Communists Favored In Khe Sanh Battle
UPI report from Saigon notes Khe Sanh could prove far tougher than Con Thien due to geography and terrain favoring the attackers. It warns U.S. tactics that succeeded at Con Thien may fail at Khe Sanh, with the two fortresses about 27 miles apart along the defense line.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
Hill of the Angels
U.S
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Soviets pledge aid to Viet Cong amid peace talks push
Moscow says the Soviet Union will provide aid and support to the Viet Cong and hints that Soviet weapons go to guerrillas. Brezhnev and a National Liberation Front envoy meet as Pravda and Tass echo readiness to discuss peace if bombing stops. Con Thien and Khe Sanh are described as major battlefield centers with heavy U.S. support and difficult supply lines.
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Richard C. Longworth
Moscow
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Leonid I. Brezanev
Communist Party
Dang Quang Minh
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Kremlin
NLF
Brezhnev
Russia
Pravda
Tass
Pentagon
End of OAS Deadlock Near as Panama Drops Bid
In San Jose Panama withdraws Eduardo Ritter Aislan from the OAS race and takes a senior Panamanian post. Central American states including Nicaragua Costa Rica and El Salvador shift support to Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador, with backing from the United States Argentina and Brazil, aiming for a first ballot majority.
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Washington
Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Panama
Eduardo Ritter Aislan
Ritter
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Ecuador
Galo Plaza
United Nations
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Marcos Falcon Briceno
Venezuela
O.A.S
Guatemala
Honduras
Riter
Civilians Arrive In Hong Kong From Saigon Escape
Civilian survivors of the Viet Cong assault in Saigon reached Hong Kong aboard Air Vietnam jets. Reporters describe near vertical takeoffs to escape gunfire, with 166 passengers aboard two 727s landing at Kai Tak. Individual accounts recount fear and scenes from Saigon and Tan Son Nhut Airport.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Saigon
South Vietnam
Air Vietnam
Kai Tak
Michael Casey
Los Angeles
Calif
Tan Son Nhut
Casey
University of California At Los Angeles
Vietnam
William Thorn
Menar
Tex
Charlie
Thomas A. Hardison
San Rafael
David Waugh
Miami
Portuguese Forces Kill Guerrillas in Guinea Fight
Portuguese troops killed at least 16 African guerrillas in Portuguese Guinea last week according to an army communique. Nine Portuguese soldiers and seven African civilians died, and 41 civilians were wounded.
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Lisbon
UPI
Guinea
Africa
Cuba Uses Radio Propaganda Abroad and at Home
UPI reports the Castro regime allocates vast hours to international and domestic propaganda. Havana broadcasts in eight languages via shortwave totaling over 350 hours weekly plus 226 hours on medium wave, with English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and more reaching the Americas, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.
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Matthew T. Kenny
Miami
UPI
Havana
United States Information Agency
Fidel Castro
U.S
Vakian
Cuba
Russia
Castro
United States
Canada
Africa
Europe
Mediterranean
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Paraguary
Haiti
Americas
USIA
South America
Brazil
North America
Voice of
la Voz de
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Thomas Cheatham
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A & Ps
High Street
Patteson
USDA
Chuck Roast
Chuck
Department OF , Asakulture
Usda Gov't
A&p
Jane Parker
Enoch Wedgwood
Joan of Are
Tetley
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Kingwood
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