ABC Evening News - 1968-10-23
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[0:00] latest final peace proposal. John Scali
[0:03] suggests that Hanoi may have responded
[0:05] by deed to the President's peace offer.
[0:08] Marlene Sanders examines the underlying
[0:10] racial and religious tensions in New
[0:12] York school strike. And guest
[0:15] commentator Marya Mannes gives her
[0:17] version of the ideal president. Now,
[0:20] here is Frank Reynolds.
[0:22] Good evening. In the words of an
[0:24] American spokesman at the Paris peace
[0:26] talks, there was nothing encouraging in
[0:29] today's session with the North
[0:30] Vietnamese. There had of course been
[0:32] hopes that the Hanoi delegation might
[0:35] today announce some move or make some
[0:37] response that could lead to an end to
[0:39] the American bombing of North Vietnam,
[0:42] but that did not happen today. The North
[0:44] Vietnamese repeated their charge that
[0:46] the Saigon government is just a puppet
[0:49] regime of the United States, and
[0:51] American Ambassador Averell Harriman
[0:53] challenged the right of the National
[0:55] Liberation Front to speak for the people
[0:57] of South Vietnam. After today's meeting,
[1:00] Ambassador Harriman told newsmen there
[1:02] would be another meeting tomorrow, but
[1:04] later it was said this was just a slip
[1:06] of the tongue, and the next session will
[1:08] be held as scheduled next Wednesday.
[1:12] So, the speculation about a bombing halt
[1:14] remains speculation. And in the absence
[1:17] of a response from North Vietnam, the
[1:19] question now becomes what does the
[1:21] United States do next? For a report on
[1:24] the President's attitude, here is ABC
[1:26] White House correspondent Bill Gill.
[1:29] President Johnson's position today is
[1:31] best described as one of fatalistic
[1:33] pa