ADDITIONAL COMMUNIST CLARIFICATION OF THE "7 POINTS"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-254-4-13-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: July 9, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUgJ~CTs Aetditional Communist~Clarificatton of the ~'7 Polnt?"~
privatel conversations with the French, and in further' public stet?-
dents, the Communist side has provided additional alartttcation a!
the "T-point" proposal. ~: ,
Political and NEtlitaxY_Linkage, . ,
xn r~onve~aations with Froment=Mes4~ri,ce,, Madame $inh ion June 18)
and Xuan'~''huy (on June 21) stressed the indivistbtltty of poxttical and
? military considerations in any settlement.
The day after she made her "7-point" proposal, Madame Binh told
Schumann that while theca two aepe~ctw~ arm linked, withdrawal could
be nettled itrst, while the V4etnaznese? ~etart their study of political
problems. She added that the Vietnamese elections provide Preesi~
dent Nixon with an excellent opportunity to start moving toward a
settlement o~ th~- war, taut i~ the U. S. retains '~`hte~tt in power, it
would show President Ntxan does not want peace.
Lit the .July 8 sex~sion, Madame Binh accused the U. S? o~ using the
"S~-tgon Admtntstration" to impt,ement its policteas of "aggression"
and V'ietnamis+5ation. She thus associated the C~VN with two~o~ then
punt one .withdrawal demands (end t'he U. S. "war o~ aggression"
and stop. Vtetnamiasatton].
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Xuan Z'1~uy and Madames Binh both told Troment.Meux ca that~witk~~
d~aw~l included canazntc and military aesists~nce~? ~Tuy satd thby
ware >irtn~ withdrawal in a ge~ne~ric senro, meaning the tc-tal rt?ppage
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ai ae~ rirt~-aaa to ~ha pa Brent Saigon regime by all n~-tionr an the U. ffi.
ride. ,~ '
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by Le ;
i~o mated that economic asrtrtance could be dir~curse~ ettalcen
;her (part-Thiea) adminirtrattan. (Thtr tollawr the 1
Luc Tho on July B.)
Altha~-gh theee,~tatr-mantr preceded the'~7~potnt" propvral,' they ' ,
undaubtadly reprer~ent the prerent Cammunirt pvrttton. '
The PRG~ apaka~rnan an ~'uly ~ rts-tad "'wtthdrawal" {under ba i~aidne)
did nc-t tncl,u;de equtpxnez~t turned over to the GYN. Thtr~
relate~- to point three ~rtatur of Ytetnamewe r,r~nad t'arcer) snd would
be dealt with later: '
Timin v~ the "7' Paints"
On Jul ~~ Mat Yan Ho gavo ~"rench raprerantattve in Hanai 9urtni
.the ~pllrrwing~rearonr why the '!7 pvtnt+~" had bean prerented nowt
? ?~ ,pi- new wtthdra~wal d~-ta war needed Atha earlier one hatvin~
bean avertakon);
The tmmtnenae of the South Ytetnamers ~reridenttal
elactic~nr~
.,; The favorably international and A,rnerican climate.
Sb co~temded tti-r-t xe~acti~ot~i af' the "'~ pvintr" would reriou~ly comW
pltcate~ T;hiau'r reelection. He denied that NLP election statements
either ~fava~ed or opporad General Minh.. ~ .
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