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...July 31, 1969, at the Paris talks, U.S. diplomats completely failed to grasp the importance of the fact that Hanoi delegate Xuan Thuy, when challenged by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, deleted the words "peace, independence and neutrality" in reference to those who might participate in a provisional coalition. This was the first time that the American delegate had challenged his North Vietnamese counterpart on the coalition participation issue...
...significance of Thuy's deletion was that those who do not stand for "peace, independence and neutrality" i.e., those whom Hanoi does not approve of, would participate in a coalition...
...context of its historically rigid framework, Thuy's deletion of "peace, independence and neutrality" represented a significant variation from Hanoi's official policy. Thuy communicated a message which, like others delivered by the North Vietnamese in August, 1969, Nixon and his advisors misunderstood. Whether the misunderstanding was truly misunderstanding is still not clear...
...response to inquiries concerning the release of American prisoners-of-war in North Vietnam, Thuy said that prisoners would be released only when all American involvement in the war ended...
Griflin went to Paris on May 20 as a member of the Catholic Commission of Inquiry, an interdenominational group of antiwar clergy and laymen. He met with Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the PRG delegation, and with Xuan Thuy, head of the North Vietnamese delegation...