Captured Viet document outlines Hanoi aims to inflict heavy U.S. casualties
Saigon based AP report says a captured enemy document details Hanoi goals to drive up American losses to block de escalation while U.S. forces hold strength. It places blame on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese actions to push for negotiation and strength preservation, with directives to expand military and political influence in South Vietnam. The document, seized north of Saigon on Sept. 5, also notes diplomatic gains boosting a gradual de Americanization of the war.
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Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
British Bush Elite Troops To Ireland
Belfast reports say British commandos landed to reinforce 3000 troops amid renewed Catholic Protestant clashes. About 100 Royal Marine Commandos arrived from England with 500 more expected. arson arrests follow weekend violence as mobs throw rocks and bottles and soldiers use tear gas and barbed wire.
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Northern Ireland
Royal Marine
England
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Split British Labor Party Seeks Unity at Convention
In Brighton AP reports Britain's Labor party opens its 68th annual convention amid calls to unite for the next national elections. Expected disputes center on Prime Minister Harold Wilson's push toward joining Europe’s Common Market and a proposed state response to curb runaway wage increases.
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Brighton
England
Britain
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Europe
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Socialist and Cooperative Societies
Wilson
Labor
Thieu predicts gradual South Vietnamese combat role shift
Thieu told reporters in Vang Tau that South Vietnam can replace much of American infantry in 1970 with adequate aid, while proposing a detailed equipment and funding list to President Nixon by year end. He signaled further U.S. troop withdrawals would depend on grant conditions.
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New York Times
Vang Tau
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thien
Nixon
Labor group blames inflation policy for rising jobs losses
The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department charged that Nixon administration actions curb inflation by sacrificing workers, especially Black youth, with unemployment up 279,000 to 2.8 million since January. The report cites higher interest rates and federal cuts as key factors and urges reducing Black unemployment without raising white jobless rates.
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Solid Today
Nixon
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U.S
Army Reassigns Officer Critical of Its Newspaper
In Long Binh Vietnam Col James Campbell an Army spokesman who branded Pacific Stars and Stripes the Hanoi Herald has been reassigned within US Army Vietnam headquarters. The move follows a speech Campbell wrote for a information officers conference in Taipei asserting the paper’s harsh stance against USARV. Campbell had been slated to edit Stars and Stripes but the Army says the speech does not reflect headquarters views. Campbell declined to comment. Lt Col Ross Johnson will fill in until a new chief information officer is appointed.
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U.S. Army
James Campbell
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Hanoi Herald
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USARV
Saigon
Ross Johnson
Army Headquarters
USARY
Campball
Associated Press
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U.S. Pacific Command Information Officers
Taipei
U.S. Army Vietnam
U Thant to Meet Meir on Middle East Negotiations
United Nations New York AP report says U Thant will meet Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to explore alternatives after Arabs refuse to negotiate directly with Israel. Meir said she was ready to talk with Arab foreign ministers at the UN, but Arab foreign minister Riad warned direct talks would continue aggression and cement its outcomes.
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Israel
Middle East
U.N
U Thant
Golda Meir
Border searches at Tijuana continue amid Intercept delays
U S border checks under Operation Intercept persist despite a massive weekend traffic jam at Tijuana. Data show 2,084,079 people searched in the first week, 26 drug arrests, and 4,051 units seized. Caliente race track attendance and tourist businesses fell sharply as Mexico City politics urged boycott of US products.
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Mexico
Tijuana
Operation Intercept
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