Word: settlement
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...Viet Cong are no longer 10 feet tall. They are more like frightened 16-year-olds." Thompson does not, however, see a quick end to the war. "It could take three to five years before Hanoi is compelled to give up her purpose and to negotiate a real settlement," he says. Until that happens, he advises, the allies should adopt "a long-haul, low-cost strategy" that relies more on the South Vietnamese army-a prescription that fits Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" program perfectly...
...discussions were tempered somewhat by the course of outside events. Nasser recently sent a delegation to Moscow seeking increased arms shipments. The Egyptians also sought a vigorous nyet to recent U.S. peace proposals, which include, among other things, Israeli withdrawal from Sinai in return for a negotiated peace settlement with the Egyptians. The delegation came home bearing a message from Premier Aleksei Kosygin saying that Moscow still hopes for a political settlement of the Middle East crisis. Until the Soviets change their minds, which seems highly improbable, Arab cries for another round of fighting against Israel are likely to remain...
Famous Name. Under the circumstances, the influence of Israel's leading moderates has declined. Abba Eban, who has advocated trading captured areas for a peace settlement, retained the Foreign Ministry, but he is losing the important information division, which is being set up as a separate ministry. Golda, annoyed by Eban's overly optimistic assessments of Israeli-U.S. relations, was reported to have told intimates that she did not really want "that man" in her Cabinet. Pinhas Sapir, who has spoken out against permanent settlement in the occupied areas, will soon lose the important post of Labor...
...Coon, 56, a staff photographer for 25 years, was given the option of $10,000 in severance pay or a $100-a-month pension. He picked the pension. One executive was offered a promotion and a raise at Goodrich, then fired three weeks later. He chose a cash settlement of $23,000 instead of a $135-a-month pension. Most of the dismissed employees have found other jobs...
TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Jerrold Schecter submitted a list of questions concerning settlement of the war to Nguyen Huu Tho, President of the National Liberation Front, who recently visited Moscow. Tho has operated for the past few years from a succession of hidden bunkers and jungle camps, and is the chief political voice of the Viet Cong guerrillas. His replies, returned to Moscow in writing last week, showed no departure from the hard line, and thus confirm Nixon's pessimism about a negotiated settlement...