SECOND ADD 53 (VNA ENGLISH TEXT OF DRV STATEMENT) XXX U.S. TROOPS' WITHDRAWAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-252-10-7-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 25, 1972
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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~COND ADD 53 {VNA ENGLISH TEXT OF DRV STATE'~ENT)
)GXX U. S. TROOPS' WITHDRA~]AL.
tTEXT) 4) THE PRINCIPLES FOR 7HE EXF,R CISE 0 ~ THE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE`S RIGHT Td SELF-1)ETER"]INATION ARE AS 1+OLLOWSs
THE S!JUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE SHALL DECIDE THEMS*LVt~S THE "dLITI^AL
fl1Ti1RE OF SOUTH VIETNAM THROi]GN rENr_IINkLY FREE AND DEMO!'R4TIr
C~NERAL ELECTIONS r~INDER INTERNATIONAL S!1PERVISION: THE ]1NITED
St'ATES IS NOT COMMITTED TO 4NY POLITTCAL TEM]ENCY OR TO ANY
PER SON.ALITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM, AND IT DOES NOT SEEK TO IM~'OSE
A PRO-A)IERICAN REGIME IN SAIGON; NAT IQNAL RECONCILI:RTION AND COyr04D
MILL BE ACHIEVED, ?HE DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES d~ THE PEpPLF
ENSTJRED; A"! ADMINISTR4TIVE STRT]CTc1RE CALLED THE NOTIONAL COt1NrtL
OF NATIONAL RECO~lCILIATION AND CONCORD QF THREE E~1~]AL SEG+~ENTS ~uILL
E'E SET VP TO PROMOTE THIu II~PLEMEt~"~'ATION OF THE STGNI~~} AaR~_'EMx'i~tl'S
19Y THE PROVISIONAL REVOLr]TIO'14RY GOVERNMENT OF THE RE'P1~3LIC AF
g?UTH VIETNA'~ ACID THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPt]BLIC OF VItaTNAM AN') TO
CRGANTZE THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, THE TWD SO1.1TH VIETNAMESE
PARTIES WILL CONS?7LT ABO]1T THE FORMATION OF CQ~tNCtLS AT LOWER
UrVELS; THE t~ttESTION OF VIETNAMESE' ARMED FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SH4LL 3E SETTLED BY THE TWd Sd11TH VIETNAMESE PARTIES IN A SPIRIT O~'
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND CONCORD, E~i1ALITY AND M~1Tt]AL
RESPECT, WITHOUT FOREIGN INTER~'ERFNCE, IN ACCORDAwCF taITH THE' P05T-
W~iR SITt]ATIQN; AMON!3 THE Dt.IESTIdNS TO BE DISCt]SSF'D RY THE 'T~,]0
~rrt`H VIETNAMESE p.4RTIES A~?E STEPS TO REDUCE THE MILITARY
N1MBxR ON BOTH SIDE'5 AND TO DEMOBILI~F' THE TROOPS t3ETN^ RED~tr,Ep; THE T~tQ
9~IJTH VIETNAMESE PARTIES SHALL SICK 4N A!3REEME~]T ON THE IAITFR?VAL
!OTTERS OF SO?1TH VIETNA!~ AS SOON AS POSSI3LF_ AND !~]ILI., Dd TH!~.LR
tTMOST TO ACCflMPI,ISH THIS WITHIN THREE MbNTHS AFTER THE CEASE-~'It:E
Q3MES INTO EFFECT.
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BY STEP THROt-GM PEACEFUL MEANS.
fi) THERE WILT. BE FORMED A FOUR-PARTY JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION,
A'V!] A JOiNt MILITARY COMMISSION 01: THE TWOSO-JTN VIETNAMESE'
PART IES.
!~!V INTERN,4TIONAL COMMISSION OF CONTROL .AND S~JpERVISION SHALL
~ ESTA9LISNED.
AN I!~'tERNATIONAL Gt1ARANTEE C(?NFERENCE' ON VIETNAM ~~~iLL BE
QJNVENED WITHIN 3Q DAYS OF THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT.
7} THE GOVERNMENT OP' THE DEMOCRATIC REPtIBLiC OF VIETNAM, THE
F140VISIONAL REVOLt-TIONARY t~OVERNMENT OF THE REPt1~3LiC OF SOt3TH
ViETN4"?, THE 30VERNM>rNT' OF THE t3NITED STATES 0~ AMERi^A, AyD
THE GOVEItniMENT OF THE RIaPt3BLiC OF VIETNAM SHALL STRICTLY R'ES?FrT
TN'E CAMBODI4N AND LAO PEOPLE:' S >?tl(3NDAMENTAL N4Ti0NAL RIGHTS
AS RE COGNISED SY THE 1954 GENEVq AGREEMENTS ON INDC1CNiN4 A'~D
THE 1952 GENEVA AGREEMENT'S ON LA05, I.F. THE iN7EP'E'~D'ENCE,
31VEREIGNTY, CTWITY AND TERRITORIAL IyTEGRITY OE' THESE CO-.)NTRI1?5.
