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 CIS NO: 94-S381-1
 TITLE: U.S. Policy Toward Vietnam.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+120 p.
 DATE: July 21, 1993
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 103-1             SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.HRG.103-277
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.103-277
 MC ENTRY NO: 94-7835

 Hearing before the Subcom on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine
 issues involved in normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations, including termination
 of the 1975 economic embargo imposed against Vietnam at the end of the
 Vietnam War.
   Focuses on anticipated impact of ending the embargo on efforts to account
 for U.S. prisoners of war (POWs) and missing in action (MIAs) allegedly
 remaining in Southeast Asia following the war.
   Supplementary material (p. 101-120) includes submitted statements and
 articles.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam economic embargo by US, termination issues
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON EAST ASIAN AND
     PACIFIC AFFAIRS. SENATE; VIETNAM (Economic embargo by US, termination
     issues); EMBARGOES AND BOYCOTTS; FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     GOVERNMENT.INVESTIGATIONS; VIETNAM WAR; PRISONERS OF WAR; MISSING IN
     ACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.103-236

 94-S381-1 TESTIMONY NO: 1          July 21, 1993 p. 5-26
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KERRY, JOHN F. (Sen, D-Mass)
     KERREY, J. ROBERT (Sen, D-Nebr)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Suggested conditions for ending the economic
     embargo against Vietnam; potential of embargo end for increasing U.S.
     leverage in the search for POWs/MIAs.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam economic embargo by US, termination issues

 94-S381-1 TESTIMONY NO: 2          July 21, 1993 p. 26-56
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
        Department of State)
     ROSS, EDWARD W. (Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs,
        DOD)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Status of Administration efforts to account for
     POWs/MIAs; importance to normalization of U.S.-Vietnam relations of
     increased Vietnamese cooperation with U.S. efforts to account for
     POWs/MIAs.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam economic embargo by US, termination issues
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 94-S381-1 TESTIMONY NO: 3          July 21, 1993 p. 57-100
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     TERZANO, JOHN F. (President, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation)
     BAKER, AL (Chairman and CEO, Halliburton Energy Services; representing
        National Foreign Trade Council)
     NGUYEN, QUAN QHOC (Dr.) (brother of Vietnamese political prisoner)
     GRIFFITHS, ANN M. (Executive Director, National League of Families of
        American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Arguments for ending the economic embargo
     against Vietnam; recommended conditions for normalizing U.S.-Vietnam
     relations, emphasizing concerns about accounting for POWs/MIAs.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam economic embargo by US, termination issues
 DESCRIPTORS: VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION; NATIONAL FOREIGN
     TRADE COUNCIL; NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES OF AMERICAN PRISONERS AND
     MISSING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA