Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...acts of terrorism continued, the threat of indiscriminate rocketing ebbed. No rockets have plummeted into Saigon, in fact, since Aug. 22. Despite a brief attack of coup fever last month, the government of President Nguyen Van Thieu displayed more and more confidence. Then the rumors of a complete bombing halt swept Saigon, the terror stopped, and peace fever prevailed...
First reactions were ebullient. "Any news concerning a bombing halt is a relief," said Banker Nguyen Xuan Oanh. "The conclusion is that the war will end." A farmer uprooted from his Mekong Delta paddies planned to "go to my rice again." Adding to the euphoria, the government pushed the 10 p.m. curfew up to 11 p.m. "We now talk," said a Saigon journalist, "of spending our next Tet in peace...
...behind the optimism there was concern. "Our relief," said Oanh, "is mixed with worries about what will happen to us in the future." There was the inevitable fear that a bombing halt might lead to a rapid pullout of U.S. troops, followed by capitulation to the foe. Some of the 200,000 Vietnamese civilians on American payrolls were beginning to worry about their jobs...
President Lyndon B. Johnson informed the nation last night that he has ordered a total halt of bombing of North Vietnam...
...television announcement came after an hour-and-a-half White House meeting with top diplomatic and military advisers, and confirmed recent speculation that such a decision was in the offing. The bombing halt takes effect at 8 a.m. EST today...