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...other action, Communist forces extended their control over areas of the northern rice-rich province of Binh Dinh in the central coast area, and continued to pressure An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon...
...week in a "tactical retreat" from their position four miles away, even though they had not been attacked. U.S. intelligence estimated that five North Vietnamese regiments in the area had not yet surfaced-and could attack at any time in any of the three provinces north and west of Saigon, or even hit the capital itself...
...Delta), Viet Cong guerrillas rocketed the provincial capitals of My Tho and Can Tho, and attacked a number of government outposts near the southern tip of the country. But activity was too limited to be considered a new front. Bus drivers traveling the Mekong Delta on their way to Saigon were told by local Viet Cong that the roads were still safe...
...behind the troops can blend in with the population in the hope of establishing themselves more or less permanently in South Viet Nam-and cause the government serious problems for years, even if the invading army is pushed back. There was evidence last week of such infiltration around Saigon, Kontum and Hue. In one village south of An Loc, Communists distributed leaflets, then bought a fat pig and treated the entire village to a "Liberation Day" feast. Next morning, after the Communists left, someone reported their presence in the village, which shortly afterward was bombed, as the Communists probably expected...
...reflective moment in a hectic week, TIME'S Saigon Bureau Chief Stanley Cloud filed this personal assessment...