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...Saigon headquarters reported yesterday that South Vietnamese forces remained at two bases in Laos- Hotel 1, two miles from the border, and Delta, seven miles inside Laos. Delta, however, was later abandoned after heavy attack, U.S. sources said...
...action yesterday a North Vietnamese tank column chased Saigon troops down Highway 9 to within six miles of South Vietnam's northwestern border while a U. S. force scrambled to block any North Vietnamese thrust across the frontier...
...Washington, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird said that the North Vietnamese had reacted in a "very vicious, violent fashion." A Pentagon spokesman said that Saigon troops "have won the battle so far..." He de-scribed the campaign as a successful test of the Vietnamization program...
...early stages of the invasion, which began February 8, both Washington and Saigon indicated that the South Vietnam troops intended to stay in Laos until the start of the rainy season around May 1. The spokesman described the rout as a "planned withdrawal being accomplished in accordance with the plan...
Hanoi called the campaign that has pushed at least 10,000 of the original South Vietnamese force of 22,000 back onto home soil in the last three days a "great victory." The U. S. has lost its "biggest gamble," Hanoi declared today, Figures issued from Saigon headquarters showed that government forces had suffered close to 25 per cent casualties...