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...Communists last week celebrated the tenth anniversary of Dienbienphu, the savage battle that cost France her century-old Indo-Chinese empire. In Hanoi, loudspeakers blared a specially composed song, Liberation of Dienbienphu, and thousands of North Vietnamese massed to commemorate the feat of arms that General Vo Nguyen Giap, the Red victor of Dienbienphu, called "one of the greatest victories in the history of the armed struggle of oppressed peoples...
...rock cover. To fill Viet Minh bellies, 50,000 Chinese coolies bicycled in relays down the narrow mountain footpaths, each straining under a load of 600 lbs. of sacked rice. From November to mid-March, while his 60,000 guerrilla troops sparred with patrols from the fortress, Guerrilla General Giap quietly laid his noose around Dienbienphu. Then one morning Viet Minh artillery boomed a death knell...
...Peking patron faces a potential pro-Moscow challenger in Ho's old comrade-in-arms, tough little General Vo Nguyén Giap, 51, victor of Dienbienphu, author of a celebrated book on guerrilla warfare that is studied from Havana to Algiers, and military overseer of the war in the South. Recruited largely from the peasantry, Giap's 400,000-man, Russian-equipped army is closer to the people than the party. His 27 divisions, decked out in eggshell-white uniforms with green badges, help build public works, even bake bricks and construct their own barracks. Naturally...
...regular swears to a ten-point soldier's oath stressing instant obedience, dogged courage, and a complete willingness to sacrifice his life for the Communist cause. From experience, and from the manuals of Red China's Mao Tse-tung and North Viet Nam's crafty General Giap, the Viet Cong learns the tactics of speed, surprise and security. Says General Harkins: "They are a hard, tough bunch. I don't think their leaders care how long it takes, but they want to take over the world. They are resourceful and use all sorts of devices." Among...
...also filled his diary with admonitory phrases that echo the books on guerrilla fighting by Red China's Mao Tse-tung and North Viet Nam's able General Giap, conqueror of Dienbienphu: "Be extremely friendly with local comrades and very parsimonious with the food supply they give us . . . Respect the local population and never touch their property . . . Observe absolute secrecy and discipline . . . Only attack when victory is certain...