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...time being, at least, the South Vietnamese-or more precisely, U.S. saturation bombing-seemed finally to have contained the Communist offensive. Embattled An Loc was still under siege, but in the north, the long-predicted push on Hué had not materialized. American intelligence analysts are now convinced that the attack was scheduled for June 9 but was canceled after the North Vietnamese commander reviewed the condition of his four divisions in the area. The analysts believe that the U.S. bombing around Hué hurt the Communists so badly that it may take them a long while to recover...
...Kontum in the Central Highlands, the untested ARVN 23rd Division routed the 1,000 to 2,000 North Vietnamese troops that tried to infiltrate the town. At Hué, General Ngo Quang Truong, the new regional commander, sent elements of the 1st ARVN Division and the South Vietnamese marines on spoiling actions against enemy units southwest and north of the city. To the north, a force of 2,000 marines were pushing into Communist-controlled Quang Tri province, though they were encountering heavy opposition twelve miles south of Quang Tri city...
Even an all-out military drive would not enable Thieu to wipe out the North Vietnamese gains. Despite their failure to capture Hué, Kontum and An Loc, the Communists have achieved many objectives of their Easter offensive. Besides inflicting heavy casualties on several ARVN divisions, they have very nearly undermined the all-important Vietnamization program and paralyzed pacification efforts in much of the countryside. They have once again staked out large swatches of territory in South Viet Nam's historically vulnerable regions. Though the Communists control only a small percentage of the South's population, the offensive...
...Hué area, North Vietnamese units once again attacked South Vietnamese positions across the My Chanh River on both sides of Highway 1. One morning before dawn, their tanks quickly encircled the South Vietnamese Third Marine Battalion, running around their positions, as one U.S. adviser put it, "like Sitting Bull at Little Big Horn." The South Vietnamese cheered and yelled when U.S. Army
...present South Vietnamese government. As part of his "eight-point proposal" in January, Nixon got the South Vietnamese President to agree to resign in advance of any internationally supervised election. Apart from that, Thieu might be forced to resign in humiliation if the former imperial capital of Hué were to fall or if the NVA were to sweep through the Mekong Delta...