COMMUNIST STATEMENTS REGARDING INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM AND POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS

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SECRET OCI No. 0503/66
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6 January 1966
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington 25, D. C.
6 January 1966
Attached is a compilation of Communist
statements issued since 30 December 1965 on
possible negotiations and possible interven-
tion in the Vietnam situation. This special
edition is issued in view of recent interna-
tional developments regarding the situation.
The next regular edition viili appear on 15
January 1966.
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NEGOTIATIONS
USSR On the eve of Soviet
Party secretary Shele-
pin's trip to North Viet-
nam, the USSR's public
position of firm and un-
yielding support for Hanoi's
stand remains unchanged.
Moscow has given the im-
pression during this week
that Shelepin is going to
Hanoi to offer assurances
of full Soviet support
and to discuss further
military assistance.
China Peking has denounced the
US peace effort as a "hoax"
and has reiterated its op-
position to any negotiated
settlement on Vietnam ex-
cept on the Communist
terms. The Chinese have
so far not publicly com-
mented on the Shelepin
visit to Hanoi or on the
US suspension of bombing
of the DRV.
DRV The North Vietnamese in
their propaganda and public
statements have viewed the
current US "peace offen-
sive" as a deceitful maneu-
ver designed to cover up
further escalation and in-
creased US aggressive ac-
tion in Vietnam. From all
its recent statements it
appears that the North
The USSR continues to
state publicly its inten-
tion to go on rendering
the DRV the necessary as-
sistance to consolidate
its defensive capabilities.
The Chinese are continuing
to imply that they will not
take the initiative in pro-
voking a war with the US
but are prepared to fight
if attacked.
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DRV Vietnamese are prepared to
Cont'd discuss a negotiated set-
tlement of the war only on
terms totally unacceptable
to the US.
NFLSV The NFLSV has issued no
significant statements on
negotiations or interven-
tion during the past week.
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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM
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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM
Selected Soviet Selected Soviet
Pub is Statements Private Statements
29 December 65: In a conversa-
tion wit Ambassador Kohler So-
viet President Podgorny said
that if the US continued its
actions in Vietnam all progres-
sive forces, including the USSR,
would continue to assist, as
they are assisting, Vietnam in
its struggle.
31 December 65: In an in-
Terview with Japanese cor-
respondents Premier Kosygin
reiterated ~, Ioscow's past
position that the Soviet
Union "has rendered and will
go on rendering the neces-
sary assistance and support
to the DRV in consolidating
its defense capabilities and
repelling American aggression"
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Selected Chinese
Pu is mns
4 January 66: In a press con-
ference granted to a corre-
spondent of the Japanese Com-
munist paper Akahata on 30
December and broadcast by NCNA
on 4 January, Chen Yi declared
that "the spearhead of US im-
perialist aggression is more
and more clearly directed
against China. If US imperi-
alism insists on extending the
war to China, we cannot but
resolutely take up the chal-
lenge and we will not call off
the battle until complete vic-
tory."
Selected Chinese
Private Statements
Comments
This is a restatement of the
standard Chinese line im-
plying that Peking will not
take the initiative in pro- 25X1
voking a war with the ITS but
is prepared to fight if at-
tacked.
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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM
Selected Soviet Statements on Negotiations
Selected Soviet Selected Soviet
Public Statements Private Statements
31 December 65: Premier
osyg n, in is interview
with the Japanese press re-
stated Soviet support for the
stand of the DRV and the
NFLSV on the settlement of
the Vietnam problem, includ-
ing a cessation of the ,ag-
gressive actions against the
DRV" and a withdrawal of US
troops and arms from South
Vietnam.
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Public Statements
Selected Soviet
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Selected Chinese Communist References to Negotiations
Selected Chinese
Public Statements
Selected Chinese
Private Statements
Comments
1 January 66: An editor's
not a in eople's Daily
praised Hanoi for "pointedly
scuttling" the US "peace in-
trigues" and asserted that
the US objective in advocat-
ing "unconditional discus-
sions" was to force the Viet-
namese to surrender uncondi-
tionally. The note added
that "in the face of the
Vietnamese people's firm
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Selected Chinese
Pu is statements
1 January 66 Cont'd: resolve
to persist in their anti-US
patriotic struggle to the end,
the US aggressors will have no
alternative but to quit Viet-
nam."
5 January 66: An editor's note
in People's Daily declares that
"Large numbers of high ranking
Washington officials have set
out in all directions carrying
with them peace plans and pre-
tending that they are most eager
to bring about a peaceful solu-
tion to the Vietnam question.
