Word: cong
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...they had no part in the flag painting. But the phenomenon began after President Nguyen Van Thieu announced a stepped-up pacification program following President Nixon's suggestion in October of a standstill ceasefire. In such a cease-fire (known locally as a "leopardskin" arrangement), blotches of Viet Cong-held territory would be interspersed with strongpoints controlled by the Saigon government. Word soon reached Saigon's functionaries that any village that was to be regarded as government-controlled should be marked with flags-which reminded some observers of the origin of Passover, when the ancient Jews smeared their...
...helped report this week's cover story: "We were impending since MACV had just sounded the alarm of an impending enemy offensive Zumwalt, however, had seen Navy intelligence to the contrary, but the weekend passed quietly. "Thereafter," says Wilhelm, "the bureau always checked out rumors of impending Viet Cong offensives by asking whether the admiral was bringing his wife to town...
...about Soul Alley and its deserters ever since the haven sprang up three years ago, and MPs have frequently staged minor raids and roundups. The incident with the Jeep sparked the biggest raid yet. But even if the brass cleaned up Soul Alley, its residents, rather like the Viet Cong, would soon drift back or relocate in another, similar spot...
...Viet Cong-style terrorism? Not in Phnom-Penh, insisted the U.S. military aid director. "It's much harder for them to commit sabotage here because they would have to get Cambodians to do it." Not in Phnom-Penh, agreed a European ambassador. "It would be too costly for them. They would lose what little popularity they might have...
...eight years in Viet Nam, the Viet Cong have systematically conducted a campaign of terrorism. Last year they killed an average 500 civilians a month. Though Cambodia's war has become Viet Nam's in miniature, most Western officials refused to believe that terrorism would play a part in it. Then last week, with a thunderous roar, nearly 100 lbs. of plastique exploded in Phnom-Penh's U.S. embassy. Thick concrete walls were ripped open; floors and ceilings were ruptured. But the plastique went off at 6:35 a.m., 55 minutes before the first staff members arrived...