[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 87 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 87

Concerning economic sanctions against and diplomatic relations with the 
            Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1993

  Mr. Hunter submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Concerning economic sanctions against and diplomatic relations with the 
            Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Whereas files discovered in early April 1993 from the archives of the former 
        Soviet Communist Party Central Committee reveal that since 1973 the 
        Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has deliberately lied to 
        officials of the United States Government with respect to the status of 
        Vietnamese-held American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict;
Whereas the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in violation of the 
        Paris Peace Accords, has never fully accounted for all American 
        prisoners of war captured during the Vietnam conflict;
Whereas the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has manipulated the 
        United States Government for political and economic gain by failing to 
        fully account for such prisoners of war;
Whereas the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has prolonged the 
        suffering of the families of such prisoners of war by failing to fully 
        account for such prisoners; and
Whereas in 1993 the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continues to 
        seek normalization of relations with the United States Government, 
        including an end to United States economic sanctions: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the President should not take 
any action to lift economic sanctions or establish diplomatic relations 
with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until such 
government provides for a full accounting for all American prisoners of 
war captured during the Vietnam conflict.

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