Winnipeg Free Press

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take a nobody you do anything of Loci Lent do Frk says it Hurt to be generous to Hanoi Are we willing to confront the serious problems of the 60s and 70s this is the ques Tion Robert Kennedy asks in the following excerpts from his recent to seek a newer the Book grew out of travel and his experience As senator and attorney by Robert Kennedy eighth of a series excerpted from the Book to seek a newer world copy right c 1967 by Robert Ken published by Doubleday for More than two years we proclaimed and published our unwavering de sire to begin negotiations with our communist enemy anywhere and the president since the first mention of negotiations in North Vietnam and the National liberation front nil had established their conditions for such Hanoi known As the four had been regarded As unacceptable by the United our interpretation was that it required the of american forces from South and the recognition of the Elf As the sole genuine representative of the Viet namese even prior to in january of How Premier Pham Van Dong told Harrison Salis Bury of the new York times that the four Points should be considered As an Agenda for discussion at negotiations rather than conditions that must be met prior to it was an indication that Hanoi had altered its position from minimum these had become Only bargaining then Secretary Gen eral u after confidential said that cessation of the bomb ing was All that was required for negotiations to United states spokes through made Clear that we were awaiting a since previous administration statements had focused on the Lack of response by Hanoi to the bombing pause of this was widely interpreted As a demand for evidence that if the bombing were n e g o t i a tons would actually on january in an interview with australian communist reporter Wilfred Burchett often an unofficial conduit for official Hanoi the foreign minis Ter of North Nguyen Duy if the United states really wants it must first halt unconditionally the bombing raids and All other acts of War this referred to such acts As coastal shelling then in Progress against North the interview if the bombings cease Good and favor Able conditions will be created for the the foreign minister president Johnson said he was Only awaiting a Hes had the the interview went on to make it unmistakably Clear that Hanoi was dropping its four Points As a precondition for negotiations to it was a major change in policy an important Retreat from their previously held russian Call on a visit to London which coincided with the four Day tet soviet Premier a i e x e i Kosygin joined the soviet for the first time in the history of the in the Public search for in formal statements on two separate occasions Kosygin said that the first step toward peace should be the unconditional cessation of the bombing of and ail other aggressive acts against the democratic Republic of Vietnam North As the foreign minister of the dry declared this step is necessary to enable talks Between the dry and the United states to take the soviet government welcomes this statement and regards it As an important and constructive proposal for ending the this declaration came from a Man of enormous authority in the communist whose then and sustains North Vietnam and sup plies them with the mortars and the antiaircraft guns and ammunition with which they combat our the statement did not demand that we with draw our slow Down our military Effort on the or even halt bomb ing in South Vietnam or of the infiltration routes in it did not demand an indissoluble and binding guarantee that we would never use our planes again at any future no matter what our adversary did to enlarge his Effort or change the nature of the there was no demand that we accept any terms or such As the four in Advance of we were simply informed that to enable talks we should Stop thing we had done were willing we were willing to do this in when we suspended the bombing of North Viet Nam for 37 Days without asking any prior or statement in hoping that our restraint might bring it was later suggested that the 1966 suspension was not Only in Hope of but also of military Steps by our in the understanding was quiet on March Vic Epresi Dent Humphrey said that we undertook a bombing sus pension because we thought Hanoi during those 37 Days indicate that maybe they would like to obviously would have kept the bomb ing pause Secretary of state Rusk made the same Point in february in it was our adversaries who publicly Laid Clown conditions for Neotia o f the four Points or withdrawal of american in Premier Kosygin and president Podgorny of the soviet Union and More the govern ment of North Vietnam said negotiations could begin on terms we clearly would have accepted in Why then did we not try again in this far More hopeful moment the in the Winter of was that our negotiating position had in his february letter to to Chi Minh released to the press by North Vietnam in and subsequently confirmed by our presi Dent Johnson wrote that i am prepared to order a cessation of the bombing against your country and the stopping of further augmentation of forces in South Vietnam As soon As i am assured that infiltration into South Vietnam by land and by sea has hard pressed in we had halted the bombing without such a but without further support of any Hanoi regular troops in the South would be hard pressed and at a significant military Horoscope by Francis Drake look in fhe Section n which your birthday comes and find what your Outlook according to the for january 1968 March 21 to april 20 Cut Corners so Short that you make needless stress integ bolster Good i april 21 to May 21 i serve some quiet hours for j they could release hidden treasures of ideas that otherwise May be i average gains some needed j changes i May 22 to june 21 gemini you 1 do not procrastinate during the Early part of the you will see a clearer Road at the advances indicated in technical and scientific 1 j june 22 to july 23 i merely minding the store will not be enough now you must pay closer i attention to study the attitudes of others and dont make promises you cant july 24 to August 23 Leo the most difficult chore May bring the most rewarding if handled avoid dont i Lef errors go August 24 to september 23 Vir go a present tendency to relax i at the wrong but do not press i Forward Lay the j groundwork for excellent work and consequent i september 24 to october 23 Libra on substantial j and pertinent do not become j wit Lessly involved in but do not sidestep problems which must i be you can accomplish a great Deal october 24 to november 22 than average plane tary aspects but your setup Calls for More keep things in proper november 23 to december 21 indicated from past these should give you fresh perhaps a wholly Dif Ferent approach in Long Range plans devised earlier should show even greater benefits than you december 22 to january 20 tricorn note which Way the wind in which direction you should j Channel have Hope put Forth Best new ideas of even j the smallest could produce Fine re january 21 to february 19 i aquarius a Well organized then you will see better j where to make i some Fine investigate Bej t fore you i february 20 to March 20 Pisces be misled by outside distract the