If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:

• The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
• The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
• The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #08HANOI532.

VZCZCXRO1622
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0532 1290854
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080854Z MAY 08 ZFR
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7762
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 4677

UNCLAS HANOI 000532 
 
/// C A N C E L -- RESENT AS HANOI 0556 /// 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
SUBJECT:  VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED