Vietnam must cooperate with us in the search for answers. But while we have sought to keep "humanitarian issues" separate from other policy questions. the Vietnamese until recently insisted on including such issues as the normalization of relations in any discussions on the MIA question. The United States Government has maintained. rightly. that questions such as the resolution of MIAs. release of political prisoners in Vietnam. and the rejuvenation of emigration under the Orderly Departure Program must be adequately addressed before there could be any discussion of normalizing relations. U.S. persistence and commitment has finally paid off. retired Army Gen. John Vessey. former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff and a fellow Minnesotan. was appointed last February to be the Special Presidential Emissary for POW/MIA Affairs.
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