NCNA REPORTS PRESIDENT NIXON'S TV ADDRESS ON AGREEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-111-2-7-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 24, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NCNA REPORTS PRESIDENT NIXON'S TV ADDRESS ON AGREEMENT--
B242203 PEKING NCNA IN ENGLISH 2143 GMT 24 JAN 73 B
(TEXT) PEKING, JANUARY 24, 1973 (HSINHUA)--U.S. PRESIDENT
RICHARD NIXON MADE A TELEVISION SPEECH YESTERDAY,
ANNOUNCING THE INITIALLING OF AN "AGREEMENT ON ENDING
THE WAR AND RESTORING PEACE IN VIETNAM" BY THE U.S. AND
DRV REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NEGOTIATIONS AT MIDDAY IN PARIS,
ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM WASHINGTON.
1-E BEGAN HIS SPEECH BY READING A STATEMENT AGREED
UPON BY THE PEPRESENTATIVES OF DRV AND THE U.S.,
THEN HE DECLARED:
"A CEASEFIRE INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED WILL BEGIN
AT SEVEN PM THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, WASHINGTON TIME.
"WITHIN SIXTY DAYS FROM THIS SATURDAY, ALL AMERICANS
HELD PROSONERS OF WAR THROUGHOUT INDOCHINA WILL BE
RELEASED. THERE WILL BE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE ACCOUNTING
FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE MISSING IN ACTION.
"DURING THE SAME SIXTY-DAY PERIOD, ALL AMERICAN FORCES
WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM SOUTH VIETNAM.
"THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM HAVE BEEN GUARANTEED THE
RIGHT TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN FUTURE WITHOUT OUTSIDE
INTERFERENCE."
NIXON SAID THAT THROUGHOUT THESE NEGOTIATIONS,
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN "IN THE CLOSEST CONSULTATION"
WITH NGUYEN VAN THEIU. THIS SETTLEMENT "HAS THE FULL
SUPPORT" OF NGUYEN VAN THEEU AND HIS REGIME, "AS WELL
AS THAT OF OUR OTHER ALLIES WHO ARE AFFECTED".
NIXON DECLARED THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD CONTINUE
TO RECOGNIZE THE NGUYEN VAN THEIU REGIME "AS THE
SOLE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM".
HE SAID, "WE SHALL CONTINUE TO AID SOUTH VIETNAM WITHIN
THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND WE SHALL SUPPORT EFFORTS
FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM TO SETTLE THEIR PROBLEMS
PEACEFULLY AMONG THEMSELVES".
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NIXON WENT ON: "WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT ENDING THE WAR
IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BUILDING THE PEACE. ALL
PARTIES MUST NOW SEE TO IT THAT THIS IS A PEACE THAT LASTS,
AND ALSO A PEACE THAT HEALS. AND A PEACE (THAT--FBIS) NOT ONLY
ENDS THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BUT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROSPECTS
OF PEACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE TERMS
OF THE AGREEMENT MUST BE SCRUPULOUSLY ADHERED TO. WE
SHALL DO EVERYTHING THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES OF US AND
WE SHALL EXPECT THE OTHER PARTIES TO DE EVERYTHING IT
REQUIRES OF THEM. WE SHALL ALSO EXPECT OTHER INTERESTED
NATIONS TO HELP INSURE THAT THE AGREEMENT IS CARRIED OUT AND
PEACE IS MAINTAINED."
NIXON SAID THAT AS THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM "HAVE ENDED THE WAR THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS,
LET US NOW BUILD A PEACE OF RECONCILIATION". "FOR OUR PART,
WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE A MAJOR EFFORT TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT
GOAL" t HE SAID.
24 JAN 2254Z WJ/BG
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