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...apex since John Kennedy's day. White House Correspondent Jerrold Hehecter, once our man in Moscow, shared the reporting chores with Hidey on the presidential journey to Peking. John Shaw, who has been covering the Soviet Union since February, previously reported from such diverse capitals as Saigon, Rome, London and Jerusalem...
...only the Russians have the sense to mine Saigon's approaches, maybe the war will really be left to the Vietnamese...
...miles north of Saigon, the Communists kept up a steady but diminishing mortar and artillery attack on the town's 6,000 defenders, while a South Vietnamese relief force remained stalled under enemy fire on Highway 13. An Loc has little strategic value, but it has become a symbol of victory or defeat to both the North and South. "As it slowly disappears under the combined weight of allied bombing and Communist bombardment," reported TIME Correspondent Rudolph Rauch, who visited the area last week, "its symbolic importance grows ever greater. Like Dien Bien Phu, which also had no particular...
...Steam? The most sanguine Administration assessment came from Spiro Agnew-not exactly a disinterested observer. After participating in Tokyo ceremonies that formally returned Okinawa to Japanese control, the Vice President paid a three-hour visit to Saigon. Back in Washington, he briefed President Nixon on his trip, then told newsmen that Nixon's actions had reduced Communist capabilities to "only a couple more months of activity." Added Agnew: "We're coming out of the woods...
From Hanoi, Lewis wrote on the familiar themes of North Vietnamese determination not to cave in under the accelerated bombing and the government's willingness to settle for less than a totally Communist regime in Saigon. He reported North Viet Nam's claim that it is clearing mines from the Haiphong harbor entrance and restoring partial ship traffic in the port (the White House not only denied it, but accused the Times of "being a conduit of enemy propaganda"). Conversations in Hanoi led Lewis to write that the North Vietnamese feel Americans misunderstand them, a fact that explains...