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Discussed Issues

The committee discussed the POW issue, the
war issue and the possibilities of political
settlements with the delegations. Mr. Ogle said
that it was amazing how similar the demands of
both sides were. The North Vietnam factions
were willing to have an extended coalition
government in South Vietnam.

The government would be made up of the
government of Saigon minus Thieu and Ky, the
Vietcong and neutral political bodies such as
the Buddhists. Naturally, he said, the South
Vietnamese politicians do not want to get rid of
Thieu and Ky because they are part of the
established power structure.

Mr. Ogle added, that in informal discussion
one of the American delegates remarked 'he
wished that the non-communist
anti-government forces in South Vietnam were
stronger so that they could serve as mediator
between the two opposing factors." He said, "it
seems to me that the American delegation was
not satisfied with the Saigon administration."