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The article focuses on U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's approach for using power and diplomacy to end the Vietnam War. It states that Johnson's use of power shows some effects to the war as the victory of U.S. Marines Corps against four veteran Viet Cong in Chu Lai halted the latter's operation for eight weeks. However, Johnson's use of diplomacy, such as bombing pause in bargain of Hanoi, Vietnam's recall of its 9,000-man infantry in South Vietnam, raises issues as U.S. cannot ensure the recall.

The article focuses on the views from several publications concerning the bombing in Hanoi-Haiphong area which was permitted under the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon as a payback for the invasion of the North Vietnamese army. The "Minneapolis Tribune" argued that the bombing was old and discredited. According to "The New York Times," the act was futile and folly. Anthony Lewis of the "New York Times" described the U.S. as the most destructive power throughout the world.

The article offers information on the life and career of Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh. It states that his people have suffered from his vision to create a unified Vietnam that is free from foreign control. It mentions that Ho Chi Minh might have supported the regular-force theory which makes other leaders unable to break the stable leadership in Hanoi, Vietnam. Meanwhile, the death of Ho Chi Minh in September 1969 is expected to result to morale problems of those who support him.

Highlights issues related to legislators of the U.S. Criticism of senator George McGovern for claiming similarities between the administration of Adolf Hitler and President Richard Nixon; Attack by administration spokesmen on Ramsey Clark for his report on his visit to Hanoi; Assessment of the cost of Nixon's peace plan; Others.

This article focuses on the Vietnam war. While the year-end holidays are bringing very little interruption of the bombing and fighting in North and South Vietnam, certain undercurrents are making their way in the morass of diplomatic approaches seeking an end to the war. The full story of the ordeal of civilians in North and South Vietnam has not been told, and probably never will be known in all its horror. The civilian toll in North Vietnam is treated as a not entirely unwelcome accompaniment of the bombing. It may put additional pressure on Hanoi to come to the conference table for "productive" negotiations.

The article focuses on the Hanoi bombings of December 13-14, 2003 that represents an egregious piece of mismanagement and clumsy public relations in Vietnam. Two days after the bomb attack the Pentagon released a map showing the city limits of Hanoi, to support a contention that the bombs had fallen no closer that 2 miles from its boundary. Among neutrals and men of good everywhere, more credence will be given to the North Vietnamese protests than to the Pentagon's excuses. Whenever peace talk has been in the air, some such incident has occurred.

Focuses on political conditions of various nations. Query of Richard Houdebush regarding the receipt of $5,000 by Gaylord Guy King, head of the Indiana U. chapter of the W.E.B. DuBois Club, to pursue his studies under a National Science grant; Effects of the ban imposed by the U.S. maritime union on ships trading with Hanoi, Vietnam; Information that U.S. Marines, combing out Vietcong tunnels in Danang area, have turned up facsimiles of a peacenik advertisement that appeared in U.S. papers last fall; Intentions of French President, Charles de Gaulle for his demand of U.S. military retreat in Europe; Results of a poll showing Labor Party's 12.4 per cent lead over Tories in Great Britain; alienation of potential Republican supporters by politician Charles Percy, running against Senator Paul Douglas in Illinois; Support of local Republican leaders to Steve Derounian, who lost his Congressional seat; Use of $300,000, lifted by Venezuelan security police from an Italian Communist,to provide pensions scholarships and other help to relatives of 50 policemen killed by Communist terrorists.

Reports on life in North Vietnam after bombings by the U.S. in 1972. Infrastructural damage done by the bombings; Devastation done to Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam; Reconstruction work in the country in an atmosphere of tension and bitterness.

The article focuses on Hanoi, the capital of the new communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The city had lost its natural voice. In the main street the shops were shuttered, even the chemists and the cafes; the big French villas in the leafy boulevards were empty. French, in the desperate need they had of allies to keep the South quiet while they fought the main war in the North, armed the sects and supplied the leaders with money for their troops, but with the armistice payment ceased, French troops ceased to control the roads, the watchtowers have been left to crumble and anarchy has returned.

Focuses on the U.S. labor mission to Hanoi, Vietnam in March 1972. Need for establishment of friendly relations with Vietnamese Labor Federation; Negotiations regarding the release of the U.S. prisoners of war; Aim of the mission to form a labor organization against the war.

