Word: honorably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...angry at Ky for caving in to Buddhist demands, and hence might be plotting a coup. An other could be Buddhist Leader Thich Tri Quang, who seems unlikely to endorse Ky's one-year timetable. Whatever the case, Ky made it clear that although he will honor his pledge to relinquish power to civilians, he will not tolerate a Communist or neutralist regime. "I don't think the elections will result in a Communist or neutralist government," said Ky. "But if they do, we will fight. I don't care if they are elected...
...rule from Hanoi. But, partly because the U.S. failed to pressure Diem to jettison the Nhus, the political situation in South Vietnam is now thoroughly muddled. Harlech feels it is now time for the U.S. to concentrate its resources--political, diplomatic, and military--on one goal: getting out--with "honor," but also with some speed...
Force plus concessions: it sounds a bit like Johnson's professed policy of "using both the dove and the hawk to bring peace with honor." But clearly Harlech feels that the U.S. has used insufficient force and insufficient concessions. There are those high in the Administration who agree with this view, Harlech contends, but understandably he cannot divulge their names...
Rusk, in short, displays this kind of one-track thought which we have come to associate with Southern Senators. Compromise does not exist for such high minded gentlemen: honor will not permit it. Furthermore, Rusk tends to identify his personal honor with the national honor. "I am honored to have my name associated with the doctrine that the United States must honor its pledged word," Rusk has said repeatedly. What appears to bother Rusk most of all about the war in Vietnam, one suspects is the lack of chivalry on the other side...
...where my husband goes." Meanwhile she faces a dither of prenuptial parties and arrangements. The wedding is planned as a "family event" at Washington's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Last week the White House announced that Luci Johnson's maid of honor will be Older Sister Lynda Bird-who, in denying rumors that she would soon marry Actor George Hamilton, was making Page One herself...