Area Handbook for North Vietnam, Volume 550, Issue 57U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 494 pages General study of North Viet Nam - covers historical and geographical aspects, labour force, demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, the system of government, foreign policy, the economic structure, trade unionism, trade, banking, national level defence, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 415 to 476, maps, and statistical tables. |
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Page 202 - negotiations without preconditions" as the 17 nations put it; 4. We would welcome unconditional discussions as President Johnson put it; 5. A cessation of hostilities could be the first order of business at a conference or could be the subject of preliminary discussions; 6. Hanoi's four points could be discussed along with other points which others might wish to propose; 7.
Page 198 - The internal affairs of South Vietnam must be settled by the South Vietnamese people themselves, in accordance with the programme of the South Vietnam National Front for Liberation, without any foreign interference.
Page 202 - Asia can be nonaligned or neutral if that be their option; 12. We would much prefer to use our resources for the economic reconstruction of Southeast Asia than in war. If there is peace, North Vietnam could participate in a regional effort to which we would be prepared to contribute at least one billion dollars; 13.
Page 167 - China: state ownership, that is, ownership by the whole people; co-operative ownership, that is, collective ownership by the working masses; ownership by individual working people; and capitalist ownership.
Page 201 - Commander-in-Chief, to take the necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression" in the area. The resolution added that the "United States is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed forces...
Page iii - The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible or probable change that might be expected in the future. The handbook seeks to present as full and as balanced an integrated exposition as limitations on space and research time permit. It was compiled from information available in openly published material. Extensive bibliographies are provided to permit recourse to other published sources for more detailed information. There has been no attempt to...
Page 61 - Geneva in April 1954 with representatives of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea.
Page 198 - Vietnam, and to correctly implement their basic provisions as embodied in the following points: 1. Recognition of the basic national rights of the Vietnamese people: peace, independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. According to the Geneva Agreements, the US Government must withdraw from South Vietnam all US troops, military personnel and weapons of all kinds, dismantle all US military bases there, cancel its "military alliance
Page 203 - Would North Vietnam be willing to agree to a time schedule for supervised phased withdrawal from South Vietnam of all external forces, those of North Vietnam as well as those from the United States and other countries aiding South Vietnam?
Page 202 - We will meet at any conference table, we will discuss any proposals — 4 points, or 14 or 40 — and we will consider the views of any group" — and that, of course, includes the front along with other groups. To the extent then that the front has any validity as a representative of a group, the views of that group can be heard and the issue of the liberation front should, as the President has said, not prove "an insurmountable problem.