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...according to a story making the rounds in Saigon last week, the minister's wife was stunned by a bank statement. A check for $2,000,000 had been duly honored. The only trouble was that neither she nor her husband had written such a check...
Used Shoelaces. The winding back alleys of Khanh Hoi in Saigon used to be relatively quiet during the day; the men were working on the docks, and the women were tending to household chores. Now the area is bustling. Women try to sell nuts and fruits, children hawk secondhand shoelaces, and the men are not likely to find more than two days' work a week. Some farmers have been hit just as hard. The threat of Communist attack-and of American bombs in counterattack-has kept thousands of them from tending their rice fields...
...economic situation for the rest of the year," says Economic Minister Pham Kim Ngoc, "but after that, if there's not a solution or Congress doesn't understand the need for economic aid, it will be serious." Such bleak forecasts, of course, are nothing new in Saigon. Yet even high government officials, who owe a large share of their remaining credibility to the hope of eventual prosperity in South Viet Nam, seem to realize that they cannot allow the downward economic spiral to continue for long...
...Communist losses is not known, but it is high. By conservative estimates, the South Vietnamese suffered 1,000 casualties a week in the Quang Tri fighting alone. The city, moreover, is still an easy target for NVA guns hidden in the nearby mountains, and it was not certain whether Saigon's forces could hold the citadel-or will even...
...capture of Quang Tri will give Saigon a much-needed psychological boost. But it by no means accomplishes Thieu's announced aim. U.S. General Frederick Weyand was reported to have estimated last week that the Communists hold roughly half of South Viet Nam. Beyond that, the battle for Quang Tri raises grave questions once again about the basic strategy of Thieu's counteroffensive, which has committed South Vietnamese troops to costly set-piece battles for cities of marginal military importance. As for Quang Tri, it is now nothing but rubble...