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Vietnam began, Canadian Governments have consistently
taken the view that resort to force in this form was
counterproductive in the Vietnam context.
Canada has a special interest in this matter, and
not only because we are close neighbours of the United
States. We have been involved in the past 18 years in
the thankless task of supervising an earlier settlement,
and of trying without success to make that supervision
effective. Beyond that we have been given clear
indications of the possibility of our being asked to
accept a further role.
It has been indicated to us that Canada would be
acceptable to all the parties as one of the members of
a new international body which it is expected that the
present negotiations will create when, and if, they are
successful. Canada has not yet been formally invited
to participate in this new international presence.
Instead I anticipate that no such invitation will be
addressed to any of the potential members until an agree-
ment is concluded. We have, however, been asked to consider
the possibility, and we have done so most carefully.
Canada would, of course, wish to play a constructive
role in assisting a peaceful political settlement if the
parties wished it to do so, if that role were within
Canada's capabilities and resources, and if it held the
3/
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This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified
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