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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1973
Page
11
AAP report notes pilots refusing combat duties during Vietnam. Captain Heck praised as first and only. Air Force states records show two pilots honorably discharged after refusals, one last year and another in mid 1977, amid questions over mounting duty.
South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam left for secret Paris talks amid expectations of a Vietnam ceasefire. US and South Vietnamese negotiators pursue aligned positions after Thieu's guidance to push for an accord. In Paris, police clashed with rioters marking nearby protests as Kissinger and Tho prepare to resume talks.
British professor A Taspan reports Vietnamese refugee children in high altitude camps suffer bronchitis pneumonia malaria and eye infections with some deaths. Save the Children Fund arranges doctor nurse and medical supplies from Singapore to aid, as conditions remain perilous.
President Nixon inaugurated for a second four year term in a brisk ceremony at the Capitol, pledging the Vietnam war is nearing its end. A large crowd gathered as demonstrators marched peacefully nearby, while the president urged civility and unity in facing national challenges.
President Nixon urged pride in past wars while signaling a new era of peace as Kissinger returns to Paris to finalize Vietnam talks. Opposition critics faulted the address for lack of specific Vietnam policy. Demonstrators clashed outside as Nixon attended inaugural balls promising not to spend Christmas in Vietnam again.
Bloody clashes unfold as South Vietnamese forces contest advances near Saigon and along the frontier.Heavy fighting reported 50 miles northwest of Saigon in a rubber plantation area while Marines push from Quang Tri bases toward the demilitarized zone. In Pleiku and Kantumity sectors renewed Vietcong pressure targets government outposts and Duc Tha falls to assault. In An Muyen province 44 communists killed as clashes flare in the Mekong Delta. Vietcong radio says 140 wounded soldiers will be freed today and tomorrow near Dan Teng with unarmed helicopters evacuating them one by one.
In Los Angeles on Sunday an army defense lawyer argued that a search described by a witness was published by the government in a form that could not be bought. The cross examination of Lt. Gen. William DePuy touched on whether Ellsberg and Russo aided the enemy by releasing a 1968 top secret report by Gen. Earl Wheeler. A New York Times headline from March 10, 1948, showing Westmoreland requesting 76,000 more troops, surprised the court as Trepay testified the troop request was part of the classified Wheeler report.
Two Yugoslavs living in Australia faced trial in Tuzla for aiding last June's anti Tito guerrilla incursion. The district prosecutor said Mata Kopic, 36, acted on instructions from an unnamed Revolutionary Se. The case centers on alleged support provided to the invasion plot.
Japanese fighters intercepted Soviet aircraft 14 times last Wednesday as they probed Japan's radar network. Soviet Tu-16 and Tu-95 variants approached north of Honshu from the Pacific and Sea of Japan, with air crews forming packs about 125 miles out before retreating to bases in Hokkaido and near Tokyo. The Self Defense Agency called the sorties a calculated effort to test Japan's air defenses.
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