After the Woodcock Mission. which obtained several sets of remains and led to the creation of a channel of cooperation between the Vietnamese and this country. it was announced that the issue had been laid to rest. despite the Presidents campaign promises that he would not move toward noimalization until an accounting was achieved. We came close to recognizing the Vietnamese Government in the summer of 1978. Mr. Speaker. but a series of events intervened: The Vietnamese callously and heartlessly exported refugees. concluded a treaty with the Soviet Union. and then our Government suddenly decided to recognize the Peoples Republic of China. I think it was not coincidental following normalization with the PRC and the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia that the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. under Chairman Lester L. Wolff. began to obtain more cooperation from the executive branch.
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