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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 13, 1968
Peace talks should continue
Saigon 'backed out in ninth' - Clifford
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said yesterday South Vietnam backed out of the Paris peace talks "in the last out of the ninth inning."
"I say I believe we should make every reasonable effort to demonstrate to Saigon that it should come in," Clifford said of the delayed negotiations with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
He said President Johnson "owed it to the American people to proceed with the talks," with or without Saigon.
President has the constitutional responsibility of proceeding with the talks."
"At the same time, if they choose not to, I believe the
did not have time to get a delegation to Paris in time for the start of the new phase of talks on Nov. 2.
Clifford told a news conference that early on Oct. 29 it appeared an agreement had been reached whereby the United States would stop all bombing of North Vietnam and the Paris talks would be expanded to include the Saigon regime and the National Liberation Front (NLF), political arm of the Viet Cong.
Johnson planned to announce the agreement that night, Clifford said. But later that day, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu sent word he did not agree after all because he
The next day, he said, Saigon added four or five more reservations.
"That was the only reason he gave," the usually soft spoken Clifford said, striking a podium with his fist.
With Saigon pulling out "in the last out of the ninth inning," Johnson decided to go ahead with the bombing halt anyway, Clifford said. Johnson announced it Oct. 31, saying South Vietnam was "free" to attend without saying whether Thieu's government planned to attend.
The next day, Thieu announced his government was boycotting the talks.
The formal sessions have not
resumed since Thieu's announcement, although a Viet Cong representative has joined the Hanoi group in Paris.
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Israeli's, Arabs in three clashes along Suez canal
AMMAN, Jordan (UPI)—A military spokesman said Jordanian and Israeli forces clashed three times yesterday with machineguns and tank weapons along their ceasefire lines.
The Jordanian spokesman said two of the clashes were near the Prince Abdullah Bridge just north of the Dead Sea.
The first skirmish was a 20 minute machinegun battle early in the morning.
The second, involving tank weapons, broke out early Tuesday afternoon, the spokesman said, and Jordanian fire destroyed an Israeli tracked vehicle and inflicted two Israeli casualties.
The third firefight was a 10-minute medium machinegun duel near the Israeli occupied Syrian area of Himma Tuesday evening.
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