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...Whatever Giap's immediate aims, it has been clear to Hanoi for some time that something drastic had to be done in South Viet Nam. Captured cadre notes spoke of a "counteroffensive." Depressed by constant defeats on the battlefield and consigned to stay in South Viet Nam until the war was over, the infiltrated North Vietnamese regulars were growing weary and restive. They badly needed a victory to bolster their morale, or at least a major initiative that they could call their...
...Thieu as civilian President under a new constitution. Increasingly, the bulk of the war was being fought on South Viet Nam's peripheries, leaving a virtual vacuum in the countryside that allied pacification efforts were moving to fill. A dramatic demonstration of Communist power and prowess was required. To Giap, the countryside general offensive seemed tailormade for the task...
...population, made a maximum effort. There, for the time being, they enjoyed their most signal success. The seat of South Viet Nam's militant Buddhists and the home of many disaffected university students, Hué has long been South Viet Nam's capital of discontent. Into Hué last week Giap sent elements of five of his North Vietnamese regulars, supported by Viet Cong local soldiers?an estimated 2,000 men in all. They seized the Citadel of the ancient royal palace, dug in and raised the Viet Cong flag atop its crumbling battlements. Then they released from jail some...
...Marine bases at Danang and Phu Bai to the encircled outpost of Khe Sanh. There are alternate means of supplying Khe Sanh, but Route 1, which connects with Khe Sanh via Route 9, is the best, and will thus not be left gladly in enemy hands. One of Giap's aims in his general offensive is to stretch U.S. lines?and U.S. troop deployments?as thin and as wide as he can, forcing General Westmoreland to make difficult choices of priority...
Circular Reasoning. Westmoreland sees the assault on Khe Sanh as the capstone of a three-phase campaign devised by Giap last September to win the war. Some captured documents show that Communist cadres in South Viet Nam have been told that the first three months of this year are the crucial period. During this period they are urged to win a decisive victory, which in turn will be followed by a coalition government dictated by the Viet Cong...