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Pentagon spokesmen reported that the North Vietnamese moved several thousand fresh troops into the Laotian panhandle during the past week. Large numbers of North Vietnamese troops and tanks were reported yesterday moving toward the main South Vietnamese force in the Laotian panhandle...
VIENTIANE, LAOS (DNSI)-An old Laotian proverb, "when the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled," is usually applied to battles between outside powers here. It is equally apt, however, in describing the conflicts among giant American agencies over the use of air power in this tiny nation...
...tactics of the Laotian invasion has grown a political position based on military superiority," he said. "Johnson was trying to win a military victory and so is Nixon. Only the method is different...
...definite response. The operation also stirred grave fears on Souvanna Phouma's part. What if the invasion, like MacArthur's drive to the Yalu in Korea, alarmed Peking enough to send Chinese troops into the war? Last week Nixon sought to salve Peking by emphasizing that the Laotian thrust posed "no threat" to China...
...result of the worst military setbacks of the Laotian drive, the U. S. has assembled the largest air armada of the war in an attempt to bolster the stalled U. S.-South Vietnamese offensive...