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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2021

Amanda C. Demmer
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Summary

Type
Chapter
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After Saigon's Fall
Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations, 1975–2000
, pp. 311 - 318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

Index

Abrams, Elliot, 121
advocacy. See also congressional advocacy
efforts toward Amerasians, 113, 122124, 140, 151153
failures in US policy, 101110
failures in US-SRV relations, 101110
for family reunification, 1213, 107, 128, 138139
nonexecutive advocacy, 1016, 137144
nonstate advocacy, 107, 130
for POWs/MIAs, 139140, 153
reeducation camps, 12, 13
AFL-CIO, 49, 74
Agent Orange impact, 15
Albright, Madeline, 223
Amerasian Homecoming Act (1987), 8, 152153
Amerasian Immigration Act (1982) (AIA), 8, 113114, 122124, 151
Amerasians. See also South Vietnamese migrants
advocacy efforts toward, 113, 122124, 140, 151153
as American responsibility, 130
Black Amerasians, 112
continued detainment of, 100107
emigration permissions, 209
emigration stalemate, 136137, 176
introduction to, 6
moral obligation toward, 113
politics of information and, 127128
US policy toward, 227
American Civil Liberties Union, 49
American Council of Voluntary Agencies, 74
American Immigration and Citizenship Conference, 74
American Jewish Committee, 154
Amnesty International (AI), 12, 73, 104105, 121, 169, 178, 222223, 228
Amnesty International’s American chapter (AIUSA), 12, 81, 107108, 114115, 178
anticommunism policy, 78, 55, 114, 136, 142143
Armitage, Richard, 40, 112, 179
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 26, 33, 6869, 105, 140, 192
Asia Watch, 209210
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 65, 70, 86, 171
asylum camps, 135
asylum nations, 7, 59, 65, 69, 73, 77, 8586, 174, 217
Aurora Foundation, 12, 13, 17, 52, 115, 121122, 130, 137138, 141142, 166, 178179, 222, 228. See also Sagan, Ginetta
Baez, Joan, 106107, 108
Baker, James, 180, 182183, 184
Bell, Anthony, 66
Berlin Wall, 147, 165, 179, 230231
Biden, Joe, 40
boat people crisis, 6, 25, 5455, 56, 86, 176, 181182, 227. See also refugees; South Vietnamese migrants
Boschwitz, Rudy, 14, 61, 81, 148, 154, 155, 172173, 178, 229
Brown, L. Dean, 48
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 7071, 76, 77, 79
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), 212
Bush, George H. W.
POWs/MIAs policies under, 194195, 197
“Roadmap to US-SRV Normalization,” 165168, 186195, 231
US-Vietnamese relations under, 18, 161, 179
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge, 2829, 70, 7577
Third Indochina War, 4
US policy toward, 9091, 92
withdrawal of troops from, 156, 226
Carter, Jimmy
human rights of refugees, 5962, 88
normalization process and, 6271, 7587
US emigration policies under, 103
US leadership role in the normalization process, 8791
Cherne, Leo, 6061, 7172, 73
Childress, Richard, 112, 124, 179
China-US relations, 76, 82, 92, 226
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 7
Christopher, Warren, 220
Church World Services, 74
Citizens Commission on Indochinese Refugees (CCIR), 12, 17, 6061, 7176, 79, 8384, 8687, 93, 141142, 228
Clapp, Priscilla, 202
Clarke, Thurston, 41
Clinton, William J., 3, 198, 202208, 219220, 223225
Coalition for a Democratic Majority, 74
Cold War
counterrevolutionary guerillas and, 142
end of, 179
fall of Saigon and, 4, 25
family reunification and, 1516
resurgence of animosities, 79, 99, 122
thawing of, 145, 160, 168, 171
US-Soviet negotiations, 136
US Vietnam policy and, 76, 77
COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance), 77
communism
anticommunism policy, 78, 55, 114, 136, 142143
Da Nang invasion, 2324, 2728
opposition to, 114, 128
in post-war Saigon, 1
Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA), 8, 167, 170171, 174175, 196197, 199200, 209, 214219, 221222, 231, 232
