Word: thien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That the withdrawal of all American forces from Indochina depends on revolutionary changes within this country should be obvious from the announcement that the Thien-Ky government is planning to award 17 off-shore drilling leases to international petroleum companies. Bidding was supposed to have taken place in Saigon in February. It was postponed 60 days because Gulf and Mobil ostensibly requested further clarification concerning the off shore leases...
...Rejects demands to oust President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, but makes no mention of keeping Communists out of the government that would be created to supervise elections. Previously, Washington has said that all "peaceful" political elements can participate; that, of course, could be interpreted to exclude any Communists who didn't agree to a ceasefire...
That is the perspective in which Khe Sanh and Con Thien must be viewed...
...direct hit on an ammunition storage bunker killed more than 20 Americans-the highest single loss since May 1968. After a brief pause, the Communists at week's end renewed their attacks, mainly along the Demilitarized Zone and the Cambodian border. An eight-hour battle near Con Thien represented the heaviest fighting along the DMZ in nearly five months...
...stand." Army General William Westmoreland's decision to send the Marines into Khe Sanh also grates on the Corps. Ordered to defend the nearly encircled position "at all costs," the Marines held, losing 200 men before the eleven-week siege was lifted. They fared no better at Con Thien where they lost another 200 in a month...