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...instrument of peace is a protocol agreement on reconciliation signed this month by representatives of the Laotian government and the pro-Communist Lao Patriotic Forces, formerly known as the Pathet Lao. The meticulously detailed accord establishes a provisional coalition government in which each side will have five Cabinet ministers, including a Deputy Premier apiece. The present Laotian government will retain five portfolios - finance, defense, interior, health and education. The Communists will be in charge of foreign affairs, information, public works and transportation, economic planning, tourism and religion. (Nearly all Laotians are Buddhist, including most of the Communists.) The top post...
Although two previous attempts at setting up a coalition government for Laos (in 1957 and 1962) ended in failure, many foreign diplomats believe that the new accord has a good chance of succeeding. For one thing, the languid, peace-loving Laotians have been steadily involved in the Southeast Asia war since the mid-1960s, and clearly are more than ready to see an end to hostilities. One hopeful sign: the number of reported military incidents has dropped from a high of 223 a week last February to about three or four a week. Yet another favorable omen is that Hanoi...
...very disappointed, but we don't feel it's the fault of either party." Until the last moment, company negotiators believed that they could get an agreement in principle before the midnight deadline, even if they could not wrap up every point. But the hoped-for broad accord was not forthcoming, and the union refused to extend its deadline. Company and union negotiators continued to meet over the weekend, but they were not expected to reach any agreement for at least several days...
...Accordingly, he bounced before a polite VFW crowd in New Orleans not long ago and celebrated his resurrection as a public man by taking credit for illegal bombing raids in Cambodia. The audience was predictably appreciative. Enjoying this taste of the respect Americans of status accord a president--no matter how shadowed he may be--Nixon held one press conference, and then another, to announce that he was no longer "wallowing in Watergate" but moving on to unspecified Business of the People. Within days he vetoed a health services bill--remaining undefeated in veto battles with Congress...
Therefore, when the issue of Radcliffe's status arises again in a little less than two years, the two alternatives will be renewal of the non-merger merger accord or adoption of a total agreement...