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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1968

Page

8

Halt Breakthrough Comes In U.S.-North Vietnam Talks

The report traces a late September to October push toward a bombing halt with Hanoi weighing de escalation as Washington expects guarantees the DMZ will be respected and Saigon officials allowed into Paris talks. Key figures include Johnson Harriman Vance Bunker Thieu and Xuan Thuy with endgame signals in mid October.

Washington White House Hanoi Johnson North Vietnam U.S Ho Chi Minh Richard N. Nixon Hubert H. Humphrey Paris Averell Harriman Harriman North South Vietnam Saigon Presiden Nguyen van Thieu Cyrus R. Vance Odt Tl Vance Xuan Thuy United States Long Ellsworth Bunker Creighton W. Abrams Bunker Thieu Bunker-Thieu Clark Clifford Earle G. Wheeler Joint Chiefs of Staff Germany CIA Richard Helms Maxwell D. Taylor Clifford Wheeler Dean Rusk Bruce Palmer Jr William C. Westmoreland Army Abrams Phieu Saipor Jenison

Main Objective Not Reached In Air War During Vietnam

A World War II style briefing notes the U S air campaign in North Vietnam failed to reduce infiltration as main objective, despite hundreds of aircraft and thousands of bombs. It cites Johnson McNamara views, Paris talks, Hanoi responses, and casualty totals while noting civilian leaders warned against broader bombing.

Washington United States North Vietnam South Vietnam Johnson U.S South Robert S. McNamara Senate Soviet Union Red China Haiphong Air Force Navy North Pentagon Vietnam Congress Harold Brown McNamara Americ Tonkin Gulf White House Hanoi Panhandle American Legion National New Orleans Demilitarized Zone Dmz William Westmoreland U. S Clark M. Clifford Saigon

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John M. Hightower Bunker, Thieu Miles Thailand 20Th Parallel Rvah China
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