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363-07745 to 363-07750
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Title
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Article about South Vietnam foreign minister Trần Văn Đỗ's comments on the bombing of North Vietnam
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Description
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Orginal title: "President Johnson is urged to resume North Vietnamese bombing 'in a few days' by Saigon's foreign minister", article about South Vietnam Foreign Minister Trần Văn Đỗ urging President Johnson too resume the bombing of North Vietnam, for the New York Herald Tribune
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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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Transcript
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(Morgan Candy)
Saigon 26220 (UPIS) South Vietham's Foreign Minister
Tran Van Do to day urged President Lyndon BBB Johnson to resume
the bombing of North Vietnam "in a few days."
"So far, we have norptno answer from Hanoi, if they want to
negotiate or talk," the elderly, small-framed Foreign
Minister explained.
"Hanoi has to give up its hope to
convert South Vietnam by force--and if they don't and want to continue
this war, they will be exposed to heavy damage by bombing. It's
up to them to choose--we have no choice but to fight. We can't afford
to stop e the bombing too long, for North Vietnam will take profit
of the situation to infiltrato more cadre and to introduce
more arms into South Vietnam."
The foreign Minister explained that "the dogicis decision
(to bomb or not to bomb) will be made by President Johnson because
the bombing of North Vietnam depends on the E Seventh 11 Fleet
aircraft. It's up to President Johnson to decide."
(More Malloy BD)
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first add-morgan gandy--Sa igon
x x x Johnson to decide x x x.
The soft-sopspoken Foreign Minister denied that President
Johnson's peace offensive had deflated South Vietnamese morale, which
had been often expressed here.
the Foreign
"We understand what the peace moves means,"
Minister explained. "President Johnson has to do what he k did..
He was obliged to do it-go decide either to fight or to stop. He
can't have some doubt....He wants to know exactly what he has to do
this year.
If Hanoi accepts to negotiate, them we will have talks.
If Hanoi rejects his offensive, then he knows he has to fight
and he'll put all the stang strength of the United States to fight.
He has to make up his mind."
(More Malloy--BD)
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second add-morgan gandy---Saigon
I I I up his mind. xx
The Foreign Minister explained that he could understand
why the North Vietnamese regime refused to accept President
Johnson's unconditional peace discussions for peace.
"If I were aye & Communist, I'd also hesitate to negotiate,"
he explained. "I'd be in a very embarrassing position.
So far,
the Communists have promised their people they would takeover
South Vietnam and reunify the country and guerrilla and
liberation fight can notrptnot be defeated. They always
maintain this point of view. If they stop see the war, they'll
be considered the loser by their own a people and it will be difficult
for them to maintain their regime after aye military defeat.
The regime will be overthrown by the people."
(More Malloy-BD)
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third add-morgan gandy--Saigon
x x x by the people xxx.
Doctor Do-who holds a medical doctor doctorship-also
reiterated South Vietnamese government demands that both North Vietnamese
Army rogub regulars ((PAVN) and Southern-born Viet Cong
hardcore elements and political cadre withdraw to North Vietnam..
He estimated that more than 100,000 repeat onehundred thousand
Communist fighters and political cadre would have to be "regrouped"
in North Vietnam. He urged that the South Vietnamese government
rather than international commissions and organizations-be responsible
for the "soreening" of those Communis ts who would be returned
to North Vietnam becuase "only the Vietnamese and not foreigners
oan tell who's pea coloving people and who's Ebang Communist."
(More Malloy BD)
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fourth add-morgan gandy--Saigon
x x x xaxm who's Communist x = =
He said that American officials had told him they had agreed
with the South Vietnamese government demands that the Communists
must return north of the seventeenth parallel which dividing
Communist North Vie Vietnam and the anti-Communist republic.
He declined to name the Amorioan officials who had given him and his
government this guarantee, but we well informed sources said
the American officials were former Amasdd Ambassador Maxwell DDD
Taylor, former deputy ambassador
Alexis Johnson--currently
undersecretary for political affairs in the State Department in
Washington and present American Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.
(More Malloy-BD)
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fifth a dd-morgan gandy--Saigon
x x x Henry Cabot Lodge = = =
"The Americans agree with us on the withdrawlalof cadre
because an American official told me it's unthinkable tabt
that during World War Two the allies should start negotiations
when the Germans still occupied France," the fragile foreign
Minister explained. "So we can't negotiate while the Communists
are all over the country."
The Foreign Minis ter a/said he "dage "definitely" ruled
out a coalition government which would include the Communist,
pro-Communist and pro-neutralist elements.
"We want to mit have peaceful co-existence with North
Vietnam if they'll withdraw and just leave us alone," Doctor
Do said. "But we do notrptnot want peaceful coco-habitation
with them in South Vietnam. I don't think the United States wants
us to do that either. We think at the present time we should live
separately like after the Geneva Agreements (in 1954), and then
we can have co-existence but notrptnot
co-habitation."
(ondit Mayloo Malloy-bd)
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Date
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1966, Jan.
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Trần, Văn Đỗ; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Vietnam (Republic)--Relations--United States; Bombardment
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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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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B188, F3
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Format
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dispatches
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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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Collector
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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
