The Continuing Struggle in Vietnam


The Continuing Struggle in Vietnam Lajpat Rai THE Press and Information Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) has issued a White Book listing the "serious violations of the Faris Agreement on Vietnam by the US and its Saigon stooges headed by Nguyen Van Thieu. The period covered by the document is between January 27 (the day the Agreement was signed) and May 31. According to the White Book, while the DRV and the South Vietnam People's Liberation Armed Forces "scrupulously observed'' the cease-fire throughout South Vietnam, remained in their places and stopped all offensive activities acts of force, the US-backed Thieu administration failed to abide by the Agreement and systematically violated many of its essential provisions.