Word: chaine
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...COMMAND. Hanoi's command and control apparatus-the elaborate array of political, military and espionage hookups by which it manipulates the Viet Cong effort-is carefully described in the report. The political chain-of-command starts with the "Reunification Department" of the Lao Dong Party's Central Committee in Hanoi. Its directives are transmitted to the "Central Office for South Viet Nam," a roving command last believed to be located in Tayninh province near Saigon. The Central Office controls six regional units plus a special "death squad" in the Saigon-Cholon-Giadinh area...
...military chain begins with General Vo Nguyen Giap, victor of Dienbienphu, author of a celebrated book on guerrilla warfare (People's War, People's Army) and commander of the People's army of North Viet Nam. Giap's orders move through Hanoi's Ministry of Defense to six military regions in South Viet Nam corresponding to the political units. The beefed-up Viet Cong hard core is composed of 50 "Main Force" battalions, overseen by five regimental headquarters (compared to two in 1961). Political and military control are synchronized, giving Ho Chi Minh "assurance...
Connecticut's Senator Abraham Ribicoff has proposed creation of a $100 million federal emergency fund to save the nation's failing commuter railroads, the weakest link in the U.S. chain of rails. To bolster the bankrupt New Haven line, whose trustees are seeking to cancel service covering all of its 26,000 commuters, Rhode Island's Senator Claiborne Pell wants to set up a four-state authority to provide subsidies. Last week New York's Senator Jacob Javits and Congressman Ogden Reid proposed that New York, Connecticut and the Federal Government share in underwriting...
Between the two parties, Richard Neustadt sits like a chief justice, and he seems well suited to the role. He chain smokes cigarettes or a belching pipe, and his words come out like an oracle's from behind a maze of smoke. But the oracle is indecisive at the moment. "You understand, I don't commit myself to anything for more than five minutes," he explains. "We're still gathering ideas...
...competitive spirit strong enough to affect husband and wife is not only rare, it is practically unheard of where newspaper competition among publishers does not exist at all. Since 1962 the Sentinel has belonged to the Journal, which bought it for $3,000,000 from the Hearst newspaper chain. Until then, the morning Sentinel had seemed content to play listless second fiddle to the long-dominant evening paper, which has 384,000 daily circulation to the Sentinel's 170,000. Since the merger, the Sentinel has acted like a feisty kid trying to beat out big brother...