Defense secretary designate Clifford takes hard line on bombing
Washington debates Clark Clifford as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He supports continued bombing of North Vietnam to force Hanoi to retreat and argues the administration seeks no total halt to military activity in the south. Clifford is expected to push for nuclear superiority and new warships while reforming policy directions set by McNamara.
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Allied and Red Viet War Deaths Dip in Weekly Report
Saigon report shows weekly battlefield tolls with 218 Americans killed in action and 1 842 North Vietnamese Viet Cong killed. Wounded total 1 796 Adpocane, with 949 hospitalized. missing at 976. South Vietnamese casualties 198 killed, 19 allied deaths. kill ratio 4.2 to 1 in Allies favor.
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