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BS 1000-35505 "tPyn, Berrigan and I were told by Premier Pham fi: Dong (of North Victnam) that they are ready to talk Saat talk seriously if the U.3. uwneonditionally stopped the bombing. ' (1) . "tThe premier made it plain that they would talk seriously and indicated that there would be no significant time lag between the bombince halt and, the beginning of negotiations' the B.U. protessor added. 3 "Zinn said he aulkcd the North Vietnamese premier specifically what would be the role of th ional Liberation Front if the North Vietnames government and the U.S. begin negotiations. G "fhe noremier renliet that the N.L.F. would have to be present ‘in any matter. thot atfected them.' CA) "Zinn said Washington constantly uses the term ‘Hanoi! to 'hide the idea that the N.L.F. is a force in its own right. The Administration would have us believe that North Vietnam and the U.S. can negotiate the end of the war. Cs) "t What the Administration doesn't make clear is that North Vietnam can only negotiate what deals with them. Our government has created a certain degree of mystification by doing this,' Zinn said. (MA) "The government praressor said that there 'was a lot of feeling of victory in tianoi' during the Viet Cong Tet effensive against the cities in south Vietnam. M "'The impression if FOt WAS that the caliber of Locdership in North Vietnam is immensely superior to the caliber ot leadership in Saison. ix's Like two different worlds,' he oaid. ) "Zinn and Fe. Eerricca, both members of the National Mobilization to End the War an Vietnam, said that Sullivan voiced tnvassure! by infers'ne cho three that the government Tb yey ae was. by BiLitany ancorart.@y)