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More certain-and perhaps more mystifying-was the situation on the battlefield. Except for the clash at Ben Het, which ended last week (see THE WORLD), there was almost complete silence from the enemy, and American intelligence reported that three North Vietnamese regiments, or about 7,500 men, had been pulled back across the Demilitarized Zone into the North. At a news conference, Secretary of State William Rogers said that "we have had the lowest level of combat activity in Viet Nam for a long time, possibly the whole war." Since the severity of enemy activity has been...
WHAT will happen when the U.S. withdraws its ground forces from Viet Nam? The first trial run came at Ben Het, the embattled South Vietnamese outpost near Cambodia that was the well-publicized object of enemy pressure for 55 successive days. For the first time since the massive U.S. military buildup in 1965, South Vietnamese forces (ARVN) bore the brunt of a major ground action in the difficult border terrain. Though the siege last week was lifted and Ben Het remained in allied hands, the results were far from reassuring. "You can see it happening...
That may prove a premature and overly pessimistic prognosis, uttered in the midst of an engagement that left a sour taste in many an American's mouth. But there was no denying that Ben Het raised serious doubts about the military feasibility of American plans for orderly early withdrawal and disengagement in Viet...
Like Khe Sanh and Con Thien to the north, Ben Het, which was completed in 1968, is an isolated fortification of bunkers and barbed wire that sits astride an important infiltration route. Inside its perimeters were 500 Montagnard irregulars led by a South Vietnamese Special Forces team of twelve and twelve U.S. Green Beret advisers. Initially, Ben Het could rely for added protection on the U.S. 4th Infantry Division, which was operating in the surrounding highlands. As part of a redeployment, U.S. infantry forces withdrew from the Ben Het area in April. The responsibility for the base passed...
...speech on het Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisc.) said The Handbook of Prescription Drugs by Dr. Richard Burack "provides the public with what we've been needing" to crackdown on suspected over-pricing by drug companies. He compared the Handbook to Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed saying, "It tells a story that may even bemore important and I suspect it will have similar impact...