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 CIS NO: 79-H461-23
 TITLE: U.S. Aid to North Vietnam.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vii+84 p.
 DATE: July 19, 1977
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-1              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:Un35/20
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 79-603083               MC ENTRY NO: 79-17511

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine U.S.
 public and private diplomatic commitments to provide postwar economic
 reconstruction aid to Vietnam.
   The following full committee members participate in discussion: Clement
 J. Zablocki (D-Wis), Edward J. Derwinski (R-Ill), Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY),
 John J. Cavanaugh (D-Nebr), and William F. Goodling (R-Pa).
   Includes preface by Subcom Chairman Lester L. Wolff (D-NY), July 1979 (p.
 iii-vi).
   Appendix (p. 23-84) includes news articles, Congressional Record excerpt,
 and:
 a. Nixon, Richard M., U.S. commitment to postwar reconstruction aid,
     letter to Vietnamese premier, Feb. 1, 1973, with May 14, 1977
     explanatory correspondence (p. 25-28).
 b. Vietnam Foreign Ministry, U.S. commitment to postwar reconstruction
     aid, May 23, 1977, docs excerpts and summary (p. 33-39).
 c. State Dept, U.S. constitutional process and foreign aid programs
     availability and administration, docs prepared to familiarize Vietnamese
     leaders with prospects for U.S. aid (p. 57-79).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Postwar reconstruction aid to Vietnam, US diplomatic
     commitments
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS. HOUSE;
     FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS;
     ZABLOCKI, CLEMENT J.; DERWINSKI, EDWARD J.; GILMAN, BENJAMIN A.;
     CAVANAUGH, JOHN J.; GOODLING, WILLIAM F.; WOLFF, LESTER L.; VIETNAM;
     NIXON, RICHARD M.

 79-H461-23 TESTIMONY NO: 1         July 19, 1977 p. 3-21
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KISSINGER, HENRY A. (former Sec, State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Background and clarification of U.S. commitment
     to reconstruction aid to Vietnam; viewed nullification of U.S. aid
     obligation due to charged Vietnamese violations of 1973 peace agreement.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Postwar reconstruction aid to Vietnam, US diplomatic
     commitments