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20 More U.S. POW's To Be Returned Ahead or Schedule Hanoi Radio Article Comments on Release of U.S. POW's Army Paper Continues Talks With Hanoi Hilton POW's

[QUAN DOl NHAN DAN] Part II [12 Feb 73] Part III [13 Feb 73]

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[13 Feb 73] Cuban Medical Workers Honored Before Departure

Meeting With Premier Medals Conferred

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20 MORE U.S. POW'S TO BE RETURNED AREAD OF SCHEDULE

Hanoi VNA in English 0122 GMT 11; Feb 13 B

[Text) Hanoi VNA February 14--Durlng Dr~ Henry Kissinger's sOjourn in Hanoi, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam decided to return ahead of schedule another 20 captured U~S. military personnel to the United States.

This is an act of good will and another indication of the seriousness on the part of the DRV Government in the implementation of the signed agreement.

HANOI HADIO ARTICLE COMMENTS ON RELEASE OF U.S. POW'S

Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese 11;00 GMT 13 Feb 13 S--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

[Article by Cao Nham~ "Our Victory and Generosity"]

[Text] At 0730 on 12 February the gate of the prison opened and 116 u.s~ servicen.en wearing gray coats. blue trousers and black leather shOes walked out happily, each carrying in one hand a black travel bago Seated in "thong nhat" cars painted in camouflage colors. they looked curiously at Imnoi streets through the side windOws. Some 01' them lowered the windows for a better lOOk. ""'!'"')rotlgh tn,o: fl')""""~~ ".., .. ~.

lOl1ked for the l~st time at the Vietnamese earth ana sky where each ot them had corue from different directions and at different mom.ents but now they were together on the same trip homeo The convoy carried the UoS o servicemen to Gia Lam airfield where they would be returned to the U.S. side. Some hands (?were waved) in parting salute to Hanoi. But most expressive were their eyes, They seemed to say II thanks " In admiratIon for Vietnam's clemency and generosity that had protected them for years. A lOOk of happiness was on every face in the cars~ It reflected the unexpected joy at being returned and the thoughts inspired by consecutive events.

A day before they were returned. the U.So servicemen were summoned to get back their belongings~ The comrade in charge of the prison related that (Arthur Irving's) face was alight with J.oy when he received his wedding ring.. He said in a moved vOice: liMy wife will be very happy when she sees this souvenir. II Besides (Irving), 20 other U¢Sc servicemen got back their wedding rings.

Vietnam was a souvenir to them. They had solemnly asked to be given the painting of five continents greeting a great victory and the paintings of four scenic sights hung on the walls of the mess. The cup~ bowl and rubber slippers they had used every day now became ,ouvenirs. These things, which were carefully packed in the travel bags now lying in their laps. were cherished by them because they represented the clemency they had'enJoyedo

The convoy traversed the streets filled with destruction caused by U.So bombs. But nOw the sky was quite peaceful. unlike the sky filled with terrible war flames when they came in U.S. supersonic Jets.

At 0900 a C~130 aircraft landed. carrying a ICeS team and a team of the four~party joint military cOmmission and no representative of the Saigon administration. Asked about the absence of the Saigon representative. the head of the U.S. delegation said that Saigon had been notified and this was an unjustified absence. Perhaps Saigon feared the truth. The ObviOUS truth here in Gia Lam airfield on the morning of

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12 Fehruary was that nearly 200 newsmen, photographers and movie and 'J!fl cameramen at home and abroad were allowed to operate freely to fully cover the return of the first, group of captured TL3. servlcemen~ consisting of 116 men.

At 1000 a seC-Ond C~130 aircra.ft. carrying the delegation of the UoS. 5ide landed~ Lt Col Nguyen Phuong. repressnting the DRV Bide ~ handed Col James Dennett 0 head of the U.So delegation. the list of 116 U.S, pilots to be returned this time. The orlginal list including 115 names was printed in many copieso The 116th name was added to the list later by pen. The ll6th returned man was a Navy major named Brian Dunstan WOOds~ Upon learning that- his mother was seriously 111, Our government had decided to include Woods in this grouPQ

The meeting among delegates of the parties and the delegatee of the ICeS at Gia Lam airfield took place in a quick anti. ne;XG ~-:tanner~ At the end of the meeting, James Dennett~ head of the U.S. delegat;ior.~ said that because all problems had been settled quickly the return and I'eception ceremony could take place ahead of schedule. He said: ffWe are very satisfied and thank the DRV side for creating favorable conditions for the return and reception of the captured U.S. servicemen. ff

At 1215 a U.So c-141 aircraft landed. One ot our navigator combatants swiftly guided it to the (?parking area). The vehicles which transported the captured U.S~ servicemen released also drove into the airbase~ The servicemen then alighted from the vehicles. fell into a two~man columnj and proceeded toward the reception location. They were happy and looked sympathetically at our cadres, whom they knew in the detention camp and who had escorted them to the airbase.

Upon being called each of them went straight toward the receiving U.S. representative. They looked very rmppy because they were going to reunite with their families. Some of them cried because of happinessQ

(?Alvarez) and [words indistinct] looked the same as the U.S. pilots who were captured by us nearly 100 days ago Q The U.S. servicemen who were released by us joined up with those who had come to receive them and proceeded toward the parked aircraftQ

Those who were captured first were released firstQ Those who were wOUnded or have been sick were also released in this group. Except for three u.s. servicemen who were lying On stretchers because they were wounded when their aircrafts were shot down~ all the other captured U.S. servicemen who were released by us on the morning of 12 Fe"bruary 1973 looked healthy and happy. The 116 Americans with different lives had the same fate.

The Hanoi Hilton det~ntion camp. which U.S. public opinion considered (?inadequate) was visited by the ICeS on the afternoon of 12 February. The barracks~ which have sufficient light and f'rf'!!sh air" a,re adequate with regard to mess halls. dorm.1t(l:r1es~ bathrooms, and entertainment, physical training, and studying facilities.

The bravery a_nd humaneness of the Vietnamese have long been our nOble national tradition. Tran Hung Dao and Nguyen Tra1 fought and panicked foreign aggressors~ but also gave them food and (?money) with which to feed their troops~ In 1954 the French expeditionary troops (?were also allowed) to leave Viet Tri and (?Dong Binh) for their country at the end of their aggressive war.

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Th~ event which occurred at the Oia Lam airbase on 12 February 1973 marked our advance along the path opened by our forefathers and fathers. Vietnam does not invade any country. But our enem.te5 s}.ould :not stupidly lay a hand On Vietnam" Our adversary certainly must ponder Our serious 3.nd lenient attitude toward hi'fi.

