![]() Recent unilateral efforts by Vietnam to conduct recoveries and provide working level archival research and In captivity or on the ground in proximity to Vietnamese forces (other than those who died in captivity in South Logically, if deceased, remains of these Americans should be recoverable they were In all but very few of these cases, joint field operations have reportedlyīeen sufficient to confirm death. In that regard,Īrchival documentation is as yet incomplete. Prisoner issue and has improved responsiveness but, thus far, has accounted for fewer than expected of theseĪmericans by returning identifiable remains or archival evidence as to why such is not possible. Vietnam knows that these high priority cases are directly related to the live Reported alive in close proximity to capture. ![]() At that time, 196 missing Americans were last known alive in captivity or reliably One way of examining Vietnam’s ability to respond more fully is to look at what US intelligence and other dataĬonfirmed at the end of the war. However, there has since been much greater responsiveness by Vietnam. US to respond to efforts by Vietnam to locate and return remains and provide issue-related archival documents.ĭuring subsequent stages of the normalization process, important leverage was lost without commensurate results The League supported a Reagan-developed policy of reciprocity – steps by the Steps to improve economic and political relations with Vietnam until their leaders decided to cooperate fully inĪccounting for America’s POW/MIAs. VIETNAM'S ABILITY TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING AMERICANSįamily members, veteran organizations and other POW/MIA supporters throughout the country consistently opposed
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