THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-250-4-15-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 13, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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HANOI VNA ENGLISH 131513 XXX REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.
CCTEXI)) NOTE OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TO THE
DRV FOREIGN MINISTRY
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM AND HAS THE HONOR TO CONFIRM RECEPT OF THE LEETER
OF APRIL 10 FROM MINISTER- FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.NGUYEN DUY TRINH
TO, SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER.
THE DEPARTMENT REAFFIRMS THE WILLINGENSS OF THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AT AN EARLY .
DATE. IN DOING S0, IT WISHES TO POINT OUT THAT TALKS ON THE
, BASIS OF THE SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF PAST AGREEMENTS, WHICH
APPEARS TO BE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM,.
WOULD NOT BE FRUITFUL AND WOULD ONLY LEAD TO STERILE DEBATE
RATHER THAN CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
THE UNITED STATES BELIEVE TR,1 IS WOULD BE MORE
USEFUL. FOR REPRESENTAPVES OF THE TWOVWER NMENTS TO DISCUSS
ISSUES AFFECTING FUTURE RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
THE HUMANITARIAN CONCERN OF A FULL ACCOUNTING FCR OUR MISSING
MEN WILL BE ONE OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES
IN-SUCH DISCUSSIONS. UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS SUBSTANTIALLY
RESOLVED, THERE CAN BE NO REAL PROGRESS TOWARDS NORMALIZATION
OF.RELATIONS BETWEEN. OUR :TWO COUNTRIES.
AT THE SAME TIME THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
.WILL 'BE FREE TO RAISE ANY ISSUE OF CONCERN TO IT. THE UNITED.
STATES INVITES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF VIETNAM TO INDICATE WHETHER IT CONSIDERS A MEETING TO
DISCUSS OUTSTANDING ISSUES USEFUL.
. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TAKES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
RENEW TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM THE ASSURANCES OF ITS HIGHEST CONSIDERATION.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, MAY S, 1976
NOTE OF THE DRV FOREIGN MINISTRY TO THE
U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT
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THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF THE DRV HAS RECEIVED THE U.S.
STATE DEPARTMENT'S NOTE DATED MAY ;8, 1976.
SINCE THE COMPLETE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM, THE
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF THE DRV HAS ON REPEATED OCCASIONS MADE
CLEAR ITS VIEWS ON THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON VIETNAM. THE UNILATERAL
U. S. DENUNCIATION OF THE AGREEM
ENT IS AIMED Al EVADING THE
PLEDGES IT HAS SOLEMtLY UNDERTAKEN IN SIGNING THE
AGREEMENT, EQECIALLY UNDER ARTICLE 21. THEREOF WHICH PROVIDES
FOR A U.S. OBLIGATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO HEALING. THE WOUNDS OF.
WAR AND TO POSTWAR RECO
NSTRUCTION IN VIETNAM AND INDOCHINA
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ON THE OTHER HAND, THE UNITED STATES DEMANDS T
HAT THE
.DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFVIETNAM IMPLEMENT ARTICLE
8 (8) OF
THE AGREEMENT AS A CONDITION FOR A NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
TWEE N THE T
41 O COUNTRIES. OBVIOUSLY, IT WANTS TO RENEGE ON
ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON VIETNAM WHILE
DEMANDING THAT THE OTHER SIDE IMPLEMENT ANOTHER ARTICLE OF
THE SAME. THIS COMPLETELY RUNS COUNTER TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
AND DRnCT'TCES
FOR ITS PART,. THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIE
TNAM HAS
EXPRESSED ITS WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS WITH THE UNITED STATES
A SETTLEMENT OF POSTWAR ISSUES THAT CONCERN VIE
TNAM AND THE
UNITED STATES SUCH AS THE U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO HEALING THE WOUNDS
OF WAR AND POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION IN THE TWO ZONES OF VIETNAM,'
THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION AB
OUT AMERICAN MISSING IN THE WAR,
THE EXHUMATION AND REPATRIATION OF THE REMAINS OF THE DEAD
AMERICANS. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM HAS MADE AND WILL CC)YIT INUE TO MAK
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FFORTS TO RELIEVE
THE ANXIETY.OF THOSE AMERICA, FAMILIES WHOSE RELATIVES HAVE DIED
OR ARE STILL CONSIDERED M 15:.?
NG I IV* VIET NAM.
ONCE AGAIN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMORATIC REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM AFFIRMS ITS ATTITUDE OF SERIOUSNESS AND GOOD WILL.
IT HOLDS THAT THE TWO SIDES SHOULD RESOLVE T
HE ISSUES OF
INTEREST OF EACH OF THEM, THUS CREATING FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
FOR A NORMALIZATION
OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
IS AN INYTTAt gTrn TUL' r%T-PA ONrrh .a. ?
1EPRESENTATIVE IS PREPARED+aTO MEET WITH THE U.S.tREPRESENTATIVE
IN PARIS FOR' AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. IF IT REALLY WANTS EARLY
)ISCUSSIONS WITH THE DRV GOVERNMENT WITH A VIEW TO
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, THE U.S.
COVE WNE ITSELF SHOULD
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OPT AN ATTITUDE OF SERIOUSNESS
ND ILL.
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
AXES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
HE ASSURANCES OF ITS HIGH CONSIDERATION. . ,
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