'IJhe U. S. airGraf'c took off and transported the captured U. S" servicemen we released to a U.S. base. What will these people think of this historic event that; originated in a victorious and lenient Vietnam? It wa!S twilight. But the life of these U.S. sl!!!'vicemen is not declining. and everything concern.ing their life will be de aided by

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ARMY PAPER CONTINUES TALKS WITH HANOI HILTON POW'S

Part II

Hanol. in Vietnamese to South Vietnam 0930 GMT 13 Feb 73 S--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

[Part II of QUAM DOl NHAN DAN 12 February reportage: "The Hanoi Hilton in Recent Daysif; rOr Part I see page K 11 of the 12 February Asia & Pacific DAILY REPORT]

[Text] While living at the Hanoi Hilton. each U.S. pilot has had some profound. unforgettable memories. as they have -often revealed.

James B. Stockdale is one of the officers with many years of age and. military service. and spent many years at the Hanoi Hilton. In Early 1965. when the U.S. administration decided to wage an escalated bombing war against North Vietnam, Stockdale vulunteered to go to the Southeast Asia war theater. On the fifth miss~on he conducted over NOrth Vietnam to commit crimes he was downed south of Thanh Hoa on 9 September 1965~ At that time he was a conunander of an A~4 Skyhawk flight based on the carrier OrJ.skany 0

He confessed: At that time my duty was to command the Skyhawks flying Over Route 1 from Vinh to Thanh Roa. firing at any type of vehicle detected along the way. However. after I had rlown approximately 1 mile from the sea toward the malnland between Nghe An and Thanh Roa, roy plane was hit by 37=IDm antiaircraft fire and caught fire. J ejected" Unfortunately, it was my parachute that betrayed me~ Because some cords twisted my parachute descended too faste I fractured one leg. The injury was very serious. All the tendons of my knee were broken. and the thigh and the calves were connected only with small pieces of crushed skin and fleSh. With such an injury I believed amputation was inevitable.

After he left the hospital Stockdale said: However, I was greatly surprised at the fact that you did not amputate my leg. At the crash site you applied a tourniquet and bandaged my fractured leg and quickly moved me to Hanoi. at a time when U.S. aircraft and warships of the 7th Fleet in wh:tch I served continued to fiercely bombard the coastal areas along Route 10 I was taken to a military hospital in Hanoi. where the mllitary doctors treated my lnjur;!r in a very skillful and outstand:1ng manner. kept my leg from being amputated. and saved me from disability. I think this represents very noble and very generous humanitarianism~ which I would not have thought likelyo

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In the many years after he left the hospital Stockdale still recalled the kind hearts and expertise of the VietnaEl.~se military doctors. On many occasions when he conta.cted foreign journalists he showed his healthy leg and stressed: Only an animal can forget the meritorious serv1.ce rendered by those who saved onels life and enabled one to stand firm on his two feeto

Jeremiah Denton was also one of the oldtlmers at the Hanoi Hl1tono He was sent to the Indochina war theater in rnid-1964 as a lieutenant colonel. His superior"'s on 18 July 1965 confidently sent him to bomb and destroy the Ram Rong Bridge by any means, in compliance with a personal order by the then U~ S~ Defense Secretary McNarnara o

However. like many of his colleagues who had been downed in may previous missions, no sooner had the airc:raft carrying him which took off from the carrier [name indistinct] reached the Ham RC1ng Bridge area when it was hit by the intense and accurate antiaircraft f'ireneL His plane caught fire. sittlng in the back, bailed out. and Denton fell in the middle of

Both he and 1st Lt 'William Tschudy, a radar operator Tschudy'S paJ'achute got stUck atop a conconut-tt'ee,

the Ma River. Denton said: Fort\.U1ately .. the Vietnamese troops saved me when I was on the point of drowning.

Right after thls, Denton was led to see the craters of bombs Which h~ himself and his coho,rts had dropped around the Ham Rang Bridge, He stated before a recorder: On 18 July 1965 I comnlitted abhorrent crimes by bombing innocent civilians and civilian projects of the DRV~ These crimes were perpetrated on U.S. Government orders. The local people have treated me in an extremely humane manner, although I am guilty,

He was escorted to the Hanoi Hilton hotel and has lived there for nearly 8 years. He has spent there many emotional hours and minutes, which are reflected clearly in his face.

The detention camp superintendents said that he was frequently tearful and that he waS also tearful when he was allowed to attend Mass and said: J: am truly guilty, I did not apply the principle of peace and humaneness to glorify Jesus Christ and come here to create mournings. When he received gifts from his family at Christmas, he was also tearful. He was alao tearful when he was issued medicine to apply to hiS leg 'during the first Tet he spent at the Hanoi Hilton hotel. He frequently thumped his belly and contentedly told the comrade guards that he had eaten his fill and that this was good, good.

On 26 october 1972i when he learned of the U.S. administration's double-dealing and refusal to sign the peace agreement approved on 20 October, Denton heaved a deep sigh, and reproached Nixon in the presence of the guards and some other U.S. pilots in the camp: Oh, Mr Nixon, you may have us wait here another 4 years.

However, on 29 January, when he learned the news of the Signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, he changed his attitude, remaining silent.

William Andrew Robinson was the lowest-ranking American at the Hanoi Hilton. He was only a private first clas's, living among many field- and company-grade American officers at the detention camp. He said: The rank of private in our U.S. army has many grades--prlvate recruit, private 3d class, and private 2d class. who are subjected to all kinds of hardships before they are promoted to private 1st class.

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Hob:Lnsvl\ Has a mechanic aboard an 11-43 helicopter tr.at was downed on lO September 1965 while tryinz iJ) r~3_:~ue jet fighter pilots knocked down o He was a big~ fat~ and strong AmeT'J0aa servlceman who ate a lot~ slept very well.~ and was usually dominated ar.d buni.e1

by the h:le;h=ranking U ,S. officers in the detention camp ..

