SECOND ADD 22 (DRV GOVERNMENT STATEMENT) XXX TO A SOLUTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-252-10-11-8
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 26, 1972
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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MCOND ADD 22 (DRV GOVERNMENT STATEMENT)
XXX TO A SOLUTION.
(TEXT) AFTER MANY DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS, ON 17
OCTOBER 1972 THE DRV AND THE UNITED STATES REACHED A
RAPPROCHEMENT ON VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE POINTS BASED ON
THE DRV DRAFT AGREEMENT, AND ONLY TWO REMAINING -POINTS
HAD NOT YET BEEN AGREED ON. WITH ROOT) WILL, THE ORV
SIDE TRIED ITS BEST TO PUT ASIDE THE LAST OBSTACLES AND
Off-REED TO THE U.S. PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE LAST TWO PROBLEMS.
IN HIS 2O OCTOBER 1972 MESSAGE TO THE DRV PREMIER,
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WELCOMED THE DRV'S GOOD WILL AND CONFIRMED
THAT THE DOCUMENT (VIETNAMESE: VAWN BARR) OF. THE AGREEMENT
(OULD BE CONSIDERED AS COMPLETED. PUT IN THE SAME MESSAGE,
THE U.S. PRESIDENT ADVAMCED4A NUMBER OF COMPLICATED POINTS.
IN ITS WILLINGNESS TO QUICKLY END THE WAR AND RESTORE
PEACE IN VIETNAM, THE DRV GOVERNMENT CLEARLY EXPLAINED ITS
VIEWS CONCERNING THESE POINTS. IN A MESSAGE DATED 22
OCfOBTR 1972, THE U.S. PRESIDENT EXPRESSED HIS
S%TtSFACTION WITH THE DRV GOVERNMENT'S EXPLANATIONS.
THUS, AS OF 22 OCTOBER 1972 THE DOCUMENT OF THE AGREEMENT
HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THE MAIN POINTS OF THE AGREEMENT,
WHICH HAVE BEEN AGREED ON, ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
1--T!IE UNITED STATES WILL RESPECT THE INDEPENDENCE,..
31VEREIGNTY, UNIFICATION AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF
VIETNAM AS RECOGNIZED BY THE 1954 GENEVA AGREEMENT.
2--TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF AN
06REEMENT ON A CEASE-FIRE THROUGHOUT SOUTH VIETNAM, THE UNITED
4'ATES WILL END ALL MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND END ITS
BOMBING AND MINI,~" OF NORTH VIETNAM. THE UNITED STATES WILL
WITHDRAW COMPLETELY FROM SOUTH VIETNAM WITHIN 60 DAYS
THE FORCES AND MILITARY PERSONNEL OF THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES--ALLIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND
THE RVN, THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE SIDES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
TO ACCEPT THE SENDING OF FORCES, MILITARY ADVISERS, PERSONNEL,
WAF'ONS, AMMUNITION AND WAR MATERIEL INTO SOUTH VIETNAM.
THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE SIDES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
REPLACE AT CERTAIN TIMES WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND WAR
MATERIEL THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO WEAR AND TEAR OR
DAMAGED AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE, ON THE BASIS OF ONE EXCHANGED
TOR ONE OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY. THE
INITED STATES WILL NOT CONTINUE TO INVOLVE ITSELF MILITARILY
CR INTERVENE IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF SOUTH VIETNAM,
3--ALL PEOPLE OF ALL SIDES WHO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND
DETAINED WILL BE RETURNED IN PARALLEL WITH THE WITHDRAWAL
OF U.S. TROOPS.
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4--THE PRINCIPLES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
PEOPLE'S RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION ARE( THE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES THE POLITICAL
FUTURE OF SOUTH VIETNAM THROUGH TRULY FREE AND DEMOCRATIC
C#NERAL ELECTIONS, HELD UNDER INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION.
THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT MAKE ANY PLEDGE WITH AN
FOLITICAL FACTION OR ANY INDIVIDUAL IN SOUTH VIETNAM
AND WILL NOT TRY TO IMPOSE A PRO-U.S. GOVERNMENT IN SAIGON,
if IS NECESSARY TO REALIZE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
NATIONAL CONCORD, INSURE THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY AND ORGANIZE AN ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE UNDER
THE NAME OF THE "COUNCIL OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
NATIONAL CONCORD," CONSISTING OF THREE EQUAL SEGMENTS, TO
SUPERVISE AND URGE THE PRGRSV AND THE RVN GOVERNMENT TO
CARRY OUT THE SIGNED AGREEMENTS AND ORGANIZE GENERAL
A.E CT IO NS.
THE Two SOUTH VIETNAMESE SIDES WILL DISCUSS THE FORMATION
OF COUNCILS AT LOWER LEVELS. THE PROBLEM CONCERNING THE
VIETNAMESE ARMED FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM WILL BE SETTLED
BY THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE SIDES BASED ON THE SPIRIT OF
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL CONCORD, WITH EQUALITY AND
MUTUAL RESPECT, AND WITHOUT FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POSTWAR SITUATION,
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