MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY (ICI) INTO US CRIMES IN INDO-CHINA, HELD IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, 10 - 16 OCTOBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005430994
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 21, 2010
• Case Number: F-2009-01396
• Publication Date: October 25, 1972

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15 OCTOBER 1972
TING OF INTERNATZONA~COhPtISSION OF INQUIRY (ICI
CHIATA. HELD IN COPENHAGEN,
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SU444ARX: THE THIRD
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(ICI) WAS,pTTENDED BY 20
MEfilBERS. ~ THE SOVIET P,
AND THSAAR~TED EFFOR'
FOR THE ~}$lCT
1972 -
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S TO INSERT INTEM~~
0 THE CONi
ING STATEMENT F tiEE'
SSIGK ?OF- T.NB,,.CONtdISSION.-NAB- L&&S~.ZiDTit8T8RD~ 1~ NOV
THIRD SESSION OF THE ICI INTO US G$IMES IN ~~
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Y R b A L. THE GANIZATItiNAL WORR, ROWBVE
ERTAKEN BY THE ICI'S SECI~~T~RY GENERAL
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AI.TliOUGR T WERE ONLY 20 PBRMANENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SENT, 80ME
39 ApDITiONAL SONS WERB "pd-OPTED" A8 ~IP~ISERS POR THE TE1 SESSION."
$TN47G (ALLY M~tE WERE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE CLOSED HE NGS AND SLVCE LT
NA$ IM~,'TANT TO THE R6ANI2ER& THAT T88 COMMISSION APP TO BE A WIDSi.Y-
REPRE!liptJTATIVB EDDY, T DEVICE OF CO-OP?INO MEMBERS VE FAA WIDER PARTICI-
PATI9N TO THE WORK OP THE SSION. MORE TAAN S OBSERVERS AND GUESTS,
ALMOST ItAI.P OP WHOM WERE JAP SE, WEAE P ED TO ATTEND ONLY THE OPEN
~, PIVE "RAPPOETEURS" ~'~- TI i S 6 0, F38p~! A N~F~ ,, MARZLYN
M$ETINSe5 OP TILE COitR4ISSI0N.
A 8 T M 0 T 0 OF JAfM~1-+ &SED T CfE~1ISS~SJ. THE FOLLOWING "U,S :
M A E E. AND PROFE5~~~~? ~,y,-~ U. S~ AND ~ t0
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SPEECHES: E JOHN H A L I N ST_ E~~
WITNESSES" AL30 GAVE
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OP THE SOVIET UNI , PELLEjYJ E L L S T R O M OF NORWAY FRANK u- ~-,~.
4. 0 VIETNAMESE, EITHER FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIE (DRV)
OAF THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOItERNMENT (PRG) OF SOUTH VI ,WERE 5
4
ED AS COMMISSION MEMBERS OR CO-OPTED MEMBERS OF THE SESSION. REPRES ATIVB~
ANA BIS WIFE DIANE P~~O~ R~wR I~ S AND JAMES
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 "CONCLUDING STAY
HOWEVER, WERE PRESENT THROUGH THE SIX DAYS OF THE
T9EETIDTG AND WE IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH THE COMMISSION'S ORGANI
CLOSET? DOORS. T TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THE DRAFTING OFT SESSION'S
LAO PATRIOTIC FRONT.
DEFEAT FOR TH
A VICTORY FOR T
AVOIDED WHEN REFERR
CLUDING STATI~SENT I3
IIIENT CONDI~ED THE U.S. FOR THE
ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WORLD TO MARB THE
AND RESOLU~NS CONTAINED FREQUENT REFERENCES TO "AMIX2ICAN IMPEttIAL~STS AND THEIR
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 THAT THE C ENHAGEN MEETING HAD BEEN CALLED ONLY TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES IN
INDOCHINA, AA THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE USED~AS A PROPAGANDA PLA' ORM FOR OTHER,G$OUPS
SEEKING TO YUBLi E A*1D EXPLOIT THEIB PARTICULAR GRIEVANC IF THESE WERE NOT
AIRECTLY LINKED TO WORK OF THE COMMISSION. COMMENT: SEE
WIDELY REPRESENTATIVE AS POSSIBLE. OV AND POLTORAK THEREFORE SUCCESSFULLY
CONDUCTID ITS WOBK IN A BUSINESS-LI F ION, AVOIDED POLEMICS. AND WAS AS
BE CO-0PTED AS MEMBEES OF THE ISSION FOR HZRD SESSION ONLY. THEY FURTHER
DEGED SOME OF THESE INDIVI S'Tp EXE&T WHATEV PRESSURE THEY COULD, BOTH IN
WORKING SESSIONS AND IN IVATE MEETINGS, TO YERSU E THE VIETNAMESE TO BE MORE
"REALISTIC" AND TO AG E TO MODERATE THE LANGUAGE THE ORIGINALLY WISHED TO
USE IN THE CONCLUD G STATEMENT.
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REMOVED
SEARCE, AND PROPAGANDA.
ADOR RUSSELL ONLX; PARIS
SRAM ONLY; SAIGON FOR AMBASSADOR
IMPOSSIELE TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTO-
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