Word: kontum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...escape route to Pleiku from Kontum was opened to civilian traffic yesterday for the first time in ten days. It had been blocked by a North Vietnamese regiment...
Thousands of civilians are leaving Kontum, the central highlands provincial capital, as North Vietnamese troops move steadily south along Highway 14. U.S. and South Vietnamese officials expect an attack on the city, but no one is certain when it will come...
Civilians, looking for ways to escape Kontum before the North Vietnamese attack, have gathered at U.S. helicopter landing pads...
Some military authorities believe that the North Vietnamese will not attack Kontum until there is had weather. Bad weather would blunt U.S. air power. Others say that the North Vietnamese are steadily consolidating and regrouping their forces and will attack when this move is complete...
Quiet prevailed in the central highlands, where another major battle for a provincial capital, Kontum, is expected to erupt at any time. Some officials yesterday predicted possible rocket attacks on Saigon itself...