HANOPS 'FOUR POINTS' AS SET FORTH IN PHAM VAN DONG'S 8 APRIL 1965 SPEECH:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000500030019-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: April 8, 1965
• Content Type: TRANS

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HANOI'S "FOUR POINTS"
As set forth in Pham Van Dong's 8 April 1965 Speech:
".... the unswerving policy of the DRV government is to respect
strictly the 1954 Geneva Agreements on Vietnam and to implement
correctly the basic provisions as embodied in the following points:"
1. Recognition of the basic national rights of the Vietnamese
people--peace, independence. sovereignty. unity, and
territorial integrity. According to the Geneva agreements,
the U. S. Government must withdraw from South Vietnam
U. S. troops, military personnel, and weapons of all kinds,
dismantle all U. S. military bases there, and cancel its
military alliance with South Vietnam. It must end its
policy of intervention and aggression in South Vietnam.
According to the Geneva agreements, the U. S. Government
must stop its acts of war against North Vietnam and com-
pletely cease all encroachments on the territory and
sovereignty of the DRV.
Z. Pending the peaceful reunification of Vietnam, whilB
Vietnam is still temporarily divided into two zones the
military provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on
Vietnam must be strictly respected. The two zones must
refrain from entering into any military alliance with
foreign countries and there must be no foreign military
bases, troops, or military personnel in their respective
territory.
3. The internal affairs of South Vietnam must be settled by the
South Vietnamese people themselves in accordance with
the program of the NFLSV without any foreign interference.
4. The peaceful reunification of vietnam is to be settled by
the Vietnamese people in both zones, without any foreign
interference.
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HANOI'S "FOUR POINTS"
As set forth in Pharn Van Dong's 8 April 1965 Speech:
"? ? .. the unswerving policy of the DR V strictly the 1954 Geneva Agreements on Vietnam government is to
and to mplementsct
correctly the basic provisions as embodied in the followin ito:"
1. Recognition of the basic national rights of the Vietnamese
people--peace, independence, sovereignty, unity, and
territorial integrity. According to the eVa agreements,
the U. S. Government must withdraw from South Vietnam
U. S. troops, military personnel. and wen
dismantle all U. S. military bases there, and cancell its ds.
military alliance with South Vietnam. It must end its
policy of intervention and agjression in South Vietnam.
According to the Geneva agreements, the U. S. Government
must stop its acts of war against North Vietnam and corn-
pletely cease all encroachments on the territory and
sovereignty of the DR V.
2. Pending the peaceful reunification of Vietnam, whilb
Vietnam is still temporarily divided into two zones the
military provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on
Vietnam must be strictly respected. The two zones must
refrain from entering into any military alliance with
foreign countries and there must be no foreign military
bases, troops, or military personnel in their respective
territory.
3. The internal affairs of South Vietnam must be settled by the
South Vietnamese people themselves in accordance with
the program of the NFLSV without any foreign interference.
4. The peaceful reunification of
the Vietnamese tnam is to be settled by
people in both zones, without any foreign
interference.
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