On€: aay Robinson expressed his '"lOrry to a cadre of the detention camp~ I have a letter ft'om my farr111y" Why d0n j t you give :tt. to me,? The comrade cadre replied: If you have a letter r w:.ll give it :1) y0110 T~)ere is no ;reason !'Qr me to keep it"

RtJ-Din~on s.3.1d: A V S, ~_,fficEJ' to':d me about, it a few d~y~ ~.g0J and I have been walti.ngo

l'he comra.de cadt:'l;!s ex}.)1.ained: A5 you have been tn th~5 c,amp a long time. you know that we adrr,in15ter no beatings or C\),~'p:)ral punisbmer.t 'Co an:Y'one Q So tell tha.t U.S. officer to come here sc, he can teJJ, us where arid when he saw yeur letter.. I will look for it for J'Ou o If you aTe wrong) ynu must draw seUle experience from thi13 matter" you should not believe ev~rything and should not lac.k a constructive spiri t~

Robin~on [words indistinct] and knew t.he tI"Jth~ He was deceived by this TJ "SO officer. He waS surprised to see that ~he a '.It·)-Jori ties in the camp never got angry with h.im when he di~turbed them but solicitously expJ.aJ..ned the t.ruth to him" He mumbJed an apo10gYG A few days later" fl.? ;t;aid 'I'hi.s made a del'!p 'impression on meo Ir: B.Il my

ml~dtal'Y Ij.fe I have never seef!. anyone be 1;ter Lhan you o

He a:;_so revealed that in t~e U .0. A:cmed F(.lP:es., officers and soliders are separated, 'l'he f:,.QldJers are oft£.,D. despif;€c. <1i.1.1 os:t"..'", b~7 ~',pe].7:' of.tlc~rS., Be waS asto".tsh81 to; sec th~t VJe V,tetn8.lneSl" office["8 a:id :;:,ol.L:p.Y',o-. :"',~·,::"e 0bs~·,!'ve0, dlsc:ipline ;::,trict.},y ;,;,;)-::1.

WE'.re fword;; in,}j."::t11'"C~ j arJJj L-ttimate., :~," 1.JE'">!i",Y 'foa'd '),~ nf,·:n'r.l a V"!..et:'.".:l}:n8~~ C·f"ficJ:l'

s(.0101 hi.5 s,)}di(::i:'s loudJ..J~ He ;,..ras vp,·t"'f rn(")\·ed t(; 5ec~ that t.te authorit~es H~ t.b.e C<l',;

tJ,'ea +Jed jl.it.l ,3.i-..d thr:: (j e tained U 2" CJl'f:ic~' no. equal:'.:, 0 N" \-.las dJ lowed to ea t vi th tho;:

:;:.nd co-uJ.d en~(»)' "tlR san,!? ~re;.:it.weDt 2.5 t.h<::> Senl f)1' ,U1!.i ,~uniJ;t' TJ,S. Qf!'1.':ers o U.ke ·I"Y.~

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He al~o could sit witil the U oS. off:lce:,:,~ to wat('.h ,M:he movies several time~o He fonc.1Y rememl"jer.ed th~ [words i~ldistin0t:l

A :fe',..' :months ago~ aI"1::e:r being released by nu:t· g<..1Ve;·i1meol· o Negro pilcr. Nor:,is Charles p

T,vhu ~~as detained at this C81Tlp) rold the foreign preRs.' Onl.y in tJox't;h Viet!1.ame3e dE:tr:!1r~.ton camps could 1 be tref1ted 011 an equal b3.s1s a::1d w.'i.t.hout rsd.al discrimina'tio\:,~ N;),,,, it ',,'8.8 Will.i.d1Tl RobinsQn) s turn to ar.serj~:, On1 y ,~.f:,('l:' enc,e:r'1ng the }{a~.oi H.il t.or.

could 1 enjoy equal t;t'eateme".t w1.thrn ... t ,jlsCl~':mlnil,tJ.C)!l ?S t"l ran,\.( OJ' grade.., F/.obinso;-.

has spE'nr. r; .igbt ret hoI idays at: tpe Hal.!.0l :ail ton an:! l'laf> rema.ined jus t as b.i.~ a"1d fa t 8.~ it) tnt;' photo showi.Jlg hj.m bOl,vJng and follo,·ling a ~m2Jl guerrilla: woman [words ir.dis'-' tirlce L

After learning that. he would be released p he (",bstin2tely remained in bed Q When the comrade superintendents iJ as a souvenir t {?pT'esented) him wi. t;h several stamps bear.ing t:he picture (!1' the female guerrillas escorting hi.rr.s he said: This was when I was captul~ed" 'rhese gi.J.'ls tied my hands and escorted meg ·rhis happened during the warQ Here you have treated me with leniency .. S.ome U ,S. officers did not recognize their crimes and consj,dered these stamps a humiliation to me. .I disagree o

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I came and bombed another country and was shot down and escorted to a detention camp_ This is right. During my detention you have never insulted or scotfed at me, but instead you have protected my human dignity and taught me the right of equality, which Thomas Jefferson pointed out clearly in the U.Sg Declaration of Independence in 17760

Robinson also said that he was still young, less than 30 years ot age and unmarried, and that his parents were not rich~ He said that after he is allowed to return to his country, if he continues to go to school, he will have to pay on an average 800 dollars a month as tUition fees, wh1cp are very high in colleges, that the average salary of a worker only amounts to 600 dollars a month and that if he remains in the ~rmed forces he will continue to be oppressed. He also predicted: After I am returned to the U.S. Armed Forces I will have to say what our commanding o~ficers want me to say and do as I am ordered to do, exactly in conformity with their desires.

Part III

Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese 1400 GMT 13 Feb 73 S--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

tPart III and last of QUAN DOl NHAN DAN 13 February reportage: "The Hanoi Hilton in Recent Days "]

[Text] Sir, in addition to English, lean speak German.

Sir, where have you learned this ,~anguage?

At this Hilton Hotel.

Who ts your teacher?

My friendS, as you know, we came from various origins such as German, Italian and Spanish. Some of us have Masters of Arts, PH.D.IS in (?electrical engineering), PH.D.l s in in,ternational relations # and a,re well-known journalists. We teach and learn .from each other ..

This is the aqswer of Joseph Crecca, a U.S. pilot with an oval face an~ dark, bushy, curved and joined eyebrows over sharp ~ye5~ He is about 30 years old, a relatively young officer, 'a first lieutenant pilot. His Phantom F-4D was do,·med ~over Thai Nguyen on 21 November 19660 At the Hanoi Hilton hotel, he was able to learn another Toreign language. Others boasted that they could learn or improve their French, Italian or Spanish at the detention campe [Words indistinct] While a college student, he left school to join the army because he could not afford to pay his school fees, which were too high.. At the detenti_on camp they were able to complete their physical sciences studies. What moved them deeply was the fact that the camp authorities, as they "w~re. called, had always encouraged them to further improve their culture.

Crecca said: In reality, at the beginning we s.tud,:1,ed for our p;t.easure or. entert~~~,nt and to kAll time. Seeing that,.ZDe camp chief praised us: good, good. It is 'goo.d to apply oneself to~studying .eulture. Feel free to teach each other to further y~'ur studies D

For this reason Lt Col Denton, PH.D. in inath~ was called professor of ma.~h by the detainees at the camp. One day mathematician Denton, who was very good in space geometry, cosmology, and oceanography. forgot an algebraic formula learned in a 9th-grade mathematics course.

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At the moment when Denton's ears turned as red as che~ries~ Comrade N, a cadre in the camp. passed there and helped him solve the problem.. After that Comrade N told Denton and other Americans to gather around him and said: Previously, I was -a math teacher at a general education 5chool~ When the United States brought the war of destructiDn to Worth Vietnam I j ained the army and now I am working here f abandoning my- teacher r 5

profession temporarily~

Denton looked dOlm, mumbling: Sir~ I know that we have committed many crimes against your pe ople ..

