Word: nguyens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most of the slight modifications of the January accords reflected in the communiqué resulted from the obstructionist tactics of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and the demands of the P.R.G. (TIME, June 18). Thieu was able to prevent the communiqué from describing the areas under Communist control in terms that could imply a permanent secession from South Viet Nam. The Communists gained a few points also. The communiqué ignored Thieu's insistence that national elections be held early and that the estimated 145,000 North Vietnamese troops withdraw from the South...
Then came a thunderbolt from Saigon. A spokesman for South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu declared that his government would not sign any political agreement worked out between only Kissinger and Tho. Acknowledging that Washington and Hanoi can strike whatever deals they please in matters concerning only them, such as possible U.S. aid for North Viet Nam, Saigon insisted that it be present at any sessions where decisions were made affecting South Viet...
Then Kissinger, or an aide, flies off to Saigon to win the concurrence of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, who raises some objections. The two principal negotiators go back to Paris to resolve the difficulties. That is the point at which Kissinger will find himself this week when he once again meets Those in an attempt to resuscitate the faltering Viet Nam truce...
...liberal press has been notably deficient in its reporting of the Indochina War. Nguyen Van Thieu ruled South Vietnam for several years before his repressive laws and police-state apparatus were described in any detail. The war went on for almost a decade before the press hinted that the National Liberation Front drew its strength from sources other than coercive terror...
...period of American involvement on the battlefront. Eventually he came round to the fact that Viet Nam was essentially a political rather than a military war-and helped speed the withdrawal of American G.I.s from the combat zones. At the same time, he tried to assure the government of Nguyen Van Thieu that it was not being sold down the Mekong. The solution he so staunchly advocated-Vietnamization-was adopted, but its long-run efficacy will be argued for years to come...