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...must still wage a major political war in the South to create the conditions necessary for a coalition dominated by the Saigon regime. A large segment of the peasantry has remained loyal to the Viet Cong underground, which operates as the main intelligence source for the Communists. As Charles Mohr reported from Saigon in Monday's Times, "the peasants have shown little inclination to inform on this structure and to help government activity. This is the central problem of the South Vietnamese...
...progresses, hundreds of thousands of innocent Vietnamese will be killed, many more injured. Jack Langguth recently estimated in the New York Times that U.S. bombers will kill two or three civilians for every Viet Cong. Charles Mohr, also of the Times, wrote that "Few Americans appreciate what their nation is doing to South Vietnam with airpower...This is strategic bombing in a friendly, allied country...innocent civilians are dying every day in South Vietnam...
...momentous meeting was over, and White House newsmen were finally admitted to the Cabinet Room. Charles Mohr of the New York Times was in the vanguard, and he reported the next day that he had heard Defense Secretary Robert McNamara say, with considerable vehemence, to the President of the U.S.: "It would be impossible for Max to talk to these people without leaving the impression that the situation is going to hell...
...emotion-taut Saigon, the TIME story was resented. Charles Mohr, TIME'S Southeast Asia bureau chief, resigned. The Saigon reporters were not without their spirited defenders. The Times's Scotty Reston called his colleague Halberstam "brilliant," and Louis Lyons, 66, the retiring curator of Nieman Fellowships at Harvard, described him as "absolutely prophetic." Newly arrived Ambassador Lodge said: "The regular press here is appealing, brave, tremendously hard-working...
...length of time Hong Kong Bureau Chief Charles Mohr talked to Chuong's daughter...