(U) VIETNAM: KUDOS FOR TO HUY RUA REPORT

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SUBJECT: (U) VIETNAM: KUDOS FOR TO HUY RUA REPORT
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Classified By: ELISSA G. PITTERLE, DIRECTOR, INR/OPS


1. (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFTEL ON
TO HUY RUA, HEAD OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S
PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION COMMISSION. PRIOR TO THIS REPORT,
WE HAD LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT RUA. GIVEN HIS POSSIBLE RISE
AT THE 2011 11TH PARTY CONGRESS AND HIS COMMISSION'S PENCHANT
FOR ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC, WE WILL CONTINUE TO READ WITH
INTEREST ANY REPORTING ON TO HUY RUA. AS WE APPROACH THE
NEXT CONGRESS, WE WELCOME ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM
POST, AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, ON THE MANEUVERING FOR THE
POSITION OF GENERAL SECRETARY, PRESIDENT, THE POLITBURO, AND
KEY CENTRAL COMMITTEE POSITIONS. MANY THANKS AND WARM
REGARDS.
CLINTON