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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 7

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Corpus Christ! Caller-Times Sat May 10 1969 7A Corps area It will be the first time they have passed up the chance since the summer of The central II Corps encompassing 12 provinces and including the central highlands: an estimated 52000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers most of them staying put near the borders of Laos and Cambodia here he is playing a complete economy of force role which means he is doing no more than he has a US intelligence officer says vital III Corps encom northern delta where US officers aee Viet Cong units is more Interested now in keeping their supply and infiltration routes open than killing Americans and making major assaults Most of the Viet Cong strength is drawn from the two million people who live in the northers delta All but 10 per cent of the estimated 40000 enemy soldiers in the delta are South Vietnamese locally recruited passing 12 provinces and the capital of Saigon: upward of 65000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers most of them in War Zone northwest of Saigon and War Zone along the Cambodian border This is where most of the fighting occurred in the enemy's spring offensive IV Corps In the Mekong Delta covering 15 provinces: most of the action centers in the Plan document calls allied war the government's and hamlets reported the supreme headquarters important phase on short notice" New War Approach Is Sought Javita Asks Shift From Of Lat President SAN FRANCISCO Iff Sen Jacob Javits R-NY called Friday for the Nixon Administration to make a shift away from the sterile and unsuccessful approach of the last administration" toward the Vietnam war Speaking before the Commonwealth Club Javits also declared the Nixon administration avoid giving the nation'wih us- 10 wihdraw troops to: one source said rotnrmivn tka Vial i'nw iv Riicv mII Paper Bares Red War Rear-Action Strategy Aimed at US Bases SAIGON (AP) A captured enemy for summer offensive aimed at destroying materials and rear bases and defeating pacification program in village the US mission said Friday The mission document issued by the Viet emphasized: 'It is a very intended to compel the enemy to accept serious negotiations! ground attacks recognize the Viet Busy Lull Vietnam Saigon Is Willing To Discuss Parts Of Red Peace Plan a- tinnal Liberation Front and to! The current lull in the fight accept a coalition well be the busiest Calling for a stronger for the enemy he said reason to believe that it has adopted the old concept as its own" US demands that the Viet Cong and Hanoi stop fighting and accept the legitimacy and sovereignty of the Saigon government be realistic and appropriate if we were dealing with a defeated enemy" the senator told the civic more aggressive drive than the offensive launched Feb 23 the Communist command appeared to design its offensive to force acceptance of the 10-point peace plan submitted by the Viet Cong at the Paris peace talks Thursday The peace plan called for withdrawal of allied forces and a coalition govern- referring to efforts to install arms and food caches throughout the country Such caches always are built up befure enemy assaults and are placed generally along the lines of attack the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese will The informant said allied forces have been increasing SAIGON (AP) The government rejected Friday night the Viet Cong's latest demand for a coalition regime and what it called neutrality But it agreed to discuss other parts of a 10-part peace pro- i gram the Viet Cong offered at' mutual withdrawal of North Vietnamese and allied troops The communique noted that the Viet Cong plan advanced certain proposals that already should have been discussed at Paris It listed them as propus- they hardly seem realistic as a basis for ending a stale-(merit pokBman! ff ar in Minut'd thT'HM'n JteMy encmv down out of hand the programs put forward by the Viet Thursday! 1 a 1 0 ront war and exchange of war prLs-1 hom oiong the demilitarized zonenew offensive by the allies oners tney snouid be governed separa On these points the South! He also said that self-determi-Vietnamese statement said' nation could liest be gained un the 1902 Geneva agreements on The senator said the Unitedsive but most of them are Viet Cong guides for main Laos and the 1954 Geneva ac-'ates should accept the right of jeentrated in areas near the bor-i force units cords ending the Indochinese the South Vietnamese people toders of Cambodia and Laos or: part of the main thrust of anv u-ar I Inform inn hniv anri hu uhun 1 1 1 al 01 me main UirUM 01 any Nothing New In agreeing to discuss some of the separating the Viol na ms Tough Chore To attack such rear would be directed at the rural pacification program designed base to wrest villages and hamlets i Communist side only re-der transitional international areas as Saigon and the US'from Viet Cone control ik I a rr 3 ran monte (nut uruiM aueimi points a Foreign Ministry communique said the proposals represented nothing new and some in fact had been put forward by the South Vietnamese government At about the same time "The aid the sum-succeed in destroying wearing down and disintegrating more US potential more main force puppet could have been or United States should turn over blocking forces backed gon was making known its posi-ishould I00 discussed in combat responsibilities to South heavy fire power tion a Japanese news agency following ihe proce-jiolnam a timetable and One of the reasons assigned personnel and especially more dispatch from Hanoi quoted he ffiunler are con--for the failure of the (South Vietnamese) admlnistra-North Vietnamese authorities of haspnil to us and that this na- spring offensive was superior uVe personnel at the village and ssvinir thp TTnitAri states wmiM ProPosed- Ths was an obvious lion should help with reconstruc- SI "4 rehabilitation at the mna nian Van Thieu's proposals for secret war end Cong plan proposals US fire power that broke up at -hamlet levels As for state of the South