Word: indochina
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...Indochina. The most immediate problem facing U.S. diplomacy on the twisting road to Peking was the international status of Taiwan, especially its China seat in the United Nations (see following story). But the larger concern was the potential impact of Washington-Peking collaboration on the war in Indochina. Washington tried to disclaim any direct connection between Nixon's journey and ending the war. Yet roughly a year ago, Rogers declared in a Tokyo television interview that "Communist China is the key to the future of Indochina. If they would talk sensibly about a settlement, we think we could work...
...little help from Moscow is anticipated in any U.S. efforts to seek an immediate big-power solution to the hostilities in Indochina The Soviet Union seemed to be backing Hanoi against Peking in disparaging an international conference...
...presidential document in 1970 referred to the "People's Republic of China" instead of "Communist" or "Red" China. The President used the phrase again in a toast to President Ceausescu. The Administration sought to make it clear that "we were not bound by previous history." That meant in Indochina too. Perhaps the most crucial message delivered to Peking was that Nixon wanted out of Viet...
...years the families were largely ignored in the clamor of a widening war. Then, with the decision to withdraw from Indochina, release of the prisoners became a major issue. After an unsuccessful rescue raid on a deserted prison camp at Son Tay last November, the families closed ranks behind the Nixon Administration's insistence that freeing the P.O.W.s was the necessary first item for negotiating a peace in Southeast Asia. But since then, disenchantment and frustration have somewhat eroded the President's support among P.O.W. wives and parents. Following Hanoi's latest proposal, which seemingly offers release...
...nuances of negotiating ploys. While the majority views Hanoi's latest offer with sad skepticism, the wariness has begun to extend to the public statements of American officials. Republican National Committee Chairman Robert Dole's recent statement that there were "just" 1,600 men missing in Indochina sent shock waves through the tightly knit family organizations, as did Secretary of State William Rogers' insistence that the U.S. "can't absolutely abandon our national objectives to pay ransom." The deferential briefings from Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird are recalled by some with...