Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 10. 23rd May 1973
Military Delegates Harassed
[ unclear: Military] Delegates Harassed
Two members of the P.R.G. delegation, [ unclear: a] Mai and Le Hai, had been members of [ unclear: e] P.R.G. contingent of the four party [ unclear: int] Military Commission (which also [ unclear: eludes] representatives of the D.R.V., [ unclear: e] United States and the Saigon regime) [ unclear: ich] was set up under the agreement to [ unclear: lp] implement the ceasefire. They both [ unclear: ovided] interesting insights into attempts [ unclear: a] the Americans and Thieu to hinder [ unclear: e] work of the J.M.C
Under Article 3 of the agreement the [ unclear: med] forces of the two South Vietnam- [ unclear: e] parties (the P.R.G. and the Saigon [ unclear: Ad-inistration)] are required to remain in [ unclear: ace] in the areas under their control at [ unclear: e] time the agreement was signed. The [ unclear: erated] areas controlled by the P.R.G. [ unclear: e] scattered throughout South Vietnam [ unclear: the] form of 'leopard spots', and the [ unclear: lieu] Administration has attempted to [ unclear: occupy] areas around the cities and [ unclear: wns] it controls, areas around import- [ unclear: it] communication lines, and areas on [ unclear: nd] and coastal borders. Le Mai cited [ unclear: e] case of the port town of Sa Huynh, [ unclear: southern] Quang Ngai province, which [ unclear: as] under P.R.G. control at the time of [ unclear: ie] ceasefire. Five days later the Saigon [ unclear: rces] reoccupied this town, and as the [ unclear: R.G.] representatives on the J.M.C. had [ unclear: lough] evidence of this violation they [ unclear: ked] for a four party investigation.
Officers from the four parties were [ unclear: nt] to the area, but when they arrived in [ unclear: a] Nang the local representatives of the [ unclear: hieu] regime organised a 'popular' attack [ unclear: n] the D.R.V. and P.R.G. officers. Des- [ unclear: ite] this the D.R.V. and P.R.G. represent- [ unclear: tives] demanded that the investigation [ unclear: ould] continue. Unable to intimidate [ unclear: ieir] opponents the representatives of the [ unclear: S.] and the Thieu Administration then [ unclear: ibotaged] the mission by secretly return- [ unclear: ng] to Saigon at night, so that the in- [ unclear: estigation] could not continue.