Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with large-scale use of ground forces in order to save face in Viet Nam." More importantly, said Laird, the G.O.P. might withdraw its backing of the U.S. commitment in Viet Nam if the President's real objective turned out to be merely "some sort of negotiated settlement that would include Communist elements in a coalition government...
Neither President Kennedy nor President Johnson has ever supposed that this was going to be an easy contest or one in which there would be a rapid and decisive solution... I do not think we can now predict the exact shape of the eventual settlement. I myself believe that the question of the internal political organization and prospects of non-Communist South Vietnam is quite critical. This indeed is one of the uncertainties in the current situation... The bulk of the effort in Vietnam-in terms of human suffering and human loss-is being made by Vietnamese...
...government is trying to get a serious international discussion going... It is ready to discuss this matter and work toward a peaceful settlement. It has tried a number of forums to see whether there is readiness for this kind of effort. The record is clear that the unreadiness for negotiation is not now in the United States... Whatever happens in Vietnam, there is every reason for the United States to persevere in the effort to give appropriate support and encouragement to governments which are trying to work their way toward the establishment of viable political societies outside of the kind...
...Clark bravely declared that the company is "morally bound to do everything it can." Claims against Amexco, filed by 43 companies, total more than $100 million. But the claimants have been squabbling among themselves over who should get how much. Lately a group of them called for a package settlement of $80 million-$60 million from Amexco and $20 million from the insurance companies covering it against fraud (American Express Warehousing was insured for $30.5 million...
...surrender, and as the dead and wounded were carried back to La Paz, Ovando seemed to lose his nerve, retiring to his bed and announcing that he was sick. Next day he met with emissaries from the Bolivian Workers Confederation, abruptly agreed to a cease-fire and negotiations for settlement of the miners' demands...