Word: nams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Expects Saigon to "take the lead and be the main spokesman on all matters which are of principal concern to South Viet Nam." In such matters of "hard ware" as troop withdrawals and a ceasefire, the U.S. will continue to speak for the allies...
...Sides or Four. Once the South Vietnamese delegation arrives, it could be months before the procedural wrangles are settled. No sooner had Saigon said that it would attend the talks than Hanoi replied: "We will not talk to [South Viet Nam] on any matter." Absurd as it may sound, all parties are still embroiled in a dispute about whether the conference is two-sided or four-sided. Both Hanoi and the N.L.F. delegation in Paris insist that the talks amount to a four-way conference and that the presence of the Saigon delegation "does not signify any kind of recognition...
Seven-Week Stall. Once the modalities are arranged, the negotiators will enter an even thicker diplomatic jungle. General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam, expects Hanoi to start right off with a demand for a cease-fire in place-a move opposed by most policymakers in Washington and Saigon because it would leave the Viet Cong in control of too much territory. Others foresee serious talks on a mutual troop withdrawal...
...staff director of the National Security Council. Kissinger has been the nation's foremost theoretician of "limited war" and flexible response to prevent Communist aggression. Last summer, however, Kissinger helped to draw up Rockefeller's four-point formula suggesting steps to de-Americanize the war in Viet Nam...
...made. But national intelligence estimates can project potential enemy defensive capabilities only two to five years in advance. With this gap, the nation could be committed to an $8.1 billion weapons system it might not need. And with the defense budget already swollen with the demands of Viet Nam, McNamara refused to take that risk. Also, some defense officials felt that in the missile age, manned bombers were unnecessary. With Clark Clifford's arrival in the Pentagon, attitudes changed. The new Secretary of Defense was "inclined" to agree that there is a need for the new bomber, and with...