henry kissenger then met with the vietnamese and secretly discussed the issue with the chinese.egan open process, structural difficulties similar to today arose because north vietnam was unwilling to negotiate with south vietnam, and south vietnam was unhappy with the united states speaking on its behalf. and, of course, the united states misinterpreted the preconditions for the conflict, believing that it was to blame for everything. 8 million tons of bombs, twice as much as were dropped by the allies during the second world war, was exactly the same amount of explosives that fell on the territory of vietnam, loos and cambodia during the entire vietnam conflict. the us air force turned out to be a key player in it, but was never able to become a decisive force. as a branch of the air force, it appeared in the united states after world war ii. before that, they were part of the army, which, like the navy, financed several nuclear weapons on china’s border with korea to stop beijing’s participation in the conflict, and general frederick harrison smith, deputy head of the us air f