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...South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, who raises some objections. The two principal negotiators go back to Paris to resolve the difficulties. That is the point at which Kissinger will find himself this week when he once again meets Those in an attempt to resuscitate the faltering Viet Nam truce...
Translated into plain English, Kissinger's statement amounted to an unhappy admission that fighting has continued in the four months since the truce agreement was signed. In spite of their questionable accuracy, figures released last week by Saigon reflect the level of violence: 21,455 Communist and 5,510 South Vietnamese soldiers killed, at least 3,530 civilians dead or wounded...
...G.I.s have gone home, prisoners have been exchanged, and Viet Cong officers-escorted always by South Vietnamese security troops-drive around Saigon. There is also the ineffectual presence of the four-nation International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), created to monitor the adherence of both sides to the truce. The Hungarian and Polish commission members, who consider themselves Hanoi's representatives, have employed dilatory and obstructionist tactics to prevent the Canadian and Indonesian members from investigating reported truce violations. Last week External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp announced that Canada would quit the paralyzed, dissension-torn ICCS...
...Demilitarized Zone. More important, the two sides must exchange maps delineating the areas under their control. Next, the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord must constitute itself to include representatives of the Viet Cong, the Thieu government and members of the so-called third party. Under the truce signed in January, this council should have been in operation by the end of April. One of its principal tasks is to prepare the way for a national election. Thieu, however, will oppose any attempt by the council to function as a coalition government superior to him. For its part...
Expanded Regime. This new approach suggests that the Communists might really be willing to give the truce a chance, at least for a time. With a cease-fire in Laos more or less in effect, that would leave only the Cambodian mess to be resolved. The U.S. hopes it can nudge Cambodia's former head of state, exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and Khmer insurgent leaders into talks with members of the expanded regime of Marshal Lon Nol in Phnom-Penh...