UN General Assembly
1966

76. For years France has been arguing that there, is only one way to break the present military deadlock, for one cannot conceive either that United States power will be defeated or that a people who desire their independence, regardless of their ordeals and suffering, will yield. Since only a political solution is conceivable — and that has been universally recognized — we must, by common consent, enter into negotiations aimed at reviving the Geneva Agreements. This means, agreeing to evacuate all foreign troops and to prohibit their return and forbidding any outside interference whatsoever in the affairs of Viet-Nam, which will undertake to maintain in future a policy of strict neutrality. These directives would be embodied in an international treaty which would be signed by — and hence would be binding upon — all the great Powers and other countries directly involved. It also means- provided that the above conditions are fulfilled—leaving the Viet-Namese, both North and South, the former to manage, the latter to continue to manage their own affairs in complete liberty and on their own responsibility, under whatever form of government they may choose. The question of reunification would be recognized as a purely Viet-Namese problem, to be settled, when the time comes, in full independence between the parties concerned.