Congressional activism/advocacy, 1314, 19, 25, 34, 3537, 53, 54, 61, 64, 6970, 7475, 8182, 84, 91, 92, 9899, 113114, 120, 123, 131, 133134, 146147, 148, 152, 155156, 168, 168, 172173, 177178, 185186, 187, 188, 190191, 193, 196, 198, 201, 203, 204, 205207, 210211, 214218, 219, 223, 229230
Congressional Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, 201202
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951), 8, 11, 35, 65, 84, 153
counterrevolutionary groups, 133, 142, 157
Coven, Phyllis, 213
Daly, Ed, 27
DeHaan, Dale S., 36, 73
Denney, Stephen, 121
Denton, Jeremiah “Jerry,” 113
diplomatic relations, 7587, 219225, 226
doi moi (new thinking), 144145, 191, 231
Dole, Robert J. “Bob,” 14, 61, 70, 120, 143144, 211, 229
Dong, Pham Van, 125
Dorminey, A. Blair, 182
Eagleburger, Lawrence, 173, 174
economic migrants, 167, 171
economic relations between the US and Vietnam, 4, 18, 50, 99, 166, 190, 193, 195, 198, 208, 210211, 213214, 219, 223
Eilberg, Joshua, 6970
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 25
emigration policies of US, 103, 131137, 168, 202203
evacuation planning/policies
category of evacuees, 43, 44
in fall of Saigon, 12, 2834, 3740
of Ford, 3033, 3740
of Kissinger, 2829, 39, 42
moral obligation toward evacuees, 3839, 45, 48, 60, 90
report on, 30, 43
use of American troops, 43
Evian Conference (1938), 89
fall of Saigon
Cold War and, 4, 25
Da Nang invasion, 2324, 2728
evacuation planning/policies, 12, 2834, 3740
Ford administration and, 23, 2528
introduction to, 17, 2325
parole power and, 2844
POW/MIA concerns after, 5154
refugee resettlement programs, 4850
summary of, 5658
Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA), 12, 13, 16, 17, 52, 97, 119, 130
humanitarian progress, 144154, 155156, 160, 202, 220222
influence on US reeducation policy, 166, 168177, 180181, 186195, 228
limits of, 159
over twenty-one policy, 212213
rise of, 137144
family reunification
advocacy for, 1213, 107, 128, 138139
as driving goal, 4344, 62, 63, 7879, 85, 9293, 100, 123124, 188
humanitarian aid toward, 1516, 18, 113114, 117, 122, 131, 143144, 189190, 199, 200, 209
McCain Amendment and, 221
as moral imperative, 148
postwar reconciliation and, 213
preference categories, 103
Ford, Gerald
evacuation policies, 3033, 3740
fall of Saigon, 23, 2528
funding issues for refugee resettlement, 49
moral obligation toward evacuees, 8, 3839, 60, 173
Operation Frequent Wind, 4547
presidential nomination and, 53
Vietnam War as “finished,” 4448
Freedom House, 74
Funseth, Robert F., 140141, 143144, 157, 170, 174175, 176177
gender politics, 108
Geneva Accords, 71
Geneva Conference, 8990, 91, 171
Geyelin, Philip L., 109
Giang, Vo Dong, 136137
Gilchrest, Wayne T., 206
globalization of humanitarian aid, 10
Go Public campaign, 52
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 130, 136, 145
Grassley, Chuck, 201, 230
grassroots-level organizations, 12
Gunderson, Steve, 218
Habib, Philip, 2829
Hamilton, Lee, 206
Hanh, Nguyen Van, 194
Hartling, Poul, 73
Hatfield Amendment (1987), 153154
Helms, Jesse, 158, 230
Herrington, Stuart A., 27
Holbrooke, Richard, 6364, 8586
Holocaust Commission, 8182
Holocaust memory, 8182, 83
human rights
advocacy and formal talks, 208211
Congressional influence over, 230
continued violation of, 172
diplomatic relations over, 7587
humanitarianism vs. 1011, 200, 232233
impact on international discourse, 90
normalization and, 198201
politics of information, 7175
refugees and, 5962, 88
reunification of families, 56, 63
stalled talks and normalization, 6271
summary of, 9293, 225
suspension of diplomatic relations over, 7587
US leadership role in, 8791
US policy toward, 1013, 15, 25
US-SRV relations, 137144
Humanitarian Operation (HO) Agreement (1989), 8, 168, 175177, 196, 199200, 202, 212
“humanitarian reciprocity,” 149
humanitarianism/humanitarian aid. See also Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association
