WAR FOE REPORTS ON THUY'S POSITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100630003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 27, 1968
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Z 9 JUN 1968
David Dellinger, editor of
Liberation magazine and a
leader of campaigns to end
the Vietnam war, reported
yesterday after visiting Paris
that North Vietnam was pre-
pared to discuss issues in-
volving all of Southeast Asia,'
as well as North Vietnam
and South Vietnam, if the
United States would halt all
bombing of North Vietnam.
Mr. Dellinger said he had
met extensively in Paris with
Xuan Thuy, the chief North
Vietnamese negotiator, and
other Hanoi representatives,
and had held private conver-
sations with. the chief of the
United States delegation, W.
Averell Harriman, and his
deputy, Cyrus R. Vance.
North Vietnam's position
in the Paris talks is that it
STAT
North Vietnam and South Viet-Ireadinecs to respond with ' acts~the newly formed South
"
if the United
nam but also questions relating,of goodwill
to all of Southeast Asia. 'States halted bombing. They in-
Some critics of the Paris;sisted they would not discuss
talks have warned that a peacelany substantive issue before
!settlement favorable to Hanoilsuch a halt and rejected any
for a military victory for Hanoi concept of reciprocity.
will not go on to discussions would be a preliminary to Com-1 The North Vietnamese, Mr.
munist moves against other' Dellinger said, took the view
of the future of North Vietnamlcountries in Southeast Asia. that they had already recipro-
and South Vietnam until the) Mr. Dellinger said Hanoi'slcated by agreeing to talk With-
United States agrees to a total stand indicated a willingness to
bombing halt in the north. I broaden the Paris conference to
On March 31, President John-I consider such matters as post-
., h.tt tr% ltnitpd!war security arrangements for
namese Alliance as also
resentative."
Viet-
"rep-
The formation of the alliance
was announced by the libera-
front at the time of the Tet
offensive' against South Viet-
namese cities.
The interest of North Viet-
nam in establishing a new
foundation for postwar rela-
out full American compliancetions 'in Southeast Asia and
with their original condition of with the United States was em-
a total bombing halt. phasized by Robert Greenblatt,
They suggested that they had associated with Mr. Dellinger
made other positive gestures
, in the National Committee to
States bombing in the northern 1; economic development and he said, including the with- End the War in Vietnam.
(part of North Vietnam, whichlrelations between Southeast''drawal of their forces around) Mr. Greenblatt participated in
!includes Hanoi, the capital, and Asian states. IKhesanh.
Haiphong, the principal port. North Vietnam's willingness Mr. Dellinger also said the I
the current Paris talks grew! to broaden the Paris discus-'delegates had noted that they'the Paris discussions. Mr.
out of this move. Visions was said to strengthenlno longer insisted that the Na-,Greenblatt met with Premier
-that when and if the United diplomatic independence of
States halted all bombing, theylboth the Soviet Union and
would be prepared to talk China.
about "everything," including The Hanoi delegates, Mr. Del-
not only matters relating to,linger said, expressed their
litical arm of the Vietcong late May. Among other matters,
guerrillas, be recognized as the Mr. Greenblatt said, Mr. Dong
sole" political representative ;expressed his interest in plac-.
of the South Vietnamese peo-Ming relations with the United
ple. States on a basis of mutual,,
He said they now regarded economic and cultural relations...
The North Vietnamese ob-,
jected to making mutual com-
jmitments on such questions as'.
a cease-fire. They said that-.
!United States military officials,
might charge that the cease-..
fire had been violated and, use
this as '& pretext for renewing;
the war.
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