European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes ., Hanoi Trade angry continued from Page / Thuy he was particularly astounded you Shoula seek to evade acknowledgement of a simple and utterly verified fact referring to the role of North vietnamese army regulars i South Vietnam. The North vietnamese even hinted that the conference might break up on the Issue of the bombing. A North vietnamese spokesman asked what might happen if the americans failed to heed the demand said the unite states in that Case will Bear the full recesses of the talks have been progressively longer. This one the third is a Day longer than the last and two Days Longe than the first. Nobody yet has officially used the term deadlock but the pattern suggested a agonizingly slow Pace. Harriman spoke for an hour and a half at saturday s four hour session demanding Princi Pally that the North vietnamese be realistic and admit what they never conceded that there Are North vietnamese troops i South Vietnam. His statement ranged Over the history of re ports All the Way Back to the late 1950s detailing chapter and verse of North vietnamese Active spoke for two hours his tone choleric and accusatory. Hent Only failed to admit that Northern troops were in the South but insisted that the United states had been the aggressor from the Start that the United states pretends to favor self determination for South Vietnam but in fact engages in intervene this Harriman retorted that the United states Many times has been on record for self de termination in South Vietnam on the basis of one Man one vote and i add that the South Viet namese should be free from out Side interference and up to now Spokesmen have been refusing to admit pessimism. However the chief american delegation spokes Man William Jorden characterized the session As one of no would say that today As in the last meeting we tried repeat edly to turn the discussions into matters we regard As substantive and met with very Little response he said. I must say weddin t make much Progress. .1 can report Jorden said Harriman had asked that the next meeting be wednesday. The North Vietnam Ese had wanted tuesday but Jor Den said the chief ., negotiator had an appointment that Day. He did not elaborate and denied arum or that Harriman had plans to Fly Back to Washington in the interim. Demanding Hanoi s response tothe query whether there Are North vietnamese troops in the South Harriman said i should be pleased to have your reply there was no such reply. Harriman also brought up the question of North vietnamese troops in Laos and Cambodia Vietnam s sister states saying he in Paris wanted to proceed to Consi Watton of the withdrawal of Fth vietnamese forces from Theio the Hanoi position de Gaulle rushes Back to Paris continued from Page 1 of the strike bound Renault Auto factory in Paris. The parliamentary pot was a soon the boil As the time approached for debate on a motion of censure of the government tuesday and wednesday. Rene Capitan a Leader of left Wing gaullist deputies and a former minister announced that he will vote against the govern ment on the censure motion submitted by the opposition communists and the leftist federa Tion. The question was How Man followers of de Gaulle would take like action. The position of de Gaulle him self however would not be in jeopardy because under the fifth Howard hits two More Detroit a washing ton s Frank Howard smashed the ninth and 10th Home runs of his last six games saturday connecting in the third inning with the bases empty and Send ing a towering three run blast Over the left Field roof in the fifth inning against the Detroit tigers. The blows gave him 17 for the season and broke the major league record for Home runs Infix consecutive games. Scores american league Baltimore 000 000 000 0 0 2 2cleveland 0 000 000 1 1 5 1 Phoebus 4-4 and Hendricks Williams 2-1 and Sims. California at Minnesota postponed rain Washington 101 032 0018 15 1detroit 010 001 0204 5 0 Bert ulna 2-2 and Casanova Lolich Dobson 5jii Bant 0warden 0 and Freehan. Up Lolich 2-2. Hrs Howard 2 18th & 17thhorton 9thal Cmullen 8th. National league Atlanta 000 000 2002 7 0 new York 100 102 lox5 10 1k, Johnson Cloninger 6upshaw 7 and Tillman Selma 3-0 and Johnson 2-3. Or Jones 3rd. Cincinnati 000041300811 2pittsburgh 001 200 0003 11 0 Queen Kelso 4mccool 5 an Bench Bunning Wickersham 5pl/.arro 7 and j. May Taylor 1. We Mccool 1-2. Up Bunning 3-4. Or Clenente 3rd. Forward pass wins the Preakness Baltimore my up Calumet farms Forward pass won the Preakness saturday with King ranch s out of the Way second. No double was awarded third place when Pancer s image was disqualified for bulling his Way Between horses in the charge through the stretch. Republic s Constitution he has the Power of dissolving parliament and ruling by said in a radio Broad cast that he was taking his stand As a gaullist As a partisan of the regime of the fifth Republic As an admirer of general de , he said a Long series of government errors was responsible for the troubles that France has known the Street fighting and devastation of the latin Quarter first then the immense Chain of repercussions among the working class Valery Giscard d Estwing Degaulle s former finance minister and Leader of an Independent centrist party which has always supported the government de spite frequent differences of Opin Ion told a political meeting i Versailles society must he called for needed transformations in the Structure and administration of the nation. But said Giscard d Estwing these must be carried out in order and Calm with the participation of the entire French com he gave no hint As to How he and his followers will communist party called with the voice of Waldeck Rochet its Secretary general for the immediate formation of Vapo Pular government of demo cratic he said the communists were. Prepared to take their place in such a the Industrial front with hundreds of thousands on strike this was the picture trains were halted through utmost. Of. The., country. Only the Eastern District seemed to be relatively free of stoppages but How Long it would remain so was a question. A strike of postal and telecommunications workers was Gen eral in be Havre Rouen and Tou Louse and partial in Marseille and elsewhere. It seemed to be affecting mainly the sorting services on the postal Side but mail was delivered in Paris saturday. Morning. Newspaper deliveries in