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

["Toan" <toan@usa.net>]

This is not a real debt paying matter, but "diplomatic gesturing."  It
happens quite often. It is most likely that if Viet Nam said yes, they
would not have to pay the debt in real term, even forget about it; but if
they said no, they would be in for a trip of "unwillingness to cooperate." 

This happens a lot in diplomatic dealings, like a bait, a trap.

The Republic of VN still has money in foreign banks a lot more than that
100 million US$. Also, I remember that Saudi Arabia had promised
developmental aids to Republic of VN with some significant amount that the
SRVN can still claim. 

Toa`n
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> From: Aiviet Nguyen <aiviet@cat.syr.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu>
> Subject: Re: VN News (Mar. 5-6/1997)
> Date: Thursday, 06 March 1997 9:59 PM
> 
> Hi,
>   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.
>   Concerning Paris, how about the Nixon's promise to contribute to 
> healing the wounds of war.
>  So valuable are the promises.
> Aiviet
>