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- My F ellow Citizens:
I have asked to speak to you this evening to inform you
of i mportant developments in the search for peace in Vietnam.
As you know, we have been engaged in discussions with
N orth Vietnamese representatives in Paris since last
- Vietnam
- of North Vietnam. could contribute to a breakthrough in the
situation and produce prospects for a peaceful s ettlem.ent.
After a further series of exchanges, I communicated the following
to the Soviet leaders on September 15:
"Setting all political
- Vietnam
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The President: Summarize it.
Secretary Rusk: Recommend you wait to hear from Bunker. I take the long
view. President Kennedy said we would make a battle there to save South
Vietnam. That set us on course. After the Tonkin Gulf, you put in troops
to keep South
- Vietnam
- . It will be a setback for our re~ationship.
It's a shame. Today a Soviet diplomat told a Frenchman after Vietnam,
we could move to settlement on the basis of 19&2 accords.
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Go back and insist upon the 2nd.
3. Meet on the 4th -- look as though we
- Vietnam