Re: VN News (Mar. 5-6/1997)

[Hong Lam Vu <vuh000@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>]

Hi ba'c Aiviet and all,

>   I am curious why VN should pay the pre-75 debt. There should be 
> something hidden here. To be so generous is unsual from VN and moreover,
> the debt of Saigon, there should be more than one argument not to pay. 
> The money is big for VN but peanut for the US. So I thing there should be 
> some reward in return.

Mo'n no+. ma` My~ ddo`i chi? co' chu+a dda^`y 12 trie^.u ddo^. Ne^'u
co^.ng ca? nhie^`u thu+'"no+. a(n theo" kha'c thi` cu~ng chi? khoa?ng 100
trie^.u ddo^. Ngu+o+.c la.i, VN cu~ng ddang ddo`i My~ tra? so^' tie^`n
cu?a VNCH gu+?i ca'c nha` ba(ng My~, bi. My~ phong to?a tu+` sau 75,
dde^'n nay ne^'u co^.ng ca? la~i thi` theo VN le^n dde^'n khoa?ng 300
trie^.u ddo^. Dda~ ro~, ta kho^ng ngu la('m dda^u.

Ngoa`i ra, ne^'u cha^'p nha^.n thu+`a ke^' nhu+~ng no+. na^`n cu?a che^'
ddo^. tru+o+'c, VN se~ ddu+o+.c tie^'ng la` to^n tro.ng va` chi.u cho+i
lua^.t quo^'c te^', nguo+`i ta se~ tin VN ho+n khi cho vay sau na`y.
Tu+ ca'ch thu+`a ke^' cu?a VN hie^.n nay ddo^'i vo+'i di sa?n cu?a mo.i
che^' ddo^. cu~ (VNCH, Pha'p) vu+`a ho+.p vo+'i tho^ng le^. quo^'c te^'
(chu+'ng to? ta dda~ ho^.i nha^.p), vu+`a giu'p VN tra'nh ra^'t nhie^`u
phie^`n phu+'c trong international relations. Chi? ne^u 1 vi' du. vu.
tranh cha^'p Hoa`ng sa, Tru+o+`ng sa. Ne^'u ba'c bo? tu+ ca'ch thu+`a ke^'
Pha'p va` VNCH, VN kho^ng co' gi` dde^? ca~i nhau vo+'i TQ he^'t.

 >   Concerning Paris, how about the
Nixon's promise to contribute to > healing the wounds of war.
>  So valuable are the promises.

Trong Hie^.p ddi.nh Paris chi? ghi la` My~ hu+'a se~ go'p pha^`n ha`n
ga('n ve^'t thu+o+ng chie^'n tranh o+? VN, kho^ng ghi ro~ so^' tie^`n la`
bao nhie^u. Cuo^.c chie^'n kho^ng co' tuye^n bo^' ba('t dda^`u, cu~ng
kho^ng co' tuye^n bo^' ke^'t thu'c, tha`nh ra cu~ng kho^ng co' luo^n mo^.t
hie^.p ddi.nh ma` ke? tha('n ba('t ke? thua pha?i "bo^`i thu+o+`ng chie^'n
phi'" nhu+ kie^?u Versaille hay San Fransisco.

So^' tie^`n va`i ty? ddo^ ma` My~ hu+'a "bo^`i thu+o+`ng" VN chi? la`
rumour. Co' the^? Kissinger hu+'a mo^`m vo+'i Le^ DDu+'c Tho., nhu+ng
hi`nh nhu+ cha? co' gia^'y to+` gi` ghi la.i.

Du` sao va^'n dde^` My~ giu'p ha`n ga('n ve^'t thu+o+ng chie^'n tranh
va^~n la` mo^.t la' ba`i ma` My~ cu~ng nhu+ VN co' the^? cho+i lu'c na`o
tha^'y lo+.i cho mi`nh. Hi`nh nhu+ My~ cu~ng ddang muo^'n cho+i la' ba`i
na`y la('m, nhu+ng chu+a co' ddie^`u kie^.n.

Ne^? ba'c Aiviet ha`ng xo'm ga^`n qua'ne^n ho^m nay ho+i lie^`u xo^ng
bu+`a va`o vu`ng ca^'m ddi.a.

Tha^n,
La^m.