COMMUNIST STATEMENTS REGARDING INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM AND POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS

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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS REGARDING INTERVENTION
IN VIETNAM AND POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS
1 February 1966
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington 25, D. C.
1 February 1966
Attached is a compilation of Communist
statements on possible direct military interven-
tion in the Vietnam situation., and on possible
negotiations toward a settlemnt, received
since our biweekly report (OCI No. 1018/66)
issued 15 January 1966.
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INTERVENTION
USSR Moscow's position on the
subject of negotiations
has not changed in the last
two weeks.
China The Chinese are continu-
ing their vehement propa-
ganda attack upon the US
peace effort and are as-
serting that it is a
"swindle" designed to
mask US escalation of
the war.
DRV From the recent propa-
ganda statements on the
subject of negotiations,
it would appear that the
US peace effort has in
no way weakened Hanoi's
resolve to prosecute the
war to a "final victory"
on Communist terms.
Statements on the occasion
of the lunar new year--
Tet--reflected this con-
fidence in eventual vic-
tory. They also indi-
cated, however, that the
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The Soviet Union's public
expressions of support for
the DRV have given no indi-
cation of change in its
position.
Peking continues to imply
that it will not take the
lead in provoking a war
with the US and to stress
that the Vietnamese must
bear the primary responsi-
bility for defeating the US
in Vietnam. Chinese public
statements, however, are
implying that the risk of
a Sino-US war will increase
as the Vietnam war escalates
and are underscoring Peking's
determination to prepare
itself to withstand a US
attack.
There have been no signifi-
cant statement by the North
Vietnamese on the subject of
intervention during the
past two weeks.
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DRV war will be a long one,
Cont'd that there will be a
resumption of the US
bombings, and that the
"escalation" of the war
by the US will continue.
To this effect, recent
statements out of Hanoi
have attempted to pre-
pare the DRV populace for
a long struggle and a
resumption of the air
strikes.
NFLSV The Liberation Front has There have been no signi-
continued to attack the ficant statements by the
current US peace effort NFLSV on the subject of
.as a "hoax" designed to intervention during the
cover up further US past two weeks.
escalation of the war.
At the same time, Front
officials have reiterated
their determination to
press on with the war
despite anything the US
may do and to reach a
final victory on their
own terms.
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COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON INTERVENTION IN VIETNAM
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Selected Chinese Communist References to
Intervention I-3
COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM
Selected Soviet References to Negotiations N-=1
Selected Chinese Communist References to
Negotiations N-3
Selected North Vietnamese References to
Negotiations N-6
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Negotiations N-11
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Selected Soviet
PubT-1c statements
Selected Soviet
Private Statements
14 January 1966: The USSR-DRV
communique o owing the Shele-
pin visit stated that the two
parties "...examined specific
questions relating to further
Soviet assistance to the DRV
in developing its economy,
strengthening its defenses,
and repulsing US imperialist
aggression." It also stated
a "new agreement was signed
on additional Soviet assistance
to the DRV."
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17 January 1966: In the So-
viet-Mongolian communique
following the Brezhnev visit,
"the sides confirmed their
readiness to go on rendering
every necessary support and
assistance to the fraternal
socialist state--the DRV--
in the struggle against im-
perialist aggression."
26 January 1966: CPSU
Secretariat member Sus-
lov, at the congress of
the Italian Communist
Party, reiterated the
The announcement of the "new
agreement"was to be expected.
On balance, there will prob-
ably be no drastic changes in
the extent or type of Soviet
aid already extended, which
has been primarily defen-
sive in nature but of a
gradually increasing level
of sophistication.
Both of these statements re-
play the longstanding Soviet
pledge of support in streng-
theningthe DRV's defense.
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Selected Soviet
Public Statements
26 January 1966 Cont'd: stand-
ard ovie sta emen at "The
Soviet Union is rendering all-
round support to the fraternal
people of Vietnam..." He
added that, "Under an agreement
with the DRY Government, our
country, particularly during
the past year, rendered to
Vietnam substantial assistance
for strengthening its defense
capabilities."
Selected Soviet
Private Statements
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Selected Chinese
Public tatemen s
Selected Chinese Communist References to Intervention
anywhere or at any time it be-
Vietnam. The Chinese responded
"My country has now given the
order to go on a war footing.
We are ready to take on the US
reach a peaceful settlement in
stated that China would ave
sent troops to fight in Viet-
nam except for the fact that
this is exactly what the US
wanted an excuse to attack
China--but added that China
was perfectly capable of de-
feating the US without the aid
of any other socialist state.
20 January 1966: Liao Cheng-
chih, Chairman of the Over-
seas Chinese Affairs Commis-
sion, declared that "We are
planning all our tasks on
the basis of the assumption
that US imperialists will
forcibly impose a war on us.
The Chinese attache's com-
ments parallel Peking's re-
cent public statements imply-
in that China will not take
the lead in provoking a war
with the US, but is preparing
for hostilities which it ex-
ects the US to initiate.
