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This time, however, the old seasonal formula no longer worked. Despite the rains and monsoon-swept lines of communication, seven North Vietnamese battalions, backed by ten Soviet-built light tanks, fell on Muong Soui in late June, catching the garrison completely off guard. U.S. airpower was not enough to stop the Communists. For a while, the government's defenders held onto a new position on Route 7, but were pushed out again after losing all of their big guns. Five days after the battle began, the Laotians evacuated Muong Soui. Later efforts to retake it failed...
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...capital's outskirts to draw up their plans. They were under pressure: there were rumors that many faced arrest by Keita's armed militia, his so-called Red Guards. After a heated debate, the officers formed a 14-man National Liberation Committee, and troops, half-tracks and Soviet-built T-34 tanks rolled out into Bamako's silent streets to secure key points. The rebels arrested the army's chief of staff and most government leaders and disarmed the militia. When Keita's yacht docked, troops seized the unsuspecting President and whisked...
...foremost possibility was Indonesia's biggest vessel, the dilapidated, Soviet-built cruiser Irian, once referred to by wags as "Sukarno's floating cocktail lounge." Washington accepted the proposal last week. Hanoi rejected it on the ground that Indonesia, which thwarted a Communist takeover 2½ years ago, is "not neutral." Chuckled one British official: "Why don't we try to get the North Koreans to offer the Pueblo...
...will open fire." Pueblo replied: "I am in international waters." She maintained her course at two-thirds speed (8 knots), with the PT boat never very far away. An hour later, three more North Korean vessels came slashing in from the southwest. One was a 30-knot, Soviet-built subchaser, the others 40-knot PT boats. "Follow in my wake," signaled one of the small vessels. "I have a pilot aboard." The Korean boats took up positions on Pueblo's bow, beam and quarter. Two MIG jets screamed in and began circling off the American vessel's starboard...