- Title: UNITED STATES: NEW MOVES IN VIETNAM PEACE PROPOSALS
- Date: 22nd April 1969
- Summary: NEW YORK SKYLINE; ROGERS SPEAKS TRANSCRIPT: ROGERS: "THESE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT LEADERS OF NORTH VIETNAM ARE IN FACT NOW PREPARED TO NEGOTIATE THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL OUTSIDE COMBAT FORCES FROM THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH VIETNAM. NOW WHAT DOES THE OTHER SIDE PROPOSE? IT PROPOSES THAT THE UNITED STATES FORCES LEAVE UNCONDITIONALLY WHILE THE NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES STAY TO DO AS THEY PLEASE. CAN ANY REASONABLE PERSON SUGGEST THAT THIS SHOWS A PRESENT WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE? WHY HASN'T HANOI COME FORWARD WITH REALILISTIC PROPOSALS FOR A PRACTICAL START TOWARDS PEACE? WE MADE OUR SUGGESTIONS - WHAT ARE THEIR SUGGESTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO SAY 'YOU GET OUT AND WE'LL STAY', THERE'S NOTHING TO NEGOTIATE. WE HAVE NOW, HOWEVER, PLACED ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UNWELCOME CONTINGENCY THAT THE OTHER SIDE DOES NOT YET WANT TO NEGOTIATE A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO ASSUME THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO EARLY PROGRESS IN THE PEACE TALKS IS AN INDEFINITE EXTENSION OF OUR PRESENT ROLE. THIS IS WHY SUCH HIGH PRIORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO PREPARING SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES TO ASSUME A GROWING SHARE OF COMBAT BURDEN AND WHY THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM IS GIVING SUCH HIGH PRIORITY TO DEVELOPING THE POLITICAL UNITY OF THE COUNTRY." Initials PS/N-TELE/JF/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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