Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...negotiated settlement in Paris are "not good." He further implied that he had no immediate plans to replace his two chief delegates at the talks, Henry Cabot Lodge and Lawrence E. Walsh. Instead, the President named Career Diplomat Philip C. Habib, who served under Lodge and Averell Harriman, as acting chief of the delegation...
...Agnew not only insulted Ambassador Harriman and the television news commentators but also, and with more subtle degradation, the intelligence of the American people. The Vice President's lack of confidence in the ability of his constituency to make discerning and reliable judgments is best matched by their lack of confidence in his ability to do the same...
...added that "I don't think we'll be in any hurry to replace him." That leaves a knowledgeable and able career diplomat, Philip Charles Habib, in charge of the delegation. He has been with the talks since they started in the Johnson Administration under Ambassador Averell Harriman and, says Lodge, "no one knows more about the issues than Phil-and no one can read between the lines the way he can." At the moment, there are not many lines to read. The failure to replace Lodge with a well-known figure would be a clear signal...
...speech had a special venom for Averell Harriman, former negotiator at Paris, who has consistently criticized Nixon's war policies. ABC had lined up Harriman for an interview after the Nixon speech. The choice was biased in a sense; it clearly indicated that ABC meant to criticize the President. Yet Agnew spoke not merely of Harriman's being "trotted out" to offer "gratuitous advice," but sharply impugned his peace efforts. While he was in Paris, said Agnew, the U.S. "swapped some of the greatest military concessions in the history of warfare for an enemy agreement on the shape...
Since then, Hanoi has not entirely adhered to the first two points. But if the Nixon Administration really believes that Harriman made the worst deal in the history of warfare, would it not be reasonable to resume the bombing...