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...peace agreement-had been in jeopardy earlier in the week, when Hanoi announced that it would not release more U.S. prisoners until it was assured of an end to violence against its representatives on the Joint Military Commission in South Viet Nam. In retaliation, the U.S. then stopped its troop withdrawals and pulled its mine-clearing ships out of Haiphong harbor. Rogers met first with the North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese and Viet Cong, then with the North Vietnamese alone. At the same time, both the Chinese and Soviet representatives applied pressure to Hanoi's delegation-and suddenly, the P.O.W...
...fire by the other. The Communists claimed Saigon forces had committed 24,000 violations and had lobbed precisely 12,523 shells in Quang Tri Province. Saigon claimed 5,540 Communist violations since the agreement was signed. More seriously, the State Department revealed U.S. intelligence estimates of a new Communist troop build-up along the Laotian border, including the southward movement of tanks, and the setting up of SA-2 antiaircraft batteries at Khe Sanh...
...each side continued to jockey for advantage before the supervisory machinery becomes fully operational. While some Communist forces seemed to be getting in position for a larger, but limited attack, such action did not appear imminent. Hanoi is not expected to do anything to slow the U.S. troop withdrawal, which is timed to coincide with the prisoner release. Just what might happen after all U.S. prisoners and troops are out remains a murky-and potentially momentous-matter...
Referring to secret American estimates of "enemy" troop strength, contained in in a report by General Earle Wheeler, Bundy said that North Vietnamese "had this kind of information coming out of their ears," Therefore, he said, the release of the Papers gave them no tactical advantage...
...will most likely create committees with responsibility for various sections of government; committee chairmanships will be carefully apportioned between Protestants and Catholics. The Special Powers Act, under which several hundred Catholics have been detained without trial, will be ended immediately, but security powers will be retained by Westminster until troop levels decline to something approaching peacetime strength. The paper will also recommend the creation of a Council of Ireland including representatives from the Republic as well as the North; its responsibilities will be limited to such areas as agricultural policy, trade and tourism...