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...resident of Thailand since 1946, Thompson had almost singlehanded made Thai silk and its shimmering colors world-renowned, and thus created a major export asset for the grateful Thais. But Thompson was more than a businessman; he was also a collector of Oriental objets d'art who filled his opulent Bangkok home with priceless porcelains and religious figures. He loved to roam through the jungle, searching for old ruins and occasionally kicking up a Buddha's head. One afternoon last week, when his hosts had retired to rest, he left their house without a word and went...
Snipers & Mantraps. The Thais were initially skeptical that the Green Berets would be of much use fighting by proxy-as instructors. But the first Thai companies that the U.S. graduated scored such instant successes against insurgents that Bangkok did an about-face: it has asked the Special Forces to quadruple the number of Thais in training until all 150 companies in the Thai army have run the U.S. course. The Thai soldiers themselves were quickly won over by the toughness and expertise of the Green Berets, three-fourths of whom, like their commander, learned their professionalism the hard...
Typical of the thoroughness of the Special Forces is a model village they have constructed at Pak Chong for practicing search-and-seizure tactics. Its hazards are real and in earnest. When the unsuspecting Thai trainees come through the gate, snipers and mantraps of sharpened pungi stakes greet them. Targets suddenly pop up. As the Thais raise their rifles, the earth nearby explodes from hidden mines-a sequence that has caused many Thai soldiers initially to drop their rifles in fright. But there is more to the Green Beret village than shooting. The Thais learn the guerrilla's subtleties...
Shrinking Sanctuaries. No MIGs showed up over Thai Nguyen, but as the first day's mission was returning to Thailand, Captain Max C. Brestel became locked in what he called "an old-fashioned dogfight" with four MIG-17s. Brestel damaged one MIG and shot down another. The confirmed kill brought to 37 the number of enemy jets downed by U.S. planes (against ten U.S. losses in air combat), and represented the first MIG nailed since January...
...bombing of Thai Nguyen was the second major increase in the cost of aggression for Hanoi in two weeks, following the decision to mine North Vietnamese rivers and bombard the Red homeland from naval guns at sea and long-range artillery firing across the border (TIME, March 10). It was by far the most serious warning yet administered to Ho Chi Minh that American restraint has its limits. Unless Hanoi's supply and infiltration of South Viet Nam slows, its sanctuaries are likely to continue to shrink and the roster of fresh targets to grow ever longer...