As these grim figures show. despite the general expectations of the American public that the advent of negotiations would produce a deescalatton of hostilities in Vietnam. the fighting has intensified to the point that 3.459 lives have been lost in the 3 months since South Vietnam joined the Paris talks on December 7. Moreover. the death and suffering which have been the lot of the Vietnamese people for over two decades now continues unabated. The Senate Select Subcommittee on Refugees has estimated that between 3 million and 4 million people in South Vietnam are presently without shelter or occupation. with very little hope that their condition will improve in their own lifetime. No one knows how many Vietnamese have been killed or maimed during the past 4 years. but estimates run to the hundreds of thousands.
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