Paris were hampered by a strike of distributors. ,. Delegates of the National Union of policemen presented demand for immediate pay raises to the ministry of the Interior and coupled it with a warning that the patience of the Man on the beat was wearing thin the Union ordered its members to re main on the Alert for further instructions. The Union represents the Ordi nary municipal police but notational Security forces like the gendarmes the Paris subway was grind ing to a halt As line after Lin closed Down. It appeared almost certain to be total by late Satur Day. Universities and some High schools were paralysed by the student action. To s birthday observed by Saigon Shell bursts continued from Page it could be an attack on the giant american military base at Danang. Lam said the Viet Cong has Long controlled the area these Are the Palace guard a Intelligence officer said of the North vietnamese defend ers of the stronghold that included Barracks and mess Hall. Tour knowledge they have never before operated outside the Lim its of the Danang area Battle dominated the War communiques but Headquarters reported51 North vietnamese killed Fri Day in two clashes near Khe Sanh just below the demilitarized zone. At least six Marine were killed and 26 wounded in the fighting around the Allied out Post where Forces lifted a Long siege last War reports said North vietnamese forces shot Dow three american Jet fighter bomb ers two helicopters and an observation plane in action Over North Vietnam and South Viet Nam after thursday. Five Ameri cans were lost. Meanwhile president Nguyen Van Thieu moved to strengthen his government saturday by appointing Tran Van Huong his prime minister succeeding Ngu yen Van Loc. Huong 65, a former prime min ister respected in both Saigon and the populous Mekong Delta was appointed to the Post in a nationwide television speech by Thieu Only eight hours after the resignation of Loc and his Cabi net was announced. Loc s Cabinet in office for six months had been criticized As being largely one of technicians without political support or popu Lar following. 4th Star for Goodpastur gets Senate approval Washington a . Senate confirmed Friday the promotion to four Star ran of the new Deputy Com Mander in Vietnam it. j. Goodpaster. It also confirmed appointment of maj. Gen. William Sutton As the new chief of the army Reserve. Of promotion for june is 27,650 Washington is Theair Force is authorizing 27,650 enlisted promotions in june the second highest quota in a year according to an announcement Here. A breakdown of the Jun quota to e9, 40 e8, 60 e7 1,069 e6, 3,109 e5, 9,670 and e413,702. An air Force official said the quota would have been greater but Many senior noncommissioned officers Are holding off retirement applications until the anticipated 6.9 per cent Basic pay boost goes into effect on july. The highest authorization i fiscal year 1968 was in fcb Rumary with More than 29,000 t waste United states Sabot a 1962 Geneva agreement in t n neutrality Ami " pm 1� Cambodia but in falts neutrality conference sources recall that right up to the time of he of agreements in 1962, North Vietnam had denied the preset of its troops in that country Eore it agreed to withdraw them � in a rep red to have about50,000 troops in Laos. Again Harriman appealed tothe North vietnamese to join in an Accord on prompt restoration of the demilitarized zone agree in a jul us comp Handewith the .1962 Laos agreements and in Mutual respect for the territorial integrity and neutrality of Cambodia adding we willbe glad to have your prompt answer to these there has been no United states regards re establishment of the demilitarized zone a Buffer Between North and South Vietnam As a Basic step toward any agreement. The americans say there Are Divi Sions Strong North vietnamese in the zone set up in 1954 at Geneva. The North vietnamese retorted that the United state pretends to respect the Doz but in. Fact has sabotaged the regulations for it.". Evasion claimed Harriman accused Hanoi of constant evasion on the troop is sue and recalled that the North vietnamese Here called the h a re e perfidious calumny but he said this was not simply question of the credibility of North vietnamese statements. It is a question Harriman said of establishing some basis from which we can properly con Sider your demand for cessation of our bombing of North Vietnam and at an appropriate later time such questions As the withdrawal or regroup ment of forces other than those of South Vietnam fro the territory of South Vietnam.1 he reviewed a Long list of .intelligence reports on Norn vietnamese military activity inthe South referred to the capture of troops with North vietnamese weapons and uniforms the state ments of North vietnamese prisoners of War and the identification of bodies in North vie namese uniforms the North Viet namese assaults on Hue and other cities in the tet offensive and the presence of North vietnamese troops in the Saigon area. Harriman recalled also presi Dent Johnson s statement tort even the limited Boutang North Vietnam in effect since March 31, could be ended Quick if such a move were matched of Hanoi restraint. And so Harriman said would like to ask you we question which you have not a answered what restraints you take to contribute to peace w Vietnam Cannes film festival is cancelled continued from Page i by producers and directors who do not object to their films being shown. The festival which started May 10, was due to run until May 25.the cancellation of the festival came after a free for All in the screening Hall Between producers and directors who wanted to support the nationwide strike and disappointed thousands of spectators who wanted the festival to Godard the director who helped spearhead the move ment for an immediate closing of the i festival was knocked Down in the Melee during which the spectators chanted go within seconds about 100 me backing or opposing an abrupt cancellation of t h e festival fought on the stage of the Hall knocking Down the elegant Flora display. Advocates of a stoppage of the festival As a show of Darity with students and to j attempted to tear Down thai velvet curtain to nil scheduled showing of the spa entry Peppermint Fra actor several ton French Duew including Godard and no Truffaut told a Mas me jul festival attendants that it the be unseemly to Cany u while International compe Mon France was undergoing a � crisis
