Word: vietcong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interview yesterday, Hoffmann suggested threatening a city-country partition of South Vietnam, as a means of attaining political leverage. "If we really want to force the North Vietnamese or the Vietcong to negotiate," he said, "we might send in many more troops to protect the cities, leaving the countryside to the Vietcong...
Speaking at International Relations Council's China Conference last night, Morgenthau called the use of non-lethal gases against the Vietcong "a stupid policy" that has succeeded only "in making millions of people morally sick...
Milton Katz '27, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, felt that the "utilization of the gas is warranted if we accept the statements of Secretary Rusk that it is a riot control gas used only when the Vietcong hide behind civilians to avoid detection." But he agreed with Doty that "it becomes psychologically easier to use different types of gases once one type has been used...
...supplied tear and nausea gases by South Vietnamese troops. Responding to rising criticism, mainly from abroad, he said that we are not embarking on gas warfare in Vietnam, but added that non-lethal gases will continue to be used in riot control and unusual actions against Vietcong troops. Michael Stewart, Britain's Foreign Secretary, and a group of House Republicans were among those criticizing...
Radio Hanio said that the Vietcong would call for the proffered volunteers and other aid from Red nations...