U.S. Officials Burned Millions as Saigon Fell
As Saigon collapsed on April 29, U S Embassy and Defense Department officials burned about 6.26 million dollars in cash destined for Vietnamese employees and families. Amb Graham Martin opposed evacuations, prompting internal disputes over plans and a delayed Americans evacuation.
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Washington
Saigon
U.S
Defense Department
United States
Independent, Press-Telegram
Graham Martin
State Department
South Vietnam
Norman Mineta
D-Calif
I PT
Martin
Alan Carter
Indiantown Gap
Carter
Thomas Polgar
CIA
Department
U. S
Northietnam
Tansonhut
Mineta
Burtons plan to build near African wedding site
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor plan to build a home near the Choice Game Reserve in northern Botswana where they remarried. Their secretary said they began land negotiations and will fly to Johannesburg before returning to Switzerland. The couple, reconciled last August, hope to spend holidays in Southern Africa game parks.
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Africa
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
South Africa
Kruger Game Park
Burtons
Kasane
Botswana
UPD
Johannesburg
Switzerland
Fritz Knoesen
Choice Game Park Lodge
Richard
Knoesen
Seaman admits killing four officers aboard freighter Mimi
Indonesian seaman Gun Supardi confessed to killing four German officers aboard the 212 foot freighter Mimi last week. A second engineer, Hans Guergen Boening, said motive remained unclear. Survivors were rescued. a hearing on their disposition to Indonesia, Germany, or Panama was postponed.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Gun Supardi
Mimi
Hans Guergen Boening
Boening
Palm Beach
Lupardi
Lalli
Manfred Opperman
Immigration Service
Indonesia
Germany
Panama
Anti Zionist Resolution Passed at UN Amid Wide Rejection
The UN General Assembly Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee approved a strong anti Zionist resolution by 70 votes to 29 with 27 abstentions. Arab backers framed it as opposition to a nationalist state, while the United States Israel and many Western countries denounced it as racist and anti Semitic.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
General Assembly
Social Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
Sierra Leone
Japan
United States
Israel
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.N
Moynihan
Leonard Garment
Garment
United Nations
Australia
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