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Digital Object Identifier
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363-04795
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Title
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Saigon Urges U.S. to Resume Bombing Soon
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Description
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Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about Saigon requesting that America put more pressure on North Vietnam and resume air strikes, page unknown
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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Saigon Urges
U.S. to Resume
Bombing Soon
[Jan 27, 1966]
By Beverly Deepe
A Special Correspondent
SAIGON.
South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Do urged
yesterday that President Johnson resume the bombing of
"Hanoi has to give up its hope to convert South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam "in af ew day."
by force-and if they don't and want to continue this war,
they will be exposed to heavy damage by bombings," Dd. Do
said in an interview.
He added that "it's up to
them (the Communists) to
choose-we have no choice
but to fight."
Dr. Do, a physician who has
served as Foreign Minister
under three regimes, an-
nounced on Dec. 30, at the
beginning of President John-
son's peace campaign, that
the South Vietnamese govern-
ment opposed a formal cease-
fire or unconditional negotia-
tions with the Communists.
Yesterday he denied the
peace offensive had deflated
South Vietnamese morale, a
contention often expressed in
Saigon.
"We understand what the
peace move means," the For-
eign Minister said. "President
Johnson had to do what he
did. He wants to know exactly
what he has to do this year.
"If Hanoi accepts to ne-
gotiate, then we will have
talks. If Hanoi rejects his
offensive, then he knows he
has to fight. He has to make
up his mind."
But, Dr. Do said, "we can't
afford to stop the bombing
too long, for North Viet Nam
will use the situation to infil-
trate more cadre and to intro-
duce more arms into South
Viet Nam.”
Dr. Do said his government
demanded that both North
Vietnamese Army cadres and
South Vietnamese guerrillas
withdraw to North Viet Nam.
"We can't negotiate while
the Communists are all over
the country," he said.
"The Americans agree with
us on the withdrawal of the
cadres.
An American
official told me it's unthink-
able that during World War II
the Allies should start nego-
tiations when the Germans
still occupied France."
Dr. Do declined to name
the American officials who
gave his government this
guaranty, but well-informed
sources said they were Am-
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge
and former Ambassador Max-
well Taylor.
Although U. S. officials in
their public statements have
called for an end to the infil-
tration, they have not said
they were demanding a Com-
munist withdrawal prior to
peace talks.
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Date
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1966, Jan. 27
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States. Air Force; United States--Relations--Vietnam (Republic); Bombardment; Bombing, aerial
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Container
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B4, F6
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Format
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newspaper clippings
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
