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There is one small corner of war-torn South Viet Nam that has managed to maintain a separate peace. Cholon, the teeming Chinese quarter of Saigon, survives behind a Great Wall of indifference to the war-an indifference tempered only by the dictates of business. For it is from the bulging godowns of Cholon that Viet Nam's 1,200,000 "overseas" Chinese dominate almost 90% of the nation's economy. Lately, to Chinese chagrin, that precarious dominance has been threatened. After all, the Chinese of Cholon have been a target for Communist persuasion for the past...
...other Indian leader had ever done before. "The Americans are in a difficult situation, and I can understand their difficulties now," she said. "I have been in my talks with Mr. Johnson impressed by the sincerity of the President's desire for a peaceful settlement in that war-torn country." Later, in a joint communiqué, the President and Mrs. Gandhi agreed that there should be a "just and peaceful solution of this problem" and that Red China's aggressive policies "pose a threat to peace, particularly in Asia." That night, calling at the Indian Embassy ostensibly...
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare John W. Gardner led a 23-expert team on a five-day tour of South Viet Nam probing the war-torn na tion's social needs...
...some observers who underestimate the genuine anti-Communist sentiment in South Viet Nam. However, free elections are obviously impossible while the Viet Cong retain their arms and their whole apparatus of terror, and before a measure of security, stability and free political life has been restored to the war-torn country. Much the same applies to Hanoi's demand for "the peaceful reunification" of North and South Viet Nam. The U.S. concedes that this "should be determined through free decision" of both peoples-the key phrase being "free decision." The U.S. would want a genuine vote both...
Taking over last April as chairman of the Republican National Committee, Ohio's Ray Bliss hoped above all to bring peace to the war-torn G.O.P. Since then, he has had trouble keeping peace even within his own office. And last week he found himself compelled to fire his own top administrative assistant -for having ransacked the desk and files of the National Committee's finance director. The principals in the bizarre affair...