Word: indochina
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...meet his opponent head on at home Nixon has waged his campaign at the negotiating table through the machinations Henry Kissinger Promises of an imminent peace while the details of a settlement remain uncertain is an obvious attempt to obscure the four years of death and destruction in Indochina while Nixon has been commander-in-chief. Honor clearly recognizes Nixon's position. North Vietnam revealed the tentative agreement hoping to prevent him from reneging once election year pressure is eased. Should a treaty be signed recent news dispatches have already disclosed plans to allow army trained civilians and private corporations...
...Nixon proposes a standstill cease-fire throughout Indochina. Hanoi rejects proposal, still demanding U.S. withdrawal...
September 1954. U.S. negotiates Southeast Asia Defense Treaty to guarantee security of Indochina...
Along with the U.S., the Japanese will lead in reconstructing Viet Nam. They know Indochina well, having occupied it during World War II, and they are eager to build political and economic influence. The Japanese government proposes to start a $2 billion rehabilitation fund for both North and South. Japan would pay about half of that amount and invite contributions from other countries, notably the U.S., the Soviet Union, China, Britain and France. Beginning almost immediately, the Tokyo government would ship to Viet Nam tons of medical supplies and other emergency...
THERE are 537 of them according to the official lists?the American prisoners of war, confined in an unknown number of detention camps somewhere in Indochina. More than half of them are airmen, downed during the long bombing campaign; over 50 are civilians, trapped while out on patrol. One of them, Lieut, (j.g.) Everett Alvarez, now 34, was shot down fully eight years ago; others, still unidentified, may have been seized during the past few weeks. In the 60 days after the impending truce settlement, they will all begin their voyage home...