Adam Rapacki

The matter of sincerity in Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policy and seeking a negotiated settlement of the war is a very complicated problem. In "The Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam", published in 1968, Stuart Loory and David Kraslow came to the conclusion that President LBJ was insincere. Of course there are arguments which stand behind this statement, such as the fact that there had been many peace talks and opportunities to end the war but every time something went wrong. Whether the diplomat didn't show up, some points in negotiations were missing/forgotten, or just simply both sides couldn't find an agreement.