cooperation between organizations, 10
debate over, 177183
defined, 200
emigration policies and, 103, 131137
for family reunification, 1516, 18, 113114, 117, 122, 131, 143144, 189190, 199, 200, 209
globalization of, 10
human rights vs. 1011, 200, 232233
introduction to, 5
normalization and, 198201, 227228
progress on, 144154
to refugees, 3637
specifics of, 200
US definition of, 1516
US-SRV relations and, 1718, 129130
winding down policies, 201208
WWI, 10
Humanitas International, 106107, 222
Immigration and Nationality Act (1965), 16, 33, 34, 65
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), 3435, 103, 213
Indochina Action Resource Center, 154
Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act (1975), 50
Ingersoll, Robert J., 34
Inter-Agency Group on POW/MIA Affairs (IAG), 110
Interagency POW/MIA Task Force, 67, 70, 127, 179
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987), 145
international financial institution (IFI) funding, 208
International Monetary Fund, 34, 145, 205, 207
International Rescue Committee (IRC), 12, 7172
Isaacs, Arnold R., 23, 31
Jackson-Vanik Amendment (1974), 210, 223
Japanese American Internment, 7
The Jews of Silence (Wiesel), 81
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 14, 3637, 61, 73, 7475, 87, 113, 143144, 155156, 187188, 229
Kennedy, John F., 25
Kennerly, David, 3233
Kerr, Lawrence, 149
Kerry, John, 14, 178, 191, 192193, 195, 198, 203, 205, 206, 211, 219, 229
Khmer Rouge, 2829, 70, 7577, 147
killed in action/body not recovered (KIA/BNR), 111
Kissinger, Henry, 26, 27, 2829, 39, 42, 45, 53
Korean War, 7
Le Duan, On, 144
the League. 11. See National League of POW/MIA Families League of Nations
League of Wives of American Vietnam Prisoners of War, 51, 97
Levi, Edward, 34
Levin, Carl, 113
long-stayer populations, 5456, 135136, 159, 174, 183
Lowman, Shepard “Shep,” 40, 71
Lugar, Richard, 178, 187188
Mariel Boat Crisis, 117
Martin, Graham, 4041, 45
McCain, John, 14, 146147, 156, 178, 185186, 201, 206, 211, 212, 213, 219, 229
McCain Amendment (1996), 8, 19, 199200, 221
McCain-Kerry Amendment (1994), 211
McCarran-Walter Act (1952), 16
McFarlane, Robert C., 134
McKinney, Stewart B., 113
migrants. See South Vietnamese migrants
Mills-Griffiths, Ann, 110, 112, 179, 197
Minh, Le Van, 145146, 151152
missing in action (MIA). See prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA)
Mondale, Walter, 36, 60, 76, 8889, 99
moral obligation
by Ford administration, 8, 3839, 60, 173
toward Amerasians, 113
toward evacuees, 3839, 45, 48, 4950, 60, 90
Most Favored Nation (MFN) status, 200, 210
Mrazek, Robert, 146, 151152
National Association of Evangelicals, 121122
National Congress of Vietnamese in America, 169
National League of POW/MIA Families, 12, 16, 5153, 97, 119, 130, 197, 201202
National Liberation Front, 68
National Security Council (NSC), 62, 6768, 75, 122
National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, 133
Nessen, Ron, 28, 46
New Economic Zones (NEZs), 69, 105, 178
Nixon, Richard
Anticommunism of, 114
Go Public campaign, 52
POW/MIA policies, 5253
reconstruction aid promise, 34, 63
Watergate scandal, 26, 62
non-military combat, 3, 4, 214
nonexecutive advocacy, 1016, 137144
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 1112, 15, 114, 119, 130, 137, 184186
nonstate advocacy, 107, 130
normalization process. See also US-SRV relations/normalization
after Vietnam War, 26
diplomatic relations, 7587, 219225
impact on POW/MIA personnel, 910, 18, 6263, 189195
migration programs, 610
nonexecutive actors, 1016
organizational overview of, 1619
POWs/MIAs and, 18, 6263, 189195
“Roadmap to US-SRV Normalization,” 165168, 186195, 231
stalled talks, 6271
summary of, 9293, 226233
US policy debates over, 1317, 8791
Oakley, Robert, 78
oceanic migrants, 82, 136
Office of US Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, 84
Operation Baylift, 3032, 37
Operation Desert Storm, 186187
