Word: hoffmann
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Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, yesterday voiced the fear that the retaliatory bombings in Vietnam would only "postpone a negotiated settlement with the Soviet Union" and enlarge the war in Vietnam...
Expressing concern over the United States' handling of the problem, Hoffmann pointed out that the current policy might actually "force the Soviets into helping the North Vietnamese...
Pointing out that limits must be salient in order to be significant, Hoffmann charged that the reason given by the U.S. for the retaliation wasn't plausible...
...Little Hitlers." Far to the west, in Brazzaville Congo, a German known as Slimane Hoffmann, who now works for Algeria, is reported training 800 rebel commandos for use against the Leopoldville government. An incursion from Brazzaville could open a strategically valuable second front for the rebels and ultimately cut off Leopoldville from the sea. Brazzaville's President, Alphonse Massamba-Debat, would be glad enough to help: in his year-end radio message, he praised Red China, Ghana, Algeria and Egypt and muttered darkly about "little Hitlers" in Leopoldville. As if for emphasis, Massamba-Debat delivered the last page...
...Hoffmann also rejected the possibility of extending the war, saying that we can do this "only if we are willing to accept the risk of nuclear war." The American public is unwilling to do this, he said...