1. RUMOR IN HANOI TAHT HO CHI MINH IS ILL 2. POLICY DIFFERNECES BETWEEN HANOI AND NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, ACCORDING TO FRONT REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI - 1967/12/19

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I. RUMOR IN HANOI THAT HO CHI MINH IS ILL
2. POLICY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HANOI,. AND NATIONAL
LIBERATION FRONT, ACCORDING TO FRONT REPRESENTATIVE
IN HANOI �
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RUMORS.IN HANOI ABOUT .U=LIJILEIZING
ILL WERE STILL CURRENT. THE NORTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMEMI HAS
NEVER OFFICIALLY STATED THAT HO IS ILL, HOWEVER.
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HO APPEARED VERY TIRED AND PALE WHEN HE MADE HIS LAST 3.3(h)(2)
PUBLIC APPEARANCE ON 30 AUGUST 1967. THIS CONTRASTED WITH HO'S
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FIT AND HEALTHY APPEARANCE IN 1966.
BECAUSE OF HO'S HEALTH AND AGE, HO NEEDS TREATMENT OUTSIDE HANOI FOR
HIS ILLNESS. RUMORS CIRCULATE IN HANOI THAT CHINESE DOCTORS ARE TREATING HO. THESE
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ALSO TIE IN WITH EARLIER RUMORS THAT HO HAD DECLINED TO GO TO MOSCOW TO RECEIVE THE
LENIN PEACE PRIZE BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO OFFEND THE CHINESE.
IN DECEMBER 1967, NGUYEN VAN TIEN, CHIEF OF
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THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (NLF)., TOLD
DIFFERENCES WITH THE HANOI GOVERNMENT; (
THAT THE NLF HAD THREE MAJOR POLICY
COMMENT: TIEN'S REMARKS
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS BEING CALCULATED TO PROMOTE NLFSVN OBJECTIVES.)
ACCORDING TO TEN, THE POLICY DIFFERENCES WERE:
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A. THE NLF:PLANNED TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MAJOR RELIGIOUS
AND INTELLECTUAL GROUPS IN ANY GOVERNMENT WHICH THEY FORMED IN SOUTH VIETNAM. THIS
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MORE DEMOCRATIC THAT THAT DESIRED BY NORTH VIETNAM WHICH WANTED
TO ESTABLISH A DICTATORSHIP OF TE PROLETARIAT IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
B. THE NLF PLANNED TO PERMIT NATIONAL CAPITALISTS AND PRIVATE LANDHOLDERS
TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE'IN-THE ECONOMIC-FRAMEWORK.IF-THE NLF ACHIEVED POWER. NORTH
VIETNAM WANTED AN ECONOMY BASED SOLELY ON MORE ADVANCED COMMUNIST ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES.
C. IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE' NLF WANTED PEACE, INDEPENDENCE,
AND NEUTRALITY BUT NORTH VIETNAM WANTED A UNIFIED VIETNAM ALIGNED WITH THE SOCIALIST BU
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