The tricks they employ have been
countless." The note asserts
that "some naive people have
been tricked into believing
that the US imperialists are
truly willing to lay aside
their butcher knives," and
adds "Be it peace talk or
escalation of the war, their
goal is the same--the perpetual
occupation of South Vietnam,
Furthermore, it is to be noted
that escalation of war has al-
ways been preceded b fraudu-
lent peace moves."
Selected Chinese
Private Statements
Peking continues to assert
that the US peace effort is
a "hoax" and to oppose any 25X1
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nam except on the Communist
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Selected North Vietnamese References to Negotiations
Selected DRV
Public Statements
Selected DRV
Private Statements
Comments
29 December 65: Ho Chi Minh
in replying to Pope Paul's
peace message voiced Hanoi's
first reaction to the current
US "peace offensive." In his
letter, Ho insisted that the
"US leaders want war not peace.
The talks about unconditional
negotiations made by the US
president are merely a maneuver
to cover up his plan for war
intensification and extension
in Vietnam." The DRV Presi-
dent went on to state that
"the US Government must com-
pletely and unconditionally
end its bombings and all acts
of war against the DRV stop
its aggression in South Viet-
nam, withdraw its troops and
armaments from South Vietnam,
and let the Vietnamese people
settle their internal affairs
themselves, in short, recognize
the four-points of the DRV, a
concentrated expression of the
main provisions of the 1954
Geneva agreements on Vietnam,
and really prove it by con-
crete deeds."
30 December 65: The Voice of
Vietnam radio broadcast a com-
mentary on the "Peace Tricks of
Ho's response to Pope Paul's
message represented the
standard, hard DRV position
on the settlement of the war.
The fact that he designed to
answer the Pope indicates
that the Vietnamese are con-
cerned about their image in
the international arena and
will do their best to prevent
the current US peace moves
from placing their own posi-
tion in an unfavorable light,
or make it seem rigid and
unreasonable.
This broadcast represented
a tough restatement of
Hanoi's basic position on
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Public Statements
30 December 65 Cont'd: the US
Aggressors." Me bTuadeast
listed and discounted various
US peace proposals throughout
the past year. The commentary
went on to state that "if an
end is to be put to the state
of war, there is only one and
most simple way, that is, the
US aggressive troops must with-
draw from South Vietnam, and the
settlement of Vietnam affairs
must be left to the Vietnamese
themselves. The Johnson clique,,,
the broadcast continued, ,has
over and over again harped on
the so-called unconditional
discussions, but as for the
aforesaid key point in the
Vietnam problem, they completely
ignore it. Thereby, the un-
conditional discussions swindle
is essentially aimed at com-
pelling the Vietnamese people
to agree to the US conditions,
that is, to recognize the ex-
istence of US troops in South
Vietnam." The broadcast con-
cluded by once again insisting
that "to solve the Vietnam
problem, the only way is that
the US must solemnly declare
and prove by actual deeds, its
acceptance of the four-point
stand of the DRV, definitely and
unconditionally stop its air at-
tacks against the DRV, stop its
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Private Statements
settling the war. The com-
mentary implied that no move-
ment in the Vietnam situa-
tion is possible until the US
proves by "actual deeds" its
willingness to withdraw its
forces from South Vietnam.
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30 December 65 Gont'd: air at-
stop its
aggression against South Vietnam,
withdraw its troops from South
Vietnam, and let the Vietnamese
people settle their own affairs
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30 December 65: In the course
of an interview recently granted
by DRV Premier Pham Van Dong to
a Japanese correspondent the DRV
Premier stated that "the only
obstacle to a correct peaceful
solution of the Vietnam question
is the aggressive policy of the
US imperialists." He stressed
that the Vietnamese people were
determined "to defeat the US im-
perialist war of aggression in
Vietnam. Only then can the way
be paved for a correct peaceful
settlement of the Vietnam ques-
tion on the basis of the 1954
Geneva agreements on Vietnam,
whose most essential military
and political provisions have
been given a concentrated ex-
pression in the four-point
stand of the DRV Government
and the five-point statement
issued by the NFLSV on 22
March 1965."
31 December 65: The Vietnam
News Agency in an international
broadcast on the US peace offen-
sive termed the American campaign
North Vietnamese officials
have repeatedly used inter-
views with newspaper corre-
spondents to express their
position on settling the war.
