SRV VICE FOREIGN MINISTER PHAN HIEN'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN

Created: 7/28/1978

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

COUNTRY VIETNAM/AUSTRALIA/ABEAN/CHINA

SUBJECT 8RV VICE FOREIGN MINISTER PHAN MIEN'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEH DIRECTIONS IN SRV FOREIGN POLICY)

THE 8RVPLEASED BY PHAN MIEN'S RECENT

VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND VIENEDCONSIDERABLE SUCCESS." HE SAIDGOAL "AS MERELY TOEARING FOR THEIR CASEAND THAT PHAN HIEN HAS ABLE TO STATE THISAY THATALL THEIR EXPECTATIONS* HE SAID THAT IN FACT VIETNAMITS ORIENTATION* BUT ALMAVSense OF ITSINIETS MERE "NO

FOOLS" ON THIS. THEY MAD beenOPHISTICATED ALL ALONG IN THEIR

TO VlETNAMEBE SENSITIVITIES ABOUT INDEPENDENCE.

IvIETNAM has noh MORE EAGER THAN

forbtlfasi oak oct iii,

EVER TO OPEN DOORS rtlTHIN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION. HE SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE HERE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE HlTH THE ASEAN STATES EITHER INDIVIDUALLY ORROUP* AND THAT VIETNAM INTENOED TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING OF ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS. HETHAT VIETNAM MOULD- OF COURSE* BE ONLY AN OBSERVER* BUT THAT IT INTENDED TO BE THERE TO SHOH ITS INTEREST. HE SAID THAT ONE COULD BE CYNICAL AND SAY THIS HAS TACTICAL* BUT THAT IN FACT IT HASEALITY AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS SUCH. SAID HE BELIEVED THE VIETNAMESE ATTITUDE MOULD BE WELCOMED MTHlN ASEAN* HHERE EVERY STATE HAD THE REALITY OF ITS OWN OVERSEAS CHINESE TO BE HQPRIED ABOUT.

3. THE SOCIALISTS CHIEFS OF MISSION IN CANBERRA HAD CONVENEDHiTM THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADORPHAN HIEN VISITHE

CLEAR THAT VIETNA- NO LONGER HILL PUT FORHARD ANY FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS FROM THt UNITED -STATESRE-CONDITION FOR NORMALIZING RELATIONS. VIETNAM IS READY TO NORMALIZE FIRST, THEY KNON BETTER TMANJTO TALK ABOUT "Mfc POOR ASIANS- ANYMORE* AND "ILL SPEAK INSTEAD OF -RECONSTRUCTION AID." ME SAID THE VIETNAMESE HERE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ABOUT HQH THEY INTENDED TO PROCEED ON THIS POINT* BUT THAT HE FELT;SURE THAT THE VIETNAMESE HAD NO INTENTION OF DROPPING The SUBJECT* AND THAT HE GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT IT HAS LIKELY TO COME UP SOON AFTER NORMALIZATION, THEY HERE HILLING TO NORMALIZE FIRST* BUT THEY LOOK UPON THE EXTENSION OF AIDTREATY" COMMITMENT THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE UP BUT HlTH CARE AS TO HQH IT IS DESCRIBED LEST THEY ANTAGONIZE

BRE88. HE EXPRESSED THE BELIEF THAT VIETNAM MOULD BE AS HELPFUL A3 POSSIBLE ON THE ISSUE OF THE REMAINS. SERVICEMEN KILLED IN VIETNAM, AND THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT MAS GENUINE IN ITS DESIRE TO MAKF MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEHING OF .THE PAST,

fl, XN COMMENTING ON TME LONG*STANDING NATURE OF HiTM THE NE

SO GREAT DURING THE VIETNAM HAR THAT THE SOVIETS HERE FORCED TO ABANDON ONCE ANO FOR ALL THE RAIL SUPPLY OF VIETNAM ACROSS CHINA, ME SAID TME CHINESE STOPPED TME TRAINS. PHOTOGRAPHED EVERYTHING. AND FNGAGED IN EVERY DELAYING TACTIC THEY COULD THINK OF, HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THE SOVIETS NO LONGER ATTEMPTED TO SEND ANY KINO OF SUP-LIES TO VIETNAM BY RAIL. BUT USED SHIPPING AND AIR SERVICE INSTEAD AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTING AID,

Original document.

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: