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North Viet Nam's major cities of Hanoi and Haiphong are normally blanketed by thick monsoonal clouds at this time of year. But for six brilliantly sunny days, the weather changed and the clouds lifted. Lifted, too, were some of the restrictions that Washington had imposed on the flight paths of U.S. fighter-bombers, enabling them to fly through the air space adjacent to China and around Hanoi. The combination sent U.S. pilots of the Air Force, the Navy and Marines pounding away day after day last week at vital transportation points throughout North Viet Nam. There...
...south. In all, 65 Americans and 78 South Vietnamese died in the battles. Meanwhile, Ho's homeland was heavily pounded last week by U.S. fighter-bombers. As monsoon clouds cleared for the first time in three weeks, American jets blasted downtown bridges and railyards in both Hanoi and Haiphong for three straight days...
...Release. The change in his own view was manifest. In June 1966, after the U.S. attacked oil dumps around Hanoi and Haiphong, McNamara predicted "a lower ceiling on the number of men that can be supported in the South." By the following January, he was telling Congress: "I don't believe that the bombing up to the present has significantly reduced-nor any bombing that I could contemplate in the future would seriously reduce-the actual flow of men and materiel to the South...
...have any coercive effect but merely impeded Hanoi's efforts to infiltrate men and supplies below the 17th parallel. He also hinted that the restrained bombing might have significant diplomatic bargaining value. But just following McNamara testimony, the Administration approved raids on areas--like the port city of Haiphong--McNamara wanted left untouched...
...Southwest China harbors not only about 50 MIGs but eight Russian Ilyushin medium bombers not yet used in the war. None of the MIGs have yet flown out of China against U.S. planes. One reason is that they would not have enough fuel to maneuver long over Hanoi and Haiphong, which are over 300 miles from China. Another is that the Chinese are not eager to provoke the U.S. into attacking China as a sanctuary for fleeing North Vietnamese planes...