European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes peace talks proceed the War sunday Jurie an a news analysis by John t. Wheeler Saigon a the  vietnamese talks in Paris have brought sharper action inthe Vietnam War. Like two wrestlers the two sides Grope for holds that will Lead to a spectacular  . Command has predicted a further escalation infighting and latest Allied Intelli gence seems to Bear this out.. Sources have said privately that neither Side is Likely to score a decisive Victory in the near  neither can bargain in Paris from a position of absolute strength that would Force  in Saigon recall former ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge s recommendation to president Johnson when there were hints that peace talks might Start in 1966. Lodge recommended increasing the pres sure on the enemy to the Maxi mum should Hanoi or the Viet Cong show real signs of wanting peace. Even the most minor Concession Lodge urged  be agreed to unless a coun Ter Concession was  bigger Battles higher casualties probably the largest of the War on both sides and claims of decisive Victo Ries Are forecast. Indications Are that each Side also will place increasing importance on Victory claims not so much to strengthen the hands of its bar gainers in Paris As to convince the world that its Side is win Ning. The idea it is believed Here plane hit a . Caribou plane Burns in the Center of a r transport the special forces Camp of Dak Pek Inu Nway at South Vietnam after being hit by enemy ground fire while approaching the air strip. All aboard escaped unhurt. A an a news analysis by Stephens Broening Paris a preside Tcharles de Gaulle signalled a Basic shift in emphasis for his regime s policies by moving his most trusted minister Mauric Couve de Murville from foreign affairs to finance. The Transfer part of a deep reaching Cabinet shuffle a a s taken As e v i d e n be that do Gaulle had re a ranged his priorities in the face of the most serious Challenge his 10-year-old regime has confronted.  sources said Couve de it Orville s appointment � he finance ministry mount that do Gaulle Wasilow trailing Liis Pursuit of International prestige to Deal with the crushing social and eco nomic problems w h i e i have brought the country to the Brink of civil conflict. Couve de Murville trained i economics before lie look Over the foreign ministry a decade ago was described by govern ment sources As the Ideal Man to Deal toil july and realistically with these problems. Mov Rover one some said a e Gaulle rusts Couve  Couve can say no but lie also knows How to Compro Mise he said. Of Michel de Bre who  shifted from finance to foreign affairs he said Debre is not Good at  and Compromise is an attribute the r e g i in e will need to satisfy the demands of an estimated 10 million strike Sand get them Back to work. Debre was said to be partly responsible for the underlying causes of the social upheaval but because of Bis Long association with de Gaulle and his unflagging loyalty to his Leader he was kept in the Cabinet. Maurice com de Murville. Key Man de Gaulle has appealed formational Unity against the Domestic threat of  qualified observers judged that it would be hard to reconcile Domestic anti communism with the p r e v i o  gaullist foreign policy of wooing the communist countries i Eastern Europe. These observers foresaw a foreign policy Little less to the  in he other Cabinet changes de Gaulle dismissed eight ministers five of whom were closely connected with the develop ment of the crisis the five were Interior min ister Christian Fouchet Justice minister and Deputy Premier Louis Joe social affairs min ister Jean Marcel Jeanneney youth and sports minister fran Cois Missoff and information minister Georges gorse. Also dismissed were Roger Frey former Interior minister and most recently in charge of Liaison with parliament Pierre Billotte minister of overseas departments and Pierre Dumas minister of tourism. Among the new faces were three left Wing , whose appointments could signal a willingness to conciliate the so Cial unrest. First of All there was Rene Capitan named minister of Justice. Capitan resigned from policy shift the National Assembly just be fore de Gaulle dissolved it rather than vote censure. He strongly criticized Premier Georges Pompidou s program. In addition there was Yvon Moranda a personal Friend and heretofore unofficial adviser ode Gaulle who takes Over As Secretary of state for employ ment. And finally among the left Wing gaullist was Philippe Dechi Ritre the new Secretary of state for housing. De Gaulle s appointment of Francois Ortoli As the new Edu cation minister was seen As the designation of a competent civil servant to Deal with Long prom ised University Reform. Would be to. From allies and sides to make Concession would bring a sell n if est possible terms the the . Command is Huhl conscious of sen Limen in United states and ened with being overrun1.v, a Hasty evacuation Camp was ordered. A usera called this a Victory. But Kham due sat astride major infiltration route that North vietnamese engineers a turning into a two Lane Road evacuating the Camp left Al enemy with a free hand in the area. On the other hand Hanoi has boasted of huge victories against the allies in the Saigon area during fighting earlier this month. In fact the enemy Force were mostly turned Back at the City s slum Belt along its outer limits. The most Likely Battle zones of the future probably Are around Saigon below the demilitarized one and the Central Highlands rocket and infantry attacks around Saigon prove that the enemy command is capable of piercing the . Shield around the capital. The Doz and he Highlands Long have Given the enemy his Best Chance of Success. His troops operate out of base areas in North Vietnam and Laos immune from Allied ground attack the North vietnamese Lon have had artillery to Back their ground units in the Doz Are and it appears Likely that it might be employed in any new offensive in the Highlands. Greater emphasis on which Side holds the initiative also is a major feature of the War since the beginning of peace talks the allies held the initiative late last year Only to lose it before the onslaught of the tet Offen Sive in february and the fight ing at the surrounded Marine base at Khe  allies since have broken the Sion f at Khe Sanh pushed most of the big enemy units away from the major cities and carried out a month Long of ten Sive in the a Shan Valley Pic ably the enemy s largest Singn base in the  reports of a m for in Erna buildup m the Central a n n West of Korntum ind Cilo ten. I pm my com again is a heparin a a i j Monsive 1ii.t will s he and particularly the u j states dearly in. If the enemy is any new ground permanent. European edition col. James w. Campbell Usa. It. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan m Ert Proctor Elmer d. Frank Henry s. Epstein editor fit to Neou tym managing Edi production circulation an unofficial newspaper of and for the . 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