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...while stepping up the war," then went ahead and did the same thing. Five days before the talks were to start, Communist forces attacked 122 South Vietnamese cities and military installations, concentrating chiefly on Saigon. But the offensive was markedly punchless, especially by contrast with last winter's Tet strikes (see THE WORLD...
...part, the U.S. gravely noted that Hanoi had infiltrated as many as 100,000 troops since Tet, nearly three times the normal flow; nearly 7,000 entered the South in the first five days...
...belief in "fighting and negotiating" at the same time, and last week the Communists did just that. Shelling, mortaring and rocketing 122 targets throughout South Viet Nam, including 40 cities and towns, seven airbases and dozens of other allied installations, they staged the long-expected reprise of their countrywide Tet offensive. Round 2 did not come near the original. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong did not overrun a single allied town or installation, launched ground attacks only in Saigon. One captured Viet Cong document outlined their limited goals: "Our immediate requirement is to carry out harassment fire...
...capital, life in downtown Saigon was business as usual after the first alarms: streets were filled with noisy scooters, pedicabs and cars; stores stayed open; sidewalk vendors hawked their trinkets. Despite the bombing of two small power plants, the city's electricity and water supplies flowed normally. Unlike Tet, there was little city-wide fear that the Communists might overrun the capital...
...Enemy and Tet. Beginning in late 1967, the enemy adopted a more offensive attitude, culminating with his Tet offensive. Although he undoubtedly gained a temporary psychological victory, he suffered a grievous military loss that has served to further enhance our military progress. From the standpoint of pacification, progress was inhibited by the Tet offensive. But the aggressive action of the government has definitely reversed the trend and much of the ground lost has been regained...