Word: legalizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nevertheless, some form of recognition of the N.L.F. will have to be granted if the talks are to succeed. One possible formula: the "Greek solution," under which the Communists?as in Greece after the end of its civil war in 1949?would be allowed to operate as a legal party, after laying down their arms and renouncing terrorism, but would initially be denied Cabinet-level representation...
Neither is likely to achieve its full demands. The U.S. may get assurances that the South will not immediately go Communist, but they are unlikely to be the sort of ironclad guarantees that Washington would like. Hanoi may get the N.L.F. recognized as a legal party, but not as a controlling force in a coalition government. If there is to be a settlement at all, it must be one that hews fairly closely to the existing situation. As Columbia Political Scientist Zbigniew Brzezinsky put it recently: "A settlement is a ratification of reality, not a structuring of reality...
...number two at the Pentagon, Vance became thoroughly familiar with Viet Nam's political and military problems-knowledge that will serve him well in the negotiations. With his passion for precision and clarity, he is a superb administrator as well as a brilliant legal mind with a virtually encyclopedic memory. Vance characteristically dresses in dark suits, white button-down shirts and bold-striped ties. In 1947, he married Grace Elsie Sloane, daughter of John Sloane, former board chairman of Manhattan's W & J Sloane, the nation's oldest home-furnishing house. The Vances have five children...
...President probably agreed with the choice. But last summer Vance was forced to abandon his twelve-hour work days at the Pentagon because of an irksome back ailment. He returned to law practice in Manhattan, although repeated summonses to Washington for troubleshooting missions scarcely left him time for his legal career. The grueling Paris negotiations will tax Vance's health even more severely than his previous assignments. Despite the orthopedic brace he wears, his back is often so painful that he cannot bend to tie his shoelaces...
...author, a sophomore at Columbia, was advised by his legal counsel to use a pseudonym. This article will be continued tomorrow...