Operation Frequent Wind, 4547
Operation Homecoming, 51, 5253
Orderly Departure Program (ODP)
bipartisan support of, 92
compliance with, 209
defined, 8586
diplomatic relations over, 112, 123
emigration through, 7, 8, 117118, 129, 132, 171176
expansion of, 170
impact of, 232
suspension of, 153
over twenty-one policy, 212213
Packwood, Bob, 187188
parole power, 2844, 61, 65, 6970
Peace of Paris Accords (1973), 6, 26, 30, 51, 6364, 195
Pell, Claiborne, 14, 36, 61, 144, 148, 155156, 178, 229
Pentagon Papers, 1314
Peterson, Douglas Brian “Pete,” 14, 206, 219, 223, 229
Phan Hien, 6364
politics of information, 7175, 110119, 127128
postwar reconciliation, 3, 5, 19, 213, 224, 227, 231
Pot, Pol, 70
President’s Advisory Committee on Refugees, 49
prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA). See also National League of POW/MIA Families
accounting of, 204, 206, 210, 227
advocacy for, 139140, 153
attention from Hollywood, 19
concerns after fall of Saigon, 5154
declassification of documents, 204
expanded US approach to, 119127
flag, 223
humanitarian aid issues over, 179180, 188
Nixon administration policies, 5253
normalization process and, 910, 18, 6263, 189195
office in SRV, 207208
politics of information on, 110119
“POW myth,” 133, 139, 201, 204
summary of, 127128, 225
US belief in return of, 133135
US policy agenda, 910, 15, 17, 100101
winding down policies, 201208
Prisoners of Conscience (POC), 105
professionalization of humanitarian aid, 10
Provisional Revolutionary Government, 68
Quang, Phan, 155
Que, Nguyen Dan, 209
Quota Act (1924), 7
racism concerns, 7, 36, 67, 88
Raezer, Thomas, 194
Rajaratnam, S., 86
Rambo films (Rambomania), 133135, 139, 189
Reagan, Ronald
advocacy for Amerasians, 113
anti-communism of, 136
Berlin Wall address, 147
expanded US approach to POWs/MIAs, 119127
“family values” rhetoric, 100
presidential nomination and, 53
Rambomania and, 134
US policy on reeducation, 97101
US-SRV relations, 145
Vietnam War and, 4
reeducation camps
advocacy over, 12, 13
for boat people, 6
diplomatic relations and, 7587, 219225
expanded US approach to, 119127
FVPPA influence on, 166, 168177, 180181, 186195
over twenty-one policy, 212213
US policy on, 68, 103107, 114119
US-SRV relations and, 97101, 130, 133, 141, 149151, 153, 157158
Refugee Act (1980), 8, 6162, 75, 8485, 91, 92, 99, 117118, 126, 153, 183, 229, 230, 233
Refugee Resettlement and Protection Act (1987), 154
refugee status, defined, 89, 24
refugees. See also Amerasians; South Vietnamese migrants
boat people crisis, 6, 25, 5455, 56, 86, 176, 181182, 227
death of, 27
debate over humanitarian issues, 177183
disagreements over status, 131137
expanded US approach to, 119127
human rights of, 5962, 88
humanitarian aid to, 3637
long-stayer populations, 135136
in Malaysia, 78
moral obligation toward evacuees, 3839, 45, 48, 4950, 90
normalization concerns, 211219
parole power and, 2844, 61, 65, 6970
resettlement programs, 4850, 6771, 8791
resettlement/reunification programs, 4850, 56, 63, 6771, 8791, 101110, 232
“Roadmap to US-SRV Normalization,” 165168, 186195, 231
summary of, 195197
surge of, 6271
rehabilitation centers, 207
repatriation efforts, 149, 153154, 171, 214219
Resettlement Accord, 151152
Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Refugees (ROVR) (1996), 8, 19, 199, 222, 231
resettlement/reunification programs, 4850, 56, 63, 6771, 8791, 101110, 232
Ridge, Thomas, 151152
“Roadmap to US-SRV Normalization” 165168, 186195, 231
Rosenblatt, Lionel A., 181182
Rusch, Theresa L., 212
Sagan, Ginetta, 1213, 8081, 106110, 114116, 120122, 127128, 130, 138, 149, 172, 178179, 183184, 222223, 228. See also Aurora Foundation
Schlesinger, James, 28, 42
Schultz, George, 98, 126127, 138139, 147
Schwartz, Eric, 212, 213
Sigur, Gaston J., 129, 157159
Sino-Vietnamese relations, 75
Smith, Bob, 158, 211, 230
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). See also US-SRV relations/normalization
