Shape Of Table
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copp right? PARIS, Dec. 15. Hopes that a doughnutshaped table might solve the “who sits where” problem bedevelling the Paris Vietnam talks have hit a snag—whether the doughnut can be cut in the middle. The idea of a round table with a hole in the middle was put forward at a three-hour meeting on Friday between c deputy leaders of the North r Vietnamese and United States J delegations, American sources 1 said today. Colonel Ha Van Laum, of d North Vietnam, suggested the a doughnut shape, with each n side organising the seating on its part of the table as it r liked. ii The hitch apparently devel- e oped over a counter-proposal s from Mr Cyrus Vance, of the ( United States—splitting the t doughnut to make room for two small rectangular tables o in the centre for stenograph- s ers. He suggested that all 2 the tables should touch each c other. (
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31864, 17 December 1968, Page 21
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158Shape Of Table Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31864, 17 December 1968, Page 21
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