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Peacekeeping Ends as Vietnam Cease Fire Violations Rise
Civilians suffer heavy toll from shelling and grenades as Communist violations rise on the final day of Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Vietnam. Casualties include 3 killed and 17 wounded in a Central Coast hamlet and others from shelling north of Saigon. Canada withdraws after six months with little achieved. In Phnom Penh fighting and U S bombing intensify. Vientiane talks between Souvanna Phouma and Pathet Lao push toward a coalition and a peace protocol within days.
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Saigon
UPI
Canada
Vietnam
Saigon Command
le Trung Bien
Hien
South Vietnam
W.G. Turner
Turner
Phnom Penh
U.S
Congress
Nixon
Navy
Corsair
Thailand
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao