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Points out that Americans want victory more fervently than do the South Vietnamese in the ongoing Vietnam War. Author's view that the South Vietnamese army as well as civilians want peace very much; Need to weigh the price of military victory over the Viet Cong, which would entail a permanent U.S. military presence and the permanent partition of Vietnam; South Vietnamese's interest in preserving their country; Issue of land reform; Countryside support for the Viet Cong because they seized land and redistributed it.

Focuses on key controversies pertaining to the proposals by United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower to pursue North Vietnamese forces striking at allied positions from the borders of Cambodia and Laos. Concerns of General Westmoreland about Cambodia becoming a major supply route for communist forces; Views of America's allies on increased troop participation in South Vietnam; Military operations; Strategies to prevent the operations of communist forces; Indications of foreign and political relations.

Discusses prospects of Canadian politics after completion of tenure of Prime Minister Lester Pearson in April 1968. Chances of Justice Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to succeed Pearson; Impact of possible chances of Trudeau succeeding Pearson on foreign relations between Canada and the U.S.; Domination of the U.S. corporations in the Canadian business industry; Effect of the developments on French and English Canadians in Quebec Province; Views of Canada against the Vietnam War; Prediction that the next Canadian prime minister after Lester Pearson may be a French Canadian, but if he wants to hold Canada together he will have to work closely with the organization Toronto Establishment.