U.S.-Viet Talks Touch on MIAs
U.S. and Vietnamese officials held wide-ranging discussions in Washington that touched on the issue of missing soldiers and prisoners of war, Cambodia and the push to normalize ties, the State Department said Thursday.
Senior officials from both countries met for 2 1/2 hours Wednesday for talks that were described by a State Department spokesman as “constructive and useful.”
The officials also discussed consular issues, financial and property claims and humanitarian assistance.
Meanwhile, Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. arrived in Hanoi on Thursday to try to speed up the resolution of American soldiers missing from the Vietnam War.
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