FIRST ADD 53 (VNA ENGLISH TEXT OF DRV STATEMENT) XXX BY MID-OCTOBER, 1972

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ISIS 54
FIRST ADD 53 (VNA ENGLISH TEXT OF DRV STATEMENT)
XXX BY MID-OCTOBER, 1972.
(TEXT) THE. ABOVE INITIATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM BROUGHT THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE VIETNAM PROBLEM,
WHICH HAD DRAGGED ON FOR FOUR YEARS NOW9 ONTO THE PATH TO A SETTLEMENT.
THE AMERICAN SIDE ITSELF ADMITTED THAT THE DRAFT "AGREEMENT ON
ENDING THE WAR AND RESTORING PEACE IN VIETNAM" PUT FORWARD BY
THE DRV SIDE WAS INDEED AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENT
WHICH OPENED UP THE WAY TO AN EARLY SETTLEMENT.
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS, ON OCTOBER 17, 1972, THE
DEMOCRAT!C REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES REACHED
4 REEMENT ON ALMOST ALL PROBLEMS ON THE BASIS OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT
OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, EXCERPT FOR ONLY TWO i1NAGREE!)
ISSUES. WITH ITS GOODWILL, THE DRV SIDE DID ITS UTMOST TO REMOVE
THE LAST OBSTACLES IN ACCEPTING THE AMERICAN SIDE'S PROPOSALS ON
THE TWO REMAINING O1UEST!ONS IN THE AGREEMENT. IN HIS OCTOBER
10, 1972, MESSAGE TO THE PREMIER OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPRECI ATFO THE GOODWILL
OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE
IORM!TLATION OF THE AGREEMENT COULD BF CONSIDERED COMPLETE.
BrJT, IN THE SAME MESSAGE, HE RAISED A NUMBER OF COMPLEX POINTS.
DESIROtTS OF RAPIDLY ENDIN THE 14AR AND RESTORING PEACE IN VIETNAM,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CLEARLY
EKPLAINED ITS VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT. IN HIS OCTOBER 22, 1972,
WSS.AGE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE -UNITED STATES EXPRESSED SATISFACTION
WITH THE EXPLANATIONS GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. THUS BY OCT06ER 22, 1972, THE FORMI,ILATION
OF THE AGREEMENT WAS COMPLETE.
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THE MAIN issu ;s cF- 'rPE ATiREt.T'T NT wtiicn HAVE tar EN A'3HEEV UPON
MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
1) THE UNITED STATES RESPECTS THE INDEPENDENCE, SOVERFI(;NTY,
UNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF VIETNAM (?AS) RECOGNIZED
BY THE 1954 GENEVA AGREEMENTS.
2) TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE SIGNIN OF THE AGREEMENT,
A CEASE-FIRE SHALL BE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT SO11TH VIETNAM. THE
INITED STATES WILL STOP ALL ITS MILITARY ACTIVITIES, AND END THE
BOMBING AND MINING IN NORTH VIETNAM. WITHIN 60 DAYS, THERE WILL
EE A TOTAL WITHDRAWAL FROM SOUTH VIETNAM OF TROOPS AND MILITARY
PERSONNEL OF THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE OF THE FOREIGN COUNTa!ES
<ED WITH THE UNITED STATES AND WITH THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM,
THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE PARTIES SHALL NOT ACCEPT THE INTROD""!`TION
OF TROOPS, MILITARY ADVISERS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMAMENTS,
Mt1NIT IONS, AND WAR MATERIAL INTO SOUTH VIETNAM. THE TWO SOUTH
VIETNAMESE PARTIES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO MAKE PERIODICAL REPLACEMENTS
OF ARMAMENTS, MUNITIONS, AND WAR MATERIAL THAT HAVE BEEN WORN
OUT OR DAMAGED AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE, ON THE BASIS Or PIECE FOR
PIECE OF SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPERTIES. THE UNITED
SPATES WILL NOT CONTTNIUE ITS MILITARY INVOLVEMENT OR INTERVENE
CIIN THE) INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF SOUTH VIETNAM.
3) THE RETURN OF ALL CAPTURED AND DETAINED PERSONNEL OF THE
PARTIES SHALL BE CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE U.S. TROOPS'
WITHDRAWAL .
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