Unlike the mathmatician Denton. teacher or painting Coffee was never at a loss. The more he painted, the more he seemed likely to prove to be a professional painter~

Gerald Leonard Coffee is a first lieutenant pilotG His reconnissance plane RA-5T from the al.rcraft carrier Kitty Hawk was downed on 3 February 19669

Before joining the air force Coffee was a college graduateo According to him, the camp authorities encouraged him to teach painting to the other detainees in the camp~ The camp authorities also supplied painting materials to Coffee and other prisoners who wanted to paint or learn paintingo They were free to select the subjects,

Some caricatures by Coffee and some other prisoners bitterly criticized the defeats of the viaI' man:Iacs at the i'ihite House and Pentagon in the war of aggression against V1etnarn~ Some color paintings recorded l.n full the prisoners l activities at the Hanoi Hiltono A series of paj,ntings .. wre also seen. depicting in a lively manner the entire journey of' one of the grou.p. from a staging base in the United States to the Pacific and then to the Hanoi Hilton. Some other paintings depicted the prisoners' rooms and houses in their home country as well as their wives~ chilq,ren~ and families",

When a comrade cadre in the camp jokingly said to Coffee! You must teach others. but donlt learn anythingQ He answered~ Oh yes. I study history~ Coffee's study of history followed a rather interesting storyo

When he was shot down on an early spring day in +966. a mulitia girl offered Coffee a glutinous rice cake. At the outset he thought it was a kind of ration for the Vietnamese troops ~ and that Vietnam~ an agricultural country without a canning industry I had to have that rat'ion wrapped in leaves. At any rate, Coffee liked that liration li very much~ because it was very good.

When he arrived at the Hanoi Hilton pe told his fellow inmates about what he thoughL Th.e oldtimers laughed at him. calld.ng him a dumbbelL An inmate told Coffee about the 4,OOO-year history of the Vietnamese glutinous rice cakes.

Not only did Coffee like glutinous rice cake. but he also loved the melodious sound of the !Ita lull mUsical piece. In a meeting with a foreign writer he passionately recounted the results of the Vietnam studies he had conducted since settling in the Hanoi Hilton, and his findings about the history of Vietnam and the Vietnamese peopleo

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Pilot James Alrred Mulligan, like coffee, liked glutinous rice cake very much and was interested in understanding the history of Vietnamfs nation-bul1dingo He enlisted while World War II was expanding, thinking that he was perrorming a duty to defend the United States again~t the danger of fascist aggression. Unexpectedly, nearly 2~ years later he was sent to participate in the aggression against Vietnamo On 29 March 1966 he took orr from the carrier Enterprise in an A4-C-Skyhawko No sooner had his aircraft swooped down to bomb a small bridge near Vinh c1 ty than 1 t was downed. and he was woundedo

He was then a commandero Our people healed his wound and. at his request, allowed him to attend church serviceso Rev Ho Thanh Bien, findtng Mulligan a devout man, ga ve him a cross 0 He was as tonished and moved o He said: It irs indeed an honor, a grea t b lessing, and a grea t surprise i'or me" Despi te the fae t tha t I am a gull ty man, you, father, have bestowed holy bread and blessings on meo This (?makes) me p:'lndero

In an interview Mulligan said: I have fLam many miSSions over b:'lth North and South Vietnam, and while performing this task I have killed many civilians and extensively destroyed their property. I sinc.erely do not like this W2r~ I have been compelled. I am convinced that the United Sta tes can by no means win this war. The bombing -:yf

the n:>rth achieves nothing but an accumulation of crimes by the United States o Regard­ing my own crimes, I calIon you gentlemen to be generous. Please pardon me.

Living in the Hanoi Hilton for nearly 7 years, Mulliga.n understands our lenient and generous pol~"c-y very clearly. A number of UoS. pilots taught him and some others written SpaniEho

Another ract which surprised and won the admiration of the U.S. pilots at the Hanoi Hilton was that the camp authorities always allowed them to think freely and never brought pressure to bear on them. Whether they wanted to go on Sightseeing t:>urs of cultural and historical relics was up to them. When the motion pictures and literary and artistic teams came to entertain the Vietnamese troops in charge of the camp, the U.S o pilots were free to watch or not to watch the film showings and literary and artistic performanceso ThiS made them see clearly our humanitarian policy. which has been vividly reflected in all the activities at various detention camps.

Last fall, former U.SG Attorney General Ramsey Clark under Johnson visited Vietnam and reques, ted tha t he be allowed to visi t a de ten tion camp. Subsequently he pub lie ly told newsmen: As soon as World War II ended, I visited many detention camps in the world o It must be said that none of the detention camps I visited then was comparable with this detention camp, which does not look like a prison at all o

GIAP COMMENTS ON AGREEMENT IN 11 FEB HANOI TV TALK

Hanoi in Mandarin to Southeast Asia 03~O GMT 13 Feb 73 B

[General Vo Nguyen Giap's statement in answer to questions by reporters broadcast on the evening of 11 February over the Vietnam television station--Radio Heading]

[Text] This year's spring festival is one of great victory. The Vietnamese people have won a great victory in Vietnam's history in the war to heroically resist foreign aggression. Sixty days after the Paris agreement comes into effect. all U.SG troops will be completely withdrawn from Vietnam's terr~tory. For the first time no foreign troops will be stationed on Vietnam's territory. This is indeed a great victory.

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IV 0 1.4 Feb 73 J<: 9 NORTH VIETNAM

From !l{)~' on) socialIst North Vietnam wi,ll hold tn her hands mOre favnrable conattions to t'ffectively promote socialist construction .in various aspects, By displaying to the fuU :,sr extent theIr soc:t3list working spiri t, the laboring people (.Jf Horth Vietnam wIll

heal the war wounds and build the fatherland 0

In the vast liberated areas of South Vietnam, the people now have the heroic people!5 liberati.on armed forces y which h8d achieved countless great combat merits in the past. as well as the tr"J.e representatives of the people. 'Ihe National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the Provisional Government of' the Republ1.c of South Vietnam are trusted and respected by the people and enjoy a position of international prestige,

From now on. by holding hi..gh the banner of peaceful national cooperation and taking the Paris agreement as the legal basts. the people of South VIetnam will surely and successfully fulfill their revolutionary tasks in South Vietnam.

At present there still exists in S01Jth Vietnam the bellicose and bureaucratic militarist forces who are playing the role of tools for trai torous neocolonialism. 'lhese forces are trylng by all means to obstruct the advance of OUt' ccmpatr1ots. However~ from revIewing the COli.rse of history in which Our people have gone through uncounted hardship~ 8.nd passed countless hl'5toric m11estones s (\ne can see that no fOrce can thwart the forward strides of our compatriots in South Vietnam.

