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WAS A CLASSIC ERROR. CO THACH SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN 'CRAZY' BUT THEY HAD PURSUED THE POLICY 'WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM'.

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AT THIS POINT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MADE TO LEAVE. со THACH COMPLAINED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD AN ANSWER ON OUR ROLE AS CO-CHAIRMAN. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THAT WE DID NOT EXCLUDE PLAYING SOME ROLE, BUT AT PRESENT WE WERE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT VIETNAMESE WITHDRAWAL.

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