Some weeks ago, the author received an invitation from the Jurists' Association of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to visit their country, a trip that was for him a logical extension of an activity started a long time ago. Back in 1964, the author knew little about the country that in 1969 he was preparing to visit. During the fall of that year, he had worked diligently for the election of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. It is hard to believe today that he knew so little about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which had occurred three months before that election, according to him. Except for a two-day trip to the province of Thanh Hoa, about 100 miles to the south of Hanoi, Vietnam, the author spent most of his time in the capital, where he met many government officials.

The article focuses on the accredited visit of "New York Times" correspondent Harrison Salisbury to Hanoi, Vietnam after the country's war against the U.S. It notes that Salisbury saw the widespread devastation in civilian areas of Hanoi, where many people were killed. It states that U.S. planes are dropping explosives on purely civilian targets and some of Hanoi's own surface-to-air-missiles have fallen back into populated areas.

The article reports that political leaders of North Vietnam are determined to press the war in the South Vietnam at the time of Tet celebration which is Vietnamese Lunar New Year's festival, celebrated in late January or early February. Allied intelligence Inc. experts point to a tenfold increase in truck traffic through eastern Laos in recent months as proof that some action is planned. It also informs that Hanoi, capital of North Vietnam is thinking of a prolonged struggle rather than a quick victory as indicated by two North Vietnamese political journals from Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, in which he offered no hope for the swift, decisive victory as he had promised in his book, "People's War, People's Army," in 1961. He wrote that our people will certainly win but we must have time.

Focuses on the current political conditions around the world. Statement by Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the deterioration in public protests in the past ten years; Observation that global peace campaign, sparked by the remark of a North Vietnamese spokesman that Hanoi will begin negotiations if the U.S. unconditionally stops bombing the North, continues unabated; Trial conducted by the Young Americans for Freedom, in the Court of World Public Opinion at Georgetown University.

The article offers information on the 38 U.S. Air Force officers from the Randolph Air Force Base (AFB) in San Antonio, Texas who were reported to be missing in action in Hanoi, Viet Nam. It states that among the officers include Captain Robert G. Certain who was about to return to his home on December 20, 1972 for the Christmas day. It mentions that the missing in action report has been forwarded to the officers' relatives through the notice of Captain Edward Lindquist.

The article focuses on the military relations of the U.S. and Viet Nam relative to Viet Nam war. It states that U.S. President Richard Nixon asserts that the U.S. will not stop its bombing of North Viet Nam and mining its harbors unless the war is settled. Nixon also reported that Hanoi agreed to resume the Paris peace talks on July 13, 1972. It adds that Washington officials agree that negotiations in Paris will commence until after the November 1972 elections.

Focuses on the role of paradox in modern politics. Incremental withdrawal of American troops, calculated to diminish resistance to the war, is perceived by Hanoi as an attack upon the political aspect of Communist strategy; Discussion on the combined military-political strategy employed by the Communists in the country; Observation that troop withdrawals, Vietnamization and conciliatory rhetoric will cool the domestic opposition and isolate the hard Left, which desires the U.S. humiliation.

Presents author's opinion on the neutrality of Sweden. Comments of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Sweden; Reference to Gunnar Myrdal, the professor of economics and self-appointed Swedish adviser to the U.S.; Recognition of Hanoi, Vietnam by Sweden; Relations of Sweden with the U.S.; Reasons for the refusal of Swedes to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Discusses the retaliation of Harry Ashmore, an author and member of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, against U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson's reaction to his efforts for peace with North Vietnam. Visit of Ashmore to Hanoi, Vietnam to invite communist Papa Ho Chi Minh to the Center's "Pacem in Terris II" conclave; Draft of a letter by Ashmore to Ho writing that the U.S. is ready to stop bombing and negotiate provided North Vietnam offered some reciprocal restraint; Similarity in letters sent to Ho by Johnson and Ashmore with Johnson's letter spelling out that the reciprocal restraint should be an immediate cessation of infiltration of the South Vietnam by the North Vietnam; Views of William P. Bundy, Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs regarding Ashmore's retaliation.

The article focuses on the newspaper "The New York Times." Comments on the reporting of reporter Harrison Salisbury from Hanoi, Vietnam; Report of the existence of a Western colony in Hanoi.