Word: laotians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...avoid awkwardness to the professional staff that might result from policy questions." There is more than a suspicion among Washington newsmen that the "awkwardness" has arisen simply because the BLS professionals have in the past explained some disconcerting economic truths that conflicted with official optimism on the economy. The Laotian invasion may yet turn out to be as satisfactory as the Pentagon sees it, and the recession (which the Administration long refused to call by that name) may prove to be near its end. But when either event finally happens, will the bureaucrats have any believable words left to describe...
JUST five weeks after they plunged confidently into the jungles of Laos, the best troops of South Viet Nam were engaged last week in a perilous and bloody battle to get out. Whether Operation Lam Son 719, as the Laotian invasion is officially called, could be judged a success or a setback was still a matter of considerable debate (see box next page). Beyond debate, however, was the fact that some units of the South Vietnamese army (ARVN) had been badly cut up in the fighting, and that North Viet Nam seemed ready and willing to sacrifice casualties...
...task of U. S. public relations warriors is made easier by the vagueness with which the goals of the Laos mission were originally defined. When the South Vietnamese troops first crossed the Laotian border on or about Feb. 8, their announced mission was to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines in the area. U. S. officials clearly hoped that the South Vietnamese would be able to create a barrier through the area that would halt the flow of communist reinforcements and supplies until the monsoon rains begin in early...
...South Vietnamese ended their 45-day Laotian campaign yesterday with a quarter of their task force reported dead, missing, or wounded...
While the South Vietnamese withdrew their forces from Laos, the North Vietnamese increased their attacks on support bases in South Vietnam. They continued heavy fire for tenth day on Khe Sanh, the main U.S. support base near the border during the Laotian campaign...