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...more dramatic decision not to seek a second term?the U.S. officially proposed 15 sites* for talks, unofficially offered Hanoi a considerably longer shopping list. Hanoi rejected them all, steadfastly insisted that the U.S. choose between two venues that would be physically and psychologically unsuitable?the Cambodian capital of Pnompenh, where neither Washington nor its Saigon ally has an embassy, and Warsaw, capital of a major North Vietnamese ally and armorer...
...national leaders have told the world that we will go "to any spot on this earth" in search of peace in Viet Nam [April 19]; yet the Administration immediately rejected Pnompenh and Warsaw as possible sites for talks. Lyndon Johnson's hands are irrefutably sullied with the blood of every American boy killed in Viet Nam from the time of that rejection until the day that peace talks do finally begin. Let the people of the world know that it is not all of America but only her highest leaders who quibble over "diplomatic etiquette" while...
Johnson on March 31 proposed "Geneva or any other suitable place" as a meeting ground. North Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Buy Trinh came back with Pnompenh, Cambodia, "or another place to be mutually agreed upon." After each side deflected the other's first suggestion, the U.S. named Laos, Burma, Indonesia and India. "Not adequate," replied the North Vietnamese, countering with Warsaw...
Legitimate Objections. Nevertheless, Hanoi was clearly doing so-and seemed to be getting away with it. The U.S. had some legitimate objections to Pnompenh and had equally valid reservations about Warsaw, an ally of Hanoi and a supplier of its arms. "We have proposed only places where they have an embassy and no apparent difficulties," said a U.S. official. "If we played it their way, we would suggest Taipei." Moreover, the North Vietnamese-and the Russians-did their best to capitalize on Johnson's repeated statements that he would send U.S. representatives "anywhere, any time," to "any spot...
...week Collingwood and his film arrived in New York City. What he had to tell about was eight days in North Viet Nam-the first visit by a U.S. network correspondent during the war-and the story of his scoop concerning Hanoi's willingness to start talks in Pnompenh (TIME, April 12). Part of his report was rushed onto the Cronkite supper-hour news last week; his footage was edited into a 60-minute special scheduled for this week...