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Read one of the following documents and determine whether you believe the United States would have been able to achieve a negotiated settlement in Vietnam

Who are these people?

Document 1. Mao Zedong and Pham Van Dong, Hoang Van Hoan meeting in Beijing, 5 October 1964, 7-7:50 (p.m.?)

Document 2. Zhou Enlai and Ho Chi Minh, meeting in Hanoi, 1 March 1965

Document 3. Liú Shàoqí and Le Duan, meeting in Beijing, 8 April 1965

Document 4. Vietnam's Four Points, April 13, 1965

Document 5. Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh meeting in Changsha (Hunan), 16 May 1965

Document 6. Zhou Enlai and Nguyen Van Hieu, Nguyen Thi Binh, meeting in Beijing (The Great Hall of the People), 16 May 1965

Document 7. Mao Zedong and Hoang Van Hoan, meeting in Beijing, 16 July 1965

Document 8. Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong meeting in Beijing, 4 p.m. 9 October 1965

Document 9. Le Duan, The Hanoi Politburo's letter to the Communist Party in the South, outlining the Party's commitment to a protracted war strategy

Document 10. Chen Yi and Nguyen Duy Trinh meeting in Beijing, 17 December 1965

Document 11. Zhou Enlai and Nguyen Duy Trinh, meeting in Beijing, 10:30 a.m., 19 December 1965

Document 12. Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Kang Sheng and Le Duan, Nguyen Duy Trinh meeting in Beijing, 13 April 1966

National Liberation Front

Document 13. Program of the National Liberation Front of South Viet-Nam

Document 14. The Hanoi Politburo's letter to the Communist Party in the South, outlining the Party's commitment to a protracted war strategy, November 1965