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Allies Kill 129 Reds In Vietnam Warasuwy hSAIGON (DPI)—Allied forces silled 129 Communists in scattered fighting throughout h touih Vietnam, military S[Kkes- f men said today. The Viet Cong e shelled a city near Saigon for z1 th, second limn in three days and shot down a U.S. troop- f carrying helicopter. *Military spokesmen said Mon-day's fighting included no -major c failles. Bui it raised to about 150 the Viet Cong and North 1 Vietnamese kilted in two more * days of what military oficials * call a month-long lull in major I combat. INear the big Bien Hoa allied * base 13 miles iwrlh of Saigon, 1 guerrilla gunners Monday downed an Army Cl 147 Chinook helicopter carrying 13 Americans. One suffered injury when the craft crashed. JBefore dawn today the Viet Cong lobbed three 120mm mortar shells into My Thot the Mekong Delta provincial capital 35 miles south of Saigon, hut no casual lies were suffered, Sunday’s shelling killed four Vietnamese and wounded 36 | others in My Tbo. IIn Saigon, the South Vietnamese government continued its vow to boycott expanded Vietnam talks in Pans. Government spokesmen also scored reports from Paris the Communists would de-escalate their operations in this country.They produced a document they said was captured a few days ago near Saigon. The government spokesmen said the document was an order from Hanoi for the Viet Cong to increase military, political and enemy troop-action activities’ following the American halt to bombing Njrih Vietnam Friday.Despite the reported lull in major action, American forces continued their campaign against guerrillas in the Saigon area.
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Tue, Nov 05, 1968
Page 6
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