Generally, if the questions
are not phrased to suit the
official, his answers, none-
theless will be directed only
to the standard Hanoi form-
ulation. This was most true
in Ho Chi P;Iinh's recent inter-
view with Felix Greene and
to a certain extent is true
also in this interview.
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Public a ements
Selected DRV
Private a ements
31 December 65 Cont'd: about
peaceful negotiations "a maneu-
ver to cover up their extremely
serious war acts which they are
carrying out or will carry out."
The broadcast went on to state
that reality "has proven that
each time the US prattles about
peaceful negotiation, the US
aggressors take another step
in intensifying and expanding
their war of aggression. Prac-
tical deeds are the most cor-
rect criteria to judge one's
words " the broadcast con-
tinued. The US, the broadcast
concluded "has not shown the
least sign of desire for a
peaceful settlement to the
Vietnam problem. Their acts
are acts of war while their
words of peace are but hypo-
critical professions."
3 January 66: The DRV Party
Daily in a commentary by "Ob-
server" took note of what it
termed the "present noisy cam-
paign of propaganda about the
US untiring efforts to seek
peace in Vietnam.', The article
recounted the activities of
President Johnson's "peace
envoys" and stated that the
American position for settling
the war which it claimed had
been laid down by Secretary
of State Rusk on 30 December
The Nhan Dan commentary seemed
to reflect chagrin by Hanoi
at a loss of political initia-
tive due to the US "peace
offensive."
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Public Statements
3 January 66 Cont'd: was "purely
and simply a colonialist stand."
Observer claimed that "up to now,
each time they (the US) spoke of
peaceful negotiations they made
a step further in intensifying
and expanding their war of aggres
sion. It is so this time." The
article concluded by insisting
that "the four-point stand of
the DRV Government and the five-
point statement of the NFLSV are
the most correct basis for the
settlement of the Vietnam prob-
lem... If a political solution
to the Vietnam question is to
be achieved, the US must solemnly
declare its acknowledgement of the
four-point stand of the DRV Govern-
ment and prove it by practical
deeds; it must stop definitely
and unconditionally all acts of
war against the DRV.''
4 January 66: The DRV Foreign
Ministry issued a formal state-
ment on the "so-called peace
efforts of the US." The state-
ment noted that "recently, the
US Government has started a
large-scale deceptive peace
campaign coupled with the trick
of temporary suspension of air
attacks on North Vietnam as a
sign of good will." The state-
ment accused the US of making
"feverish preparations" to
double its military strength in
South Vietnam while at the same
Selected DRV
Private Statements
Comments
The Foreign Ministry state-
ment, the first official DRV
response to the current "peace
offensive" was a tough and
unyielding reiteration of
Hanoi's terms for a settlement
of the war in Vietnam. The
overall impression created by
the statement is that Hanoi
is simply uninterested in
talks at the present time,
except on terms completely
unacceptable to the US.
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4 January 66 Cont'd: time
talking about peace. The
statement went on to insist
that a "political settlement
of the Vietnam problem can
be envisaged only when the
US Government has accepted
the four-point stand of the
DRV Government, has proved
this by actual deeds, has
stopped unconditionally and
for good its air raids and all
other acts of war against the
DRV."' The statement then
listed the original four points
as laid down by DRV Premier
Pham Van Dong on 8 April.
2 January 66: Hanoi pub-
lished a commentary by "Ob-
server" in the DRV Army news-
paper on the current US peace
initiatives. The commentary
stated that the four-point
stand of the DRV reflects "in
a concentrated way, the main
military and political provi-
sions of the Geneva accords."
The commentary insisted that
"if the Americans want to end
the fighting in Vietnam they
must recognize the NFLSV as the
only genuine representative of
the South Vietnamese people and
recognize the five-point
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Private Statements
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The commentary represents a
more specific statement than
any other DtiV propaganda of
Hanoi's terms for achieving
an "end to the fighting" in
Vietnam. The commentary in
fact sharpens other recent
DRV propaganda which has
heavily emphasized the issue
of a US troop withdrawal from
Vietnam, and has appeared to
be calling for a US commit-
ment on the timing of with-
drawal before there can be
any movement toward stopping
the shooting.
In part at least, the commen-
tary was intended as an
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Public a ements
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Private StateiFe_nts
2 January 65 Cont'd: state-
ment of t>_e NFLSV." In addi-
tion, the Americans" must end
forever, and unconditionally
their bombings and violations
against the DRV."
explanation of the lull in
the bombing to the DRV peo-
ple. It is also a warning
to them that the air strikes
will probably be started
again.
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