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...same time, if they choose not to, I believe the President has the constitutional responsibility of proceeding with the talks." Clifford's tough position, while doubtless reflecting the frustration and resentment of many U.S. officials over the delay, was hardly calculated to make it any easier for Thieu to compromise. Both the White House and the State Department, however, tried to assure Thieu that the U.S. was not now considering going it alone...
Lyndon Johnson would like nothing better than to get the negotiations resumed quickly in the hope of achieving major progress toward a settlement before his term in the White House runs out. However, he also wants to avoid any semblance of bullying Thieu to the conference table. Thieu's task is equally complicated. Standing up to the U.S. won him such enthusiastic support from Saigon's politicians and generals that he felt compelled at one point to promise: "I will try to keep flexing my muscle as long as I can." At the same time, he was prudently...
Wanting to Lead. When Johnson first proclaimed the bombing halt and expanded negotiations more than two weeks ago, Thieu balked at any South Vietnamese participation in a conference in which the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front would be permitted to speak for itself, rather than through Hanoi's delegates. But after several days, he announced that he would let his representatives come, provided South Viet Nam took over from the U.S. the leadership of the allied delegation and dealt directly with the North Vietnamese, not the N.L.F., at the negotiating table...
...Thieu's proposal got short shrift in Washington. What was more, Thieu received scant support from President-elect Richard Nixon, who the South Vietnamese had hoped would be much tougher in dealings with Hanoi than Lyndon Johnson. They were disappointed when Nixon declared that until the inauguration Johnson could speak for the incoming administration...
Arrangements for Arrival. But Thieu had already fired back through his Information Minister, Ton That Thien, who asserted that "at no stage, at no time" had Thieu agreed to the U.S. formula for negotiations (see box). And, added Thien, "We cannot win the war without the U.S., and the U.S. cannot win the war without us. The same applies to making the peace...