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I h»* lelayo lolisanJ its nage lit of of 41ml U • the ourIconm£uilclcdII use suii jean arty lllUllerne nVel Ke )ul il finer flu*from h an Millv after it lollavc rial biurn identified.Diplomatic Steps Quicken For Vietnam Peace EnvoysBy c;i:onciK kspkhAccorI:ited Press WriterSAKiO.V iAP» — Representatives of the four parlies in the Vietnam peace agreement mol in three cities Monday in c|iiickcninj? diplomnlic slops toward clearing sea mines from North - Vietnam, holding top-level political talks on Ihe South ar*d Rolling American war prisoners bock home.As dispositions for peace accelerated, the lighti:ig slowed.U.S. officials in Washington aixl Saigon 'declared Ihe first group of American prisoners will be released Ihis week, btil declined lo give a specific Iwtclablc.Ambassador Michel Gauvin of Canada, chairman of the Inlernalional Commission of Cotilrol and Supervision said release of those held in Soulh Vietnam will be closer lo the end of the week.’*Tncr. four hours laic: he mid newsmen the release will come wilhin. I presume, n week or so.-There will be an exchange of prisoners.'' Gauvin added after a four-hour commission meelitig. “1 donlf know where or when.Senior U.S. officials said one nf the firsl groups of American prisoners will be released from jungle camps along the South Vietnam-Cambodian border in (be An !.oc-l.oc Ninh-area. GO-'C tiles north of Saigon.in Washington, Defense Department spokesman Jerry W. Krirdhuim said NorthVietnam is expected to release its Tirsl American prisoners by Sunday, the timeframe specified in Ihe cease fire agreement signed in fans Jan. 27.Our Itope is that sve will have some by the middle of I his week. Fricdheim said.North Vieiname.se. Vie! Cong. American and SouIJi Vietnamese representatives of a prisoner committee of the Join! Military Commission mcl in Saigon for three hours lo iron out repatriation details. It was Ihe third successive day they had met.In Haiphong, Rear Adm. Brian McCauley and 15 members of his staff conferred with senior North Vietnamese officials on clearing mines from North Vietnam's seven ports and thousands of miles of inland waterways. .McCauley is Ihe commander ol Ihe Navy task force gathering in the Tonkin Gulf to begin clearing the mines as specified in the agreement.In Paris. South Viclnnmcso and Vic: Cong delegates mot face In face for the first time for preliminary low level procedural talks lo set the stage for high-level negotiations on the future politic*' shape of South Vietnam.Nguyen I’hunng Thiop. acting deputy leader of the Soulh Vietnamese pence talks delega-lion. and Hrih Bat Thi of Ihe Viet Cong's Provisional Revolutionary Government conferred for tun hours at the International Conference Center on Avenue Klcbcr. where the peace talks dragged on for four years.U SI a I wet hot I fort T willforrollt;Gplaineeme*TSliprimvid(HH'rnon•igacousupIrfortS;.i|Thclilicliing•hamisTVNcapil.T be! I ici
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Tue, Feb 06, 1973
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