According to the author, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu publicly opposed the October deal that Harriman had brokered in part because
A. Nixon campaign officials secretly promised him that South Vietnam would get a better deal under a Republican Administration.
B. he perceptively recognized that Harriman's proposal was a bad one for the United States.
C. he despised Johnson's personal peace representative Harriman and would do anything to thwart him in his political career in Washington D.C.
D. he sought instead to secure a sweeping diplomatic solution that would end the war through the establishment of a coalition government in South Vietnam.
E. he believed that North Vietnam's defeat in the Tet Offensive had tipped the military balance sufficiently to allow South Vietnam to fend off any future attacks.
Answer: A
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