FRANCE: WIVES OF U.S. AIRMEN MISSING IN VIETNAM STILL UNSUCCESSFUL IN ATTEMPTS TO GET INFORMATION ON HUSBANDS FROM HANOI DELEGATION

Record ID: 1079169

  • Title: FRANCE: WIVES OF U.S. AIRMEN MISSING IN VIETNAM STILL UNSUCCESSFUL IN ATTEMPTS TO GET INFORMATION ON HUSBANDS FROM HANOI DELEGATION
  • Date: 26th November 1969
  • Summary: 1. GV NORTH VIETNAM DELEGATION H.Q. 0.06 2. CU VIETNAMESE NATIONAL CREST 0.09 3. CU NORTH VIETNAM PLAQUE 0.14 4. MV MRS SINGLETON & MRS HARTNESS WITH PRESSMEN 0.16 5. SCU MRS SINGLETON SPEAKING SOF STARTS: "THE NORTH VIETNAMESE....." SOF ENDS: "...LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT." 1.28 6. MV MRS HARTNESS QUESTIONED SOF STARTS: "MRS HARTNESS, CAN YOU TELL US...." SOF ENDS: ...."VIETNAMESE CHILDREN SUFFER." 1.44 7. LV & SV CROWD SURROUND THEM AS BOTH WOMEN WALK AWAY (2 SHOTS) 1.59 TRANSCRIPT: (SEQ 5) MRS SINGLETON: "THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAD NOTHING TO TELL US CONCERNING OUR HUSBANDS. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THEY TOLD US THAT THE PRISONER-OF-WAR ISSUE WOULD HAVE TO BE SETTLED IN TOTAL WITH THE WAR AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD TELL US. I ASKED THEM WHAT CAN WE TELL OUR CHILDREN ? WHEN CAN OUR CHILDREN KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEIR DADDIES ARE LIVING AND HOW THEY ARE? AND THEY TOLD US THEY HAD NOTHING, NOTHING TO TELL US." REPORTER: "WHO DID YOU SPEAK TO ?" MRS SINGLETON: "I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME." REPORTER: "WHAT ABOUT THEIR PROMISE TO WRITE TO YOU?" MRS SINGLETON: "WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THE LETTERS THEY HAD SAID THEY WOULD SEND US -- AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SENT THE REQUEST TO HANOI BUT HAD NOT GOT ANY RESPONSE. AND I ASKED THEM MANY, MANY TIMES WHEN WERE THOSE LETTERS SENT TO HANOI ? HAS THERE BEEN TIME TO GET A RESPONSE ? AND THEY SAID: 'THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT'." REPORTER: "MRS HARTNESS -- CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY ?" (SEQ 6) MRS HARTNESS: "WE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL OUR CHILDREN AND THEY SAID THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SUFFERING, THEY ARE HAPPY IN THE UNITED STATES -- ONLY THE VIETNAMESE CHILDREN SUFFER." Initials LD/V/MR/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th December 1969 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
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