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...steady rumblings of war have grown louder in recent weeks, Long reports. On January 4, Thieu explicitly directed his troops to attack territory assigned by the agreements to the National Liberation Front--an explicit violation of those agreements. Bombing raids against NLF held areas have also increased...
Thieu's objectives are simple: by keeping the war simmering and at times flaring up, he prevents the return of peasants to the countryside, where they would join the NLF, and insures that the flow of American aid which keeps him in power will continue unabated...
...troops and warplanes continue their forays into liberated areas, claiming that the strikes are prompted by NLF aggression...
...there any basis to Theiu's charge that the NLF is keeping the war going? It is true that within the past few months the Front's leadership has directed its troops to fight back when attacked, but this is natural and to be expected...
...terms of overall strategy, the NLF welcomed the return of peace and continues to call for its implementation. The reasoning is simple: aside from a simple humanitarian desire to end the killing, the NLF recognizes that peace is a critical step toward fulfilling its objectives...