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  31 DEC 70... Page 1 - "The basic obstacle, of course, is the barbaric, inhuman attitude of Hanoi in violation of the Geneva Convention and all standards of human decency."
  31 DEC 70... Page 2 - "We will, of course, continue to hold the Communist authorities fully accountable for all Americans they hold and for the fullest possible accounting of the dead and the missing."
  31 DEC 70... Page 3 - "We have, in effect, offered to exchange 8,000 North Vietnamese prisoners for 800 free world prisoners."
  31 DEC 70... Page 4 - "In closing, may I say how deeply I feel the sorrow you have known from this conflict."