THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS RECEIVED THE NOTE DATED JUNE 19 OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-250-4-14-4
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• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 19, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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HANOI VNA. ENGLISH 131518 XXX JUNE 19, 1976.
((TEXT)) NOTE OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
TO THE DRV FOREIGN MINISTRY
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS RECEIVED THE NOTE DATED.
!UNE 19 OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
EPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.
THE UNITED STATES AGREES THAT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN
EPRESENTATIVES OF OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS IN PARIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
ND USEFUL. THE UNITED STATES WOULD EXPECT TO BE REPRESENTED
T ANY SUCH MEETING BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION OF ITS EMBASSY
N PARIS, AND SUGGESTS THAT IT BE HELD IN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
R AT ANOTHER MUTUALLY AGREED UPON SITE.
THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES THE ASSURANCES OF THE.
IETNAMESE GOVERNMENT THAT IT WILL UNDERTAKE FFFORTS TO
ELIEVE THE ANXIETY OF THOSE AMERICAN FAMILIES WHOSE
ELATIVES HAVE DIED, OR ARE STILL CONSIDERED OLSSING IN
IETNAM. A FULL ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE AMERICANS MISSING-IN-ACTION
ND THE RETURN OF THE REMAINS OF THOSE KILLED IS A MATTER OF
UIMARY CONCERN TO THE UNITED STATES. RESOL[,(ION OF THIS BASIC
UMANITARIAN ISSUE WILL BE A FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATION OF THE
VITED STATES IN ANY DISUCSSTIONS.
THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT CONSIDER THAT IT HAS
I OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM,
3 THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALLEGES IN ITS NOTE. AS
4E UNITED STATES HAS MADE CLEAR MANY TIMES, IT INTENDS TO LOOK
) THE FUTURE RATHER THAN THE PAST.AS FAR AS ITS RELATIONS
1TH VIETNAM ARE CONCERNED. THE RELATIONS SHOULD DEVELOP ON THE
ISIS OF RECIPROCAL INTERESTS.
IF THE ABOVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A MEETING ARE SATISFACTORY,
lE UNITED STATES WOULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AND WOEK OUT
MUTUALLY CONVENIENT DATE FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO
-.ET, AS WELL AS PROCEDURES FOR SUCH A MEETING.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
UNCLA.SSIF!ED
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WASHINGTON, JULY 19, 1976.-
NOTE OF SRV FOREIGN MINISTRY
TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE JULY
19, 1976, NOTE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
HAS ON MANY OCCASIONS MADE CLEAR ITS VIEWPOINT ON THE PARIS
AGREEMENT AND ON THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN
VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES. THIS VIEW HAS ALSO
BEEN AFFIRMED CLEARLY IN ITS JUNE 19, 1976 NOTE SENT TO THE.
UNITED STATES.
CONCERNING THE MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
TWO SIDES IN PARIS, THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
SUGGESTS AS FOLLOWS:
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM WILL BE THE COUNSELLOR OF THE VIETNAMESE EMBASSY
IN PA:7 I S.
TH:? [MEETING SITE WILL. BE OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY OF
EIT}IEK SIDE; THE TWO SIDES WILL ARRANGE FOR IT IN ROTATION.,.
?t:' THE U.S. SIDE AGREES TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SUGGESTIONS,
LIAISON OFFICIALS OF BOTH SIDES WILL MEET TO EXCHANGE
VIEWS ON THE DATE AND SITE FOR THE FIRST MEETING.
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