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...once again is on the threshold of fundamental and far-reaching decisions about the war in Viet Nam. The decisions have been deferred for the time being by the coming Manila conference, a fresh flurry of peace feelers and, not least, next month's congressional elections. Once Nov. 8 is past, President Johnson will not be able to delay much longer the need to determine how far and by what means-barring any realistic prospect of a negotiated peace -the U.S. is prepared to go to achieve a military victory...
...focal point of the tour is the Oct. 24-25 Manila meeting that will bring together Johnson and six Asian heads of government for talks on the Viet Nam war. The objective, the President told his news conference last week, is to "give an opportunity for the leaders of the men who are committed to battle in Viet Nam to meet and explore ways of finding peace, and for bringing an end to the conflict and for making that area of the world prosperous and peaceful in the years to come...
Once the date was set, formidable logistical problems had to be coped with. To house the conferees, the Phil ippine government planned to commandeer the gracious old Manila Hotel, flanking the bay-though Johnson and some of the other government chiefs may stay at their embassies. Caring for the 1,000 newsmen expected to descend on Manila is an even more complicated matter, as Washington belatedly realized when it came to the task of ac commodating the 200 journalists who will cover Johnson's entire tour. Hastily the White House sent summonses for help to two former White House...
...least of the headaches con fronting officials in Manila is the pothole problem. Even the city's biggest thoroughfares are pocked with holes that resemble shell craters, and Filipino cartoonists are having a field day depicting delegates stranded in the concrete cavities while bulletins whiz over their heads. President Ferdinand Mar cos has made $190,000 available for a quick cosmetic job on the major arteries...
...bank president has exposed himself on two separate occasions before Francis' wife. When the bank president commits suicide, Francis is so close to the top that he can hush up the scandal with his left hand while his right hand is slipping $450,000 in crisp bills into manila envelopes destined for a Swiss numbered account...