THEY SHALL RESPECT THE NEUTRALITY OF CA`~f~ODIA AND LOOS. THE rOVE'RNMENT
OF' THE DEMOCRATIC REPf.3f3LIG OF VIETNAM, THE PROVI5ION4L RFVOL'1TIONARY
CIIVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOt?TH VIETNAM, THE GOVER~iMENT OF THE
I.NITirD STATES OF AMERICA AN17 THE aC1VE'RNMENT OF THE REPi1BLIt' OF
VIETNAM L3NDERTAKE TO REFRAIN FROM ~1SIN'3 THE TFRRiTO>~Y OF PA""30DXA A!~D T~ix'
TERRITORY OF L40S TO ENCR04CH ON THE SOVEREIGNTY AND C?SECt3RTTY)
OP' OTHER COC?NTRIE'S. FOREIGN C'Of.1P~TRIES SHALL PC1T AN END TO ALL
MILITARY ACTIVITIES iN LAOS 4ND CA~?OnI4, TOTALLY. u1ITNDRAat
PROM AN~7 REFRAIN FxtOM REINTROD(JCINC I~}TO THESE TWO COt3NTRIES
TROOPS, t~ILiTARY ADVISERS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL, AR"74"4E~?TS,
Mf.INITI0N5 4ND WAR MAI?MRIAL.
THE` INTERNAL AFFAIRS of CAMBODIA AND L~aOS SHALL 3E SETTLED
SY THE' PEOPLE OF EACH OF THESE COCrNTRIES WITHOi3T FOREIGN INTERFERE'~CE.
THE PR0~3LE"9S EXISTING BETWEEN T?IE THREE INDOCHINESE' CO?3NTRIMS
S"tALL BE SETTLED AY THE' INDOCHINESE PARTIES ON THE BASIS Ofi
'F~SPECT FOR EACH OTHER'S IRJDEPE'NDE?3uE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY, AidD NON-I~7TERE'ERENCE IN EACH OTHER'S INTERNAL A~~AIRS.
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THIRD ADD 53 (VNq E'Nf3LISH TEXT OF DRV STATEMENT)
~(X OTNFR' S INTI+RNAL AFFAIRS.
(TEXT) 8) THE ENDING OF THE WAR, THE RESTORATION 0~' PEACE
IN VIETNAM WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR ES7IBLISHINr A NEW,
E7~UAL, AN'? '~tJTUALLY BEVEFICIAL RELATIDNSHI~' BETt~tEEN THE DEMOCRATI^
R~'PU~3LIf~ OF VIETNAM AND THE t.1NITFD STATES. THE (ItdITF'D STATES
WILL CO'.VTRII3UTE TO HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WA~t AND 70 POST-~'AR
RE CONSTRUCrIOV IN THE i~EMOCRgTIC REP(1BLIC OF VIETNAM AND THROrr~;HO?!T
IMOOCHINl~.
9) THIS 4aREEMENT SHALL COME Ii1T0 FORCE qS OF ITS SIr3NINd.
IT WILL BE STh7ICTLY IMPLEMENTED BY ALL THE PARTIES CONrERNED.
THE TWO PARTIES HAVE ALSO AGR>rEi? ON 4 SCHF.D-_Ii..F. FOR THE SIGNINr
Ol" ?HE AGREEMENT. OTC OCT0~3ER 9, I972, AT THE PROPOSAL 0~ THE
(.I.S. SIDE', IT W4S 4GREED THAT 0'v OCTOBER
1~3,
1972,
THE 'JNIT>;D
g'ATES WOr]LD STOP' THE BOM8I1~~ AND MINING
IN
NORTH
VIETNAM:
taN OCT0~3ER 19, 1972, THE TWO PARTIES ~dOt.ILD INITITAL THE TEXT OF
TH>~ AGREF"7ENT IV HANOI; ON OCTOt~ER 2S, 197'?, THE FOREIrN MTNIStFRS
OF THE TWO CO[1NTRIES WOttLD FOR?~ALLY 5IC3N THE AGREEMENT IN !'ARTS.
ON OCTDBF_R 11, 1972, TuE: -~.5. SIDE PROPOSED THE FOLLOWI~1~3 CHAS-GE
'fi THE SCNEDifLE: ON ocxoBER 21 , 19 72, THE !lNITED STATES WOliLD
STOP THE BOs+1I3IW~ AND MINING I!V NORTH VI'FTNAM; ON OCTO~iER 22, 19~?,,
THE Ti~JO PARTIES WOULD INITIAi. THE TEXT OF TN'E 4GREEME'NT IN HA~10I ;
Qd OCT03ER 30, 1972, THE FOREIrN MINISTERS OF THE T~JO COt.7NTRIES
{~Ot~D FORIr1ALLY SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN ~'ARIS. TNT; DEMOCRATIC RE'o-tBLIC
OF VIETNAM AGREED TO THE NEW U,S. SCHEDULE.
