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McCarthy, first to reply, appeared to be saying that the National Liberation Front, political arm of the Viet Cong guerrillas, would have to be included immediately in a postwar Saigon government. Kennedy said that the Communists would have to be given some role, but he crisply challenged the wisdom of "forcing a coalition government" on Saigon. McCarthy backed down, said that he would not force a coalition either...
...cultural differences between the U.S. and Asia. By the time the U.S. began the heavy bombing of North Viet Nam, Hyndman was thoroughly disenchanted with the nation's war policy. He is now firmly convinced that U.S. military power offers the South Vietnamese "a worse alternative than Viet Cong control." From his study, of Asian history, he believes that the Vietnamese and Chinese are natural enemies?which to him means that the U.S. could safely abandon the war without fear of a Maoist takeover. Nonetheless, Hyndman is no hot-blooded activist. He considered the act of fellow Harvard students...
...penetrated the foliage as 15 U.S. infantrymen groped through black Vietnamese jungle near Lai Khe. But the night hid few secrets from 2nd Lieut. Robert Hibbs, 25, of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Although his own patrol was all but invisible in the dark, he had no trouble spotting the Viet Cong company approaching on his flank. Before he could withdraw, he picked up another group of V.C. moving in on him. Caught between two larger enemy forces, Hibbs ordered his men to fire a few rounds at the second Communist unit. Its gunners returned the fire, though they obviously could...
Huong might prove important in getting together with the Viet Cong in the future. But for now, his accession is not likely to affect the government's firm public stance against any coalition with the Communists, nor make much difference to the talks that are going on in Paris. Far more important from the point of view of the U.S., which wholeheartedly endorses Huong's premiership, is that Huong is likely to replace the technicians of the outgoing Cabinet with civilian politicians like himself. If he does so, the government will be considerably strengthened in terms of popular...
...third presented his views on the attitudes of white city fathers who must cope with militant blacks. - Dr. Peter G. Bourne, a staff psychiatrist at Stanford University Medical Center, spent three months observing a twelve-man Special Forces "A" team-the Green Berets-operating in the remote, Viet Cong-infested Central Highlands of South Viet Nam. Comparing them to racing-car drivers, Bourne told how the enlisted men in the group repeatedly challenged their commanding officers to attempt missions fraught with the possibility of injury and death. In turn, the men attempted to match their commanders with death-defying exploits...