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Johnson said that he had not believed that there would be a Communist offensive during Tet-an agreed truce -but the Communists attacked anyway. "That was just too much to even believe a Communist would do," Johnson said. The hour was strewn with this and other longings for a simpler time...
...years ago, during the Communists' Tet offensive of 1968, Viet Cong regulars overran the tiny hamlet of Huu Thanh in the Mekong Delta and destroyed nearly every building. Last week, as South Viet Nam celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Dog, government flags flew from every home and the town was almost completely rebuilt. In Hue, nearly wrecked by savage street fighting two years ago, crowds flocked to the reconstructed market, buying New Year gifts for their families from the 2,000-odd vendors. Pretty Saigon girls in ao dais posed for their boy friends' cameras...
...district chief discounted chances of a VC attack: "We've driven them out and I think they know better than to return." Earlier in the week, the enemy had mounted a minioffensive: 70 cities and bases were shelled or mortared one night, 44 the next. But as Tet neared, the activity died -so much so that on the first day of the holiday, a Vietnamese army spokesman had nothing more to say at the daily briefing than, "Happy Tet...
EVER since the 1968 Tet offensive, officials in Washington and Saigon have recoiled from any excessive hopefulness about progress in the Viet Nam War. But hope is a hardy plant. For several months, a mood of guarded optimism has been budding in Washington, as dispatches from the field tell of new South Vietnamese strength and growing Communist weakness. Now, however, serious doubts are being cast on the validity of this "underground optimism," as it has come to be known...
...Long considered a weak link in ARVN, the 7th has a tough new commander to lead it against the 8,000 North Vietnamese troops prowling the Delta. Thieu is said to be planning an even wider shake-up of province chiefs and military commanders after this week's Tet holiday, a move that could enhance the chances for success of the Vietnamization policy...