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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000100030008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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ddv Nior Release 2000/05/05: CIA-RDP78-01634R000100030008-0
25X1A2g
Vietnamese-West German technical ?exohaugei, agreement yin the
maakkip g : outhr.Metnamese officja1-has? informed Ambassador
on ant in Bonn that a West German-Vietnamese technical ex-
change agreement is being worked out whereby German techni-t
cians will go to Vietnam and Vietnamese students will go
to Germany.
This source also stated that continuing Vietnamese ef-
forts to achieve West German recognition of Vietnam are en-
couraging, although it appears that the Germans are largely
interested in economic and commercial advantages at this
time. He stated that the Germans seem to have some ques-
tion on Vietnam's stability and are apparently awaiting the
outcome of the 1956 election issue before committing them-
selves diplomatically. 4 Oct 55) 25X1A2g
Comment: Such a technical exchange agreement with West
Germany is indicative of burgeoning Vietnamese economic inde-
pendence.. The relative ease with which the negotiations
have been carried out will probably encourage the Vietnamese
to seek other similar arrangements abroad.
West Germans have been extremely active in developing
commercial relations in the Far East and have welcomed this
approval by the Vietnamese.