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Judging by its public statements, the U.S. government still hopes to convince Thant that he is the "indispensable man" and that he should stay on for at least part of his term. "The U.N. needs him," Ambassador Goldberg told the General Assembly in his opening speech. "We reiterate our earnest hope that he will heed the unanimous vote of the membership and permit his tenure of office to be extended." Officials apparently believe that Thant can be persuaded to serve if the U.S. and Russia are unable to agree on a successor...
Answering the first of U Thant's three points, a call for an end to U.S. bombing in North Viet Nam, Goldberg vowed that the Administration will gladly halt the raids "the moment we are assured" that Hanoi will curb its war effort. As for a mutual reduction of military activity, Thant's second point, Goldberg pointed out that the U.S. has repeatedly urged a supervised, phased withdrawal of "all external forces." On Thant's third point, inclusion of the Viet Cong in peace negotiations, the U.S. ambassador noted that this was not, in President Johnson...
Addressing the United Nations' 21st General Assembly, U.S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg made clear in eloquent and civilized terms that Washington would go to almost any lengths to end the war, short of abandoning South Viet Nam to present or future Communist aggression...
While the Secretary-General despaired of any immediate prospects for peace, implicitly blaming U.S. intransigence, he told newsmen that he nonetheless considered it heartening that North Viet Nam has never formally rejected his three-point peace formula advanced last February. Neither, as Ambassador Goldberg made abundantly clear, has Washington...
...Word. In his U.N. speech, Goldberg chided the statesmen-by implication, Charles de Gaulle as well as Thant -who persistently appeal "to one side to stop, while encouraging the other." Denying that the U.S. is engaged in a "holy war against Communism," Goldberg disclaimed any American interest in establishing a "sphere of influence" in Asia. "We want a political solution, not a military solution," he declared. "We seek to assure for the people of South Viet Nam the same right of self-determination-to decide their own political destiny, free of force -that the United Nations Charter affirms...