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...existing between the two sides is the problem of power in South Viet Nam," said Le Due Tho, the chief North Vietnamese negotiator at the Paris peace talks during a recent press conference. What he meant by that diplomatic euphemism is the possible replacement of President Nguyen Van Thieu's government by a broader-based regime. Thieu, with the long war in Indochina winding slowly toward some sort of resolution, has become the sticking point in any serious peace discussions...
...Government still strongly backs Thieu. For one thing, in the midst of the current North Vietnamese offensive, he seems to represent the only viable focus of political stability in South Viet Nam. For another, his ouster-or his resignation-would be a considerable embarrassment to the Nixon Administration. Nonetheless, Nixon's most recent "two-point proposal" to Hanoi -to end all military activity in Indochina within four months if North Viet Nam accepts a cease-fire and releases the American prisoners of war-did not include a declaration of support for the present South Vietnamese government. As part...
...essential question, though, is what kind of government might replace the Thieu regime, and under what circumstances. The North Vietnamese have long made it clear that they want Thieu, the hard-line anti-Communist whose principal base of support is the military, out of office even before a ceasefire. Time and again they have insisted that the settlement of a postwar government in the South is a precondition to peace...
That kind of imposed coalition is patently unacceptable to the U.S. What Washington could tolerate-if Thieu fell, or were pushed, from office-is a multifaceted nationalist government strong enough to resist domination by the Communists, at least for a respectable period, but flexible enough to negotiate with the NLF and Hanoi. Such an interim government would have to include members of the army, anti-Thieu factions in the present South Vietnamese Assembly, and representatives of the major religious groups: the Buddhists, the Catholics, and the Cao Dai and Hoa Hao sects...
NGUYEN VAN HUYEN, 58, president of the South Viet Nam Senate. A Catholic, an intellectual and a Southerner, Huyen has been able to get along with Thieu without sacrificing his independence, and he is widely regarded as the Vatican's spokesman in Saigon. Under the constitution he would automatically become chief executive in the event of the resignation or death of the President and Vice President...