TENTH ADD 02 (THIEU SPEECH TEXT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-1-22-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 12, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

THEY COULD TAKE AN ENTIRELY HUMANITARIAN
4-1"21227Z DEC 72
FM THE SITUATION ROOM T.OHAK 133
TO WI NSTO N LORD FOR DR. KISSI NGER
UNCLAS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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TENTH ADD 02 -(THIEU SPEECH TEXT.)
. XXX TO RESTORE PEACE.
RELEASE OF POW'S BY
CrEXT) IF THE COMMUNISTS HAD GOOD WILL TO END THE WAR.
THROUGH A JUST AND RATIONAL SOLUTION THERE WOULD .HAVE 'BEE1
PEACE THROUGHOUT INDOCHINA, `OR AT LEAST, WHILE NEGOTIATION
FOR AR OVERALL SOLUTION
GONE INTO EFFECT THAT
COULD EXPECT TO
ATMOSPHERE; OR.'AT LEAST
T
ACTION UNRELATED
RESTORING
WEEIS - BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND BECAUSE 0.? 'OUR D WILL F# t
O MILITARY OR. POLITICAL ASPECTS--THE
WAS UNDERWAY, A CEASE-FIRE ?WOULD HAVE
ULD CRL'IITL A PA WR!lDLC 4vXvtL.+i svn i
'CARIOUS SIDES.. IN THIS, CASE THE POW'S
REJOIN THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE CISTMAS:..
TODAY, BECAUSE TIC IE WRY URGENT AND WE, HAVE. LESS THAN 2
.PEACE FOR OUR PEOPLE
IN BOTH THE. NORTH AND SOUTH AND FOR CREATING..
AN ATMOSPHERE OF CONCORD FAVORABLE
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
FOR THE
A. PEA
CONTACTS AND
NEGOUATIONS
SOLUTION THE R"
GOVERNMENT ADVANCES THE FOLLOWING I A: A TRUCE (NGUWNG CHIEENS)
NEW YEAR'
DAY OF 1973. DURING.: THIS' TRUCE" PERIOD
VARIOUS. SIDES, BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT, WO LD HALT ALL OFFENSIVE
MILITARY ACTIVITIES,'-AND THE FOLLOWING TWO SPECIFIC,
OF SUBSTANTIAL DURATION SAY BE OBSERVED FROM `PRECHRISTMAB TIME
USEFUL AND EASILY REALIZABLE TASKS WOULD-BE CARRIED OE Tt
1,'EXCHA GE POa'S SO THEY MAY RETURN HOME BEFORE :C}U ISTNAS.
2--VARIOUS VIETNAMESE SIDES-THAT IS, NORTH. VIETN AM, THE
RAN AND THE LIBERATION FRONT, : MAKE CONTACT TO DISC.l3BS I1. ISSUES:
OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND LAY . A BASIS FOR PROMOTING. SERIOUS.
AND PRODUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS TO ADVANCE TOWARD A- SOLUTION.
Tf1E WAR l ftv0'-r9% 9.r^ .
FOR ..END! NG
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REtIARLi rJ1ldJPIf's ? l ? ? is,&anew ^.n?
REGIONS :AND SOUTH VIETNAM ITSELF, THESE CONTACTS WOULD BE.
HELD.OPENLY OR SECRETLY, ANYWEHRE, AND ANY PROBLEM. $AY BE
THESE IDEAS-IF RESPONDED 0 BY ALL PARTIES--MAY BE DISCUSSED
IN THE COMING AND SUBSEQUENT SESSIONS OFF THE PARIS PEACE' TALKS.
THE RVN GOVERNMENT THINKS THAT BECAUSE TRUCES, REFLECTING
THE SACRED SIRN.IFICANCE OF PEACE AND HUNAN CONPASSION.HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON PREVIOUS CHRISTMASES, THIS CHRT-STt SIN
PARTICULAR, WHEN PEACE IS NEARER THAN EVERY BEFORE, THE R.VN'.HOPES
THAT SOME PROGRESS, HOWE9R LITTLE, WILL BE ACHIEViED.
