In the meantime. behind the shield of American military forces with the leverage afforded by U.S. military and economic aid. U.S. representatives in South Vietnam will insist that the ThieuKy government broaden the base of its government to include their nonCommunist opponents. represented in large measure by those whom they have now jailed and put in protective custody. and that this broadened South Vietnamese Government begin immediate negotiations with the National Liberation Front so that all these Vietnamese components can work out their own destinies. "In addition. I have directed our Ambassador to the United Nations to work with other nations there to find places of refuge in other lands for those who would not want to live in South Vietnam under the new regime which will be formed. and I will ask the Congress for such additional authority as may be needed to admit such refugees to the United States and to assist in their resettlement elsewhere. "Further. I have instructed our Ambassadors to Great Britain. the Soviet Union. Canada.
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