Word: halte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Johnson orders bombing halt, sends high officials to various world capitals to discuss peace possibilities. Missions lead to nothing. Bombing resumed after 37 days...
...fighting war once again at a standoff, however temporary it may be, conditions seem possible for the agreement that has so long eluded Richard Nixon and his foreign policy adviser. It may always be a matter of debate whether the Nixon Administration "missed a chance" following the bombing halt of 1968 to settle the war on terms not very different from those that it appears to be negotiating now. There will always be those Americans who will defend his holding out for an "honorable" settlement and those who contend that the Administration's "dual-track" strategy of Vietnamization...
...execute on his own all parts of the trade agreement except one. Most-favored-nation status can be granted only by Congress, and therein hangs a potentially serious threat. No fewer than 76 Senators have gone on record as opposing MFN as long as Soviet officials continue trying to halt the swelling exodus of their Jewish citizens by charging exorbitant exit fees. The Soviets have privately recognized Nixon's lack of full power over the matter, and may be willing to loosen up on some restrictions in order to ensure clearance of the final hurdle blocking their much-desired...
...summary of his previously articulated views. Unlike Nixon, who seeks a negotiated exit, McGovern would carry out a unilateral U.S. withdrawal requiring a minimum of cooperation from the Communists. If the war was still raging on Inauguration Day, McGovern would stop the bombing and other "acts of force," halt the flow of supplies to Saigon and begin a 90-day withdrawal of U.S. forces-keeping U.S. airbases in Thailand open and Seventh Fleet ships on station until Hanoi released the 539 American P.O.W.s and helped to account for the 1,143 servicemen listed as missing in action. McGovern would join...
...response to questions later, he denied that this would amount to surrender, pointing to the considerable hardware that Saigon's 1,100,000-man army has already received from the U.S., including more than 1,300 aircraft for South Viet Nam's air force. But a halt of U.S. aid and further supplies would eventually strangle that huge military machine...