Talks Not Wanted
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAIGON, Dec. 29. The South Vietnamese Government was opposed to a formal cease-fire or unconditional negotiations with the Communists, its Foreign Minister (Mr Tran Van Do) said today.
Other Government officials said that at the same time the Saigon Government probably would accept the Viet Cong offer of a truce for four days next month during the Vietnamese lunar new year.
They said it would be as a gesture toward the nation’s Buddhists, not the Communists.
Mr Do said that his Government was not against informal discussions “in the corridor” with the Communists, but was dead set against official peace talks under present conditions. He said the Viet Cong would not negotiate on the battlefield. At present, he said, they still hoped to win by military force.
The probability of a truce, as proposed by the Communists, from January 20-24 was almost certain, other Government officials said privately.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30946, 30 December 1965, Page 9
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