We have 2025 and there are out there a people who think that can make decisions for you without even being asked. I smell so much troubles that even best class russian propaganda won't handle. :)
A similar debate concerned the shape of the table to be used at the conference. The North favored a circular table, in which all parties, including NLF representatives, would appear to be "equal"' in importance. The South Vietnamese argued that only a rectangular table was acceptable, for only a rectangle could show two distinct sides to the conflict. Eventually a compromise was reached, in which representatives of the northern and southern governments would sit at a circular table, with members representing all other parties sitting at individual square tables around them.
I am trying to allude to historical events in which a super power talked both behind the back of a losing allied government and then forced them into a losing proposition.
It is not like stuff like this is unexpected. I find the general "acted surprisedness" somewhat annoying.
Edit: Also note what Kissinger did behind the back of Thiệu.