Maneuvering IbeMnd the. Ky decision
by FRANK MANKIEWICZ
and TQM BRAD EN
Despite Appearances to the '
contrary and some careful
White House news
management, the deal by
which South Vietnamese Vice
President Nguyen Cao Ky
agreed not to attend the vic
tory march in Washington was
carefully worked out in
advance.
President Nixon and his aides
had always feared a Ky visit,
particularly before a national
election in which the
President's skill at
Vietnam&ation is counted on as
the Republican trump card.
The sight of Ky sharing a ;
platform with Dr. Carl
Mcln tire, the organizer of the
march, whose view of Vietnam
View from the Right
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by RICHARD RECKER
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The Young Americans for
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have become a force to be
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puses. The Left may not like,
the YAF,, but they respect it .
Sad to say this is not the case
at our university. Here YAF
under the leadership of Terry'
Cannon commands neither
popularity nor respect. Despite
the many fine mebers of the
local YAF group, Terry's
leadership constitutes an
albatross around the neck of
YAF members in particular
and the conservative move-
ment in general.
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Is that Mr. Nixon is an ap
peaser, was too much to con
template. Ky, however, was prepared
to go ahead, until it became
clear that he would be con
fronted from his arrival with
two charges of personal cor
ruption on a grand scale, by
him, his family and his
associates. Indeed, when
several of the revelations ap
peared in this column last
week, South Vietnam's Foreign
Minister, Tran Van Do, who
was in Washington canceled a
press conference at the Na
tional Press Club and his em
bassy announced he had left
unexpectedly for Paris. He had,
however, merely holed up in
communicado in Wasington
shook to its foundations by the
announcement of a BUTTON
CAMPAIGN! designed to
repudicate violence, the Nev?
Left, radicalism, syphilis, and
all manner of evil plaguing
contemporary collegians. But I
was not so moved.
Consider, if you will the daily
spectacle of our button pusher,
Terry Cannon, as he trudges
into the Union to peddle his
wares at his little booth. Mr.
Cannon sells buttons. There are
magenta buttons, amytal-blue
buttons, all kinds of buttons.
Anybody want to buy a but
ton? Now these activities may
constitute some sort of useful
political expression, but this
writer fails to see any
usefulness in the whole
business. Can t the YAF do
better than this?
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while strategy talks about Ky's
visit went on.
South Vietnam's Ambassador
Bui Diem, after cable ex
changes with Ky in Paris and
conversations with sources high
in the White House, then left
for Paris with the deal worked
out and with hostile material
(including ours) in his brief
case for additional ammuni
tion. The deal, as it was finally
concluded, called for Ky to
agree not to come to the vic
tory rally, in return for a state
visit after the election. But it
was made clear to Ky that this
would not be an ordinary state
visit it would be at the vice
presidential level all the way.
No state dinner at the White
House, no private two hours
with President Nixon just
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Now a vice presidential-level
state visit is something new in
our history, and the Protocol
Office has no ; precedent.
Presumably, Gen..Ky will be
met not by the mayor, but by
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the president of the city coun
cil. He will ride in a used Buick
rather than a Cadillac, and the
motorcade will detour
Pennsylvania Ave. to some
lesser street. Later, he can
visit the assembly line at, say,
American Motors, and watch
the half-time festivities at the
football game between
Bucknell and Lafayette.
Ky accepted the deal vice
presidential-level visit and all
but insisted on a few
flourishes of his own. Ky asked
for and got an agreement that
he would announce his decision
not to come while Henry Kiss
inger was airborne, after the
White House had carefully
leaked the story that Kissinger
was going to Paris expressly to
urge Ky to reconsider. This
permitted Ky to save face, by
appearing to make up his own
mind. .
In addition, Ky asked to be
included at the high-level
meeting scheduled in Ireland,
between the President and
Ambassador David Bruce, our
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request is technically still
under advisement, but no one
seriously believes it will be
approved. Ky took scrupolous
pain's in his CBS interview in
Paris to reiterate that no secret
discussions could or would be
taken without him, but it is
doubtful if he deceived anyone
except possibly Dr. Carl
Mclntire.
But the fact is that secret
discussions are and will be
going on, without Ky or any
other South Vietnamese
representative. The Nixon Ad
ministration has noted the
enemy's express willingness,
contained in the latest offer, to
negotiate a coalition govern
ment which would not include
either Ky, Prime Minister Tran
Thien Khiem or President
Thieu.
We shall come back with a
counteroffer and it may well
indicate our willingness to ex
clude Ky. Thus, South Viet
nam's vice president would be
able to take vast sums he had
made from this war and go to
Paris for good.
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