Word: nlf
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...Vietnam by the South Vietnamese people alone, in accordance with the program of the Viet Cong's political representation, the National Liberation Front." Ever since April, American observers have puzzled over the term "in accordance with." Does it mean a complete Communist take-over, or a coalition with the NLF represented, or perhaps merely social reform? According to the New York Times of Sept. 5, "the United States suspects that this [fourth point] means a coalition including Communists, probably one dominated by them...
Also, last July a high Viet Cong agent told Prof. Robert Brown of Farleigh Dickinson College that the NLF would agree to district by district elections to form a coalition government. The offer was later made officially to Saigon. On August 28, the South Vietnamese chief of state, Major General Van Thieu, replied: "The terms neutrality and democratic coalition, a pet phrase of Communists everywhere, reveal more clearly their real evil intentions and their desperate condition...
...same way, the NLF has made a series of peace offers which Washington has ignored by leaving their consideration to the government in Saigon. During the last week in July, the New York Times reported that the Viet Cong proposed a coalition government formed by direct elections, allowing the U.S. a six-month period of withdrawl from the country. The offer was rejected by Saigon and left unexplored by the United States, which clearly found the prospect of Communist victory in the elections unthinkable...
Finally, the President has made it clear that the National Liberation Front can have its views represented at any peace negotiations. We see no reason why he should not say specifically that the NLF will be welcome as participants in a conference...