Therefore, 1 pledge tha t our side wJl1 std,ctly ab:l.de by and thorough.ly fulfill the agreement and will be prepared at any time to 3mash all schemes of the reactionl'ry forces in sabotaging the ,Dgreement~ peace, and nat1oml.l harmony" It 18 my firm beLi,..'

that by fully dlaplayhlg the peoplels strength ltl fighting in unity and taking the corre,:!t line. we wi 11 sllrely win complete qictol'Y.

HANOI RADIO REPORTS ON U.S. DOLLAR DEVALUATION

Hano] Intel'natior.al Service 1n English 1000 GMT 13 Feb 73 B

[Text J According to REUTER, influential leaders in the United States Congress have followed with anxiety the new U,3. dollar crisj.s in Europeo On February the 6th~ ChaLrman of the House Ways and Heans Comml.ttee ·Wilbur Mills pointed out that the new attacks em the UoS. dollar might lead to a serious situation for the United States and even to the devaluatj.on of the dollar once more.

Other SOurces reported that on February the lOth, Japan closed its stock exchange market ln Tokyo; and on February the l2th~ Britain. France. Italy. West Germany and Denmark also announced a similar move to prevent the inflood of U.S, dollars. The Japanese press has unanimously agreed that the devaluation of the U~S. dollar is one of the international measures aimed at resolving the enduring international monetary crisis.

DRV FACTORIES ARE BEING REPAIRED, EXPANDED

Hanoi VNA in English 0716 GMT 1" Feb 73 B

[Text] Hanoi VNA February l4--All the factories in North Vietnam are pushing ah~ad the restoration and expansion of establishments catering for the prime necessities of the people and for export.

K 10 NORTH VIETNJ\M

Under the 1973 plano the light industry service will considerably increase its output campared with la.st year~ The value of exports will increase by :;0 percent and that of consumer goods by from 34 to 100 percent Q

To fulfil the sta te plan fOr the first quarter D the workers of the Nam Le and Nam Ha textile factories and the Hanoi blanket factory have raised labour productivity by from ten to twenty percent9 while improving the quality of their products. In January~ the output of textile and blankets increased respectively by 5.3 and 16 percent. Workers at the "March_8" textile mill danw.ged by U.S'. bombings r are urgently tranSferring machines back from the evacuation places and (?repairing) production sites.

Workers at the silk factory in Nam Dinh city have within a short time assembled scores of machines which had been taken down and dispersed during the U.S. war of destruction. Last month D the workers at the weaving section turned out 8o g ooo meters of good quality silk p 27g000 meters more than in December 1972c

At the Nam Dinh textile combineD repeatedly targetted by U.S. aircraft, 120 more weaving and spinning machines have been put into operation.

In a short period of ~imep the Van Dien battery factory in Hanoi p three times heavily bombed by the U.S., has resumed productj,on and 1s pushing repairs ahead. In January alone p the factory turned out nearly two million battery cells of various kinds which is almost the normal monthly output in peace time.

The Yen Phu power statlon p also in Hanoi i also bombed by U.S. aircraft, has just completed ahead of schedule the repair of five major projects.

The workerS there are trying to complete all the repairs in the very near future so as to put the plant back to normal operation as in the pre-war period.

NHAN DAN, EXPEDITE TRANSPLANTING FOR SPRING RICE CROP

Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese 0000 GMT 13 Feb 73 S

[NHAN DAN 13 February editorial: "What Must Be Done To Achieve the Best Rice Crop'?ft]

[Text] In the seething atmosphere of the spring of great victory Our people g

enthUSiastically implementing the appeal by the party Central Committee and government~ are turning revolutionary heroism into determination to overcome all difficulties and accelerate socialist construction more vigorously than ever before and build a new life for new men.

For our peasants p concentrating all their strength on fulfilling and overfuifililng the winter-spring production plan is the most practical way to greet the victory and respond to the appeal of the party Central Committee and government.

Peace has been restored. In the face of the great viotory of the anti-U.S. national ~lvation reslstance~ revolutionary enthusiasm has spread throughout the country. 'lhere now are favoraole conditions for the agricultural production front to achieve great results, the most important task nOw 1s to complete transplanting the entire area of the spring rice crop on schedule. The spring rice crop must be transplanted in February [wD~ds indistinct] to exploit the best advantages of the warm weather and light driZZle ~and avoid ~ after transplantation~ the serious blight and insect damage and [words lndistinct J- 'lihen they grow ears.

IV, 11.1- Peb 73 K 11 NORTH VIETNAM

The transpilanted area of thls ri.ce crop can be larger than in the previous cropo However, so far almost all locali.ties have failed to secure sufficient seedlings 0 '!he period I)f time for s(.w:Lng spT':Lng rice seed:::; .i3 stIll seasonable in the mountd in area::;

but nl)t i,n the delt.a 2nd mi.dlands.

What must be done to secure sufi':tcient seedl:Lngs to transplant the entire area on schedule? 'T'rds:is dn urgent problem. 'l1"1ere are now many· varieties of seedlings. {,mone the surplus quanti ty of seedl3.ng5 9 some m'.lst be rejected because they are overagedo The averaged spring rice seedlingso resulttng from too early sowing D must also be rejectecL If they are transplanted they will not stool Or will grow ears too earlY9 when cold weather still prevailso If the sowing is completed on schedule the seedlings will be relatively goodo If j.t is late the seedlIngs will develop poorly and a portion of them wi 11 wi ther beCaUB€ of the cold wea the r,

The locali.ties and cooperatives must know the remaining quantity of seedlings and the s1 tua tion of development f'Or each variety of seedll.ng. must take care of and use seedlIngs properly ~ and must calculate the spec:f.fic area for each variety of seedling so as to know where seedlings are in surplus or scarce and then take appropriate measures to solve the problem promptly"

In areas where spr:i,ng rLce seedlings are scarce ~ if young 5th~month rice seedlings are available we can use them foI' more trilrlsplanting in the (?coming days)" Wi th regard to 5th-month rice seedlings wh5.ch need to be transplanted rtght away~ we must work the soil day and night so a~ to expedite transplanting and prevent these rice seedlfngs from getting too old for transplantation in many areas<. Whenever necessary we can check the development of rice seedlings 0 In warm weather many rice seedling beds have grown well ag!?-ino If proper care .is given them., these seedlings w:ill develop qul.ckiy.