The charge's comments reflect
continued Chinese reluctance
to face a military showdown
with the US together with a
degree of sensitivity to
possible charges that Peking's
cautious behavior makes the
Chinese look like paper dragons.
Peking continues to imply that
it will not take the lead in
provoking a war with the US.
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Selected Chinese
Private Statements
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Pu is tatements
20 January 1966 Cont'd: If it
ares to carry out aggression
against us, we are determined
to deal with it to the end."
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24 January 1966: The People's
ai y efi toria declares at
T'The -Chinese government and peo-
ple staunchly support the firm
stand of the Vietnamese people
to carry through to the end
their struggle against US
aggression and to save the
country. The Chinese people
are convinced that the Viet-
namese people ...will cer-
tainly fight with redoubled
effort and smash the Johnson
administration's war exten-
sion plan and with it, the
US aggressors in Vietnam."
Selected Chinese
Private tatements
Comments
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This is a very generalized
restatement of Peking's routine
pledge to support the Viet-
namese. It reflects Peking's
view that the Vietnamese must
bear the primary responsibility
for defeating the US in t_
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Selected Soviet
Public Statements
COMMUNIST STATEMENTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM
Selected Soviet Statements on Negotiations
Selected Soviet
Private Statements Comments
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Moscow's public support for
Hanoi's stand on a settle-
ment of the Vietnamese war
remains unchanged. Shelepin
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bility of entering talks at
this time, but evidently
failed to elicit any commit-
ment.
14 January 1966: The Soviet-
DRV communique following
Shelepin visit stated that
the Soviet Union pledged
"full support for the Viet-
namese people's just struggle
against US imperialism's
aggression and full support
for the four points of the
NFLSV, the only lawful repre-
sentative of the South Viet-
namese people, outlined in
its statement of 22 March
1965."
16 January 1966: During a
speech in Mongolia, Soviet
party chief Brezhnev defended
the principle of "peaceful
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Selected Soviet
Public Statements
Selected Soviet
Privy a tatements
16 January 1966 Cont'd: coex-
istence," stating that Soviet
foreign policy sought to
"liquidate the hotbeds of
war, and to settle interna-
tional controversies by nego-
tiations." At the same time,
he supported the position
of the DRV and the NFLSV on
the question of a Vietnam
settlement.
21 January 1966: TASS car-
ried Japanese Foreign Minis-
ter Shiina's remarks which
quoted Premier Kosygin as
saying, "The Soviet Union
is not involved in this
conflict and the Soviet
side naturally cannot
'mediate' in any way in
this conflict."
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Selected Chinese
Public to ements
Selected Chinese
Private Statements
18 January 1966: A Chinese
Foreign Ministry statement
protesting alleged US mili-
tary actions in Laos de-
clared that just when the
US "is energetically ad-
vertising to the whole
world its 'sincere desire
for peace,' US imperialism
is in fact surreptitiously
dropping thousands of tons
of bombs" over Laos. It
added, In engineering the
peace talks fraud on the
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The Chinese official was re-
flecting the public Chinese
line on negotiations. Peking
has never publicly stated that
a US troop withdrawal must
precede negotiations. How-
ever, the Chinese have strongl325X1
implied that this was a pre-
requisite for any negotiations
on Vietnam. F 1,
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18 January 1966 Cont'd: Vietnam
question, the Johnson administra-
tion is shamelessly playing on
the desire of the people of
the world for peace and using
mellifluous words to camouflage
the uaruarous war it is car-
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Selected Chinese
Private Statements
stated that China was agains
a negotiated settlement of
the Vietnam problem because
the Vie-tnamese were deter-
mined to fight until victory.
He added that since the
leaders in Hanoi had during
the past two weeks repeatedly
asserted that the acceptance
of their four-point plan was
essential, and as the US re-
fused to accept the four
points, it would seem impos-
sible for an negotiations to
take place.
24 January 19.66: The Peo-
ple's Daily editorial e
cTarediat "The ridiculous
farce of the Johnson ad-
ministration on the Vietnam
question has been staged
for a month. It has clamored
for 'peace' almost every day,
but what it has done is 'war."'
It added, "Anyone who respects
Another private variation
on Peking's standard line
concerning negotiations.
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US peace effort, asserting 25X1
that it is designed to
camouflage US escalation of
the war.
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Selected Chinese
Public Statements
Selected Chinese
Private Statements
18 January 1966 Cont'd: facts
will readily see that the
Johnson administration has
not the least desire to seek
a peaceful settlement of the
Vietnam question in accordance
with th ie n
people.
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Selected North Vietnamese References to Negotiations
Selected DRV
Public Statements
16 January 1966: An article in
the DHV party daily by "Obser-
ver" stated in part that "to
reach a peaceful solution in
Vietnam, the US Government
must solemnly recognize the
four-point stand of our
government and prove it with
practical deeds, and at the
same time definitely and un-
conditionally end their
bombings and other acts of
war against North Vietnam."
16 January 1966: During the
course of an interview with a
Czech correspondent, DRV ambas-
sador to Czechoslovakia Pham
Van Su stated that "the politi-
cal solution of the Vietnamese
was possible only if US
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DRV Government's four-points
and proved this by deeds."
