COMMUNIST STATEMENTS REGARDING INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM AND POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS

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• Publication Date: March 15, 1966
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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS REGARDING INTERVENTION
15 March 1966
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington 25, D. C.
15 March 1966
MEMORANDUM
Attached is a compilation of Communist
statements on possible direct military inter-
vention in the Vietnam situation, and on pos-
sible negotiations toward a settlement, re-
ceived since our last biweekly report (OCI No.
0505/66) issued 28 February 1966.
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SUMMARY
NEGOTIATIONS
USSR Moscow has not changed its
position on the question
of negotiations during the
past two weeks.
China Peking continues to oppose
any negotiated settlement
of the Vietnam conflict ex-
cept on the Communist terms.
DRV The North Vietnamese posi-
tion on bringing the war
in South Vietnam to a nego-
tiated conclusion has not
changed in the past two
weeks. The Hanoi leader-
ship continues to emphasize
that the US must "recognize"
the DRV Government's four-
points and prove it by
actual deeds if a settle-
ment is to be achieved.
NFLSV While the Front has made
no significant statements
on the negotiations issue
during the last two weeks,
there is no evidence that
there has been any change
in its position on settling
the war.
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INTERVENTION
The Soviet Union's public
expression of support for
the DRV have given no indi-
cation of any shift in Mos-
cow's position.
While repeating standard
Chinese pledges of "firm
support" for the Vietnamese
public Chinese statements
continue to imply that
Peking will not take the
lead in provoking a war
with the US.
Hanoi has made no signifi-
cant statements of the issue-
of intervention during the
past two weeks.
The Front has made no signi-
ficant statements on the sub-
ject of intervention during
the past two weeks.
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Intervention 1-2
COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM
Selected Soviet References to Negotiations N-1
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Negotiations N-3
Selected North Vietnamese References to
Negotiations N?4
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Selected Soviet Statements on Intervention
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Private Statements Comments
26 February 1966: A Radio
Moscow commentary noting that
Soviet aid has been "increas-
ing in scale" in the past
year adds that the USSR is
doing everything to deliver
arms as quickly as possible,"
and that the DRV "now has the
means to repel American air
pirates."
CPSU party chief Brezhnev stated
that no military solution was
possible because socialist aid
would preclude a US victory. He
added that if "US "aggression"
continued it would cause a serious
regression in US-Soviet relations.
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10 March 1966: TASS quoted
from a recen issue of Life
Abroad which stated that the
ovie Union "deems it to be
its international duty to
render all the necessary as-
sistance to the Vietnamese
people, not only moral, but
material, too."
Moscow's public expressions
of support for the DRV have
given no indication of change
in Moscow's position.
This statement by the CPSU
First Secretary does not alter
the nature of Moscow's past
pledges of "support" to the
DRV.
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Selected Chinese
Pub is tatements
28 February 1966: The Chi-
nese Vice Minister of Culture
declared at a Peking banquet
that "The 650 million Chi-
nese people will struggle
side by side with the Viet-
namese people until final
victory, no matter w
storms may arise."
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11 March 1966: A Chinese
Foreign Ministry statement
"condemning" the despatch
of an additional 20,000
South Korean troops to Viet-
nam asserts that "The Chi-
nese people firmly support
the Vietnamese people in
carrying their heroic strug-
gle against US aggression
and for national salvation
through to the end.
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Selected Chinese Communist References to Intervention
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The latest in Peking's genera YbAl
pledge of support for the Viet-
namese.
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Selected Soviet Statements on Negotiations
Selected Soviet Selected Soviet
pub is Statements Private Statements
23 February 1966: When the US
ambassador to Laos in a conver-
sation with his Soviet counter-
part criticized Soviet Party Sec-
retary Shelepin's statement of
support for the NLF as the "sole
legitimate representative of South
Vietnam," the Soviet ambassaor re-
plied that Moscow had always sup-
ported this thesis. He added,
however, that "perhaps others
than 'peoples representatives'
could participate in negotiations
and that this would not be ruled
out by Shelepin's statements I
2 March 1966: TASS Interna-
tional Service reiterated
Moscow's public support for
"the position of the DRV
Government and the program
of the NFLSV on the ques-
tion of a settlement in
Vietnam as conforming to the
Geneva agreements and corre-
sponding to the interests
of peace in southeast Asia."
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In any event, the Soviets have
made it abundantly clear that
they are not presently calling
the tune on negotiations. Mos-
cow will in all probability
continue to publicly support
Hanoi's position on negotia-
tions. Soviet officials have
also indicated privately that
they will not again attempt to
convince North Vietnam to alter
its line until they are con-
vinced there is a clear chance
of success.
