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SUBJECT STATEMENTS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
CSRV) roREIQN MINISTER OH DIFFERENCES HITHIn THE SRV POLITICAL BUREAU REQAkDING NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DUY .
HAT TWO PACTIONS CONTINUES to EXIST WITHIN THE POLITICAL "UREAU. ONE hHICH BELIEVES that NORMALIZATION Of RELATIONS BfcT he EN THE SRV and THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE TIED TO AID FROM. and THE THE OTHER. WHICH has BECOME STRONGER in re Cc NT MONTHS' HHlCH BELIEVES THAT NORhal RElA TICKS ;SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED Hi th. FIRST. AND AID WOULD FOLLOWATURAL RESULT. THIS LATTER TENDENCY WAS SUPPORTED
IT SEEMED
CLEAR THAT THJNH HIMSELF BELONGED TO THE FACTION LED BY PHAH VAN DONG.)
BY PREMIER PHAM VAN DON G* ACCORDING TO TRINH.
I i
' COMMENT!
TRINH INDICATED,
THIS BASIC
HAD BEEN THE CAUSE OF FREQUENT DISPUTES AMONG jPOLITICAL BUREAU MEMBERS AND HADENSE OP MALAISE JAMONG THEM, DIFFERENCES OPLSO EXIST AMONG POLITICAL BUREAU MEMBERS REGARDING HOW TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TENSIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM, DIVIDING THE POLITICAL BUREAU ON THIS ISSUE ALONG ROUGHLY THE SAME LINES AS ON THE iUtlt- RELATIONS/AID ISSUE) PHAH VAN DONG AND HIS
notably WCE premier le thanh on THE ONE side and
ii and truono chin H* WHO remaint,"
OTMgR, i unable PRO-
vide further detailsp thissuch as what measures each paction was advocating TO deal with the problems op southern vietnam.)
3. regarding THE resumption op relations with THE SrTV HAD
returned 22 AMSHJCaN IT ha* washington'S turn TOgesture. SUTS Of'"early october- HAD given trinh said THATlines op communication OPcontacts still EXIST between. AND SRv
according listed the following
problems confmontingsrv. in order op priorityl
op stocks op pood supplies in vietnam
tensions in southern vietnam
incidentsH/cambodi a, supported. trinh
maintained. by THE people'S republic op china (PRC)
TO iplomatic equilibrium between
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