U.S. SAYS RED VIETNAM SELLS MOVIES OF CAPTIVE FLIERS

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
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• Publication Date: September 22, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Chi lest, IS~RDCttiE~15 i, 9;
Ambassador IIu said terro
bombing and subsequent shoo
ing of Col. Chung Tao, nomina
be embassy intelligence chie
members of the Saigon - Gi
)mh Viet Cong terror cell.
Saigon police and intelligen
sources here had linked t
t activity, and police called
the work of "Red Guards."
"Warning To Chinese"
"This was a direct terror
Nationalist cause.
At least a dozen murders
prominent anti-communists,
said.
lieves the bomb was aimed
figure in the anti-Commun
camp here."
Infiltration Obstacle
The Nationalist Embassy
Saigon is "a big obstacle"
ty, Hu said, adding that a ye
ago he received a letter
Chinese warning him to sto
pressing the Nationalists' cas
among overseas Chinese.
The bombing, Hu continue
c t on the Chinese Commun
1 1 the United States and h
?red the Vietnames
i' :is an internal Chinese affai
t is thet Communist hop
f' the United States will too
this as an internal matter,
i finer such incidents in the f
measures are taken.
llu said the routine guard
five Chinese plainclothes mil
time of the blast, with on
Vietnamese policeman statione
across the street.
Embassy previously had co
suited the Vietnamese Gover
anent on increasing securit
measures. Asked why they wen
not then in effect, he sal
"These things take time."
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Washington, Sept. 21-Author-
ities here, have evidence that
picture films involving captured
Attempts are being made to
the United States and Europe, it
is reported, at prices exceeding
$100,000. In ore instance, $500,-
figure for footage that runs for
The films pr?eesumahly would
crews were al=.owed to make the
Cause Of Concern
has caused great concern here.
effects they believe the films
stress that prisoners, film-
ed with or without their
knowledged, can he victimi-
zed by doctoring of the
films-by editing, dubbing of
voices, etc. They also point ors`
the possibility that some of the
captives-predominantly airmen
and hence inost hated by the
North Vietna.niese-may have
succumbed to combinations of
mental and physical stresses ofi
the types notorious in thei
Korean war.
No Red Cross Visits
It is emphasized that, while
agencies acceptable to Hanoi
are allowed to film the priso-
ners, International Red Cross
representatives are barred from
visiting them and inspecting the
conditions of their captivity.
Asked today about prisoner
visits in genes al, a Red Cross
spokesman said the internation-
al committee has delegates in
South Viet.iani who visit North
Vietnamese and Viet Cong pri-
soners, but there still is no
success in gaining entry to
n'Ision compo' ed of five sen
five repreentatives and e
public merlibers picked h
President to evaluate the
ress and performance of
and so there is no need to sec Vietnam's newly elected Go
them. t ment.
Geneva Convention The New York P.(-pub
who joinect Senator Kober
Kennedy (i)., N.Y.) and o
in pre-election criticism o
arrangements for the bag;
made by the ruling mil
states that prisoners "must attjunta. said today he though
all times be protected, part.icul-I had helped make the elect
any against acts of violence orlas "free a ? they were."
and public curiosity."
North Vietnam signed the
convention in 1957 with a reser-
vation declaring "that prision-
North Vietnam to see
custody there.
Hanoi says its captives are
war criminals, not entitled to be
regarded as prisoners of war. It
says they are treated humanely
Making propaganda films of
captives scarecely seems to fit
the protection and treatment
terms of the Geneva Convention
of August, 1949. Article 13
Seized By Polite
Saigon, Friday, Sept. 22 (N1--
Vietnamese police seized a for-
mer Economics Minister, Au
Troung Thanh, today, hand-
cuffed him and shoved him into
a Jeep to be taken to police
headquarters.
Thanh, who had been under
virtual house arrest during the
night with about 70 armed po-
r.' h ~n ,"-", ;r
80~?l~ >D .Tti2,i,e;rs
observed. "1 am .vilh~r;;
ept the jutgments of
William C.! "'estmore-ian
the Joint Cli,efs of Start.
"I think w" must plc'~?v at
to negotiations or victory.
Senator -tavits (R...
meanwhile introduced A r
Lion to set up a li-m(
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Op i ins Regained
The most importtint ri
.tavits saki, was that the tJ
States hai: regained its op
to decide he nature and de
erg of war prosecuted and con-iof further participation in
victed for war crimes or for!war and it was now esse
crimes against humanity, in. ac-
cordance with the principle laid
down by the Nuremberg court The bip :rlisan cornmissic
of justice, shall not benefit proposes to evaluate the
from the present convention as~Governrii' pt's ability to c
specified In Article 85." out reforms and reshape
That article says the conven-linilitary .o relieve the Ui
Lion applies to war prisoners I States of some of its cur
accused of penal offenses,
"even if convicted."
No Convictions
There have been no "convic-
tions" as far as is known here.
But Hanoi's reservations in-
crease the aniety to have Inter-
national Red Cross inspection of
prisoner camps.
The government does not say
how many American service-
men are believed to be captives
within North Vietnam.
In the combined action in the
South and over the North, 206
men of all services are listed as
captured and 539 as missing.
Ex-Viet Aide
to get the information on v
to base it future course.
war burten, Javits said. V
assure insulation from "the
litical pr,'ssures and consid
Lions which seem to cola
much of what we are told a
the sitm`ion by Administri
sources.'
Thus, rc said, it could
bridge the "credibility
which e miributes so mucl
divisiveness, bitterness and
confusion surrounding the 5
nam iss: e."
Repre tentative Ford
ich,), House Republ
ence wi iii Dirksen today,
he was deeply concerned"
the S?;ith Vietnamese at
''is'not .tying all it shouid."
On Rigged Vot;ng
in another development t
Dr. D:ivid Warfel, of
University of ;3d;ssouri,
claimec to have spent 6 da
South Vietnam during the r
tion campaign and balloting
an observer for the Division
Peace and World Order of
Methodist Church and the
tional committee for .pane
clear Policy, said he had i