SRV SPOKESMAN ISSUES STATEMENT, REBLISHES NOTES ON MIA'S

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-250-4-16-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 13, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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ATTN SECRETARY KISSINGER'S PARTY
COPY TO LIAISON
SRV SPOKESMAN ISSUES STATEMENT, REBLISHES NOTES ON' MIA'S
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OW131533Y REF BK13.1238Y (HANOI DOMESTIC VIETNAMESE 131100--SRV
SPOKESMAN BLASTS U.S. ATTITUDE IN SRV-U.S. TALKS)
REF OW 131425Y (HANOI VNA FRENCH 131254--U.S., DRV NOTES ON MIA..ISSUE)
FIR ST OF SEVERAL--STATEMENT , NOTES ON MIA
HANOI VNA IN ENGLISH 1518 GMT 13 SEP 76 OW
((TEXT)) HANOI V NA SEPTEMBER 13 -- THE U. S. GOVERNMENT HAS
INTENTIONALLY PURSUED AN ARROGANT AND HOSTILE POLICY TOWARD
VIETNAM, SAYS A STATEMENT RELEASED HERE TODAY BY A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIET NAM.
THE FULL STATEMENT READS AS FOLLOWS:
ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1976, W. SCRANTON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED NATIONS STATED THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS MAKING THE MIA
PROBLEM AN ISSUE AT THE UNITED NATIONS BECAUSE "THERE HAD BEEN NO
PROGRESS THROUGH BILATERAL CONTACTS BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE UNITED
STATES.
THIS IS A MANEUVRE TO BLATANTLY DISTORT THE TRUTH. THE
1INISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM DEEMS IT NECESSARY TO MAKE PUBLIC THE FACT ABOUT THIS MATTER.
AS IS KKNOWN TO EVERYONE, THE GOVERNMENT OF THESOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAS, ON MANY OCCASIONSI STATED ITS VIEWPOINTS
CONCERNING THE OUTSTANDING POSTWAR PROBLEMS BETWEEN VIETNAM
AND THE UNITED STATES AND THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AS STIPULATED BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT..
BY PRACTICAL DEEDS, VIETNAM HAS CLEARLY SHOWN ITS SERIOUS
INTENT AND GOODWILL. SINCE MARCH 26, 1976, VIETNAM AND THE
UNITED STATES HAVE, ON THREE OCCASIONS, EXCHANGED NOTES REGARDING
THE TALKS T O BE HELD BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
THE TWO SIDES HAVE AGREED TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF EITHER
SIDE'S INTEREST: THE MIA ISSUE RAISED BY THE U.S. SIDE AND
THE U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALING OF WAR WOUNDS AND, ON
THIS BASIS, THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN VIETNAM
AND THE UNITED STATES, RAISED BY THE VIETNAMESE.
THE TWO SIDES HAVE ALSO AGREED ON THE LEVEL AND THE SITE
FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS. IN ITS AUGUST 279, 1976, NOTE ADDRESSED
TO.THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC O.F VIET,NAM PROPOSED.Tt(AT LIAISON
OFFICIALS OF THE' TWO SIPiS U!OULA MEET TO'DISCUSS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST MEETING. BUT- SO -FAR , THE U. S. SIDE HAS NOT YET
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ON SEPTEMBER 6 1976 IN ORDER TO CREATE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
FOR SUCH TALKS, THE VIETNAM EMBASSY I N PARIS CONVEYED T O THE U.S.
SIDE THE INFORMATION GATHERED ABOUT 12 U.S. PILOTS WHO HAD. BEEN
KILLED IN THEIR ATTACKS ON NORTH VIETNAM.
THIS GESTURE OF GOOD WILL BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY THE WORLD AND AMERICAN
PUBLIC OPINION.
BUT THE U. S. ADMINISTRATION REFUSED TO RESPOND SERIOUSLY.
IT STUBBORNLY INSISTED ON VIETNAM'S FULL AND IMMEDIATE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 8(B) OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT REGARDING
THE MISSING PERSONNEL WHILE OBDURATELY REFUSING TO FULFIL ITS
OBLIGATION OF CONTRIBUTING T O HEAL TO HEAL THE W OU ND S OF WAR
IN VIETNAM AS STIPULATED BY ARTICLE 21 OF THE AGREEMENT.
ON THE ONE HAND, IT HAS NOT REPLIED TO THE VIETNAMESE NOTE
OF AUGUST 27, 1976, AND DELAYED THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN
THE TWO SIDES; ON THE OTHER HAND IT STATED THAT THE
BILATERAL CONTACTS WERE UNFRUITFUL.
THIS IS AN ARROGANT ATTITUDE,. CONTRARY TO REASON AND INTERNATIONAL'
LAW. THE UNITED STATES CANNOT DEMAND THAT VIETNAM IMPLEMET
ONE ARTICLE OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON VIETNAM WHILE THE UNITED
STATES REFUSES TO CARRY OUT ANOTHER ARTICLE OF THE SAME AGREEMENT.
IN THIS SITUATION, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
OF VIETNAM DECIDES TO MAKE PUBLIC THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE RECENT PAST. IT WILL BE
CLEARLY SEEN THAT THE U. S. GOVERNMENT HAS INTENTIONALLY PURSUED
AN ARROGANT AND HOST ILE POLICY TOWARD VIETNAM,. THAT IT HAS MAD:,
A VOLTE-FACE AND DECEIVED PUBLIC OPINION.
THE UNITED STATES MUST BEAR FILL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS
ACTIONS PREVENTING THE TALKS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PARIS AGREEMENT PROVISIONS REGARDING THE MIA AND THE U.S.
OBLIGATION IN HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WAR IN VIETNAM..
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAS
CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED ITS SERIOUS STAND AND ITS ATTITUDE
OF GOOD WILL IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS
BETWEE N THE TWO SIDES.
IF THE UNITED STATES REALLY DESIRES AN EARLY MEETING
BETWEEN- THE -TWO-SIDES TO SOL-VE--THESE -QUESTIONS, IT MUST
ABANDON ITS OBDURATE ATTITUDE AND GIVE A PROMPT REPLY TO THE
AUGUST 27, 1976, NOTE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM*
HANOI, SEPTEMBER 13, - 1976.-. 131518 SIDHARTO SU 13/1642Z. S
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