Word: arvn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heroin scandal only heightens already tense relations between Washington and Saigon. After the mauling of ARVN troops in Laos, many South Vietnamese are blaming the U.S. for sending in their troops to do an American job. "At a time when relations between the two countries have sunk to an all-time low," reports TIME Saigon Bureau Chief Jonathan Larsen, "the heroin scandal ticks away like a time bomb in the corner." Since politicking is already beginning for next October's presidential elections, the heroin smuggling will clearly be a major campaign issue...
Despite Thieu's optimism, it was increasingly clear that the allies had suffered serious losses during the 45-day operation. U.S. intelligence men in Saigon privately confirmed recent reports that the 22,000 ARVN troops committed to Lam Son had suffered close to 50% casualties. Hanoi's forces had been hit hard, too, in terms of supplies that never made it down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, as well as casualties. The official, and probably inflated, Saigon estimate stands at 13,863 dead. White House officials maintain that the North Vietnamese are "at the edge of an abyss...
...Viet Cong ripped into the hamlet of Cang Long, killing 16 children, five women, six national policemen and the hamlet chief. Farther north, in the Central Highlands, the seasoned North Vietnamese 28th Regiment temporarily overran Fire Base Six, capturing four U.S. advisers and killing or wounding some 200 ARVN troops...
...some officials, was 33 dead and 76 wounded of 200 Americans. Of the 28 South Vietnamese troops in the base -which was in the process of being Vietnamized-only one was wounded. The American survivors pointed out that the South Vietnamese positions were not hit, and that the ARVN troops had made no attempt to help the embattled G.I.s. For its part, the South Vietnamese high command promptly launched a secret investigation to make sure that none of its men had betrayed the base...
...Cambodia, the South Vietnamese headquarters claimed its troops killed 200 North Vietnamese in Cambodia with the backing of U.S. planes. Only six ARVN men were wounded, according to Saigon...