Original title: "negotiate", Keever's title: "Communists Weigh Fighting While Negotiating." Article draft about communist discussions about continuing their offensives while peace talks are underway. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "LBJ Peace talks - talks." Original caption: "Hanoi's acceptance to start talking." Article by Keever on North Vietnam's agreement to continue peace talks
Original title: "command", Keever's title: "Viet Cong's Top Command Controls Saigon-Area Thrusts." Article draft about the Central Office of the Việt Cộng taking direct control of various communist political movements and insurgencies in the area around Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "air", Keever's title: "LBJ's Reducing North Vietnamese Pounding Irks US Military." Article draft about President Johnson's reduction of air and naval bombardment in the Vietnam War, for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "command." Keever's title: "Viet Cong's Top Command Controls Saigon-Area Thrusts." Article by Keever about Viet Cong forces taking control of Saigon
Original title: "LBJ Peace talks - air." Keever's title: "LBJ's Reducing North Vietnamese Pounding Irks U.S. Military." Original caption: "Lyndon Johnson's announced de-escalation of the air and naval bombardment." Article by Keever on Lyndon B. Johnson's de-escalation of North Vietnam bombardment
Original title: "concern", Keever's title: "Rice-Roots Level Peace Talks with Communists is Iffy." Article draft about the difficulties of peace talks between South Vietnam and the Việt Cộng/North Vietnam. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "LBJ Peace talks - concern." Keever's title: "Rice-Roots Level Peace with Communists is Iffy." Article by Keever on the Vietnamese people's concerns surrounding the 1968 Peace Talks
Original title: "soliloquy", Keever's title: "Americans Mull Credibility Gaps and Shifting Objectives." Article draft about civilian Americans' views on the Vietnam War in 1968. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "thieu", Keever's title: "President Theiu Agreed with LBJ's Bombing Pause." Article draft about South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu's press conference, in which he reiterated his anti-communist stance and criticised, albeit nondirectly, the Johnson Administration's abandonment of the bombing campaign and aim to wind down the Vietnam War. The article ends with a missive to Hank (Editor) concerning the British response to Johnson's decision to not seek relection. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "roads", Keever's title: "Asphalt Highway from Cambodia, All-Weather Roads Boost Communist Supplies." Article draft about Communist forces improving their logistics in the Vietnam War with a road building campaign. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "roads." Keever's title: "Asphalt Highway from Cambodia, All-Weather Roads Boost Communist Supplies." Article by Keever on the road building of the Communists in Cambodia
Original title: "state", Keever's title: "Eyeing Peace, Washington Hushes up Allies Biggest Operation." Article draft about Operation Toan Thang/Complete Victory I, a military counteroffensive against the Việt Cộng's Tet Offensive, which lasted from April 8th to May 31st of 1968 and was the largest offensive by the allies (America, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and South Vietnam specifically) to date in the war. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "focus", Keever's title: "Tens of U.S. Bombs Supporting Khe Sahn Equals Five Hiroshimas." Fragment of an article draft describing the American bombing campaign around the Khe Sahn Base. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "Khe Sahn", Keever's title: "Communist Assault on Khe Sahn Vanishes." Article about fighting in Khe Sahn, and the lack of a materialized Communist/Việt Cộng offensive. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "peace", Keever's title: "Vietnamese Politics Begin to Define Peace Talks." Article about increasing discussion in Saigon about negotiations with Hanoi. President Johnson's decision not to run for office earlier in the year had put negotiations on the minds of both the Americans and South Vietnamese. Discussions of a three to four year peace plan sponsored by the Americans, and a plan to have both the anti-communist forces and the Việt Cộng participate in free and fair elections upon its conclusion, are brought up. For the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "strategy", Keever's title: "Communists to Parallel Peace Talks with Fighting." Article about the North Vietnamese/Communist plan to continue gurellla warfare in South Vietnam as peace talks with the west unfold, since Allied (American) commanders reject the idea of a ceasefire. Communist/Việt Cộng tactics seem to have changed from Protracted People's War to short term offensives, likely due to the successes of the Tet Offensive earlier that year. The bulk of the article goes over elaborating on this strategic change. For the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "LBJ Peace talks - strategy." Keever's title: "Communists to Parallel Peace Talks with Fighting." Original caption: "This is the second of a three-part series on the multi-faceted war in South Vietnam, as Washington-Hanoi peace talks begin" Article by Keever about expectations around the 1968 Peace Talks
Original title: "people", Keever's title: "Peace Talk Fuel Communist Drive at Risce-Rest Level." Article draft of the first in a three part series about the war in South Vietnam, namely the effect it has on the ground level. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "operation", Keever's title: "Amidst Peace Talks, Allies Use Smaller Unit to Fight Communists." Article draft about the South Vietnamese and Allied Forces counter-offensive after the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive earlier in the year during rumblings of potential peace talks. The article ends with a promise to Hank (Editor) to write more strategy stories in the near future. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "LBJ Peace talks - people." Keever's title: "Peace Talk Fuels Communist Drive at Rice-Root Level." Original caption: "This is the first of a three-part series on the multi-faceted war in South Vietnam, as Washington-Hanoi peace talks begin." Article by Keever about Vietnamese people's concerns surrounding the 1968 Peace Talks and about Communist military activity
Original title: "johnson", Keever's title: "LBJ's No-Election Bid Shocks Saigon." Article draft written by Keever about the reaction of the South Vietnamese government to Lyndon B. Johnson's decision not to run for a second term. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
Original title: "johnson." Keever's title: "LBJ's No-Election Bid Shocks Saigon." Article by Keever on President Johnson's announcement not to accept re-nomination
