Vietnam War Front and Global Diplomacy Update
North Vietnamese forces ambushed a U.S. armored unit and fired on bases in the northern war zone. An OH58 helicopter was shot down north of Khe Sanh with casualties reported. Cease-fire talks surface in Saigon as troops withdraw advances continue. U.S. troop strength in the war zone sits just under 271,700. In Vienna, Maurice H. Stans discusses closer U.S. trade with China. In Beirut, Rogers brings peace message amid security, Rabin notes U.S.-Israel differences. Thailand rejects long-term U.S. troop presence after the Vietnam conflict. In Phnom Penh Lon Nol regains premiership in a power-sharing move with Sisowath Sirik Matak.
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U.S
U.S. Command
Khe Sanh
Dmz
Nguyen van Kei
Buddha
Indochina
Rogers
Beirut
Lebanon
William P. Rogers
Jordan
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
Israel
Suez Canal
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Sisowath Sirik Matak
In Tam
Nixon Eyes Swedish Plan on Prisoner Interment
President Nixon signaled openness to Sweden hosting prisoner internment in neutral territory if North Vietnam and the United States can reach an agreement to improve treatment of captured soldiers. Sweden cautioned the move must be negotiated between the parties directly involved.
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San Clemente
Nixon
North Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Agence France Press
Stockholm
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Ziegler
Washington
California
Oklahoma man charged as flying bandit in interstate plane thefts
Clarence Filmer Dunham, 34, of Claremore Oklahoma, identified by the FBI as the flying bandit, was charged with interstate transportation of a plane in Rogers Arkansas after landing Sunday night. He remained in his aircraft without resistance and police found a .22 caliber pistol with four slugs in the aircraft.
Three House Members Use Canoe To Reach D C From Virginia
Three congressmen Walter Flowers Robert Mathias and Lawrence Coughlin avoided traffic by paddling a canoe from Virginia to Washington. The trip took 2 hours 5 minutes as aides met them on the Virginia bank.
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Washington Marina
Bob Mathias
R-Calif
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Lawrence Coughlin
R-Pa
Potomac River
Robert Mathias
Rpa
Washington
Virginia
Ulbricht, 77, steps down from East German leadership
Ulbricht resigned as head of the East German Communist Party after 32 years in charge. He nominated Erich Honecker as successor while remaining chairman of the state council of the German Democratic Republic. The move came as the party prepares for its eighth congress.
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Communist Party
Washington
Ulbricht
Erich Honecker
State Council
German Democratic Republic
Communist Party Central Committee
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