Show No Peace Talk 1 The public or at least a aj I large and hopeful segment of of the public has been led to I believe peace talks in Vietnam Vietnam Viet Viet- I nam are just that peace talks Yet a careful examination of the statements of the North I i Vietnamese spokesman show that the Paris negotiations are not really peace talks in the accepted sense of the term I IN FACT the evidence is overwhelming that these are not peace talks For the North Vietnamese they are a tactic as they continue the war They have given the North Vietnamese Vietnamese Vietnamese Viet Viet- namese a partial respite from U. U S S. S bombing and enemy spokesmen are using them I skillfully to pla play on the desire desire desire de de- de- de sire of the American people I for peace I IThe The more serious question is whether the Johnson Administration Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration has seen straws in the wind as various spokesmen spokes spokes- men say which offer a peace hope or whether the political has entered into the picture in this election year Some charge that present talks are at least in part a 1968 political political political po po- po- po maneuver designed to counter the unfavorable reaction reaction reaction re re- re- re action of the public to the war to create an image that peace is in the offing THE NEW Defense Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary meanwhile has said he sees no troop withdrawal in Vietnam before 1970 Our chief negotiator in Paris has rented a house for his family And Secretary of State Dean Rusk contrary to opinions being expressed by others says he sees no peace straws in inthe inthe inthe the wind Since negotiations have now been in progress for some time and no progress has been made it appears increasingly increasingly increasingly in in- that the talks in Paris are currently primarily a political and propaganda I gesture I |