ostentatious doings of you could be fooled if not mixed dont overload your you born today Are endowed with unusual ability to achieve in a variety of when stymied because of an you automatically Cir Cuit around another this is both for practice in agility and because j you often find the Best route that lays hidden from getting along with coworkers is easy for you Are intellectually inclined but can be fun at social birthrate of i Franklin 31st i Walter i musical disadvantage before the americans already especially since our great superiority of fire Power could be indefinitely maintained by ship and thus our 1967 offer was in effect a demand for the North vietnamese to withdraw their to abandon the Viet Cong in the this was quite clearly understood in the highest circles of our government at the time the letter was in the Winter of important United states officials Felt we were on the Brink of a military that our position was considerably stronger and our Adver Saries considerably weaker than had been True a year they we could afford to stiffen our and we president Johnsons letter on the bombing was delivered to the North Viet namese representative in Moscow in the midst of Premier Kosygin discus Sions on the same subject with prime minister Wilson in it was delivered in Moscow on february but did not reach Hanoi until february on february before any res Ponse had been received from the North bombing of North Vietnam was the stated reason for our resumption was that North Vietnam had used the test truce to resupply its forces in South leaving aside the fact that these according to the department of defence were restricted to the Southern part of North resupply in any Case was not a violation of the we of course continued and intensified our resupply efforts during the same As we had every right to not Only did we continue to unload ships and but also undertook major Road ship ments within South Viet if not for the these would have been subject to harassment and ambush by Viet Cong when to Chi minds answer came on february two Days it was harsh and bitterly critical in despite the it reaffirmed the possibility of if the bombing of the North would repeated efforts throughout the Spring and the message was through friends and adversaries alike Only cease the and there will be As late As Premier Pham Van Dong said the offer still had full and the foreign minister referred to Hanoi expressed willingness to work out a political including negotiations the sole requisite was that the United states should Indi Cate its Good Faith with throughout this same per the bombing it was argued that the United states could not be absolutely certain that Hanoi and Moscow would negotiate if the bomb ing were stopped some of the Hanoi it was further conflicted with one in my examination of the Public statements of Hanoi and Moscow through those months clearly Indi Cates that a major shift in the North vietnamese bar gaining position had occurred since showing a firm intention to come to the negotiating table once the bombing of North Viet Nam was in any the varying interpretations of the communist statements were not serious they meant everything if there was no will to and nothing if Compromise was cuban crisis in the most serious and urgent crisis of the cold we moved toward peace by As we wished to interpret that position of our adversaries which contained the great est Hope of Swift Settle ment this of the cuban missile crisis of at the height of the president Kennedy received two conflicting messages from Premier the first was received on october 26 offering under certain conditions to remove the missiles from the next a second message demanded unacceptable concessions in president Kennedy simply ignored the second statement and announced his agreement to the first As he wished to interpret the crisis thus was resolved without open such a technique might have yielded fruitful results in the Winter of when ambiguities in the statements of our Adver Saries were far less pro certainly it Worth during the february i had made comment on these a trip to and information received on my indicated that negotiations might be and i Felt a Public statement might hinder or prevent any when it became Clear that these activities had been i decided to speak for the failure to reach the negotiating table was followed by mope far reaching the certainty of rising Cost and the apparent determination to concentrate on military to have forces assume the the and to gloss Over the importance of it venal led me to a cessation of bombing in a speech to the Senate urged that we test a sincerity of the statements by Premier Kos guv others asserting that if the bombardment of the North is negotiations halting the bar dment and saying ready to negotiate the of intended Only to demonstrate own willingness to was interpreted by ass a time limit on the bombing halt i elsewhere in the speech i made Clear that there could be no such and that the distrust of the years of War might have to be alleviated a halt of some to be determined by the passage of time and making it Clear that discussions cannot continue for a pro longed period without an agreement that neither Side will substantially increase the size of the War in South Vietnam by infiltration of truce group an International group should be asked to inspect the Borders and ports of the country to report any fur ther and under the direction of the United and with an inter National presence replacing we should move toward a final settlement that allows All the major political ele ments in South Vietnam to participate in the Choice of leadership and shape their future directions a j when i offered Powals on March i summed up my for halting the bombing it should be Clear by now that the bombing of the North cannot bring an end to the War in the South rather that it May Well be prolonging the War our troops Are being killed by the bullets and mines of forces in the if by ending the bombing of the North we bring peace in South Vietnam Thea we will save the lives thousands of our Young men and of thousands of Viet it is not weakness for this great nation Totake a generous step toward ending the it is not bravery to refuse an act which May save thousands of lives with Little risk to can anyone believe this with All its fantastic Power and will been angered by a and magnanimous action toward a difficult but Small adversary not escalation but an Effort to achieve Neotia now the most hopeful Prospect to stopping t h e then or at any possible future would be not a but a device Only one part of a coordinated plan for negotiations and next negotiations the settlement specialist resigns Cape town Reuters i gland specialist Raymond who played a vital part in the South african heart transplant has re signed from groote Schuur has Hoffenberg is to take a specially created Post with the British medical research coun cil in in pre operation tests for the transplant of a heart into dentist Philip Blai Hoffenberg was called in i to examine the heart of the i figures irrelevant a female vanity has had a Small Triumph Over everyone taking classes at Centra a Community colleges adult evening school was asked to fill out a registration including Blanks after mate of birth one woman filled in the Blanks with one word ;