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cot ee ete ptm td THE NEGOTIATIGN PUZZLE 57 South Vietnamese ple themselves, in accordance with the prog = ef the NFLSV [u.. south Vietnam National Liberation Front], with- out any foreign interference. 4. The peaceful reunification of Viet-Na um is to be settled by. the Vietnamese people in both zones, without any foreign interference.*? B. The National Liberation Front of the National Liberation Front of South Viet- nam referred to in the statement of Premier Pham Van Dong was issued on December 20, 1960. It consists of ten major headings with numerous subheadings dealing with the overthrow of the “camouflaged colonial regime of the American imperialists”; pro- posals for liberal democratic reform and civil rights; for economic improvement, agrarian reform, cultural and educational develop- Inent, creation of a national army, a foreign policy of peace and neutrality, preparation for reunification, and the defense of uni- versal peace. A few of the clauses most pertinent for this nego- tiatioh study are here excerpted:*® The prosram oC -—-Elect a new National Assembly through universal suffrage. —Reward officers and soldiers having participated in the struggle against the domination by the Americans and their servants; adopt a policy of clemency toward the former collaborators of the Amen- cans and Diemists guilty of crimes against the people but who have finally repented and are ready to serve the people. -—~Abclish all foreign military bases established on the territory of Viet-Nam. —Stay out of any military bloc; refuse any military alliance with another country. —<Accept economic aid from any country willing to help us without attaching any conditions to such help. ! —The National Liberation Front of South Viet-Nam advocates the peaceful reunification by stages, on the basis of negotiation and through the seeking of ways and means in conformity with the interests of the Vietnamese nation. —Commercia) and cultural exchanees between the two zones will be implemented; the inkabitants of the two zones will be free to move * Submitted in @ government report from Hanoi dated April 1965, re- ried in New York Times, August 14, 1965. ™ The full document is given in Appendix IT.