THE RVR GOVERNMENT ALSO 'THINKS THAT IF- THIS TRUCE IS OBSERVED
CORRECTLY AND NEITHER SIDE TAKES ADVAN=TAGE OF IT TO PREPARE FOR
OFFENSIVES AND MASSACRE ON A LARGER SCALE, AND IF SATISFACTORY
CONTACTS CAN-RE ACHIEVED I N WHICH-ALL SIDES SHOW THEIR -GOOD
THE TRUCE MIAY BE PERIODICALLY EXTENDED UPON AGREEMENT OF. ALL
THE SIDES SO THAT THE CONTACTS WILL BECOME. SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS
AND ACHIEVE PROGRESS
TO CONTRIBUTE TO. RESTORING
AN .`EARLY PEACE I N THIS PART OF.
WELCOMES THE UNITED NATIONS OR
THE WORLD , THE RVN GO VERNME-NT
ANY OTHER NATION
HOW
WILL
WITH REGARD TO THE EXCHANGE OF POW'S THE RVN ?_OVERNMENT STILL
MAINTAINS ITS.GOOD INTENTION, AS IT PROPOSED PTO THE U
GOVERNMENT,. WHICH IS. THAT THE RVN GOVERNMENT IS READY TO MAKE
ITS MDDEST. CONTRIBUTION TO..SO'LVING THE U.S. POW PROBLEM THIS
CHRISTMAS BY. RETURNING TO NORTH VIETNAM ALL COMMNIST: NORTH
VIETNAMESE POW'S NOW IN RVN CUSTODY.
THIS ACT BY THE RVN GO=VERNMENT AND `PEOPLE WILL ONLY AIM
AT SHOVING THEIR DEEP SYMPATHY AND GRATITUDE TO THE:: PEOPLE
GOVERNMENT. 400 POW'S FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELPING THE RVN FIGHT TO: DEFEND ITS FREEDOM
AND INDEPENDENCE,.', :TO; DISPLAY MAXIMUM GOOD WILL, , THE RVN
GOVERNMENT .WILL UNILATERALLY AND _UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE.
1,015 COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAMESE POW:`S WHO ARE DISABLED
WHOSE WOUNDS. ARE -INCURABLE . AND A NUMS?ER -OF OTHER HEALT.FIX .POW' S
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THE tAORLDTO, COME TO VIETNAM TO OBSERVE
ALL SIDES: RESPECT THE TRUCE AND SHOW THEIR GOOD
IN THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
AS FAR AS. THE RVW GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE ARE CO*CERNED,
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ELEVENTH AND
DEAR COMPATRIOTS 8 OUR HISTORY. SHOWS THAT THE -HERO i C ' VIETNAMESE
NATION HAS MANY TIMES OVERCOME AND.TR:TUMPHED OAR ,ALL CHALLENGES,
DANGERS AND HA-RDSHIPS THANKS TO THE UNITY AND :DETERMINATION
SHOWN
LAST ADD. ?2 (THIEU SPEECH TEXT')
(TEXT) DEAR CHAIRMEN, DEAR SENATORS ' AND REPR. ESENTATI-VES,
BY OUR TENACIOUS, STALWART AND BRAVO.. PEOPLE.: THIS YEAR,
SINGE THE DAY THE NORTH
THEIR TROOPS ACROSS
THANKS TO THE
VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS
MASSI;VELY?; SEN':.
THE PARALLEL TO OPEN THEIR OFFENSIE
DETERMINATION OF OUR PEOPLE AND TROOPS AND r'..
SINGLE?MI_NDEDNESSOF. THE
REAR AND THE FRONTLINE* THE AGGRESSOR
FORCES HAVE. BEEN TRAGICALLY
DEFEATED AND OUR TERRITORY HAS BEEN
RESTORED`.
RECENTLY, IN LATE OCTOBER..,. FULLY AWARE OF
THE CO
NUNI
WICKED INTENTIONS. 1* "THEIR SO-CALLED PEACE SOLUTION:, THE
COMPATRIOTS THROUGHOUT THE 3tUNTRY. RESPONDED TO MY APPEAL,
UNANIMOUSLY UNITED AND TIGHTENED THEIR RANKS.R DISPLAYING THE
ENTIRE PEOPLE'S IRON WILL AND PROVIDING THE CONGRESS AND
THE GOVERNMENT WITH STRONG SUPPORT. I N 'PROTEC'TI NO THE NATION* .S
JUST AND LEGITIMATE STAND. AND NIPPING ALL THE. COMMUNISTS'
CRAFTY DESIGNS OF SABOTAGING A CEASE FIRE AND PEACE IN THE BUD,
ENABLING US TO WIN THE PEOPLE'S SUPPORT AND CAPTURE LAND.
