Word: mekong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Somewhat bitterly, he added, "For us, we go on living." Later, Rockefeller insisted that his "too late" view applied only to the fate of the refugees. Yet, while the Saigon government might shake up its personnel, and perhaps even rally some effective defense of the city and the Mekong Delta, its long-range military fate appeared sealed. The Communists, now superior in both firepower and manpower, could take their time in striking the final blows...
Fearful that the flood of refugees would only complicate the defense of Saigon and probably bring countless infiltrators in its wake, the government tried to seal off the capital. The road leading from Vung Tau was blockaded, and plans were afoot to resettle refugees in the Mekong Delta. But little was being done to provide food and shelter for the throngs at Vung Tau or even regroup the disbanded soldiers when they arrived...
...capital military region over the past several weeks. Small Viet Cong units have begun infiltrating the capital's suburbs. Moreover, because they are attacking fixed defensive positions, the Communists have the tactical advantage. They could attack Tay Ninh west of Saigon and then move southward into the Mekong Delta, thereby encircling the capital and breeding even more panic there. Or they could try to move troops down the major routes from the north directly into the capital. U.S. intelligence, in fact, reports that two full divisions began moving south from North Viet Nam in recent days, leaving no more than...
...some respects, Saigon retains an aura of almost unreal normality. In the markets it is business as usual. The streets, filled with Hondas, pushcarts, hookers, shine boys, beggars and wounded war veterans, are as noisy and chaotic as ever. Food is still plentiful because the roads to the Mekong Delta remain open. But tea and coffee from the Highlands, avocados and lettuce from Dalat and lobsters from Nha Trang are all bound to run out before long. Many dance halls and teahouses have been closed, and the curfew has been moved back to 9 p.m. so that diners...
...approaches to Moscow and Peking, partly to disentangle the U.S. from Viet Nam and partly to build a new structure of peace based not on ideology but on pragmatic self-interest. The U.S. goal had always been to oppose Communism everywhere it was encountered, from the Congo to the Mekong Delta. But now Americans were asked to accept a baffling inconsistency in their nation's policy: to support and even applaud detente with the Communist superpowers on the one hand while continuing to fight Communist insurgencies in different parts of the world...