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...military settlement, involving a cease-fire in place and a unilateral U.S. withdrawal in return for the release of American prisoners of war, because that would not settle the central question-control of South Viet Nam following a ceasefire. Hanoi wants Washington to get rid of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu as a condition for a settlement. Washington in turn is seeking a formula that would permit the U.S. to withdraw militarily while leaving the political settlement to Saigon and Hanoi. In other words, the U.S. would be willing to leave things so that Hanoi has a fair chance...
...Major General Nguyen Due Thang, Lansdale's Vietnamese counterpart, who later resigned in protest against Saigon corruption...
...citadel in the center of Quang Tri city. On the coast, ARVN troops were equally cautious -with reason. Their first objective was Bong Son, capital of one of three districts in Binh Dinh province to fall to the Communists. ARVN'S slow pace has been frustrating to President Nguyen Van Thieu, who had wanted Quang Tri city retaken before the Paris talks resumed on July 13. It is no more certain that Thieu will be able to make good on another promise: to reoccupy by mid-September all of the South Vietnamese terrain now held by the Communists...
...that note of disagreement, the 150th plenary session of the Paris peace talks began. It slightly increased the hope that the Communists might be returning to Paris with "a new approach." Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, the N.L.F. chief delegate, stood fast on the Viet Cong's seven-point plan, which insists upon a total U.S. withdrawal by a set date, the resignation of South Viet Nam's Nguyen Van Thieu and the establishment of a coalition government in Saigon that would include the Communists and supervise new elections...
From a political point of view, the South Vietnamese counteroffensive came none too soon. The possibility that Hanoi and Washington might somehow work out a settlement during the U.S. election year is a source of constant concern to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. His best protection against a disadvantageous cease-fire is a successful campaign that could change the military situation. Thus last month he ordered his generals to go on the offensive. The first response came in Military Region I, where his best troops are concentrated. Moreover, these forces are commanded by South Viet Nam's best...