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STUNG TRENGCAMBODIABAN ME THUOTNHA TRANGKOMPONG CHAMPHNOMPENHTAY NINHPHAN THIETSAIGONVUNG TAUSOUTH CHINA SEAMILESNt-wimapWbtISOLATION WARD FOR SAIGON?—Part of the deterioration in the VietNam war reported by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara probably is the success Viet Cong forces are having in squeezing a stranglehold on Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital. They are methodically cutting the highways linking the capital to the outside world. Highway I, between Saigon and the big American air base at Bien Hoa, is considered comparatively Safe. But east of Bien Hoa, between there and Phan Thiet, it has been cut. Phan Thiet supplies most of Saigon's salt and prices have sky-racketed. Also cut for more than a month is Highway 20, running northeast to Da Lat, a main supplier of Saigon's vegetables. Highway 4, linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta at My Tho, is fairly safe in daytime, but dominated by the Reds at night. This is the main route for bringing rice to Saigon, where deliveries are down one-third. The Viet Cong closes Highway 22 a week at a time; ambushes and mines are a constant danger. Highways 13 and 19 are special goals for the Reds, because their capture would cut the country in half. No. 19 was recently opened by government forces after heavy fighting. Reds hold other key roads and unless their grip is broken, a Berlin-tvoe airlift to suddIv Saioon it a ootsibilitv.
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Miami News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Sep 26, 1965
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