Word: directs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After that, the interview itself was perhaps the easiest part of the bureau's work on the cover. Thieu's English is not perfect, but he is a pleasure for a reporter to work with, says Clark. "He is clear, direct, candid and alert." Other sources were not always so cooperative, or so close at hand...
...disengagements could also come through secret, direct agreement in the Paris peace talks. The only conditions that the U.S. will absolutely insist on there are guarantees that North Vietnamese troops will depart at approximately the same rate as its own, and assurance that the present Saigon government has the facilities to maintain its own security. Hanoi has expressed willingness to negotiatevftn the first condition, but adamantly insists that the U.S. must reach a separate accord with the National Liberation Front on the second?the better to emphasize the Front's legitimacy. At stake is the eventual future of a South...
...Rooster was still only six days old, they were ready to sound their own sobering crow: a co ordinated offensive against practically every population and military center in South Viet Nam. Significantly, they chose to attack most often with long-range firepower, indicating that their numbers did not permit direct assault, and nearly all the major attacks were aimed at U.S. bases and outposts. Still, in the nationwide scope of the offensive and in the casualties they have been able to inflict on U.S. troops (1,140 dead after three weeks), the Communists proved that they can still threaten nearly...
Just how good is the army of South Viet Nam (ARVN) at present? It is in slightly better shape than it was a year ago. With its training program under the direct supervision of U.S. military experts, the necessary skills and equipment are becoming available. Nearly all 821,000 South Vietnamese in uniform have received some training in counterinsurgency warfare, and the entire regular army has been equipped with
...reacted quite mildly to the renewed offensive. Though they may include policymakers within Nixon's inner circle, the President's detractors come from the Johnson Administration, notably former Defense Secretary Clark W. Clifford and Ambassador Averell Harriman. They are believed to view the current Communist offensive as a direct and understandable, if not justified, response to the unabated allied military pressure during the September-to-January lull. They fault the U.S. for failing to match that lull in allied operations. More generally, they argue that, despite Nixon's refusal to resume bombing the North, the U.S. still maintains a relatively...