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...presence in Saigon was necessary to help untangle the intricate web of arrangements on which the truce depends. The Joint Military Commission needed all four members-from the U.S., North Viet Nam, South Viet Nam and the Viet Cong-before it could begin to work out procedures, let alone stop truce violations by either side. The J.M.C. had to be operating before the International Commission of Control and Supervision-otherwise known as the CHIP commission, after its members. Canada, Hungary, Indonesia and Poland-could get down to business...
HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH. "The Girl and Her Trust" and "A, Temporary Truce" by D.W. Griffith and "Western History" by Stan Brakhage, "Nostalgia" by Hollis Frampton and "Running Shadow" by Robert Fulton. Feb. 8, 7:30, $1. Vladimir and Rosa by the Dziga Vertov Group (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin) Feb. 11, 7:30, free (sponsored by the Institute of Politics...
CEASE-FIRE TIMING. U.S. military intelligence reported that it had intercepted Communist plans for a last-minute offensive between the announcement of a cease-fire and the installation of truce-supervision forces. The October plan apparently would have permitted an interval before the various policing commissions were to be in place. The closing of this gap may have helped prevent any significant shift in the territory controlled by the combatants...
...October agreement provided no details on how many foreign observers would supervise the truce, and when the bargaining began, the Communists demanded a mere token group of 250. The U.S., which originally proposed a four-nation force of 8,000, finally was satisfied with...
LAOS AND CAMBODIA. The U.S. hopes to achieve a cease-fire in Laos and Cambodia soon after the truce in Viet Nam. Although there is no provision in any version of the treaty that requires a cease-fire throughout Indochina, Kissinger contends that the required withdrawal of foreign troops from Laos and Cambodia and the prohibition of base areas there will bring about an end to military action in those countries faster than had been expected...