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...alternatives, a rightwing oligarchy operating under a facade of democracy, or a rigid but efficient socialist dictatorship which at least perpetrates some social and economic reforms. A very substantial number of impoverished, downtrodden South Vietnamese peasants would seem to prefer the latter, judging by the efficacy of the Viet Cong in battle and in proselytism of the populace...
After reading your cover story, "Inside the Viet Cong," I realize why: failure to understand the true nature of Hanoi's aims, tactics and atrocities. I don't change my opinions easily, but you have convinced me-and, it is to be hoped, many other skeptics-of the vital importance of America's continuing to sweat...
...round at the desired 3,300 ft. per sec. and has unexpectedly increased the rifle's automatic rate of fire from about 850 shots a minute to 1,000. The result is that the "little black rifle," as the M-16 is fearfully called by the Viet Cong, tends to jam because the powder leaves behind a dirty residue that clogs the faster-moving automatic parts...
...noisiest and in some ways the most convincing vote of confidence in the validity and significance of South Viet Nam's elections was cast last week by the Viet Cong...
...final week, Communist terrorists began campaigning with a vengeance to frighten voters away from the polls. In one day, in a coordinated series of attacks the length of the narrow nation, guerrillas killed or wounded nearly 400 Vietnamese. The old imperial capital of Hue was mortared; a Viet Cong battalion briefly took over the provincial capital of Hoi An, 15 miles south of Danang, leaving 60 Vietnamese casualties be hind; south of Saigon a village housing Viet Cong defectors was assaulted. The major attack was a 10-minute rocket and mortar assault against Can Tho, largest city in the Delta...