All discussions between the Provisional Revolutionary Gosertment of South Vietnam (PRG) and the Thieu regiane in Saigon have been brought to an end by the latter.
On 16 April the negotiations at La Celle St Cloud in France were cancelled after instructions from Saigon. The liaison flights for the PRG from Saigon to Loc Ninh were also balted, and the following day the ban was extended to cover telephone links, press conterences, and even shopping expeditims for the Pat delegis This left the Joint Military Commis sion meenaps as Ene only pamt ut contact between the two sides, But on 10 May these were canceled alter Ters cop Peaves man not only terusco to alow any discuscions anvolving the PRG. hut hnd even provented them from attending the meetings.
Ine aruck on these coolerts B the renutt or three processes whach have developed since the signing of the Paris Accords in January 1973, First of all, they refleet Thie's complete inability to damage the National Liberation Front militarily, ecoopmically, or politically. This leaves the diplomalic foule as the only effeclive outiet for any Secondly, the Thieu regme is faced with mounting domestic problems. The rapid opposition movements developing in Saigon and thur ocher cities make his position increasingly fragile. Several com Lhese developments-particularty the organised Buddhist demonstrations, including self-burnings-and the events which tod up to the fall of Diem in 1963.
Thieu's position is further worsened by the inconting demoralisation of his arred forces CARVNI JE the face of their complete inability despite masse ground tinued success in overrunning one ARVN areas. The elimination of these bases ranke cities such as Kontum and An Loc very isolated from Saigon, and could have inportant state no cons quonces if obed chil war were to erupt again UNITED STATES Finally, tie strategy of the Chited to silast the liberation struggle through direct intervention, a policy of Aslatisation was adopted. This wis hacked up by relied on the effots of the Moscow and Revolutionary socialist Pyotr Grigorenko,