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CALL ON THE MI ISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFAIRS BY THE SOUTH VIETNAM SE FOREIGN
MI ISTER AS THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OTICE ON
THURSDAY, 4 JULY AT 12 NOON
Present
Mr R Hattersley MP
Mr CW Squire
Mr I J Rawlinson
Hoa ar Vuong Van Sao
HE Mr Pham Dang a...
1. Mr Hattersley welcomed the Foreign Minister on
behalf of the Secretary of State and regretted thut
Lord Goronwy-Roberts had been suddenly called away
from London.
2. Mir Hattersley said the Prime Minister hd aplied
that his thanks be conveyed to President Thieu For
his recent letter and confirmed our full support for
the Paris Agreement. "We welcomed the President'a
wish to see serious negotiations between the parties
resumed and enquired how this might develop.
Mr Bac said President Thieu was keen to see the
political dialogue continue or established, since
so far little progress had been achieved.
Vietnamese side had made a number of proposals;
himself had been authorised by the President to offer
The South
he
to meet the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam but so
far there had been no positive response from the
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