SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM - 1968/01/26

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05974244
• Document Creation Date: July 27, 2018

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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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26 January 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Rumanian Visitors: The high-level Rumanian dele-
gation in Hanoi this week had been there on an
earlier visit only about .a month ago.
� This may be part of Premier Maurer's attempt
to bring the war to the negotiating table. Shortly
after his own return from Hanoi last September,
Maurer told Ambassador Davis that Rumania intended
to try to push the two sides together. A further
Rumanian effort along this line may emerge in high-
level talks the Rumanians have scheduled this week
with Pope Paul and Harold Wilson and with Soviet
leaders.
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.Peking Warns North Vietnamese About "Peace
Talks Fraud": Peking's long-standing concern over
the possibility that the Vietnamese Communists may
be "misled" into entering negotiations was clearly
underscored in China's Liberation Army Daily on 24
January. The article warned the Vietnamese that
the US was continuing the "peace talks fraud" and
declared that "so long as the Vietnamese continue
the war, they will surely win final victory."
The article was also in keeping with repeated
indications of Chinese displeasure with North Viet-
namese moves which could be construed as establish-
ing a more reasonable position on the question of
talks. This is also currently illustrated by Pe-
king's continuing silence on Trinh's "will talk"
statement of 29 December as well as on his earlier
formulation on the subject issued a year ago.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Hanoi on Antiwar Activities: Hanoi radio's
international service on 24 January carried a
routine roundup of assorted American antiwar ac-
tivities. It notes that another American soldier
has deseried to Sweden and mentions recent state-
ments by various antiwar organizations. It says
that "thousands of American youths" support an ap-
peal to refuse service in Vietnam. It notes pro-
tests.against the prosecution of Dr. Spock and
others opposing the war, and an appeal from a
group of religious personalities calling on the
US to stop the bombing of the North.
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