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...twelve vertical bars, some short and some long. The long vertical bars represented good months and years, the short ones bad months and years. This was Lon Nol's chart, he explained. The marshal had visited him many times, and after the recent bombing of the palace compound, Lon Nol had rushed an aide to the astrologer for a fresh reading...
...1960s by Finance Minister K.T. Li. He pioneered the establishment of free-trade zones where foreign-owned factories can import raw materials and parts duty-free, assemble them into finished products and ship the products out as exports. Taiwan now has three such zones, each a kind of manufacturing compound. Together they will eventually employ some 90,000 Taiwanese workers in 150 enterprises. Foreign investors are also lured by cheap labor costs-one-third to one-fourth lower than in Japan-and velvet-glove treatment by the government. Foreign companies can buy factories built by the government on generous deferred...
...shown far more political strength than anyone had thought he would immediately after the ceasefire. He has made only a pretense of moving toward joint political arrangements with the Communists, feeling no pressure to do so. He keeps the Viet Cong delegation isolated in their spartan compound at Tan Son Nhut, located in Saigon. He orders as many as 80 air strikes a day in Tay Ninh and Binh Long provinces north of Saigon near the Cambodian border, where the Communists are believed to have heavy equipment. Throughout South Viet Nam, Thieu's artillery thud away with out letup...
...Communist mortar shell recently dropped right into a new compound being prepared for the ICCS, killing one workman and injuring three others. "We really were not in great danger," said one of the Canadians, "because the Communists knew every inch of this ground. If they had wanted to hit us, they could have. I think they were simply trying to frighten us away...
...diversion, Tri Ton offers an interesting pagoda, a few colorful tombs and a lively market. The nearest restaurant is two hours away by car. The truce inspectors seldom leave their compound, however, except on business. They eat mediocre American-style food-provided under a contract by an American company -play Ping Pong and stage parties for each other...