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...first thing of consequence I did before leaving Saigon for Da Lat, the central highlands, and language training was stop at the USO. GI's coming straight in from an 'operation' could check weapons and get showers, hamburgers, real milk and listen to rock'n'roll there. Huge galvanized buckets of anonymously addressed letters in geographical arrangement stand around for anyone to go through (nobody does). The letters come from school children and little old ladies usually and aren't the type soldiers are eager for. There are stacks of old magazines, junky concession stands, and a "boutique' selling...
...next morning, a few hours before taking a C-47 cargo plane to Da Lat, I found Mike waiting outside the IVS compound with a green duffle bag of things for me--insect repellent, army-issue boots, socks, shorts, and--hold on--an M-3 45 cal. machine gun and 2 clips of ammunition, something that looks like an auto mechanic's grease gun and, in fact, is called a grease gun. I declined everything except the repellent but I was genuinely touched by his concern for my safety. We exchanged APO addresses and agreed to take...
...this second and last part of an interview conducted at Harvard lat week, Mr. Lacerda comments on his view of contemporary Brazilian politics, their implications for the United State, and his own plans to organize a popular progressive party to return his country to a more democratic tradition...
With the confusion nearly total, the Communist Pathet Lao seized the opportunity to strike. Last week some 200 of the Red troops thrust into the strategic Mekong River town of Ban Lat Hane only 20 miles north of the royal capital of Luangprabang, routing the government forces defending it. Whether it was the opening of a fresh Pathet Lao offensive or merely a hunger strike, no one could say, but hunger undoubtedly played a part. With the rice crops off 35% because of the floods, the Communists will be forced this fall to probe deeper than usual into government territory...
Whatever the reason for the incursion, it was enough to galvanize the anti-Communists into action. They got their eleven fighter-bombers back from Thailand, though the rebellious pilots, Laos' best, stayed behind in Korat. Stiffened, the air force began airlifting soldiers up to Ban Lat Hane to drive out the invaders. And Prince Souvanna Phouma, who had returned from Europe at the news of the air force revolt, appeared at a news conference immaculately dressed in a double-breasted blue suit and white tie to give Kong Le a long-distance pat on the back, announcing that...