Word: parallelling
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...trigger a Communist stampede into western Laos-an event that would surely shatter Souvanna's already fragile relations with powerful Laotian rightists-the allies seemed ready to set some undeclared limits on Lam Son operations. There would be no strikes north of the 17th parallel, which forms the border between the two Viet Nams, or west of Route 23, which runs north-south halfway across the Laotian panhandle. It also seemed likely that the ARVN would be pulled out before the April monsoons...
...Earlier, Xuan Thuy, head of the delegation, said that the "present large-scale operation" by the United States in Laos, the concentration of U. S. troops at the 17th Parallel, and the increasing number of warships off North Vietnam "constitute a menace" to North Vietnam and China...
Sharp fighting was also reported in Cambodia, where South Vietnamese forces are making a parallel thrust against reported supply lines and sanctuaries...
...warned that South Vietnamese forces in Laos could be destroyed unless the North Vietnamese are cut off from their bases. To do this, Ky said, South Vietnamese troops would cross the Ben Hai River into North Vietnam. The river is the dividing line at the 17th parallel between North and South Vietnam...
...INVASION of Laos points up two important shifts in the conduct of the war, one military and the other political. Militarily, the war appears to be developing a new objective: Dividing Southeast Asia in half, split near the 17th parallel, giving the United States full control of the entire Southern region, specifically Cambodia, Thailand, and South Vietnam. The United States government, while not yet admitting such a policy, has given indications of just such a scheme...