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...awesome spasm of violence. Both sides used the 117 hours between the announcement of the agreement and the actual start of the cease-fire to seek last-minute military advantage. The grabbing added up to some of the heaviest fighting since the Easter offensive. Flying from bases in Thailand, Navy carriers offshore and the airbase at Bien Hoa, home of the last U.S. combat unit in Viet Nam (see box), U.S. pilots flew record sorties in an effort to stop the Communist drive. The Viet Cong made some potentially significant last-minute gains, especially in strategically important Tay Ninh province...
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew flew into Thailand last week acting like an ordinary tourist. He played a round of golf, sampled Bangkok's famous cuisine, and laid on a sightseeing tour that was mostly followed, as it turned out, by Mrs. Lee. Meanwhile the Singapore delegation, including Lee's Foreign Minister and his intelligence experts, huddled in secret talks with Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn and his assistants. What the Singapore visitors had come to propose was the creation of a new regional defense strategy, by Asians and for Asians...
...strong military force, Lee explained, would require the backing of at least one major power. That in turn could lead other powers to form a bloc against the Southeast Asian countries, thus creating a new period of confrontation. Instead of building armies, Lee proposed that both Singapore and Thailand share military intelligence on Communist activities in the region and exchange expertise...
...Southeast Asians have even more expansive plans for peace. Within seven days of the signing of any Viet Nam cease-fire agreement, Singapore, Thailand and other nations belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (which also includes Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines) would call a meeting to which they would invite both Viet Nams, Cambodia, Laos and Burma. "We want them in the association," says Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Chartichai Choonhawan, "because we want to see work start on reconstructing the damage done...
...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 are not enough South Vietnamese crews trained to handle these transport aircraft that have been given to Saigon by the Americans...