Word: tho
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President Lon Nol could effectively survive. Amidst these signs that the cease-fire agreement has all but collapsed, the White House announced that Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger would return to Paris in mid-May for another round of talks with the silver-haired chief North Vietnamese negotiator, Le Duc Tho...
...came from the ARVN artillery base and landed in Communist-controlled territory. The team's report, filed to the ICCS regional office in Can Tho, said that the round was a clear violation. It was a minor triumph for the team-but, of course, it did not stop the ARVN troops from firing at will into the hills...
Evenings bring a slight cooling and a certain degree of formality. The Poles, who spend the day in swimming shorts or underwear, change into their baggy uniforms and hunt-and-peck on the typewriters, turning out reports to be packeted to Can Tho. The Hungarians, who sport smart blue athletic shorts and white V-necked T shirts by day, slip on long pants and also work on reports. The Indonesians, accustomed to the daytime heat, spend all their time in full uniform. And the Canadians, who have no uniform of the day, stroll about in shorts at night...
...recently to justify its bombing of Cambodia. A "key official" told The New York Times on April 3 that North Vietnam "fully understood" that the United States would continue bombing until a ceasefire took effect in Cambodia. The State Department has also alleged that Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho agreed during January that ceasefires would start in Laos and Cambodia two weeks after the beginning of the Vietnam ceasefire, CBS news reported...
Thieu himself was out and around more last week than he had been in months. He flew most of his government aides-and a good part of the Saigon diplomatic corps-down to Can Tho, a city deep in the Mekong Delta, for what he called a "farmer's day" outing that was as heavy on bands, pretty girls, prize pigs and political corn as an Iowa state fair. When a 40-man bicycle race was about to start, Thieu expropriated one bike to take a turn through the crowd. "He leads a merry pace," Foreign Minister Tran...