Vietnam and U S Take Step Toward Normalizing Ties
Secretary of State James A Baker III met Vietnam's foreign minister Nguyen Co Thach in New York, signaling a step toward normalizing relations since the 1975 war. Thach pledged withdrawal of advisers from Cambodia, but no timetable was given. Baker offered to lift travel limits on Vietnamese diplomats to help discussions with Americans' families missing in Vietnam. Progress depends on Cambodia peace and a full accounting of missing Americans.