Defense estimates $6.2 billion to modernize ARVN forces
Defense officials testified that modernizing the South Vietnamese army will cost about $6.2 billion through fiscal 1974 with ongoing progress and a long way to go. Maj. Gen. Miley and Brig. Gen. Bolton told a Senate subcommittee that equipment, consumables, and ammunition are included, and timing remains uncertain amid Paris peace talks and potential troop withdrawals.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Paris
Senate Appropriations
Henry A. Miley, Jr
Donnley P. Bolton
Bolton
Laird
Miley
Subcommittee
Soviet China border tensions raise manpower fears
London based Communist sources say Moscow fears China’s vast manpower more than Peking’s military power in a border clash. They anticipate a long phase of mutual harassment with propaganda, not a major war soon, as both sides bolster border defenses and weigh nuclear risks in a Vietnam style stalemate.
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London
Soviet Union
Peking
Far East
Moscow
Subic Bay commander cites excessive speed in Evans collision
Cmdr. Albert S. McLemore of Vallejo California testified that the Australian carrier and five escort ships including his Frank E. Evans were moving at base speed of 18 knots, higher than normal, when the carrier cut his ship in two killing 74 crew. He did not specify the prescribed normal speed. The escort destroyers ahead of the carrier typically patrolled a few knots faster than base speed.
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Subic Bay Naval Base
Philippines
UPI
U.S
Albert S. McLemore
Vallejo
Calif
Frank E. Evans
U S Troops Repel North Vietnamese Attack at Joy Outpost
U S troops at a newly built Joy artillery base, 57 miles northeast of Saigon, fired direct howitzers into charging NVA troops, reporting 35 enemy killed in a three hour fight. Front dispatches note three Americans killed and six wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Lamb
Viet Cong government called propaganda in Paris talks
The United States and South Vietnam dismissed the Viet Cong provisional revolutionary government as a propaganda gimmick. North Vietnam praised the move while several Communist bloc nations extended recognition. U S envoy Walsh urged a genuine give-and-take approach to end the war, calling for negotiated or informal settlement with clear assurances.
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UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
Col
Ha van Lau
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Lawrence E. Walsh
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Walsh
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