North Viets Increase Power Along DMZ
Washington reports flag a sustained North Vietnamese military buildup north of the DMZ with new troop movements in Laos Cambodia and northern South Vietnam. Intelligence factions believe hit and run strikes aim to complicate Saigon and U S policy as the dry season nears.
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World War of NVA Laos War Intel Divides Officials
Disagreement over North Vietnamese losses in Laos fuels debate on Hanoi’s war aims and capabilities. Analysts note large troop shifts near the DMZ and possible underestimation of Hanoi’s capacity. Elections in Vietnam and economic moves accompany ongoing Laotian raids and civilian targets like Ducduc district capital.
Refugees flee into Indian territory as East Pakistani fighting escalates
Reporters along the border say hundreds of families cross the Ganges from Rajshahi seeking safety from West Pakistani advances. Amid conflicting accounts, West Pakistani troops struggle to maintain supply lines while East Pakistanis mount guerrilla resistance and fear air attacks on rural areas.
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Common Market Head Visits U S to Confer With Nixon
Franco Maria Malfatti president of the European Common Market Executive Commission travels to the United States for six days to meet President Nixon. He will seek frank talks in New York San Francisco and Washington and meet U N Secretary General Thant to stress long term cooperation with America.
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Egyptians make major oil strike near Alamein
Egyptian scientists report a major oil discovery 50 miles south of Alamein near the Qattara low mood west of Cairo. The reserve, possibly the largest in Egypt and among the purest globally, was announced to President Sadat with Dr Aziz Sidky and Abdalla Marzban present. Oil gravity is 41 degrees and the well was tapped at 9 100 feet. Drilling to assess depth and potential begins Sunday.
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Syria names cabinet to liberate occupied territory
Premier Abdel Rahman Khleifawi unveils a new cabinet aimed at freeing Israeli-occupied Arab lands. Twenty of twenty six ministers from the prior cabinet stay, with Ali Zaza as interior minister and Motaab Shenan rising to defense minister.
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