Word: demand
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...Communists have scaled down their goals. Shortly after the U.S. air raids began in early 1965, North Viet Nam stopped demanding "immediate reunification" and "immediate departure of U.S. troops." In messages to their cadres, the Viet Cong now say that they may agree to the setting up of a coalition government in the South while U.S. troops remain on the scene. This might serve as a basis for negotiations, but from the U.S. viewpoint, there is a major sticking point. The Communists have never retreated from that part of their maximum demand which insists that the affairs of South Viet...
...negotiations, the key issue is likely to be the future political role of the Viet Cong. They are certain to demand several Cabinet seats, and there are those who feel that the U.S. must be just as certain to refuse. "If you give the Viet Cong the Interior Ministry," says one senior U.S. diplomat, "that means you lose. If you give them anything less, it's meaningless." But the U.S. is willing to see the Viet Cong get some political representation. The State Department has indicated as much. The V.C. certainly might be recognized as a political party...
...only real way to guarantee a peace acceptable from the U.S. point of view is the presence of some American troops for at least several years. Lately, the Communists have been fuzzing their old demand that the U.S. has to remove all its troops and dismantle its military alliance with South Viet Nam before any peace treaty is signed. At the Manila Conference of 1966, President Johnson pledged to withdraw U.S. troops within six months if "the other side withdraws its forces to the North, ceases infiltration and the level of violence thus subsides." The last phrase is enough...
...much more hawkish than the U.S. State Department and do not want to negotiate. Along with many Americans, they believe that when enough military might is applied, the Communists will realize that they are whipped and will "fade" back into the jungle. Then the enemy would be unable to demand votes, unification or anything else. A frustrating fact about this otherwise desirable concept is that U.S. generals have been expecting the Communists to fade for at least two years and, though they are plainly sweating hard, they so far have shown no symptoms of evaporation. By its official plan, North...
Bowing to union objections to its outside contracting practices, the company promised to hire in-plant workers whenever it can and if it has to farm work out, to be sure to use union shops. Another key issue was Reuther's demand that company-paid U.A.W. committeemen be allowed to work full time on union business-as they do at Ford and Chrysler-without having to put m any time at their regular jobs. To solve that, G.M. agreed to free some committie altogether while paring on-the-job time for others...