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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1969
Page
3
President Nguyen Van Thieu said at a Saigon briefing that with U.S. funding for arms and equipment most of the 538,000 American troops in South Vietnam could depart by next year end. He noted a cabinet reshuffle to strengthen political parties and democracy.
President Nixon will survey Vietnam war developments during a 13 day global tour. White House sources indicate officials expect possible renewed offensive activity but a lull may accelerate U S troop withdrawals. General Wheeler will brief Nixon if he returns normally.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong negotiators said the six month old Vietnam peace talks have not moved forward while accusing President Nixon of expanding military operations. Xuan Thuy and Ngo Yen Thi Binh urged a peace rally that the conference remains deadlocked unless Nixon accepts their government's proposals.
Communist gunners shelled 18 military sites in South Vietnam including a camp where U S withdrawal troops assemble for departure. Casualties reported. one civilian killed by a rocket near Saigon. Battles erupt near Duc Pho Hue and northwest of Saigon with American losses and Communist casualties tallied.
On a bright beach day the moon was set to join the spotlight as astronauts near a lunar landing while forecasts warned of warm sunlit coastlines. Beach crowds rose with 80s and 90s inland heat, riptide rescues rose to 1,500 Friday, and a Pico Rivera teen's body was found after a drowning off Huntington Beach.
Mrs Ngu of the provisional government of South Vietnam urged direct talks with the United States. She said if the Nixon administration sees its policy as erroneous, the government would be ready to discuss war settlements with Washington.
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