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...plans would start at the top, with the formation of a conciliatory central government in Saigon. The National Liberation Front has, of course, its own design for a coalition government representing a broad segment of South Vietnamese society but excluding members of the present government of President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu, in turn, so far refuses to countenance any coalition with the Front or the Viet Cong, and has jailed prominent South Vietnamese, including former Presidential Candidate Truong Dinh Dzu two weeks ago, for even daring to suggest the notion...
...broad fronts of foreign policy. At midweek, he flew off to Honolulu to discuss the problem that one of the presidential candidates will undoubtedly find uppermost in his mind the day after inauguration-Viet Nam. Even as Johnson was conferring with South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu, the showdown over Czechoslovakia brought a sobering reminder that, for the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. alike, Europe remains a potentially dangerous arena. It was also a reminder that despite the relatively restrained policies of Russia's present leaders, a serious drive for freedom inside Communist countries remains a nearly...
Johnson did his best to silence the talk. "The big rumors about meeting here to discuss stopping the bombing or to pull out," he said, "are just pure, absolute tommyrot and fiction." Taking extraordinary precautions to preserve secrecy in his first talk with Thieu, he not only banished his advisers, but also did without the customary interpreter-Thieu has a good command of English. After 50 minutes, Secretary of State Dean Rusk was called in for a ten-minute briefing on the Paris talks...
...very exciting to report." If so, why had he traveled so far for so little? The messages of friendship, trust and support could almost have been summarized in a letter-most of the five-page communique issued after the talks, in fact, was written in advance. Both Johnson and Thieu denied that a full bombing pause was even discussed. Both repeated statements that they had made a dozen times before. South Viet Nam would be fully represented at Paris, if and when real negotiations start, and there would be no coalition government "imposed" on Saigon. Yet it was almost inconceivable...
...cities-for some time. A document captured last year noted that "the more allies we find, even if they are temporary and precarious, the better." Communist or not, the Alliance could gain appeal in war-weary cities if the Communists launch another urban offensive or if President Nguyen Van Thieu's government shows signs of cracking. Obviously, it was with that in mind that the court handed down its harsh verdict...