Word: seoul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ideal spot would be one in which Americans, North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese would feel at home diplomatically, the site of preliminary talks is likely to serve also for any full-scale negotiations that might follow. Rusk observed that he would hardly expect the North Vietnamese to go to Seoul or Canberra any more than the U.S. could be expebted to go to Peking or Hanoi...
While continuing these diplomatic efforts, the U.S. was hinting none too subtly that the bombing restriction might not be continued indefinitely. Johnson, in Honolulu to confer with South Korean President Chung Hee Park about both Viet Nam and Seoul's security problems (see THE WORLD), stressed that it had been a long time since the bombing limitation began on March 31. "Our restraint," added Rusk, "was meant to inspire discussions about ending this war, not to provide an excuse for propaganda warfare while the battle raged...
...help Park meet the threat, Special U.S. Envoy Cyrus Vance visited Seoul last February and promised to give Park $100 million in additional U.S. military aid this year on top of the normal $160 million. Drawing on this new account, Park is organizing a 2,500,000-man reserve that, on call, will help to patrol the coast, operate ground-surveillance radar stations and perform other such duties. He is also trying to modernize the country's 600,000-man armed forces, replacing World War II rifles with the new M16, buying U.S. helicopters for better troop mobility...
...military transports and U.S. fighter pilots following World War II, hardly anyone expected the ragtag operation to last for long. In fact, his CAT (for Civil Air Transport) blossomed into one of the best-run airlines in all of Asia, flying out of Taipei around the Communist perimeter from Seoul to Bangkok. But now, CAT's string seems to have...
...heir apparent Chiang Ching-kuo pulling the strings, government-backed all-Chinese China Airlines (CAL) started chipping away at CAT's route map last April. First CAL began flying parallel flights from Taipei to Hong Kong and Tokyo, then took over CAT's routes to Seoul and Manila. It bought three Boeing 727 jets with government guaranteed loans and, recently, a former Taiwan air force chief, who is also a close associate of Chiang Ching-kuo's, appeared as CAL's No. 1 man. Clearly, Taiwan wanted an airline that could be controlled at home...