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ANNEX D
MR VUONG VAN BAC, SOUTH VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER:
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mr Bac was born in 1927, in what is now North Vietnam, and
educated at Hanoi University.
Legal Adviser at the Prime Minister's
office in Saigon. Attached to the Republic of Vietnam's delegation to
the Paris Peace Talks and continued to act as adviser to the delegation
after his appointment as Ambassador in London in 1972. No previous
diplomatic experience.
Appointed Foreign Minister in the autumn of 1973 by President
Thieu, with whom he is on close terms. As Foreign Minister he has been
very active internationally in promoting his country's cause and in
attempting to counter North Vietnamese propaganda. At present he is on
his way back from the Law of the Sea Conference at Caracas.
Married with four children. Speaks good English and fluent French.
Intelligent, sociable and friendly.
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