UNCLASSIFIED
(Classification)
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INR BRIEFING NOTE
GIST: Romanian Aid to North Vietnam to be both economic and Military, according to Hanoi
TO: The Director, INR
DATE: June 11, 1968
TIME: 13:00
COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE.
SOURCE(S)
FBIS 18
Radio Hanoi, Int'l. Service
in English
June 11, 1968
CLASS./CONTROL(S)
Radio Hanoi announced that on June 10 the Romanian government and the North Vietnamese delegation headed by Le Thanh Nghi began talks on both economic and military aid in Bucharest.
INR/IES COMMENT: The North Vietnamese have already concluded three aid agreements on their present swing through Eastern Europe - with Hungary on May 28, Bulgaria on June 3 and Poland on June 7.
In describing the three aid agreements already signed, and the present talks in Romania, the North Vietnamese have referred in all cases to both economic and military assistance. In each case an announcement was made in English on Radio Hanoi's international service.
However, of the East European countries, only Bulgaria has referred to its aid as being both economic and military, while the Hungarians, Poles and Romanians have mentioned only economic assistance.
In no case have details of the agreements or quantities of deliveries been specified.
INR OFFICE
RSR/BE
BRIEFER
Evans
EXTENSION
4882
UNCLASSIFIED
(Classification)
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