Nixon should be told that it is probably an objective of Clifford to depose Thieu before Nixon is inaugurated. Word should be gotten to Nixon that if Thieu meets the same fate as Diem, the word will go out to the nations of the world that it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.
(尼克鬆應當被告知,早在他宣誓就職之前, Clark Clifford可能就想要罷免阮文紹。應該讓尼克鬆明白,假如阮文紹遭遇到了與吳庭琰相同的命運,那麽給世界各國的信號就會是,做美國的敵人或許是危險的,但做美國的朋友卻是致命的。)