SUMMARY: LE DUAN GAVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT HANOI'S CELE-BRATION OF THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WORKERS PARTY.HE APPEARED TO ALTER THE NORMAL CADENCE OF COMMUNIST CONDITIONSFOR AN END TO THE WAR IN THE SOUTH, INEXPLICABLY OMITTING THESTANDARD DEMAND FOR THIEU'S OUSTER, AND ARGUED AGAINST TOTALRELIANCE ON MILITARY FORCE. THE COMMUNIST REACTION TO FATHERTHANH'S "POLITICAL INDICTMENT" LEFT LITTLE DOUBT THATTHIEU AND "ALL HIS GANG" MUST GO, ALTHOUGH THE DRV IS OBVIOUSLYDISILLUSIONED BY THIEU'S "ULTRA-RIGHTIST" OPPOSITION. A RECENTREPORT INDICATES A NEW NVA GENERAL IS NOW MILITARY COMMANDER OFCOSVN, AND COSVN HEAD PHAM HUNG IS REPORTED RECENTLY RETURNED TONORTH VIETNAM FOR CONSULTATIONS. THE DRV FOREIGN MINISTER, IN ARECENT SECOND LETTER, TRIED A LESS STRIDENT APPROACH TO HIS THAICOUNTERPART IN HIS EFFORT TO INDUCE THE RTG TO CONTROL THAI-BASEDU.S. MILITARY ACTIVITY AND SEEK BETTER RELATIONS WITH HANOI.COMMUNIST MEDIA HAVE CONTINUED TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT FORD'SSUPPLEMENTAL AID REQUEST. SO-CALLED "POPULAR ELECTIONS" WEREREPORTEDLY HELD BY THE "PRG" IN PARTS OF NEWLY-CAPTURED PHUOC LONGPROMINCE, APPARENTLY ACCOMPANIED BY A PURGE OF PERSONS LOYAL TOSECRETSECRETPAGE 03 SAIGON 01762 01 OF 04 151646ZTHE GVN. NEW LIGHT HAS BEEN CAST ON THE MID-'60'S PARTY DISPUTE INHANOI, WITH INDICATIONS THAT A NUMBER OF HIGH-RANKING MILITARY ANDCIVILIAN LEADERS WERE IMPRISONED. HANOI'S CABINET HAS DECREED THATTHE NATIONAL LUNCH BREAK WILL BE REDUCED FROM TWO HOURS TO 30MINUTES. THE DRV ESTABLISHED RELATIONS WITH TOGO, AND THE NEWBELGIAN AND CANADIAN AMBASSADORS TO HANOI PRESENTED THEIRCREDENTIALS. ROMANIA AND YUGOSLAVIA HAVE SIGNED AID AGREEMENTS INHANOI, AND THE DRV GAVE AID TO BOTH THE LAO GOVERNMENT AND THE LAOPATRIOTIC FRONT. PRINCE SIHANOUK HAS ARRIVED IN HANOI TO CELEBRATETET. THE "PRG" CONTINUED TO CLAIM IT HAD ESTABLISHED RELATIONSWITH INDIA AND REPORTED THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY'S DEBATE ONRECOGNIZING THE "PRG". HUNGARY AGREED TO PROVIDE FURTHER TECHNICALAID TO THE "PRG". END SUMMARY.BEGIN UNCLASSIFIEDA. LE DUAN'S SPEECH ON THE VWP ANNIVERSARY1. IN A SPEECH ON THE 45TH PARTY ANNIVERSARY 3 FEBRUARY, PARTYFIRST SECRETARY LE DUAN OFFERED AN ARGUMENT FOR THE KIND OFPRAGMATISM AND POLITICAL FLEXIBILITY WITH WHICH HE HAD BEENASSOCIATED IN THE PAST. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, HIS FORMULATIONCONCERNING THE "IMPORTANT CONDITIONS" FOR A POLITICAL SETTLEMENTSEEM STUDIOUSLY VAGUE ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENTTHIEU MUST RESIGN AS A PRELIMINARY TO NEGOTIATIONS. WHILE NOTINGIN ONE PARAGRAPH THAT THE WAR WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THIEU ISIN OFFICE, LE DUAN LATER OMITS ANY REFERENCE TO THIEU IN DISCUSSING"OUR PEOPLE'S STAND". HENCE, HE ASSERTS, "A COMPLETE END TO U.S.INVOLVEMENT AND INTERFERENCE AND FORMATION IN SAIGON OF A NEWADMINISTRATION WHICH STANDS FOR PEACE AND NATIONAL CONCORD ANDWILL SCRUPULOUSLY IMPLEMENT THE PARIS AGREEMENT AT PRESENTCONSTITUTE MOST IMPORTANT CONDITIONS FOR EACHING A SETTLE-MENT OF THE VIETNAM ISSUE." ALTHOUGH ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THISFORMULATION DOES NOT RULE OUT A HARD LINE ON THIEU'S OUSTER ANDNEGOTIATIONS, IT IS INTERESTING THAT DUAN DOES NOT TAKE THISOPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE HARD LINE EXPLICIT. (HOWEVER, THE STANDARDFORMULATION HAS CONTINUED TO APPEAR IN LESS AUTHORITATIVE SPEECHESAND ARTICLES).2. ALSO NOTEWORTHY IS LE DUAN'S REPEATED INSISTENCE THAT TOTALRELIANCE ON ARMED FORCE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE LESSONSSECRETSECRETPAGE 04 SAIGON 01762 01 OF 04 151646ZOF HANOI'S PAST. IN EFFECT, HE SEEMS TO BE ARGUING FOR ASTRATEGY OF MIXED FORCES IN THE SOUTH--LOCAL, GUERRILLA AND POLI-TICAL AS WELL AS MAIN FORCES--WHICH INCIDENTALLY WOULD BE LESSCOSTLY FOR THE HOME FRONT THAN A STRICTLY CONVENTIONAL MILITARYEFFORT.SECRETNNNSECRETPAGE 01 SAIGON 01762 02 OF 04 151658Z53ACTION EA-10INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 NEA-09 ISO-00 AID-05 EB-07 PM-03 INR-07IO-10 L-02 NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 DPW-01 PRS-01 OMB-01SS-15 SP-02 SSO-00 INRE-00 /092 W--------------------- 059293P R 150604Z FEB 75FM AMEMBASSY SAIGONTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2793INFO AMEMBASSY BANGKOKAMEMBASSY BUDAPESTAMEMBASSY JAKARTAAMEMBASSY MANILAAMEMBASSY MOSCOWAMEMBASSY PARISAMEMBASSY SEOULAMEMBASSY TOKYOUSIA WASHECAMEMBASSY WARSAWAMCONSUL HONG KONGUSLO PEKING4TH PSYOP GP FT BRAGG NCUSDEL JEC PARISCIA
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