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of sincerity addressed not to Hanoi but to Tulsa.
11 Some previously
anti-RN people strongly backed him with RN often receiving "good marks
from those who think the US no longer has a chance for a military
victory.
Nevertheless, much of the approbation was guarded, reluc-
tant and grudging" some of it openly cynical about the speech's
political meaning.
In its lead article, US News says 2 facts stand out above all else
in the VN picture: 1) "The WH is virtually at a dead end in its nego-
tiation efforts. "It has made all the major concessions it intends to. "
2) "The Communists, who have budged almost not at all since the Paris
talks started 44 months ago, appear determined to hold out for total cap-
itulation by the US. 11 A chart by US News shows up the wide differences
in position and reports many top US officials don't feel the proposal will
be accepted because NVN is "convinced that it's winning the war and
total victory without compromise is only a matter of time.
Hanoi,
confident of victory on its own terms, is more inclined to make peace with
RN than it was with LBJ. 11
"One more try¹¹ in the peace quest is how Sidey views RN's proposal
in Life. The arguments continue here in the US, many of them worthless,
as there's virtually no hope of "making any kind of a reasonable deal with
Hanoi. 11 LBJ would have taken a slice if ever offered. And now we see
the "slow anguished collapse" of the RN-HAK dreams that a new approach
might work even tho they have tried, as HAK says, to do "everything
humanly possible. 11 Nonetheless, says Sidey, the US role in VN is ending
and will continue to do so. RN fully recognizes any massive retaliatory
action by the US will more than likely result in a new President" who will
end US involvement. 11
The Time and Newsweek cover stories on RN's secret agent are
similar in their straight to positive thrust toward Henry Kissinger. Both
pieces review the logistics of the secret talks, the reaction to RN's speech,
and the unique, wide-ranging influence of HAK. Time points out RN makes
the decisions; HAK guides the process. Similarly, Newsweek emphasizes
that RN is in charge of the policies.
Both mags agree RN threw the critics off balance and, adds Newsweek,
his foreign adversaries tho it's questionable whether the war was brought
any closer to an end. "The sad reality, 11 says Time, "seems to be that
Hanoi has no desire to negotiate. 11 There's little incentive in the plan for
Hanoi which is determined to get SVN. Newsweek with several quotes
from State officials downplaying the plan. One says "a ceasefire is the
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