Word: vietcong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While U.S. troops and the Vietcong ambush each other in the ladrang Valley, Europe's former imperial powers view the fighting with widely divergent reactions, Sneering French cynics calmly predict another Dienbienphu--the climactic 1954 defeat of the Frech by the Vietminh. Most Germans, on the other hand, solicitously approve of America's every move. And the English are simply to preoccupied to object more than mildly...
...apparent assumption that a simple increase in violence, without confronting political and economic problems, can force the Communists to accept an inherently intolerable solution. The Times also reported that American officers were puzzled at the Communist refusal to yield ground in the battle on the Chuprong Massif. Apparently the Vietcong are not using a similar conceptual scheme...
Dodd's action comes in response to M2M's disclosure last week that it intends to ship supplies to the Vietcong and to train volunteers to join the rebel forces in Vietnam. Dodd has asked the attorneys of the Senate Internal Security subcommittee, of which he is vice-chairman, to determine the legality of the M2M move before he presses for a complete investigation...
...used to think about Vietnam as a problem. For officials in Washington, the problem was how to beat the Vietcong; for university critics of the government's policy, the problem was how to convince Washington to withdraw...
Administration reports as to the amount of aid supplied to the Vietcong have varied. Could you clarify the relative importance of both North Vietnam and Communism in the present contest...