To economize on rice seedlings is a measur~ to be applied everywhereq However~ this does not mean trying to transplant overage rice seedlings or transplant fewer rice seedling clusterS th8.n planned, or w1th i'e1-Jer sprigs than necessary. Four Or five sprigs are enough for each clusteJ'o If ri ce seed·lings are young and can develop well» three sprigs are enough. If more sprigs are used this w1.11 cause wastage of rice seedlings and unfavorable development; of the rice plants<

The localities. and particularly the distrJ.cts o should fJrmly grasp the situation of rice seedlings :in c(}operatives and rna.ke tlmely adjustments of rice seedlings in various areas ~ 'Ihis should be d one among the coopera t1 yes in the dis tri cts of the same province." or even In areas ('tnear the 01 ti,e~3-)

Sowing directly without transplanting In part of the cultivated area also helps in overcoming the rice };eedling shortage. 'fu:1s should be done only in fertile soil that can be watered and draj.ned at wilL and when proper sowtog methods are thoroughly understood p because improper practice will cause wastage~ Another measure that can be applied more widely is expediting the preparation of the 5th-month rice seedlings, These rice seedlings CaD be transplanted 18 or 20 days after sowing" Seedlings in one sao are enough f'C>r transplantation in about ten mau of' t'icepaddyo

To transpleu:t on all cultivated areas is the primary condition for achieving a good cropo

IV. 14 Feb 73 NORTH VIETNAM

CUBAN MXDICAL WORKERS HONORED BEFORE DEPARTURE

Meeting With Premier

Hanoi VNA in English 1536 GMT 11 Feb 73 B

[Text] Hanoi VNA February ll-... Premier Pham Van Dong, Politburo member of the\Vietnam Workers Party Central c~mmitte~~ has heartily re~elved the brigade of Cuban volunteer medical workers before !ts departure for home.

The brigade was sent here by the Cuban party and government in May last year to help the fighting Vietnamese peopleo

Also present at the reception were Vu Van Can~ acting minister of public health~ and Nguyen Thanh HaD !lead Qf the Foreign Ministryis department tor Cuba and Latin Ameriao

Jesus Garcia g charge d 'at'faires ad tnterim of the Republic of Cuba in the DRV p attended.

Pre~ler Pharo Van Dong highly appreciated the Cuban medical brlgadeis contributions to the Vietnamese peopleis fight against U.S. aggression g contributions he described as none of the finest manifestations of the militant solidarity betwe.n the Vietnamese and Cuban peoples."

The premier warmly congratulated the Cuban medical workers whog he said, by deeds have displayed their noble revolutionary vi~tues and shown the Cuban people1s deep attach­ment to the Vietnamese people~

For their part, Dr Rafael Figuerado, head g and the members of the brigade spoke out on the fine impressions they had got while here fighting beside the Vietnamese people. Dr Rafael Figuerado expressed the brigade's willingness to return to Vietnam at the first call of the party, government and people of Vietnam~

In an atmosphere of great intDmacy Premier Pb~ Van Dong and the Cuban m4dical workers raised toasts to the Vietnamese peopleJs great victory, and to the everlasting militant solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba.

Medals conferred

Hanoi VNA in English 1548 GMT 19 Feb 73 B

(Text] Hanoi VNA February lO--With the accreditation of the Gove~nment ot, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam~ the Ministry of Public Health today held a solemn ,eremony to confer medals on the~Cuban medical team in recognition of its contributions to the Vietnamese people1s resistance for national salvation.

Attending the ceremony were Hoang Tung, alternate member of the Vietnam Workers Party Central committee~ president of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association: Dr. Vu Van Cani acting minister of publichealth, Hoang Van Lo;Li v1ce ... mini •. ter of foreign affairsj and others o

Jesus GarCia, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Republic of Cuba p and many Cuban specialists also attendedo

On behalf of the DRV Government~ Dr VU Van Can presented the Cuban team with the Res~·a.nce Order 9 First Class ~ and an embrOidery bearing the words: liThe Militant Solidarity Between the Medical Workers of Vietnam and Cuba Will Last For Ever" ~

IV. 14 Feb 7.3 K 13 NORTH VIETNAN

He also presented the Resistance Order, F1.rst Class., to Raphael Figueredo, head of the Cuban medical team, four Resistance Orders, Second Class, to four chiefs of groups, and eighteen Resistanc.e Orders. Thir'd Class. to eighteen other members of the team. Besj.des, each member of the team wa.s c.lmf'erred with a .Hedal of "Solidarity To De-:'~at

the U.S" Aggl'esSoI'su, and a badge bearing President Ho Chi r-1inh~s effigy 0

On behalf of the team, Rafael Flguredo expressed his pride at receiving the awards und his thanks for the solicitude accorded by the Vietnamese party, government and people to the Cu.ban medical team.

CUBAN FREIGHTERS LEAVE HAIPHONG AFTER MINE CLEARANCE

Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 10 Feb 73 F

[Text] Hanoi souroes repc;.rt that the cuban fr'eighters IfJigue fl and "Imias" departed fron Haiphong where they had remained a.t anchor for several months due to the criminal Yankee blockade o The departure of the vessels, using a narrow canal opened up by the North Vietnamese, was saluted by the sirens of the vessels that remained in port 0

Since their arrival. the Cuban crewmembers had expressed their desire to remain in Haiphong for as long as it was necessary, and they fulfilled their commitment.

The Cuban sailors were condecorated with medals bearing the DRV flag and an inscription in red which reads "friendship 0 U The medals were bes towed upon them by DRV Prime Minis ter Pham Van Dong for their courageous a tti tude during the intense Yankee bombing against the DRV"

INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE PROTESTS SAIGON RES'rRICTIONS

Hanoi VNA in English 1632 GMT 9 Feb 73 B

[Text] Hanoi VNA February 9~-Accord:i.ng to Western reports, the International Press Institute headquartered in Zurich on February 8 issued a conununclque strongly Protesting the restrictions imposed by the Saigon adm:!.nistration on the activities of foreign pressmen in Saigon.

The communique denounced as "unwarranted JI the "threats and schemes of intimidation II against forej.gn pressmen accredited to Saigon and other areas unier the control of the Saigon adminis tr'a tien.

It held that the coming peace conference l'renders more imperative than ever full iru'ormation v.rithout impediment about events (tin) Vietnamo II

DPRK MILITARY ATTACHE GIVES RECEPTION ON KPA DAY

Hanoi VNA in English 1622 GHT 9 Feb 73 B

L Tex t] Hanoi VNA Febr'...lary 9 ~-col Pak Sun,··nam. acting mili tary attache of the DPRK Embassy in VJ.etnam, offe~eed a g'Cand rece_otion here yesterday evening in celebration of the 25th anniver.sar:-y of the l\:D.r'ean People's .Army"

K:l.ffi ung-kI-i8.n, charge d la.ffatres ad int.erim of the DPRK Embassy in Vietnam, was present.

