Word: thieu
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...Vietnamese liberation forces decided to change tactics, as they had so many times before in their three-decade struggle to free their country. They would shift the focus of the struggle and compete with Thieu peacefully, on political terrain...
...January peace agreement signaled their shift in tactics. The liberation forces hoped that with the renunciation of force called for in the agreement, the repressive atmosphere in which the Thieu regime thrived would disappear. The urbanized peasants, no longer fearful of American bombing raids in the countryside, would eagerly return to their ancestral lands. The NLF could return to its time-honored goals of answering peasant needs with land reform and participatory local government. Thieu's urban social base would erode, adding continually to NLF support...
...strategy of the liberation force depends on a real end to the fighting and a sincere attempt by both sides to move toward reconciliation. Thieu's aims, on the other hand, are diametrically opposed. His power rests on the American aid that has drafted one of every five South Vietnamese youths into his giant army and turned the urban areas of South Vietnam into a garrison state...
...Thieu needs continuing fighting to keep the peasants in the cities and the American aid flowing into his country. That is why he balked at signing the peace agreement when it was first presented last October. That is why he will continually attempt to sabotage the agreement. That is why peace in Vietnam will only be achieved over his strenuous objections...
...OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of the cease-fire violations are being instigated by the Thieu regime in hopes of retaining a maximum American presence in Vietnam to continue propping it up. Either the conflict will continue or the Thieu regime will gradually deflate. Americans who either support the NLF or simply want the fighting to end should share the same tactic: both groups should call for all parties to the peace agreement to abide scrupulously by its provisions. Additionally antiwar forces should press the American government to cut off financial aid to Thieu. Only in this way can the biggest obstacle...