one of the big conspiracy theories in the early '80s was that Vietnam was holding American prisoners in secret camps for nefarious reasons, years after the war was over. Let us suppose that this was true, and that the US govt. obtained absolute irrefutable evidence that Vietnam held at least 100 American soldiers in captivity. Supposing that this info goes public, what would the likely consequences be? Keep in mind that these years saw US/USSR relations at a very low point (Afghanistan), and that the USSR and Vietnam had a lot of treaties, one of which gave the Soviet navy basing rights in 'Nam. OTOH, China and Vietnam weren't happy with each other, due to the latter's invasion of Cambodia. How might all of this fall out?