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...Washington to end bombing of the North on a quid pro nil basis. Thant has already urged the U.S. to "show an enlightened and humanitarian spirit" by calling off the raids, "even without conditions," and the pressure from European capitals is intense. Said a U.S. official: "If Ho Chi Minh announces that his representatives are on their way to Geneva to meet with us, the pressure to stop bombing would be tremendous and perhaps irresistible." The Administration nonetheless is bent on resisting that pressure until the day when Hanoi unequivocally signals its willingness to negotiate on bona fide terms...
Forest of Darkness. Later that day the Allies made their own offensive thrust. Some 1,200 parachutes popped open in the Delta skies 125 miles south of Saigon as South Vietnamese parachute troops assaulted Viet Cong positions on the edge of the U Minh forest, an enemy sanctuary considered so secure that it even contains rest and recreation facilities for Victor Charlies...
Three main force Viet Cong units operate out of U Minh, "The Forest of Darkness," and Air Force fighter-bombers pounded the drop area with bombs and napalm before the big jump-largest in more than a year. Another 4,800 South Vietnamese infantrymen were helilifted into the search-and-destroy mission, which in its first two days netted 89 enemy dead and a rich cache of weapons. More important, it may well be a prelude to the imminent entry of U.S. troops into the Delta...
...accordance with Nixon's last will and testament, he is buried in the demilitarized zone of Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson and Ho Chi Minh break into tears at the funeral, each offering his handkerchief to the other, and in the grief of the occasion they pledge eternal peace...
This, of course, is what Dean Rusk has been saying all along: that a little "reciprocity" is required from Ho Chi Minh and his colleagues if talks are ever to get started. Ho's response last week was to send a holiday message to the American people, expressing "cordial wishes for peace and happiness," but at the same time blasting U.S. leaders for waging a "criminal...