Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...removal of Thieu's government would not necessarily be the solution to the severe economic and social problems facing Vietnam and would not ensure the unification of the country. Some of Thieu's would-be successors and a large portion of those now calling for his resignation are as anti-communist and anti-democratic as Thieu himself. But this man has for too many years perpetuated a war against the will of the general population in deference to fat-cat South Vietnamese businessmen and military officers. He has collaborated with the United States in bombing his own country...
...That probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives in North Vietnam," Ellsberg said...
...Ellsberg said he "had been told throughout this period, a tacit assumption between my informants and me: since Hanoi is not going to meet the Nixon-Kissinger terms they are going to carry out their plan--the plan is to mine Haiphong and to wipe out North Vietnam...
...talk to the Niemans, Ellsberg speculated that a 1969 mining of Haiphong would have been followed by an invasion of North Vietnam and ultimately the use of tactical nuclear weapons...
Jason helped develop the electronic battlefield system, laser-guided bombs, and other weapons systems used in the Vietnam...