Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second mistake took place in Saigon. In the months before the October breakthrough, the South Vietnamese made no attempt to veto the our-side-your-side formula, but they clung to some corollaries of their own-most important, their contention that they should speak for the allied delegation once talks began. The Americans regarded that as a nostalgic and unrealistic notion, and refused to believe that Saigon meant it. Thus, when the showdown came in October, the South Vietnamese and the Americans suddenly discovered that they had misunderstood each other all along. The U.S. claimed that Saigon had backed...
...game of 1909 was not destined to be a breakthrough for modern football. Both teams relied on their rushing attack and on their rock-solid defenses...
...breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming-and in the end it came after two major turning points, one that occurred in Paris and one in Washington...
Despite the fear among military men that Hanoi was not really serious, statesmen and diplomats the world over passed the word that a breakthrough was at hand. Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, long a hard-liner about the war in nearby South Viet Nam, returned from a visit to Washington to announce that the U.S. and North Viet Nam had entered the "final stages" of bargaining for a bombing pause, predicted results in the "not too distant fu ture." In Paris, an official of an allied country with troops in the South said flatly: "Everything is settled...
...Moscow, where he conferred with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin. Once he reached Hanoi, he found himself embroiled in a bitter debate between North Viet Nam's pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet factions. One or more messages were apparently sent seeking more information. The Administration noted simply that no "breakthrough" response had come from Hanoi. Some U.S. officials feared that the North Vietnamese, in view of the forthcoming presidential elections in the U.S., might be holding out for a better deal...