business interest clashes, 166
Clinton delegation to, 205, 207
prevention from joining UN, 50
US embargo on, 99100, 198, 210
US policy debates over, 1316, 8990
US relations with, 12, 62, 123
Solarz, Stephen, 14, 61, 70, 123, 182, 229
Solomon, Gerald B. H., 139
Solomon, Richard, 187, 188189
South Vietnam, 12, 3, 226
South Vietnamese migrants. See also Amerasians; refugees
boat people crisis, 6, 25, 5455, 56, 86, 176, 181182
economic migrants, 167, 171
legal statuses of, 8
normalization process and, 610, 1819
oceanic migrants, 82, 136
repatriation efforts, 149, 153154, 171, 214219
resettlement of, 4, 5
Soviet Union, 16, 121122, 136, 230231
Soviet-Vietnamese Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, 82
Stern, Lewis M., 192, 194
Stockdale, Sybil, 51, 108, 118
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 122
suspension of diplomatic relations, 7587
Sykes, Charles, 212, 215
Tang, Truong Nhu, 68
Thach, Nguyen Co, 112, 116117, 124, 125126, 132, 184
Thieu, Nguyen Van, 26, 114, 194
Third Indochina War, 4, 16
Tho, Khuc Minh, 12, 13, 35, 46, 6667, 7778, 97, 108, 110, 118119, 130, 138141, 146, 149, 155, 168177, 183, 186, 212213, 228229. See also Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association
Tokyo Economic Summit, 87
Top Gun (film), 131, 134
Torres, Art, 180
Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA), 208
Two-Year Plan, 135, 137
Ullman, Al, 26
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 11, 53, 55, 65, 73, 78, 80, 88, 89, 117, 132, 167, 173, 4, 222, 232
United Nations Security Council, 180
United States Committee for Refugees (USCR), 125
United States (US)
American paternalism, 6, 32
anti-communism policy, 78
Cold War negotiations with the Soviet Union, 136
embargo on SRV, 99100, 198, 210
emigration policies, 103, 131137, 168, 202203
foreign relations and human rights, 1011
post-Vietnam War impact on, 34
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 10, 15, 65, 83, 85, 137138
US-Chinese relations, 76, 82, 92
US Committee for Refugees, 154
US Department of State, 75
US policy on POWs/MIAs. See prisoner of war/missing in action
US-SRV relations/normalization. See also normalization process
advocacy failures, 101110
during Bush administration, 18
collaboration between countries, 1819
Congressional influence over, 230
diplomatic relations, 7587, 219225
economic relations, 18
human rights policy, 1013
introduction to, 129131
leadership role in normalization process, 8791
limits of, 154159
in the 1970s, 17
nonexecutive actors and, 230
nonexecutive advocacy, 137144
over humanitarianism, 1718, 196
policy debates over normalization process, 1317
politics of information and, 110119
progress on humanitarian aid, 144154
rebuff of US demands, 131137
reeducation camps and, 97101, 130, 133, 141, 149151, 153, 157158
refugee status, defined, 89, 24
resettlement, 97101
stalled talks, 6271
summary of, 160161
understanding of, 227
Van Es, Hubert, 1
Vance, Cyrus, 6466
Vessey, John, Jr., 145, 148149, 179, 203, 210
Vietnam Most Favored Nation Status, 198
Vietnam War
American distance from, 77
anti-Asian racism and, 7
backlash against, 1314
ending of, 24
as “finished,” 4448
impact of, 140
normalization after, 26
post-war impact on South Vietnam, 3
post-war impact on the United States, 34
postwar reconciliation, 3, 5, 19, 213, 224, 227, 231
revisionism of, 98
as “unfinished,” 5056
Vietnamese American organizations, 169170
Violations of Human Rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, April 30, 1975–April 30, 1983 (Sagan), 120122, 127128, 137138, 178179
Wain, Barry, 76
Wallace, Mike, 116117
War Powers Act (1973), 1314, 25, 39
Washington Special Actions Group (WSAG), 28
Watergate scandal, 26, 62
Westmoreland, William, 211
Weyland, Frederick C., 3233
Wiesel, Elie, 81
Winter, Roger, 154
Wolf, Frank, 172, 182, 187188
Wolff, Lester L., 59
Wolfowitz, Paul D., 123124
World Bank, 34, 145

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