Word: chung
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While continuing these diplomatic efforts, the U.S. was hinting none too subtly that the bombing restriction might not be continued indefinitely. Johnson, in Honolulu to confer with South Korean President Chung Hee Park about both Viet Nam and Seoul's security problems (see THE WORLD), stressed that it had been a long time since the bombing limitation began on March 31. "Our restraint," added Rusk, "was meant to inspire discussions about ending this war, not to provide an excuse for propaganda warfare while the battle raged...
This week Johnson was to fly to Honolulu for talks with South Korea's President Chung Hee Park, who has 52,000 troops in Viet Nam, and with top U.S. Pacific commanders. While the emphasis there is likely to be on the fighting, Johnson is well aware that his countrymen will be looking for some signs of progress on the diplomatic front...
...Thieu Senators issued a statement calling the American initiative "a surrender concession." Twenty-one independent members of the House of Representatives called for more bombing, not less. Most of the South Vietnamese press also warned the people to brace for a sellout. "Washington," said the Saigon daily Cong Chung, "is following in the tracks of the French...
...whom were removed from their posts, were important men indeed: General Yang Chengwu, who as acting chief of the general staff had been second only to Lin Piao in the military hierarchy; General Yu Li-chin, the political commissar of China's air force; and General Fu Chung-pi, commander of the army's vital Peking garrison. All three had taken an active part in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that has been tearing China apart, and all three were appointed to their jobs by Lin Piao...
Such additional assistance was clearly justified in the face of mounting aggressiveness by the Communist North. No less important, it was also intended to soothe the fears and injured pride of Chung Hee Park's government...