19 January 1966: A commentary
in the par y daily stated
in part that "in reply to the
US acts of war intensification
and expansion, the Vietnamese
people will certainly continue
their talks with guns and fire.
These talks will only stop
Selected DRV
Private Statements
Since the bombing pause began,
DRV propaganda has laid heavy
emphasis on the fact that,in
addition to agreeing to the
four-points the US must prove
its good intentions by practi-
cal deeds, and by uncondi-
tionally ending the bombings
of the DRV.
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Public Statements
Selected DRV
Private Statements
19 January 1966 Cont'd: when
the imperialists' will to
invade Vietnam is shattered.
The Vietnamese people have time
and again declared that in order
to win back independence and
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to fight for another five,
ten, twenty years or more."
20 January 1966: In a letter
of protest to the ICC, the
Liaison Mission of the VPA
High Command demanded that
"the US must stop its war of
aggression in South Vietnam,
withdraw from there all units
of US and satellite troops,
all US weapons and other war
materials, particularly all
poison gases and other
chemicals, definitively and
unconditionally end the war
of destruction against the
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rectly implement the 1954
Geneva agreement on Vietnam."
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21 January 1966: The DRV
Foreign Ministry spokesman
issued a statement denouncing
the continued strengthening
of the US military establish-
ment in South Vietnam. The
As if to counter the US peace
effort, the North Vietnamese
have issued a series of
Foreign Ministry statements
which tend to give a more
official character to their
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Public Statements
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21 January 1966 Cont'd: state-
ment in part eman a that the
US "respect and correctly im-
plement the 1954 Geneva agree-
ments on Vietnam, stop its
aggression against South Viet-
nam, withdraw all US and
satellite troops and weapons
from South Vietnam to allow
the South Vietnamese people
to settle their own affairs
themselves. At the same time,
the US must end permanently
and unconditionally its
bombing of and all other war
acts against the DRV."
zsive. e or ie namese
representative pointed out
that although the 14 points
added nothing new, if the
US should change its mind
about accepting Pham Van
Bong's four-points as a
basis for discussing, then
"we can look into the matter
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22 January 1966: VNA in a
broadcast reviewing last
year's "military victories"
Selected DRV
Private Statements
attacks on the US position
in Vietnam. These state
ments
have
not, however, depar
ted
from
the standard DRY po
si-
tion
voiced in the DRV n
ews
media
and in public statements
by DRY officials.
Hanoi has repeatedly pointed
to the world support its posi-
tion on settling the war has
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Public Statii-ments
Selected DRY
Private Statements
22 January 1966 Cont'd: stated
in part that e our-point
stand of the DRY Government
and the five-point statement
of the NFLSV have received
ever broader support from the
governments and peoples of
many countries and have been
25Xtegarded as the sole, correct
asis for the settlement of
25 he Vietnam problem."
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P Dong replied to a
series of questions placed to
mentsfour-point proposal for
settling the war and insisted
a political solution to the
war can only be envisaged
when the US accepts them, and
has proven this by actual
deeds. Dong also insisted
that the US must at the same
time stop unconditionally
and for good its air raids
and all other acts of war
against the DRV.
28 January 1966: DRY Presi-
dent Ho Chi Minh in a letter
sent to the heads of state
of the socialist countries
and other states interested
in the Vietnam situation
enjoyed as an indication that
it is in fact the most cor-
rect basis for solving the
conflict.
Dong's remarks amount to a
reiteration of the standard
position that Hanoi has
taken on settling the war.
It would appear from his re-
marks that the US peace effort
has in no way weakened the
resolve of the Vietnamese
Communists to prosecute the
war to a "final victory" on
their terms.
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Public Statements
28 January 1966 Cont'd: dis-
counted the US 14 point pro-
posal as an attempt by the US,
to justify "clinging to South
Vietnam and maintaining there
the puppet administration
rigged up by it and to per-
petuate the partition of
Vietnam." Ho followed up
his attack on the US posi-
tion by stating the standard
DRV position on settling the
war. He insisted that "if
the US Government really wants
a peaceful settlement, it
must accept the four-point
stand of the DRV Government
and prove this by actual
deeds. It must end uncondi-
tionally and for good all
bombing raids and other war
acts against the DRV. Only
in this way can a political
solution to the Vietnam
problem he envisaored 11
Selected DRV
Private Statements
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Front Public Statements
21 January 1966: A statement by
the Central -Committee of the
Liberation Front stated in part
that "so long as the US imperial-
istsstill refuse to act in ac-
cordance with the 22 March 1965
statement of the NFLSV, the
South Vietnamese people are
determined not to lay down
their weapons, and millions
like one man, they are deter-
mined to fight until final
victory."
Selected Liberation
Front Private Statements
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Liberation Front state-
ments since the US peace
offensive began have con-
tinued to reflect a de-
termination to match
whatever the US may do
in a military sense in
South Vietnam. At the
same time they have voiced
confidence that the strug-
gle against the US will
be settled on Communist
terms.
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