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Seven-Week Stall. Once the modalities are arranged, the negotiators will enter an even thicker diplomatic jungle. General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam, expects Hanoi to start right off with a demand for a cease-fire in place-a move opposed by most policymakers in Washington and Saigon because it would leave the Viet Cong in control of too much territory. Others foresee serious talks on a mutual troop withdrawal...
...Lyndon B. Johnson and his chief advisers had probed and considered for 20 days. The best evidence, the best advice, argued for a halt. But Johnson still hesitated, harried by a final doubt. There was only one man who could resolve it for him, and he summoned home General Creighton W. Abrams, U.S. Commander in Viet Nam. At 2:38 a.m., dressed in civilian clothing to disguise him en route to the White House, Abrams walked into the Cabinet Room and sat down at the President's left. Johnson brought him up to date on the pending decision, then...
Baffling Questions. It was the second time that the enemy had briefly made it into Tay Ninh in less than a month. What quite baffled General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander m Viet Nam, and nine other top U.S. and Vietnamese officers who visited Tay Ninh after the attack, was why the Communists came and why they gave up so readily. They had apparently planned to hold the city for at least three days. They had forces enough to do so but changed their minds...
...fighting men-particularly the U.S. and Vietnamese troops in northernmost I Corps, which borders on the Demilitarized Zone. President Johnson reflected that view in a speech last month when he asserted that "we are not going to trade the safety of American fighting men for any Trojan horse." General Creighton Abrams, U.S. Commander in Viet Nam, has reportedly estimated that a halt to the bombing would permit a fivefold increase in Communist strength within a matter of days...
...plank argued that it left several options open to a future President, rather than unwisely committing him in advance to a specific course of action. Moreover, warned Missouri's Governor Warren Hearnes, an unconditional bombing halt could endanger U.S. servicemen. Boggs cited a statement by U.S. Viet Nam Commander Creighton Abrams to the effect that a bombing halt would mean a fivefold increase in enemy strength in the area of the Demilitarized Zone within two weeks. Many military experts consider Abrams' estimate an exaggeration...