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.
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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.
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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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