Christmas truces set as Allies chase Vietminh into Cambodia
Allied warplanes and artillery pushed into Cambodia chasing a battered North Vietnamese battalion amid reported Christmas and New Year truces. Thieu announced 24 hour ceasefires for humanitarian reasons, while U.S. and Saigon forces continued operations. casualty figures rose with 39,000+ U.S. deaths and 25 Vietnamese killed in border fighting. Viet Cong units reportedly attacked border towns before being repelled.
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Paris farewell Lodge ends Vietnam talks with grim farewell
In Paris, diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge gave his final appearance at the Vietnam talks amid sharp accusations from a senior Viet Cong delegate. Dinh Ba Thi denounced U S actions as barbarous, criticizing the Saigon and Washington governments and accusing Nixon officials of shifting responsibility. Lodge, 67, appeared somber, having announced his resignation as chief negotiator and planning to return to Boston after summarizing his views and progress in the talks.
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Nixon expected to delay troop pullout decision
President Nixon likely to defer a third stage South Vietnam withdrawal amid rising North Vietnamese infiltration and higher American casualties. White House aides indicate no final decision at the next news conference, though officials hope to surpass 100000 total withdrawals by year end.
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Rogers voices pessimism on Vietnam peace talks
In a Brussels briefing with 14 NATO foreign ministers, Secretary of State Rogers said the United States will negotiate every issue in Paris except South Vietnam’s right to determine its political future. He expects Nixon to insist on that right in any settlement and expressed anger over My Lai allegations, hoping violators will be punished. He noted SALT talks in Helsinki will pause for about two weeks while Gerard Smith reports to NATO before returning to Washington. Soviets appear unusually favorable to the talks.
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Black market claim rejected by American experts
SAIGON, AP American experts reject claims by U S senators that Saigon's flour and currency black market is undermining South Viet Nam's economy. A former official said a black market doesn't destroy an economy, runaway inflation and scarcity of goods do. He noted illegal trading has been there all along and the economy continues to function.
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