US Presidency
1968

But it should be clear to all of us that the new phase of negotiations which opens on November 6th does not, repeat, does not, mean that a stable peace has yet come to Southeast Asia. There may well be very hard fighting ahead. Certainly, there is going to be some very hard negotiating, because many difficult and critically important issues are still facing these negotiators. But I hope and I believe that with good will we can solve them. We know that negotiations can move swiftly if the common intent of the negotiators is peace in the world. The world should know that the American people bitterly remember the long, agonizing Korean negotiations of 1951 through 1953, and that our people will just not accept deliberate delay and prolonged procrastination again. Well then, how has it come about that now, on November 1st, we have agreed to stop the bombardment of North Vietnam?