Download or read book Fighting and Negotiating in Vietnam written by Vu-van-Thai and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fighting-and-negotiating strategy is discussed which encourages emergence of a broader, moderate GVN that can coalesce non-Communist factions and exploit divergencies in the Communist camp. Negotiation objectives should aim at permitting diversification of Communist interests in SEA, discouraging Communist expectations of complete control of SVN, while promoting peacefull coexistence between North and South. A compromise settlemtn means accepting some Communist participation in South Vietnamese political life, contingent upon Communist concessions to increase the likelihood of a democratic Southern government and encourage Northern independence from China. If, after such a settlement, the South goes Communist gradually, without major violence, unfavorable impact on the evolution of Southeast Asia should be minimal. (Author).