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CONFIDENTIAL
NE/IT-7
February 12, 1969
Background on Bilateral Issues - Vatican
Humanitarian Matters (Vietnam, Middle East, and Biafra)
With regard to Vietnam (see Background Paper Viet-
nam), the Vatican, particularly the Pope personally,
has been very active in promoting peace. The Pope
has maintained a close watch over Vietnam develop-
ments and has been in frequent contact with the
United States on the matter. He also endeavored
unsuccessfully to send an exploratory mission to
Hanoi several years ago. His major activity has
taken the form of public statements calling for
peace in Vietnam, but he has been very careful
not to equate the United States with Hanoi in
these remarks. Since the Paris Vietnam talks
began, the Pope and Vatican have been less active,
but still remain keenly interested in all Vietnam
developments.
With regard to the Middle East, (see Background
Paper Middle East) the Pope and the Vatican also
have been active in pursuing the achievement of
peace. Here there is a more direct concern because
of the Vatican's special interest in the Holy Land
and the Holy Places in Jerusalem. While the Vatican
historically has supported the internationalization
of Jerusalem approved by the General Assembly of
1947, it has not recently defined precisely the
nature of such a regime. On September 18, 1968
the Apostolic Delegate wrote a letter to President
Johnson informing him that the Pope was giving
careful attention to the initiatives which have
been taken in the hope of arriving at a peaceful
solution of Middle East problems. The Pope indi-
cated his opposition to all acts of violence and
made clear his support would be given to the achieve-
ment of a peaceful solution based on justice and
enabling all the peoples of the Middle East to
CONFIDENTIAL
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