Word: thuy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seventh session of the Viet Nam peace talks in Paris last week, there was a long pause amid the set-piece exchanges. Then, suddenly leaning across the table and intently scanning the visage of U.S. Negotiator Averell Harriman, North Viet Nam Chief Delegate Xuan Thuy spoke with surprising directness...
...Thuy: When will the U.S. unconditionally cease its bombing and other acts of war against North Viet Nam so that these talks can go on to other matters related to a Viet Nam settlement...
Fantasy & Propaganda. During last week's sessions, Hanoi's chief delegate, Xuan Thuy once again rejected as "absurd" the U.S. demand for a reciprocal move in the wake of Washington's limited bombing pause, and he refused to broaden the discussions until the air raids end. If the U.S. insists on reciprocity, he suggested sarcastically, the North Vietnamese might reply by issuing a statement that Hanoi "commits itself from now on, as in the past, to refrain from bombing and all other acts of war on the entire territory of the U.S." Thuy inched a little closer...
...unconditionally halted the bombing "and other acts of war" against the North, the talks could turn to "a political settlement of the Viet Nam problem." That offer was soon followed by a threat. "In the event that these official conversations do not end in results," warned Chief Negotiator Xuan Thuy, "the American party must bear the full and entire responsibility...
More Than Time. In Round 2, Harriman abandoned his earlier geniality and matched Thuy, barb for barb. Particularly pointed was his use of a 1956 admission by Hanoi's Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap: "We executed too many honest people. Terror became far too widespread. Torture came to be regarded as a normal practice." Harriman also sought to sound an upbeat note by declaring that he had been "struck by some similarities in our respective positions," notably expressions of hope for an independent and peaceful South Viet Nam. But the North Vietnamese swiftly rejected the overture, declaring: "In fact...