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...stamina as well. Backing up Harriman will be Cyrus R. Vance, 51, until last year the Deputy Secretary of Defense. As its chief representative, Hanoi designated Xuan Thuy, 55, a veteran diplomat and journalist who retired as Foreign Minister three years ago. Supporting him will probably be Mai Van Bo, 50, the pudgy, polished former teacher who since 1961 has skillfully represented Hanoi's interests in Paris...
WHEN talks begin, Americans looking among the Vietnamese negotiators for ascetic Hanoi heroes in the mold of Ho Chi Minh will be surprised by Mai Van Bo, the round-faced scholar who represents North Viet Nam in France. In his years as Hanoi's best-known envoy to the West, Bo has grown grey, stylish and somewhat stout on the haute cuisine of hostesses delighted by his foxy charm and affable wit. Hanoi watchers are convinced that Bo is kept in the know by his government. Three weeks ago, his henchmen were already murmuring that "we are prepared...
Since coming to France in February 1961 as head of a two-man trade delegation, Bo has maintained close relations with the Quai d'Orsay, into which he bobs as regularly as a cloisonne yoyo, and also enjoys a following among Latins and Arabs, with whom he trades revolutionary lore. He comes by it honestly, for Bo is one of the Viet Minh's "old comrades." As a Viet Minh major, he was wounded and captured by the French, who even then were impressed. Born July 9, 1917, in a Mekong Delta town 150 miles from Saigon, Bo...
...years passed, Bo's delegation grew as quickly as his stature with Charles de Gaulle. Last sum mer France raised the mission's standing to that of a legation, giving Bo the title of Delegate General and Minister Plenipotentiary. De Gaulle did it mostly to kick Uncle Sam's shins, for Bo had long since had all the perquisites and puissance of a full-fledged ambassador. It was Bo who in January raised peace hopes by saying talks "will" come (instead of "could") once the U.S. stopped bombing the North. Nothing came of it then, although...
Harvard captain Bo Keefe, playing number two, lost to Larry Oxford on the 17th hole, two and one. In the only other non-playoff match, Harvard's Jack Purdy, at number five, won a two-and-one victory, keeping his opponent two holes down from the fourth hole...