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Sharp Rise Inthe highest number since Feb.VC AttacksThe government said its vestigate an incendiary bombSAIGON (AP) —The Saigon command reported a sharp upsurge in Viet Cong attacks throughout South Vietnam today, prompting the U.S. Embassy to warn Americans to make only essential journeys.The 240 members of the Canadian contingent with the peace supervisory Learn in Vietnam were confined to their barracks except when required to travel on duly.The precautionary measures were taken in anticipation of iasl-minutcs land grabbing operations before the expected signing in Paris of a document reinforcing the Jan. 27 ceasefire agreement.Two South Vietnames helicopters were shot down today by Communist ground fire near An [,oc, fiO miles north of Saigon, and a third was hit but landed safely, military sources reported.There was no immediate report on casualties.Government positions at An Coe were reported under heavy shell fire and two Canadian truce observers there were ordered into sandbagged bunkers. Plans to evacuate the Canadians by air were dropped following news of the helicopters downings.South Vietnamese corps commanders in a number of regions reportedly placed their forces on full alert.• Lt. Col. Le Trung Hicn, chief spokesman for the Saigon command. charged Communist-led forces committed 185 cease-fire violations during the 30 hours ending aL noon today. It was20 when there were 200 alleged violations.South Vietnam and the Viet Cong have accused each other of launching large-scale operations to increase their zones of control before Henry A. Kissinger and Hanoi’s. Le Due Tlib complete negotiations that may draw firm demarcation lines.American officials expressed fear the Communist side may step up attacks particularly in military region 3, of which'Sai-gon is the center.iHeavy fighting has been reported in the nearby Mekong Delta, along Highway 1, north of Saigon, and in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces on the central coast.Canadian military commander Maj. Gen. Duncan McAlpine said he had taken prudent measures to protect the security of our people. This morning I heard from sources that concern about this kind of thing was growing and we decided to keep our people confined to their living quarters to avoid all unnecessary mov-mcnl. -Security is our prime concern, he added.The Canadians will continue investigations of alleged truce violations if the Viet Cong and Saigon command can guarantee adequate security, the general said.Fierce fighting in the Mekong Delta has been reported for the last five days. Both sides reported battles along Route 13. part of which has been Communist control for more than a year.forces killed 45 Viet Cong in an eight-hour fight to force back an enemy thrust at the road. A South Vietnamese communique listed 11 government soldiers killed and 26 wounded.The Viet Cong spokesman. Col. Vo Dong Giang. said the Saigon forces lost 300 soldiers and two helicopters during a futile attempt to extend their control in Chuong Thien province, in the delta.U.S. field sources confirmed(hat the South Vietnamese had suffered heavy casualties in an operation in this area the past month. .U.S.. North and South Vietnamese and Viet Cong officers wrangled in disagreement and without result at a joint miliary team meeting over how lo in-WASHINGTON (AP) — Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox has been asked to investigate whether any witnesses committed perjury in testifying at Senate confirmation hearings of former Atty. Gen. Richard Kleindicnst.Specifically. Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson wants Cox to look into testimony relating to the ITT-Hartford Fire Insurance Co. .merger, around which much of KleindiensL’s 1972 confirmation hearings revolved.explosion aboard a U.S. plane on a liaison flight from Hanoi to Saigon.The four sides finally posted guards aboard he plane and recessed. U.S. explosive expers are standing by to investigate the explosion in the baggage of a North Vietnamese official, U.S. soulces reported.Seven persons were reported injured in the Friday explosion, including one VieL Cong, one North Vietnamese, four South Vietnamese and one American.Meanwhile Nguyen Thanh Son. a North Vienamese warrant officer who defected to (he South, said he was instructed to sabotage planes and convoys carrying InternationalTurn to Page 2.4. Story No. 2and Kleindicnst confirmation-hearing files. He said his review of the matter convinced him that it came under Cox's jurisdiction,The subject of prime concern to the (Judiciary) committee appeared lo be the matter of the effort to locate ... Ihc Republican convention in San Diego, the participation of ITT in that effort and the possibility of a link between those negotiations and the settlementr\f /‘rD'toin AiHilcnrlPossible Perjury By Klein Witnesses To Be Probed I
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Sat, Jun 09, 1973
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