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...deputy, that there were now three possibilities: All parties would agree to the nine-point plan, or some revisions would have to be made, or there would be a total deadlock. Next day, as Kissinger arrived in Saigon for his four days of talks with Thieu, the trouble began...
...body that would have no lasting political impact. But indeed, the very vagueness of the future it limns for Viet Nam is a brilliant part of the nine-point plan. As a State Department expert summed the agreement of last week: "Things cannot be settled to everyone's satisfaction. Thieu got what we promised: no imposed coalition, and a reasonable chance for South Viet Nam's survival." That is not really a great deal to show for a U.S. investment of ten years of fighting, more than $100 billion and 56,000 lives, but for most Americans, it will probably...
...might have come much sooner. The note was struck to cheers from a student audience in Iowa last week by George McGovern when he asked: "Why, Mr. Nixon, did you take another four years to put an end to this tragic war?" For McGovern and many Americans, the Thieu regime was so corrupt, the war so immoral, the cost in lives and national spirit so debilitating, that instant U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam had long since been justified. Nixon, of course, rejected unilateral withdrawal by the U.S. from the outset of his Administration. He was convinced that America's role...
...first, to an examination of what has finally been agreed to. The concessions and the compromises are real and earnest on both sides. The primary bargain may be that Nixon agreed to let North Vietnamese troops now in South Viet Nam remain there in exchange for Hanoi's permitting Thieu to stay in power while a political settlement is worked...
June 1965. South Vietnamese army stages coup. General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes chief of state, with Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky as Premier. White House confirms reports that U.S. forces are now authorized to engage in combat. U.S. military strength of 74,000 rises to 148,000 by October. U.S. Commander William Westmoreland requests 350,000, declares that...