ABC Evening News - 1968-10-21
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[0:00] Good evening. The world still waits
[0:03] tonight for some definitive official
[0:05] word about a possible end to the bombing
[0:07] of North Vietnam. Both Washington and
[0:09] Hanoi are maintaining silence, which of
[0:12] course is not discouraging speculation
[0:14] that a break is imminent. The White
[0:16] House declined all comment today,
[0:19] although President Johnson will hold a
[0:21] news conference this week, possibly on
[0:23] Wednesday. In Paris, the North
[0:25] Vietnamese delegation to the peace talks
[0:27] cancelled a regularly scheduled briefing
[0:30] for newsmen. There was an agreed to
[0:33] cease fire lasting 36 hours and covering
[0:36] 288 square miles of North Vietnamese
[0:39] territory. The ceasefire or standown
[0:42] ended officially at 4:00 this afternoon,
[0:44] Eastern time. While it was in effect,
[0:46] the United States returned 14 North
[0:49] Vietnamese prisoners to the city of Vin.
[0:52] The prisoners were captured more than
[0:53] two years ago. Their release today was
[0:56] described by American officials as an
[0:58] act of goodwill, which it is hoped will
[1:01] lead to the release of other prisoners.
[1:03] It is believed that Hanoi still holds
[1:05] more than 300 American airmen whose
[1:08] planes were shot down over North
[1:10] Vietnam. Ground action in the South
[1:13] continues at a very low level. The lull
[1:15] in the fighting now is in its fourth
[1:17] week.
[1:18] Unidentified officials of the government
[1:20] of South Vietnam are continuing to
[1:23] express their misgivings about a
[1:25] possible bombing halt and President 2
[1:27] himself has made it clear that he has
[1:29] certain reservations about stopping the
[1:31] bombing. ABC's Bill Brangan reports from
[1:34] Saigon on why