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Problem No. 3 was Giap's buildup. His 37-mm. antiaircraft guns were effectively harassing the French supply airlift to Dienbienphu, and his guerrillas were raiding French supply routes and depots near Hanoi. But Giap was able to move reinforcements and ammunition to his 40,000-man striking force in 200 new Molotov trucks down two open roads from Red China. The French could do almost nothing to stop him: they needed their very few combat planes for Dienbienphu itself...
...French were close to certain that Giap planned to renew his offensive when his buildup was complete-perhaps early in April, before the full moon...
Syracuse University's new million-dollar swimming pool is reputed to be the fastest in the U.S.* Last week swimmers from 53 colleges came to try it out in the National Collegiate Swimming Championships. In a splashy show, the Syracuse pool lived up to its buildup, and Ohio State, headed by its top trio from Hawaii, managed to swamp the opposition (including Yale's defending champions) for the eighth time in twelve years...
...Minus One: French Commanding Colonel Christian de la Croix de Castries calls his staff to a bunker in the heart of Dienbienphu. Four Viet Minh Communist divisions-about 40,000 men -supplied for 113 days by ant lines of coolies, have completed buildup. They are ready to attack De Castries' isolated, 15,-ooo-man garrison. "Messieurs" says De Castries, "please stand by tomorrow...
...range economy - have produced in the U.S. Britain's $4.6 billion defense budget for 1954-55 will 1) thin out British army garrisons abroad, 2) invest most heavily in guided missiles, jet bombers and swept-wing fighters. Old Soldier Alexander was hopeful that the West's defense buildup would prove a "strong deterrent to aggression." But - and the but reverberated in Westminster - "if by some miscalculation in Communist policy, or by deliberate design, a global war were forced upon us," Britain will not hesitate to hit back with atom bombs...