Word: cadremen
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...self-defense, self-help and self-government" at seaside Vung Tau. Skilled in everything from using a grenade launcher to digging a well and administering first aid, they are Saigon's-and the U.S.'s -first wave of shock troops in elemental nationhood. Already, 5,000 more cadremen are in training; by the end of the year hopefully 15,000 will be in the field. Some will be old hands at pacification retrained to bring new skill to their job. They are the manpower legacy of previous programs, from President Diem's Strategic Hamlet Cadre through...
Until these cadremen are trained-and for a long time after-South Viet Nam's fragile existence will still depend on the protection of U.S. fighting men and the funds of U.S. taxpayers. American aid will rise to $600 million or more this year, is apt to rise higher still as the U.S. underwrites the construction of the schools, power stations, hospitals, roads, ports, and communications systems that are essential for the creation of a viable nation and a healthy unified economy...
...Reds began preparing a foundation of some sort. Editorials in Communist newspapers, which had long grumbled about the soaring cost of living but never pressed for remedies, suddenly called for "immediate action," and their campaign against "capitalist bureaucrats" was abruptly stepped up. A few days before the coup, Communist cadremen were issued special orders, and some were given arms. Top leaders were told not to sleep in their homes for a few nights. When the coup came, the official Communist paper came out flatly in support of the uprising...
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