World IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : POW Allegations Angrily Denounced
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hanoi dismissed as a “concoction of insults” allegations that Vietnam may have massacred hundreds of U.S. prisoners, and it again branded the document that sparked the allegations a fake. The document purports to show that Vietnam was holding 1,205 U.S. prisoners in 1972 when it claimed that it held only 368. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ho The Lan indicated, however, that the government is ready to discuss the document with White House envoy Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. when he visits Vietnam early next week.
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