HOWEVER., THE ROAD
WE FOLLOW STILL HAS MANY . DIFFICULTIES`
AND OBSTACLES.. EVEN THOUGH O-NE DANGEROUS. PHASE HAS NOT
5,
COMPLET ELY
PASSED, MANY.`OTHERS AWAIT US, OUR ENEMY WILL NEVER GIVE UP
AIMS; ON THE CONTRARY, HE IS STILL TRYING BY ALL MEANS
Hrs.
TO TAKE OVER THE SOUTH. THEREFORE WE MUST NOT LET OURSELVES
E ROCKED TO SLEEP BY A FALSE PEACE SOLUTION ADVANCED BY THE
't #( N'ISTS ` ON THE WNTRARY, WE MUST HEIGHTEN .'OUR: .VIGIIANGE . NORE
THAN EVER BEFORE AND AT THE SAME TIME URGENTLY ENGAGE IN THE TASKS
` OF ANOTHER STAGE NO LESS DIFFICULT IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR
THE NATION ?S SURVIVAL. THIS IS A PHASE OF STRUGGLE FOR.A .JUST--
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 MOREOVER, IT IS NECES Y TO DEFEAT-THE COMMUNI SIWOLI TI CALLY 1
OTHERWISE WE: WILL BE KILLED.. TO AVOID BEING KILLED, WE. HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO DEFEAT THE COMMUNISTS. WE HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD
AND OUR ALLIES THAT WE ARE DETERMINED TO. DEFEND, AND ARE CAPABLE
OF DEFENDING t OUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM. FOR YEARS WE HAVE ALSO SHOWN
THE COMMUNISTS THAT THEY CANNOT EASILY TAKE OVER SOUTH VIETNAM,.
AS THEY WISH. NONETHELESS, TODAY WE STILL CANNOT BE
NEGLIGENT, WE' MUST INSURE THAT THE COMMUNISTS. CANNOT ACHIEVE;,:
THROUGH THEIR POLITICAL SCHEMES OR FALSE PEACE SOLUTION AS
IN THEIR DISHONEST AND CRAFTY AGREEMENT, WHAT THEY WERE UNABLE
TO OBTAIN OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS IN SOUTH VIETNAM DESPITE THE
IMMEASURABLE BLOOD AND BONES THEY HAVE SACRIFICED.
IN THIS SPIRIT, -I BEG TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CALL
ON THE COMPATRIOTS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, THE LEADERS OF THE
VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
TO FURTHER. STRENGTHEN OUR SOLIDARITY AND, TOGETHER ? WITH .ME,
FIRMLY MAINTAIN THE NATIO-NAL STAND AND DEFEND. THIS FREE SOUTH
VIETNAM. IT IS TIME THAT ALL OF US, YOU AND It ACHIEVE NATIONAL
SOLIDARITY ON THE BASIS OF DETERMINATION TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY,
.AND-IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF ALL OUR
PEOPLE IN. THE PRESENT PHASE OF OUR HISTORY.
THEREFORE I THINK THAT- THE MOST CONCRETE WAY TO ACHIEVE
THIS NOBLE OBJECTIVE IS FOR YOU TO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE-NATION
WILL DISCUSS AND
BY CONCRETE ACTS
OF THE 17.5
IN WAYS THAT-YOU.-AND -1
AGREE ON. THE NATIONAL UNITY SPIRIT, REFLECTED
OF SOLIDARITY, VILL REFLECT THE. DETERMINATION
MILLION ?SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE, WHO ARE UNITED AS
.ONE MAN, TO DEFEND THEIR BELOVED COUNTRY' AND IREVENT IT FROM
FALLING UNDER THE DOMINATION OF. THE. CRUEL COMMNiNISTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND. AFFECTIONATE SALUTATIONS TO THE..
COMPATR IOTSJN
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12 DEC 126NM. WJ/RB