO S B ECT OUR POLICY TOWARD CHINA . 
2. AF:ER EXPRESSING APPRECIA-ION FOR ~OPPORTUNITY .O CALL 
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HIM, I MEt1TI01 ED THE w.~RM IMPRESSION WHICH PR! ·~~ ··nN MAURER HAD l(,riDE 01 PRESIDENT JOH SON AND SEGRE ARY RUSK A1 ' D THE 
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I 1POR A1 CE WITH WHICH WE VIEWED OUR RELATIONS \'JITH ROMAt IA •. 
I THE SAID I HAD COME TO TALK WITH THE PRIMEMI TO DISCUSS 
\HAT MIGh BE DO 1E TO BRI G THE VIET 1AM PROB E.·i ""O A ?.:..t;;<..:.~·-L­
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V... E. ,1H"1ESE PEOPLE hMD RIGhT 10 DEC ID~ o<EHSIR 0\,1 l DES-: I1.:, OUR IJ!LLI GNESS TO Ct.ASE BOMB"'NG ... · PRODUCTIVc. D-sc ss:o s \i.101.L... J F 0 LL 0 ,, AND I Th -s c0 I EcT I 0 N R ... FERR I: D 7 0 sAN A : 0 N : 0 Fc . ~~ L r-1 .. ~ v I 
JHICH HAD B:E;1 F' J R-HER DEFINED !1. COl·i1~U '"'CA 0 G V21 ?R::r,:t·i~• BY AMB DAV S UPO I, STR C 01S P ZS DEN-. 
E, SUiiJG D ~cuss .. :, CEAUSESCU ""00}( VZRY HAnD LINE. HE ARGUED -' ALL US D TO DO UAS 0 STOP 80l'l8ING. Hi.:. nSSER7~D D V N H AD AL R EA DY S~~ATED S.: VE RA L T MES H E Y t10 UL D B E W I LL i.. : G -u 7r11... r\
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0 E 80·18 G CEASED U C01 DITIO ALLY AND FO ~VER. IN t:FrEC7t H..:. CLAIMED DV1 D NLF REPRESE1 -·ED SOUTH VI 11A 1ESc.. PEOP!_E · ,. .. D EXPRESSED OP IN IO, ~·HA. US '..'P. S , EPEAT I r.G WHAT D B ~'""1 1 DO, 1E 
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5 • CEA US ES CU R E ~-ERRE D T 0 MY 4 frl 0 n1~ l ;~ i 4 1JG ("\ "', • • '' \) :;-i_. I\•), -~ :· "f l r \) r-J • • 1 1 I • ' -:· • f ' i · ' f · " .-· · 
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A 'D VIET, AM TOGETHER. CEAUSEScu·s CPTNIO~~ P1;~y ;:;UCii f11 T 1"~·•• 'l .. v.J WOULD 10T LEAD. -o VERY "SiPSCTf\ "'ULAi<'. l\ESUL 'S UN-IL CESSATI01' 
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PAGE 3 RCFUHT 802 ~ OF RO.. ffilNG, WHILE CEAUSESCU AGREED THAT REUNlFlCATlON OF DlVlDED COU1 1TR IES SHOULD OT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH FORCE, 1.:. BL~.-..;J~Y ARGU:D HAT' NLF HAD PUT FORTH PROGRA M FOR REUNIFICATION ONLY AS L0, 1G-TIME AND PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT WITH WHICH DRV AGREED. HE ASSE~TED -HMT DRV COULD NOT WAGE WA~ IN SOUTH WHICH DTD N07 HAVE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE THERE AND SUGGESTED US POLICY BASED 0~ 1 INCOrYi?LETE 
-. FORMAT:ON A.'D INCORRECT ASSUMPTIONS. TO MY REPEATED QUES7IO. S WHY HA, OI HA) SLAMMED DOOR I FACE PRESIDENT'S GE1 1EROUS SAN AN-0, IO OF~ER A. D WH' HnNOI REFUSED TO SAY EITHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVA-ELY 
\HAT WOU .... D HAPPEN AFT ER PERM1~ l1ENT CES SAT I 0 N OF BOMB L 1G CE AUS ES CU T 0 0 K L I ~E vJ E WE RE I MP 0S I NG C 0 ND I T I 0 NS ; TH AT A 8 0 /8 I G PAUSE WOULD BE .01 1LY ANOTHER FORM QF.·ULTIMATUM; THAT ABSENCE . OF FORMAL DECLARA-IO.J OF WAR RAISED PROBLEMS IN I TERNATiONAL LA J (I.E., BOMBING) 1~0T I~ FAVOROF US AND THAT IF US WOULD 01 .... Y CEASE B0~1BING PERMANENTLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD EXERCISC PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES TO BRING THEM TO NEGOTIATING 
ABLE.CEAUSESCU ALSO ARGUED THAT CESSATION BOMBING WOULD BE ACT 
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6. CEAUSESCU RAISkD QUESTION WHY US ADOPTED POLICY OF OBSTRUCTION TO CHI. A'S ASSUMPT ON RIGHTFUL PLACE IN LN. EXPRESSED OPINION 
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IT COULD STEP "A LIT-LE ASIDE" AND NOT O~POSE IT. HE THOUGH~ TH IS COULD BE GOOD GESTURE AND ADVISED, "Lr.T THI GS EVOLVE BY THEl';S .:.LVES . GE, ERAL RELATIONS BET\JEE CHINA AND ALL COUNTRIES ,JOULD IMPROV~ " 
REFERRED TO buR rREQUENT TALKS WITH CHI ESE AND 7HEIR REFUS ~ TO CO, SIDER ANY STEPS EVEN I, THE FIELD OF EXCHANGES OR TRAD.:. UNTIL THE US HA~ DED OVER FORMOSA -o THEM ... HIS ~1E \~ERL: NOT ? t;PA., .... '.) TO DO; IT IS A MATTER FOR THE FORMOSA1 PEOPLE 70· DECIDE. 
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7. DESPITE THE .VIGOROUS ARGU~~7NTS r f' f ESc..N 2D ON v·t.T~1AM ALO~~ . LINES TAKEN E1,RLIE:R \·JITH 111un·~n, C.t:AUSEscu 1 EMAINED ~HRou.... Hou· OBDURATE. NEVERT°HELESS DISCUSSION, THOUGH ARGUMEN7ATIVE AT -r~,E:S, 
• '" OCEEDED IN NOT ·UNFRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND AT THE DOOR AS I WAS LEAVING CEAUSESCU MADE PARTICULAR POINT AS HE HAD DONE O, CE OR TWICE EARLIER OF ROMANIA•S DESIRE TO BE HELPFUL IN SOLV~~!G PROBLAMS PEAC~FULLY AND IN . PARTICULAR TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE GOG RELATIONS WITH THE US . ·· · 
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