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...Even Thieu's supporters were finding that argument difficult to rebut. Doc Lap, a Saigon newspaper that has generally supported the government in the past, expressed the mood in a poem addressed to Nixon...
...problems with the South as well as the North. The Nixon plan included President Thieu's resignation one month before new elections would be held. Last week Rogers suggested that the U.S. was "quite flexible" on the question of just how far in advance that resignation should take place. This upset Thieu, who had earlier given his full support to Nixon's eight points. An angry Thieu called Rogers' statement "a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty" and asked Washington for clarification. Washington insisted that U.S.-South Viet Nam relations were "excellent." The explanation for Thieu's pique...
...support these goals, he continues to sacrifice the lives and property of Vietnames freedom fighters and civilians, and prolongs an immoral struggle against the forces of genuine self-determination in Indochina. How much of Nixon and Kissinger's revelations on secret negotiations can be trusted should be indicated by Thieu's subsequent reservations and his reiteration of the three "no's": no coalition, no neutrality, and no Communist government for South Vietnam...
...spread Saigon's control to all areas of the country. That, he says, "would require a much larger and more intense military and pacification effort than is currently contemplated by Saigon and Washington." The rest of the article then argues for some form of political cooperation between the Thieu regime and the NLF, which Huntington suggests can best be achieved initially on a local level. "Such a system might be labeled federal, confederal, pluralistic, decentralized--but whatever the label, it would reflect the varied sources of political power. In the recognition of the acceptance of that diversity lies the hope...
...return of so much airpower to the Indochina battle-field hides the fact that the Nixon Administration does not really fear that Hanoi and the PRG can do much damage to the Thieu regime during Tet, the lunar new year. When questioned about the situation a highly placed official appeared to hope that Hanoi would expend all its energies during Tet on the theory that its whole military apparatus would be destroyed. During the next four years that Hanoi would require to rebuild its forces, the 'force of reason' and a decrease in Russian and Chinese aid would convince Hanoi...