Well Planned Embassy Raid Signals Coordinated Viet Cong Escalation
The Viet Cong launched a bold five hour attack on the U S Embassy Saigon the Saigon compound but did not breach the building officials said none entered the embassy proper The raid coincided with attacks on provincial capitals and air fields and was described as the single biggest coordinated terrorist offensive yet. Washington tracked more than 25 reports to President Johnson as it weighed responses during Tet amid calls for restraint and possible talks with Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
United States
Saigon
U.S
Johnson
Cas
State Department
White House
William C. Westmoreland
101St Airborne
Dean Rusk
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Clark M. Clofford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walt W. Rostow
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
House
North Korea
Tet
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Robert J. McCloskey
Hai
South
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Two Viet Officers Fired Promoted In Quiet Shuffle
Two South Vietnamese Army officers dismissed for corruption last fall have been reassigned to prominent roles. Lt. Col. Le Duc Dat, former Phuoc Tuy Province chief, and Lt. Col. Ho Nhat Quan, former Vung Tau mayor, have received new commands in the III Corps and the 18th Vietnamese Division, prompting mixed American reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mohr
New York Times
Saigon
le Duc Dat
Phuodhuy Province
Ho Nhat Quan
Vungtau
Cap St. Jacques
Phuochuy
Col. Dat
Col
Quan
Defense Ministry
III Corps
Dat
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Phan Trong Chinh
25Th
Chinh
United States
Mills Blocks Budget Shifts While Tax Surcharge Debated
Washington analysis credits Wilbur Mills with decisive influence over the 1969 budget and the 10 percent income tax surcharge. Mills, head of the Ways and Means Committee, demands deep spending cuts and blocks the proposal unless changes are made. His cautious leadership shapes House votes and stalls or shelters support for Johnson's plan.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
Mill
Herlong
Florida
Watts
Kentucky
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means
The Law Of Compensation In Asia
James Reston argues major powers show restraint as nuclear-age realities set limits. Washington and Moscow avoid decisive moves in Vietnam and Korea to prevent broader catastrophe, while small states gain room to maneuver. The piece notes patience, strategic compromise, and the need to prevent wider war as powers adjust to new balance.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Emerson
China
Vietnam
Korea
United States
Peking
Moscow
Cuba
Kennedy
Reader letters criticize service and political views in Decatur Daily
A Decatur reader complains about slow service at a hamburger restaurant due to staffing shortages and urges the owner to fix it. Another letter from H L Burleson discusses Republican politics in 1968, criticizing Kirk, Wallace, Goldwater, and related figures while weighing party loyalties and the Nixon era landscape.
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Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily
National
Pentagon
George Wallace
South
Rockefeller
Javits
Kirk
Goldthwait
Goldwater
Jim Martin
Wallace
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Claud Kirk
Martin
H. L. Burleson
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