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Private tatements Comments
Kosygin's remarks further
emphasize that Moscow is un-
willing to take any intiative
without North Vietnam's ap-
proval and that Hanoi at this
time does not intend to enter
into negotiations. The Soviet
leaders are sensitive to any
possibility of adding weight
to Chinese changes of "collab-
oration with the US and its
"peace offensive."
tion to Vietnam. Kosygin observed
that the door to negotiations was
not open at present and that Mos-
cow could take no intiatiuP in
that direction.
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This statement is consistent
with Moscow's longstanding
public position that a settle-
ment can come about only on
the basis of the DRV's four
points.
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Selected Chinese Communist References to Negotiations
Pub is to ements
Peking continues to oppose a
negotiated settlement of the
Vietnam problem except on the
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3 March 1966: In an article
escribing the "quarrel" be-
tween the "hawks" and the
"doves" over US policy in
Vietnam, the People's Daily
declares that "-there is no
fundamental difference of
opinion between them," that
both "oppose the immediate
withdrawal of US aggressor
troops from Vietnam," and
are against recognizing the
Liberation Front "as the sole
representative of the South
Vietnamese people," and
that "In the final analysis
only the complete victory
of the Vietnamese people
in their struggle to re-
sist US aggression and to
save the country will settle
the issue for them
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Selected North Vietnamese References to Negotiations
Selected DRV
Public Statements
25 February 1966: A spokes-
.ran o th-e T~oreign Min-
istry issued a statement on
the discussion between the
DRV charge in Moscow and
Prime Minister Wilson's
special representative, Lord
Chalfont. The spokesman
claimed that the charge
clearly explained to the
British diplomat that "the
four-point stand of the DRV
Government was a stand of
peace, fully conforming to
the 1954 Geneva agreements
on Vietnam, and stressed
that the South Vietnam Na-
tional Liberation Front is
the sole authentic repre-
sentative of the South
Vietnamese people."
Selected DRV
Private Statements
Vietnamese viewpoint on settling
the war "encompasses the four
iet-
points of Ho Chi ".Iinh, North Viet-
repor e y s a e tnat
reportedly
namese President."
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these personnel generally stick
closely to the stated Hanoi
position on settling the war.
Any diviation from the accepted
line is usually minor and as 25X1
a rule quickly rectified.
This restatement of the stan-
dard Hanoi position on settling
the war was apparently designed
to refute reports in the Wes-
tern press that the discussions
in Moscow had led to some change
in the North Vietnamese position
on bringing the war to a nego-
tiated conclusion.
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Public Statements
26 February 1966: Do Xuan
Sang, secretary general of
the Vietnam Lawyers Associa-
tion in a recent article
broadcast by VNA stressed
that it was absurd for the
US not to recognize the
NFLSV "as the sole legiti-
mate representative of the
South Vietnamese people."
He further stated that
"President Ho Chi Minh has
rightly pointed out in his
message to the heads of
state on 24 January that
if the US really respects
the Geneva agreements, it
must withdraw all US and
satellite troops from South
Vietnam; if it really wants
peace, it must recognize
the NFLSV as the sole genuine
representative of the people
of South Vietnam, and enter
into negotiations with it;
if it really respects the
right to self-determination
of the people of South Viet-
nam it cannot but approve
the program of the N T_ "
28 February 1966: A joint
communique signed at the
conclusion of the visit of
a delegation of the Japanese
Communist Party to North
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This article appears to be an
indirect response to the cur-
rent debate in the US on Ameri-
can policy objectives in Viet-
nam. As such, it firmly re-
emphasises the position of the
Liberation Front in any settle-
ment of the war. This parti-
cular point has evolved as the
crux of the negotiations issue.
Through out the past years
Hanoi has entertained dele-
gations from several Communist
parties. These delegations
have in turn joined with the
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Pu -1-i- t~ atements
28 February 1966 Cont'd: Vietnam
voice unreserve support for
the ,just struggle of the Viet-
namese people and full support
for the four-point stand of the
DRY Government and the five
points in the statement of the
NFLSV on 22 March 1965,"
1 March 1966: In a speech mark-
ing the first anniversary of the
Indochinese Peoples Conference
Hoang Quoc Viet, Presidium mem-
ber of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front central committee stated
that "The Cambodian and Laotian
people strongly condemn the
schemes and acts of the US im-
perialists in stepping up and
expanding their aggressive war
in South Vietnam, and their
escalation war to sabotage the
DRV, expose their deceitful
peace allegations, and whole-
heartedly support the four-
point stand of the DRY and
the five-point statement of
the NFLSV."
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Vietnamese in condemning US
"imperialism" and supporting
the four-points. Such sup-
port in the eyes of the Viet-
namese Communists thrends to
bolster their contention that
there is world wide support
for their position.
Viet used this occasion to
emphasize the "solidarity"
that exists among the peoples
of the Indochinese peninsula
with regard to the war against
imperialism.
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