If the border with Laos had been closed and North Vietnam had not been able to operate in the country, the communist side would not have been able to stock up on resources, men, ammunition, weapons, food and medicine through the HoChi Minh Trail.
Therefore, the forces of the North that were fighting in South Vietnam would have been out of supply, and their defeat would have been imminent.
"<span>e. Employers used their wealth to buy unfavorable and often unfair publicity" would be the only reasonable option from the list, since the employers wouldn't do things to decrease worker productivity if they could help it. </span>
I believe it was by giving support to the European countries economically and politically.
Athens is the daughter of Zeus and Hera