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Major-;-Gene,ral Nguyen Dcn p vice""mini~ter of national defense, Hoang Van Tien p vice ... minister for foreign affairs p ot.her high-ranking officers of the people's army» and representatives of' public organs and mass organizations at:tended ..

Nguyen Van Tien~ head of the RSV special representation in the DRV~ was present ..

Also present were diplomatic envoys and military attaches of other foreign embassies"

Speaking at the reception p col Pak Sun-nam highlighted the tradition of heroic struggle and the growth ot' the Korean ?,oplels Army.. He lauded the Vietnamese people 1 s recent great victory in the resistance to U.S. aggression p for national salvation ..

That is also a victory for the progressiv~ people around the world who (?have) firmly protested against the U.S. imperialist wa~ of aggression in Vietnam p and actively supported the V~etnamese people's just revolutionary struggle for national salvation» Pak Sun-nam said o

The Korean people and all officers and combatants of the Korean People's Army, he went on~ warmly hail the great victory won by the heroic Vietnamese people, and will con­tinue their positive support to the fraternal Vietnamese people's revolutionary struggle.

In his reply, Major-General Nguyen Don warmly congratulated the Korean people and the Korean People's Army on their big successes o

During the last 25 years p he said, ''t,e Korean Peoplels Army under the leadership of the Workers Party of Korea headed by esteemed C~mrade Kim II-song, has gone through periods of struggle full of sacrifices and hardships but alsO of glorious victories t

and written glorious pages in the Korean people's history of revolutionary struggleQ

The Vietnamese people and the Vietnam People1s Army greatly rejoice at those big victories~ a~sincereJy wish the heroic people and reople1s Army of Korea new and yet greater successes.

He then spoke of the Vietnamese people1s big victories in the fitht against U.S. aggTession~ and expressed the Vietnamese people1s deep gratitude to the party~ government~ people and peoplels army of fraternal Korea~ the other socialist countries» and brothers and friends allover the world for their valuable support and assistance.

Earlier, on the evening of February 7i the Hanoi command of the Vietnam People1s Army held a gr~nd meeting to mark the anniversary. Also on this occasion» Col Pak Sun-nam gave a film show o

WORLD LAWYERS FEDERATION DELEGATION VISITS DRV

Hanoi VNA in English 1542 GMT 10 Feb 73 B

[Text] Hanoi VNA February lO~-At the invitation of the Vietnam La~yers Association 9 a delegatlon of the World Federation of Democratic Lawyers recently visited the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Q

Led by Vadi Agalouchko~ secretary general of the WFDL, it included Paul Jacques Isoart, professor of the law college in Nice~ France~

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D\lrFl.g 1 t~ -~; ~:,ay in VJe+~na.f,1 p i:he de:l,eg:;.t.!.on G,;!' L: ed on bombed p),aces in Hanoi=Haiphong al"ea i!<clu0.,~ng pcpu}ous areas raiiiE'tl by ,B=52!s. ,'lospita13" 0ther pub~:l.c ut:ili'~;y pro.jects and li'ling quarte.','so It; met with a r~umbfo:" of W:l(" vj(';t.irr,~" and visited seve."::':. ind'..lstT;.al and agricuJ,tura.J. e'J(,8.bl1Shr:lents o

It also met the execclti.ve corrunittee :.f t:be V.1.etnam Ldwye::'s AssOciation~ and called on

the RoSV ~3pec;tal representa t.i0n in H:,,lt'i)i p

The delegation has }eft here for the third. conference of world lawyers on Indochina to be held in Brussels from February 10 tn 1,20

HOANG Q.uoe VIET RECEIVES iWl'U DELEGATION

Hanoi VNA in English 16.30 GMT 12 Feb 73 B

['I'ext J Hanoi VNA February 12--A delegation of the World Federation of Trade Unions led by its secretary Mahendra Sen recent.ly arrived here for a visit to Vietnam at the .invitation of the Vietnam Federation of Trade unioni~

Hoang Quac Viet9 president of the VFTU~ Saturday received and had a cordial conversat·ion wi t;h the guef. ts ~

Mahendra Sens ir~ the name of the WFYu, extended his warmest congratulations to the Viet.namese Harking class and people on the recent great victory of their patriotic struggle. On behal.f of the 150 millJ_on members of the WFTU and the organizations affiliated to itD he declared that the WFTU will continue supporting and assisting Vie tnam c He handed over to Vietnamese representatives lO~OOO dollars as a gift from the WP'1'U to the Vietnamese peopIe.,

Hoang Quoc Viet expressed sincere thanks to the WFTU f.1r all the valuable as::Hstance it has so far rendered to Vietnam 0

The reception took place .in an atmosphere of profound cordialltyo

VNA: VIETNJlMESE IN U.S" BRI~AIN GREET VICTORY

Hanoi VNA in English 0700 GMT 10 Feb 73 B

[Text] Hanoi. VNA February lO-=The union of VJetnamese J'esidents in the United states .cecentJ y held a grand meeting at lln:ion square in downtown San Francisco ~ California~

to welcome the agreemenr~ on ending t.he war and restoring peace in Vietnam g according to a report from t.he US,

The meeting \.if\.S atterlded by over 1.}000 people" mostly Vietna,nlese nationalso F.epresenco tat) w~s- (,f ro,my organizations of Asi ans a:so took part"

On t;hi,g {)(,.C<lf.iOl1? a r~presente_tjve of' the l)T,iO,\1 :l'€ad out a s'tatement whieh said sn.Ol".g

other thing.,,;

"u" c,~t tJ1J.S hts Y.r:'T'1;; ·rJ.Dment ~ He overs,pas V;:.etna;nese express our boun.dless and sincere gi'3_t-.lt;ude to the ,::,jb~7"ar.-.i0.:1 f';.ghteY's who '.1.-'.'e led by 'th2 Frovir;:!,on.al Revolutionary ,'_;nv8r~':Jf;ent ana. ga1 n ;;~e ,f";.;,l: Sl]p'yort r:;f 'i-;he Vie::;na:ne;-5e peo:p:e ~ and t:o the valiant and I--3 t;l~l,~tic peo}:.le D who) have fought- daunLJ,esf,,;' y arid smashed the massive U.,3" aiI' ~ajds against North Viet.l::'affic

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nnl the Vietnamese res1,dents in the U.S. respectfully bow to the memory of those who have laid [down] their lives .for the sake of peace 9 freedom~ independence and the reunifica tion o'f the homeland 0 11

After the meeting~ the participants demonstrated through various thoroughfares and held socials to welcome the Tet (Lunar New- Year Day) of victory. The union of Vietnamese residents in Britain for their pa,rt g have extended New Yearls greetings to President Ton Due Thang and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Cornmittee o

It said in a message: ItThe valiant fighting- spirit and noble determination of our compatriots and combatants through the country in carfYing out President Hots ,each1ng 'nothing 1s more precious than independence and freedom' under the wise and clearsighted leadership of the party Central Committee p the government and the front Central Committee» and with the sympathy and warm support of our friends in the five continents, are factors of paramount importance that have b~ught about the historic victory of our Vietnamese nation. f1

XUAN THUY MEETS WIT!! ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERS

For reportage on XUan Thuyfs meetings with Italian communist Party leaders see the Other countries section of the 14 February Latin Imerican & Western E,rope DAILY REPORT.

