Word: mekong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cong Duc is far and away the most popular candidate in Vinh Binh, a flat, fertile province in the Mekong Delta, 60 miles southeast of Saigon. Son of a wealthy canton chief who was assassinated by Communists in 1954, Duc has gradually shifted from being a defender of the status quo to being a critic of the war and of the presence of foreign forces. He is now a national personality, and in any fair election would be an odds-on favorite to win. As the campaign came to an end last week, Duc expected to get no more than...
...North Vietnamese have always considered Laos vital in their struggle to unify Viet Nam. As early as 1953, an NVA division invaded Laos and slashed all the way to the Mekong. The Chinese have been working on an extensive road project in northern Laos since 1962, with a sizable military presence for protection. According to the Moose-Lowenstein report, that presence has increased from 6,000 two years ago to as many as 20,000 today, and carries with it a concentration of antiaircraft and radar installations, which makes the area one of the most heavily defended in the world...
...Recently, a more or less formal poll was taken among the South Vietnamese to find out what, in their view, the U.S. has been up to. The answers, gathered by U.S.-trained poll takers in five areas from Qui Nhon on the central coast to Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, range from balanced to bizarre...
Hiqh-Level Dismay. At the same time, the Communists have renewed their pressure on Cambodia. Three crack NVA regiments last week tangled with elite Cambodian troops for control of the Vihear Suor marshes on the east bank of the Mekong, which are the key to the eastern defenses of Phnom-Penh. In the Cambodian capital, a mere dozen miles away, residents could hear the fighting. While the Communists appear to have no interest in toppling Phnom-Penh, they want.control of the marshes to increase their flexibility in responding to potential ARVN attacks...
...success. The Communist position has its weaknesses. Hanoi's Laotian and Cambodian holdings are very sparsely populated. In South Viet Nam the Communists hold nothing but such desolate regions as portions of the U Minh Forest and the A Shau Valley. The heavily populated and strategically important Mekong Delta and the eleven provinces around Saigon face no substantial military danger. While ARVN troops have performed disappointingly in some recent battles in Cambodia and Laos, the litmus test of the Vietnamization program is how they will defend themselves inside South Viet...