ON OCTOBER 20, 1972, t.1NDER THE PRETEXT THAT TH"~RE STILL RE'GAINE'D
A Nt.IMBI?R OF r1NAGREED POINTS, THE I1. S. SIDE AGAIN Pl1T FORTH ANOTHER
SCHEDULE; ON OCTOBER 23, 1972, THE r1NITFD STATES WOt1LD STpP
THE BOMBING AND MINING IN NORTH VIETNAM; ON OCTO'GER?_4, 1972,
THE T~~O PARTIES WOULD INITIAL THE TEXT OF THE AGREE^~ENT IN HAS?OI ;
~ OCT08ER 31, 197?, THE FOFiEIrN ~1INISTERS OF THE TttO CO[iNTRI1;S
4,0!n,D FORMALLY SIGN THE A^REE*SENT IN PARIS. DESPITE THE F4!'T
THAT THE 11. S. SIDE NAD CHAN3ED MANY TIMES WHAT HAD BEEN A aRFFD
17'ON, THE DRV SIDE WITH ITS G04D!~'ILL AGAIN AGREED TO THE U.S.
FRO PO SAL WHILE STRESSING THAT THE r1.S. SIDE SNOl1LD NOT (JNDFR ANY
FRETE7(T CHANGE THE AGREE DSCHEDItLE.
TN(IS, F3Y OCTOBER 22, 197a~, THE DRV SIDE AND THE U.S. SIDE
D AGRE'r'D LOTH ON THE FiJLL TEXT OF THE "AGREEMENT ON ENDINr THE'
AR AND RESTORINa PEACE IN VIETNAM" AND ON A SCHEDtILF TO 73F OBSERVED
R THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE 4GREEMENT ON OCTOBER 31, 1972.
.VIOUSLY, THE TWO SIDES H.AD ASREED UPON AN AGREEMENT QF EXTRE^~~'LY
1MP0'RTANT SIG NIFiCANCE, WHICH ~!EETS THE tJISHi:S OF THE PEOPLES
IN VIETNAM, THE (.tNITED .STATES AND THE WORLD.
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SIDS' ASAIty *c~.r~nnc.v iu ulrrt~+!~..~iG~ itv ~gt~;vn, uc,~^r~nucu inai THE.
NEGOTIATIONS BE CONTIN-)ED FOR RESOLVINr NEW PROBLEMS, AND
DID NOT SAY ANYTHTNr3 ABOt]T THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS COMMITMENTS
1NDF'R THE gGREE+J SCHEDL3LE. THIS BEHAVIO-tR OF THE ]1.5. SIDE H4S
~0rJC,HT ABOtII` A VERY SERIOt1S SITt]ATION t,1HICH RISKS TO ~]EOPARDIT_,F
THE SIGNINQ OF THE "AGREEMENT ON ENDINS THE WAR AND RESTORING
FEACE IN VIETNAM."
THE S0~-CALLED DIFFICt1LTIES IN SAIGON REPRESENT A MERE PRET;NT OF TH'E
VIET!`lAM PROBLEM.
THE A130VE SHOtdS THAT THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION IS NOT NEGOTtATLNG
t~IITN A SERIOi1S ATTITUDE AND r00DWILL IN ORDER TO FND THE 41A>7
AND RESTORE PEACE IN VIETNAM. ALL IT IS DOING IN FACT IS TO DRAG
O!3T THE TALKS SO AS TD DECEIVE P-,]~LIC OPINION AND (?COVER)
CP ITS SCHEME OF MAINTAINING THE SAIGON PUPPET ADMINISTRATION ~'DR
THE Pt]R1'OSES OF CONTINUED WAR OF AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM AND INDOCHINA.
THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION MUST DEAR BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE +tNITxD
STATES AND THE tdORLD RESPDNSIRILLTY FOR DELAYINr THE SIrNINr 0~'
THE AGREEMENT, AND THt]S PROLDr~~INIr THE WAt? IN VIETNAM.
THE GOVERNMF_.NT OF TH~a nEMOC3~ATIC REP?iBLIC OF VIETNAM DEEMS
Il` ITS Dl1TY TO GRINS THE: PRESENT SITt_tATION WITH RESPECT TO TKE
!~IVATE MEETINGS BET+aIEEN THE DE3++OCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND
THE UNITED STATES TD THE NOTICE OF OiJR COi.iNTRY!~EN AND FIGHTE!~S
THR0-I;HOUT THE COi+NTRY, AND THE PEOPLES IN THE tdORLD AND THE
I.NITED STATES SO THAT THE TRC+TH MAY BE KNO+,1N. THIS INFORMATION
IS IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE AND WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATIO!~S,
TKE T+~O PARTIES HAVING 4!=REED t]PON THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT A?~D
THE SCHEDlJLE FOR.ITS SIGNIN!;. WHILE POINTINr TO THE ADOVE
SITUATION, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOrRATIC R>;Pt]13LIC OF VIETNAM
STRICTLY HOLDS
TO
THE UNDERTAKINrS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REP!rBL'CC
DF VIETNAM AND
THE
UNITED STATES TO THE EFFECT THAT NO CHaNGF SHOrtLD
~ BRO31rHT TO
THE
gGREED TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT THE
DATE SCHED+.)LED
FOR
ITS SI3NINfG IS OCTOBER 31, t9T2.
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