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...this point, in any case, the machinery designed to supervise the truce has proved remarkably ineffective. All told, the Communists and the Thieu regime have charged more than 90,000 truce violations, ranging from isolated shellings to battalion-level battles. Yet the vaunted International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), with its 1,160 neutral observers, its 42 local offices throughout South Viet Nam and its fleet of black-and-silver planes, has managed to complete investigations and file final reports on only six truce violations. At week's end, two helicopters carrying eleven ICCS members were reported missing...
...very presence of the ICCS in Viet Nam is crucial; if the truce-observing machinery were to break up, the whole Paris agreement -and all hopes of a genuine peace -could unravel quickly. There are two reasons why that vital machinery has turned out to be impotent. The main problem is that, largely because of North Vietnamese opposition, the Paris accord did not set up an above-the-battle "standing authority" to which the ICCS can report. Instead, the ICCS is responsible mainly to the two-party Joint Military Commission, whose warring Communist and Thieu-regime delegates are not likely...
...diversion, Tri Ton offers an interesting pagoda, a few colorful tombs and a lively market. The nearest restaurant is two hours away by car. The truce inspectors seldom leave their compound, however, except on business. They eat mediocre American-style food-provided under a contract by an American company -play Ping Pong and stage parties for each other...
...WOULD APPEAR that through his threats against Prince Sihanouk's forces and his seemingly blanket assurances to Lon No1, President Nixon jeopardized chances that the Cambodians might come to a truce by their own efforts. At present, while the chances for some kind of a compromise must not be ruled out entirely, the Phnom Penh regime is in an even more disastrous military position than at the time of the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement...
Younger Oglalas refer to Wilson and other Council members as "uncle Tomahawks." AIM charges that Wilson has misused tribal funds, and resorted to nepotism to fill tribal posts. The truce agreement signed last Thursday calls for a complete audit of the Council's books...