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Word: quang (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saigon, along with their colleagues in Washington and New York, had one basic mission: to explain a war that grew more baffling as well as more costly. We profiled the leaders of Saigon and Hanoi and the dissident Buddhist Thich Tri Quang. Cover stories on Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara and Lyndon Johnson charted Washington's goals and tactics, while two others on General William Westmoreland, who was Man of the Year for 1965 (middle), described the military strategy that seemed so promising then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 5, 1973 | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

Despite Thieu's tough stand-or more likely because of it-Saigon was quiet. No students or demonstrating veterans have taken to the streets. Even Thich Huyen Quang, the head of the militant An Quang Buddhist faction, offered a somewhat ambiguous endorsement of the settlement. "We hope that both winners and losers will put down their weapons," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: The Last Battles And a New Siege | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...After a recent speech by the President to a group of officer cadets at Dalat, several trainees spread the word that the Americans had conspired to permit Communist infiltration of South Vietnamese cities in the Tet offensive of 1968, that the U.S. was dilatory in delivering air strikes at Quang Tri City during the Communists' 1972 offensive, and that Henry Kissinger had betrayed South Viet Nam in his secret talks with the North Vietnamese. Some diplomats believe that Hanoi may seek to capitalize on South Viet Nam's disenchantment with Washington by strengthening its own U.S. contacts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover Story: What Lies Ahead for Saigon | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...South Vietnamese seem to be winning the battle for Quang Tri city, but they still have some major problems. The airborne division and the marines are the only strategic reserves that Saigon possesses. If there was a troop breakdown in other sectors of the South-the Delta, say-both units might well have to be pulled out of Quang Tri and thrown into the breach, thereby calling into question the gains so far attained on the northern front. Supplies and reinforcements must be flown from Saigon by U.S. Air Force C-130s operating out of Thailand. Reason: there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: A Tale of Two Broken Cities | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

Nonetheless, South Vietnamese troops in Quang Tri are prepared to fight hard in spite of the peace talks, about which they remain highly skeptical. Said one lieutenant: "It is all a game to deceive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: A Tale of Two Broken Cities | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

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