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Westmoreland has a worthy antagonist. Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, victor over the French at Dienbienphu, is reliably reported to be personally directing the campaign against Khe Sanh. The Communist planning so far has all the earmarks of Giap's generalship: a combination of caution, feinting, meticulous preparation, and enormous concentrations of firepower and manpower. Giap's precise strategic aim at Khe Sanh is less clear. A North Vietnamese lieutenant who defected reported that Hanoi's goal was to wipe out U.S. forces in Viet Nam's northern provinces in order to provide a bargaining advantage...
Among his major campaign promises, South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu pledged himself to root out government corruption at the national and provincial levels. Last week Edward Kennedy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees and a recent visitor to Viet Nam, delivered his own progress report on Thieu's efforts. He painted a grim picture. "The government of South Viet Nam is infested with corruption," Ken nedy told the World Affairs Council of Boston. "It is almost impossible to go to Viet Nam and speak with any can did American or South Vietnamese citi...
...nearly three weeks since the North Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Nguyen Duy Trinh, announced that his nation "will" enter peace discussions when the United States ends its air raids and naval bombardment north of the 17th parallel. Trinh's assurance--the first Hanoi has ever given publicly--stirred the sudden and exhilarating hope that a major obstacle on the road to peace had been swept away. Only three months previously, President Johnson appeared to mute his earlier--and ill-advised--demand that the North Vietnamese de-escalate their military activities in exchange for the bombing halt required to initiate talks...
...Johnson Administration at first was not even certain that there was any statement to study. The initial report came from the Agence France-Presse correspondent in Hanoi. He quoted North Viet Nam Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh as saying to a visiting delegation of Mongolian Communists: "If the American Government really wants talks, it must first unconditionally cease bombing and all other acts of war against the Democratic Republic of Viet...
...over a week since North Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Drinh first said that North Vietnam would definitely hold peace talks if the United States stops the bombing. American officials concede that his statement represents a change in Hanoi's position. On January 28 of last year, Drinh said only that talks could begin if the U.S. stopped the bombing...