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...while, South Viet Nam's Seventh Division-which smashed two Red guerrilla battalions on the Plain of the Reeds five weeks ago-was laying a trap for another showdown. U.S.-trained Colonel Huynh Van Cao traveled around Kien Tuong province telling villagers exactly where and when he intended to attack the Communists, showily deploying his men to back up his threats. Predictably, the cautious Viet Cong melted deep into their Plain of the Reeds stronghold, exactly where Colonel Cao wanted them. Suddenly shifting his troops, he deployed four infantry battalions on the Viet Cong's south flank. Three...
...personally hostile and forever plotting to take over the reins of government himself. A private gang, the notorious Binh Xuyen, actually operated the national police, having bought the "concession" from Puppet Emperor Bao Dai for $1,000,000. On top of all this, two powerful quasi-religious sects, the Cao Dai and the Hoa Hao, controlled large parts of the countryside, opposing Diem's regime and enforcing their will with well-armed private armies of their...
...army behind him, Diem could at last crack down on the Binh Xuyen and the sects. The Binh Xuyen's power was smashed when Diem closed the opium dens, gambling halls and bordellos, from which it drew its revenues, then fought the gangsters with armed force. To crush the Cao Dai and Hoa Hao, Diem sent his troops out again with orders to shoot; bullets whistled through Saigon's streets and in the delta swamps before the sect leaders caved...
Stealthily, South Vietnamese troops under Colonel Huynh Van Cao encircled the region, concealed themselves in the undergrowth and sat back to wait. Two days later, two Viet Cong reconnaissance patrols moved into the ambush, were quickly wiped out in a quick, murderous burst of machine-gun and rifle fire. This was just the beginning. As the heat of the day rose, it became clear that the main Communist force was walking into the same trap. In this group were at least 500 guerrillas, many of them youths in typical black peasant pajamas, obviously recruited from the local villages. Some carried...
...AMERICAN MOVIEMEN REQUIRE PITH HELMETS, SALT TABLETS, QUININE PILLS TO VISIT THE CAO DAI CAPITAL, TAYNINH [to film The Quiet American-TIME, Feb .25]. THE CLIMATE IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A WASHINGTON SUMMER. PERHAPS THE INHABITANTS WERE MYSTIFIED BY THEIR STRANGE ATTIRE AND ECCENTRIC DIET...