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...point paper, described by the Communists as an "overall solution to the South Viet Nam problem," was officially presented by the National Liberation Front delegate, Tran Buu Kiem. Clearly, it also reflected Hanoi's views. Compared with most previous pronouncements, the statement was refreshingly free of bombast. While Americans were still denounced as "imperialists" waging a "war of aggression," there was only one such reference, and it seemed almost pro forma. But for the first time the Communists mentioned a neutral postwar South Viet Nam that would maintain "diplomatic, economic and cultural relations" with...
Elliptic Hope. On specific issues, the N.L.F. paper renewed the Communists' insistence that the U.S. withdraw all its forces and dismantle all bases in South Viet Nam "without posing any condition whatsoever." That point alone remains unacceptable to Washington. But the demand was so elliptically couched as to suggest possible compromise. The Communists no longer said unequivocally that a unilateral U.S. evacuation was essential before discussions on political issues could begin. For the first time, too, they referred obliquely to removing North Vietnamese forces from the South. Though the Communists insisted that this was a question to be settled...
...forces in Viet Nam. The first pullback might take place this summer, even if there is no reciprocity on the other side. Whatever else it might accomplish, a reduction in the American troop level-perhaps including some combat units, for effect-would demonstrate to Hanoi that the South Vietnamese government is growing ever more capable of defending and unifying its territory...
...Administration has enumerated three preconditions for a cutback of forces, any one of which might suffice: progress in Paris, a reduction in the level of combat, and improvement in the capability of the South Vietnamese to defend themselves. The first and third of these are subjective matters; at any time the Administration could announce that these two requirements, at least, have been met. A reduction of U.S. forces in Viet Nam, like the hint of serious bargaining in Paris, does not necessarily mean an early, comprehensive settlement. But it could be a small step toward that goal...
Overhead, the big, slow EC-121s still fly the Sea of Japan, listening in on Communist electronic transmissions. Though the four-engine prop planes are now protected by U.S. jets based in South Korea, the North Koreans could shoot down another EC-121 any time they wished. The spy flights come within 4½ minutes' flying time of North Korean air bases, which could scramble more than enough MIGS to down the F-4 and F106 jets that are used to escort the spy planes. Protecting the AGERS seems equally futile. Despite contingency plans designed to rescue...