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...these factions that impressed Huntington most strongly about Vietnam. "Most people don't appreciate the complexity and variety of this society," he comments. Almost half the population is composed of different minority groups, and it is this half that is most immune to Viet Cong influence and most strongly supports the government--now. Thieu and Ky's majorities on September 3, for example, came from the strongly tribal area of the Third Core...
Hunting estimates that about 90 per cent of the Viet Cong's support comes from the other half, the "normal garden variety Vietnamese." This is the mass, unorganized population, and in the vacuum between the village level and the remote national government the appeal of the Viet Cong is very strong. On the other hand, the ethnic groups like the Cambodians, Chinese, and Montagnards have tightly organized communal organizations, with hierarchies of their own which fill the vacuum and make Viet Cong penetration unlikely...
...student then changed his tack and, again for the sake of debate, conceded that if a genuine coalition were formed with the Viet Cong, South Viletnam would probably go Communist within four years. Cohen asked why it was so important to Bundy and the Administration if Vietnam did go Communist...
Bundy seemed to think, from what one participant said later, that the Viet Cong would become discouraged on one particular day in the future and give up fighting. The students, though not privy to any of the inside military information which Bundy had, considered the Assistant Secretary of State "way off base...
...Bundy discussed negotiations. To the amazement of the students, the Secretary admitted that the North Vietnamese were willing to negotiate, but the State Department, after capturing several secret Communist documents, had reached the conclusion that the negotiations would only be a ploy to gain more time for the Viet Cong. Hanoi was not willing to negotiate on any sort of "reasonable terms." Bundy told the student leaders...