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...main posts. Senator Tran Chanh Tranh, a diplomat and political independent who is not close to either Thieu or Ky, became Foreign Minister. Four-star General Tran Thien Khiem, an ally of President Thieu and presently Ambassador to Taiwan, was named Interior Minister. Dr. Phan Quang Dan, a vice-presidential candidate who ran against the Thieu-Ky military ticket in the September elections, got the ministry dealing with defectors. Huong kept for himself the Rural Development Ministry, responsible for pacification. "The life and death of this country depend on this government," the Premier declared at the Cabinet installation. "We will...
...Billion Program. Beyond the bombing issue, Hanoi is expected to propose that the two northernmost provinces of South Viet Nam, which include the cities of Hué and Quang Tri, be turned into a buffer zone. That would be a tough proposal for the allies to accept, since it would effectively give Hanoi part of what it sought-and failed to get-in 1954: partition of the country near the 16th parallel instead of the 17th. The U.S. is likely to call for a return to the conditions set forth, and frequently violated, at Geneva in 1954, with emphasis...
...coming around to the view that Tet, in the long run, had proved to be a disaster to the Communists, costing them 42,000 men, by U.S. estimate, rallying many South Vietnamese to fresh efforts, and resulting in "no enemy flags in our cities," as Constituent Assemblyman Dr. Phan Quang Dan said last week during a U.S. tour. Similarly, U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Harold K. Johnson maintained that the U.S. "suffered a smashing, catastrophic psychological defeat" as a result of Tet?but only because it was "a defeat which we imposed on ourselves...
...dock facilities in the Saigon River, where Communist forces unsuccessfully attempted to follow up a mortar and rocket attack with an assault. Within two hours the city had largely become quiet again. The Communists also shelled, among other cities, Hué, Pleiku, Can Tho, Kontum, My Tho and Quang Tri. Four U.S. Marines were killed and six wounded when five mortar rounds hit the Danang headquarters of Marine Commander Lieut. General Robert E. Cushman...
...bearing relief goods for Hué, moved up the vital Highway 1 from Danang to the stricken city. In the face of the massive Communist threat throughout the corps, little else but mobile defense is being undertaken. Some 2,000 civilian volunteers are being armed in Hué, Danang, Quang Tri City and other cities as "people's self-defense forces...