North Vietnamese Drive Threatens Central Highlands Campaign
North Vietnamese forces unleashed heavy firepower in Pleiku and Kontum as two infantry divisions and supporting units advance toward Dak To, Route 19, and nearby highways. Saigon and U.S. advisers warn of a planned isolation of highland cities and sustained logistic pressure, with 200,000 local residents at risk as weather and supply endurance shape the outcome.
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Peter Arnett
Pleiku
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Quang Tri
An Loc
Kontum
Binh Dinh
John Paul Vann
Saigon
Hanoi
Dak To
Highway 14
Charlie
Airborne
Yankee
Delta
An Khe
Highlands
Nha Trang
Qui Nhon
Hoai An Dis
Trict
Brandt Faces Pressure as Conservatives Hint At Treaty Support
Bonn AP Conservative allies threaten to back Brandt's Moscow and Warsaw treaties if domestic issues pass. After a key state loss and a defection, Brandt’s coalition holds 249 seats in the Bundestag. Baden Wuerttemberg election keeps CDU control in the Bundesrat, while face off over prices and reforms.
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BON
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Warsaw
Brandt
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Bundestag
Free Democratic Party
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Baden-Wurttemberg
Bundesrat
Soviet Union
Poland
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Baden - Wuerttemberg
Free Democrats
Stuttgart
Workers Protest Franco Regime in Madrid May Day Strike
About 5 000 Madrid construction workers walked out in a May Day protest against the Franco regime. Police arrested four organizers as pamphlets urged higher pay more political liberty and free trade unions with no violence reported.
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Madrid
Nixon Bomber Debate Revealed In NSSM 1 Review
Newsweek reports a 1969 National Security Study Memorandum No. 1 classified secret reviewed U S bombing of North Vietnam. Agencies differed but agreed Soviet and Chinese aid helped Hanoi weather raids. Nixon later ordered resumption of bombing.
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New York
Newsweek
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Nssm 1
State Department
Hanoi
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
South Vietnam
NSS M1
North
Viet- Nam
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