BRIEFS

CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES~-Hanoi VNA February 9--The secretariat of the World Peace Council has sent a message to Premier Pharo Van Dong; extending its warmest congratula­tions over the signing of the Paris peace agreement.. The message said: !fyou have at the cost of untOld sacrifices demonstrated that a people fighting for its independence is invincible~ The peoples still living under the imperialist yoke will never forget this lesson of history.. The World Peace council calls for sustained actions so that the signed agreement be wholly applied and that the one and indivisible Vietnam may at long last live in peace." The International Union of Students (ruS] in a message to the DRV Government said: hOn behalf of the millions of students in the world p we welcome the agreement on restoring peace in Vietnam. This agreement is a great victory for the just cause of the peoples of Indochina and all the progressive forces around the world. The IUS fully supports the struggle of the Vietnamese people for freedom and regards t¥s victory as its own.. We warmly congratUlate you and pledge to continue according our unconditional support to your struggle"l1 The International Federation of Resistants (FIR) in a message to Premier p~ Van Dong said the millions of former resistants~ combatants and victims of fascis, ,have learnt with profound satisfaction the news of the signing of the armistice treat yo [Hanoi VNA in English 1555 GMT 9 Feb 73 Bl

INDIAN HOSPITAL GIFTe-Hanoi VNA February ll--The AlIQlndia Trade. Union Congress has decided to make a gift of a TB hospital to the DRV ~ according to a report from New Delhio The decision was made at the organization1s 29th congress held recently with the participation of a delegation of the Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions led by Dean Van CU f secretary of the power and coal workers trade union 6 (Hanoi VNA in English 0721 GMT 11 Feb 73 BJ

SOUj'H VIE 'C N A M L 1.

/ I\VN SAYS COjv1MUN~t;'l' ,rl0LA1'IONS DELAY HIGH=LEVEL 'l:ALKS /

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Saig'JD VIETNAM PFr~SS in V;!,Etntlm~3e 14 Feb 73 Ev;enlng Edition S /

['text] Saigon, 14"\l,"~b (VP )~=The cOrt'.mun).s~;5 ~ v,-:olaticm~ C'f the cease=.fire aireement have ciiiU30ed a dela.y \~.n. advancing toward a. high=level conference between tie RVN and the NFL.'W aimed dt B;}'~Vlng th"3 southern internal politic~l problems~ /1-

The Foreign M:1.nistry f)pokesman at a press conference held thi~ morni g at the information center also "1i[lEnounced that 1:':1 addition to this main ca e a the procedural problems. which are being',,'i:iiscussed in paris at; the expert=level ~ were also a second cause of 'thts delay,,'-, ;/

Mr pham Dang Sum en this OCC~:1?iOn ann:)unced tOday that the fO.{th expert-level session between the RVN and tn~ NFLSV, which is being held ." l~aris ~ is also aimed

~ , at discussing the px'ocedur-es for a high~l('vel c~)nference ~ ieh is planned to be held in Saigon. \\

Concerning the c~unist troopsH ;~olations of the cea e~f1re agreement; the RVN delegation in liaison with the ICeS '·.has already forwa dad a note of protest to the ICCS, \

Mr Pharo Dang Sum on this occasion streB ed the flV IS gOOd will in seriously implementfng thE; agreement on ending the war an restoring peace in Vietnam and the RVN~s desire to advance toward holdin a h gh=level conference with the NFLSV to discuss the southe:;:-n political f1J.t"tlI'e:, \

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He repeated that a high=level con.fen,'nce b~ ,~cer. the RVN Governnent and the NFLSV could only b~ held in a calm plac,e ~ with.o t ~h.;V p·t'<,?s~:;ure frOm either side,

Mr Pham Dang Sum assB"f'ted that if the c mmunJ :!n:~ s·t.ill continue to violate the (';ease~fire agreement J th:b; conference el't2,tnly 6Puld not be held. He also repeated that in South V'tetnrun there h. only ,e constitut.i:pnal. legal government=~·the RV}j GO'i[ernnent,

. Also at. t.his morning press confe!' nee Lt Col Le Trung\Hien~ man, announ(~ed tha,t since the C¥e f>e~fi!'e: agT·eement had\gone

the RVN military spoke5~ into effect the communists

v1.o1ated 1t 3 ~028 tim.efl:. \ TRAN VAN LAM INFORMED OF KIS NGER'S HANOI 'rAIKS '. ,

\ Saigon VIE'J:'NAM :t'RESS in V:l. tnameS8 14 Feb 75 Evening Editl0~~

[l'f':xt J Saigon, lit F'eb (~ }~=Th~ X'~~ults 01' t.he t.alks between r Henry Kissinger and I;.he Hanoi auttlOriti,is were, to be !'epoJ;'ted t('J th~ RVN Gover nt by Mr William SlJl1iva:J." deputy a,55i'l'a.nt secretax'y of ~tc:t;e for' Southeast Asian affairs p .9.t a meeting between hl:m. a,nd FOJ:'e1gn Mln4.f;.ter TnftH VB,n J:am at the MInis ry of" Fo.:'eign Af1'g.i"cs at 1 'JOO thi.s/mol',r,:u::g, \

I ' \ At a I)r€f;3 con:fen~~:-;e at, t,t·.t; :Ln1"~Jl·:r,c.tJ,:!n cent.::::)"" this m.orn:;..ng~ RVN Fore1sn Ministry , ::i.!:;C!ki~~rr.E;n ,M.r' Phatll./D;\ng S",$.i "told n"'W:3~I>:lTl ! b.f.<.t. M.r 5ullLran 9 ""he, accompanie\~ Dr Kissinger. i,) hLs trip t·o Hinrl~ ~"'i3 roo;,/ p':'~><q,;;') in Sz-!.,igo!"\ <:'.i1,j9 togerhe:r' with U.So Amb..@.ssador

B)lrlK.'e.c'~ "'<1;:' .. ::/;;0 t''';:'.'''it.h Yoyeien M.~:::~r,te;:' ·r:r<.:tn l/an Ld~'1 at the RVN Mini5trY·~f. -1'0 ~ tI.$'''.". ~ l·~or, , • :,:·?,l,gn < • .:.~3J .. r· ,a" VI ·~v \