US RAPPED talks with the National Libera tion Front Saigon Delays Saigon waited nearly 24 hours before making its careful response to the Viet Cong proposals presented in Pans by Tran Buu Kiem the front's chief negotiator The Foreign Ministry enmmu- The North Vietnamese were quoted as saying American demands for mutual withdrawal of troops (Com South Vietnam have been met by the Viet Cong peace proposal The report was carried by the Communist-oriented Nihon I)empa news agency What the North Vietnamese! Russians Increase Milit arv fii-p1 fihMd'ifv'9rtne vi0nameNO pacification pro- wL the document said administrative ma-'chinerv at village level has been damaged but nit totally neu- enemy still could launch rocket trij7P(i and mortar attacks at the three1 major cities Saigon Da Nang Whatever the enemy the old imperial capital of lons hs summer military Hue north of Nang purees give this assessment mein force units are not '0llh letnam four tactical I in close enough in launch major northernmost I Corps encompassing five provinces and including Hue and Da -Nang: North Vietnam has put about 40000 soldiers and tons of supplies along the northern rim the demilitarized zone but there has been no major Infiltration Allied generals do not ibelievc another major enemy invasion is imminent i The most of it since United States stopped bombing North Vietnam last exceeds that of recent years when North Vietnam sent divisions slicing through the zone into South Vietnam If the enemy lets the coming 'dry summer season pass with-'out a significant push into the I LAOS BASE FOR REDS CAPTURED VIENTIANE Laos -Government forces have captured the small outpost of Nasuk and reopened a vital road in southern Laos official sources said Friday Nasuk occupied by the Communist-led Pathet la for a year is near Khnng Sedone and about 100 miles north of Savunnakhct Officials have had to travel by plane to get back and FLARE LEG PANTS fiiril kn I nM Ifek WW Tkf MHif lut 4ip hm It IM hMb TIMt MW hi ailMit Calitarn-1 prim Mr hi 10QH wiIkIi cotton Wonom Skoi to It 2-PIECE i CAPRI SETS totaM'i hoo-pioco copr-0 tkof It cot out to tin toot now Ckouo for mothor in ttw putt wcitinp map at coioo oil ilh loco trm Piwi'i him I to II appeared to be saying was that Hanoi was willing to accept the US proposal for mutual troop withdrawal but that the question was an Internal one to be worked out between North and South Vietnam Mutual Withdrawal This interpretation did not ap- however in the South ietnamese communique It de clared the other side had refused to consider the priciple of nique did deal quickly and severely with the front stipulation that a temporary coalition government should be formed This is one of the Communist demands that is obvious contradiction to the democratic principles which every regime resulted from free elections must observe" the statement said Saigon repeatedly has refused consideration of a coalition gov ernment fearing that once the Communists are in the government they would soon take it over Thieu has said the Viet Cong can regain official status if they drop their obedience to communism Negative Parts In summarizing what it considered $999 $099 Opr- tfsET SPRING-SUMMER DRESSES $799 Jolt hi liow tor Votkor'i Dir f'llM! roongfr ttian ipnogtimo CkoiM Inn mory lakrici l-C illflri to colon tkat an aolt roS pntlr Levines Flex'A'Charge Account Women' i lim Petite Jomor Mitaof onZ Half Snaa 24 Scabces Rejoin Local Reserve Unit forth between the two cities because of damage to bridges along the road and to the presence of Pathet Iao ana North Vietnamese troops The sources said the road will become useless again during the approaching rainy season because streams will rise where 11 bridges were blown up by Ihe Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese TO SI 099 MOSCOW If! Soviet Defense Minister Andrei Grechko Friday accused Communist China and the United States of endangering world peace and warned that the Soviet Union is Increasing its military strength Grechko contended that aggressive forces of imperialism continue the barbarous war! against the Vietnamese people! and connive at the Israeli ag- military venture against the Arab peoples" The marshal aLso charged circles in Ihe United States" with encouraging what he called -F a i forces in West Germany that want to change the results of World War II threatens to unleash a new world war" Grechko charged in an article in the CommunLst party newspaper Pravda on 24th anniversary of the defeat of Germany He added adventurist! policy of the Mao Tse-tung group which proclaimed its chauvinistic-hegemonic desires and made anti-Sovietism its offi- cial line cannot but give rise to: concern and anxiety" I SHIP NEWS Twenty-four of the 32 South Texas Scabces called up for active duty last year to sene in Vietnam have rejoined their oldsde ac" naipv mitfit hprp and will hold count of the ictnam war refus- the negative parts of the front program the Foreign Ministry said: "The Communist reserve outfit here and will hold Arrival Vi mi if a (Yugotlaolanl Rickard Buqp and Co trem Potion Matt 0 Cargo 1 Dom 14 DiMrivrec I Hrtt Prirot Hots ard Cnamiiai Co Pan Eve-a'wlot sto Ip Port So-n Tjjr-ian of Cd-ga Onck 1 Duo IP Port to Po-'ia- Doc Wondo-or to PPG Dock Sniriar L-kot la Cargo Dock 4 Atlantic Pmtigo to SouttHutelrrn Dock USNS A-norltan Eopteror to Oil Dock 7 Voiiov Porgo to Oil Dock 4 their first formal drill this weekend since being released from active duty They will report to the Naval Reserve Training Center at Naval Air Station at 6 am today for a weekend drill They were released from active duty March 23 after serving ing the principle of mutual withdrawal of external forces from South Vietnam and asking for a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal of allied forces" While calling for an uncondi tional withdrawal of US troops the front said struggle of the Vietnamese people is a tour in Vietnam but decided to'ered self-defense right of all peoples The problem of the Vietnamese armed forces in South Vietnam will be decided return to the reserves The unit Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion 22 is com- manded by Lt Cmdr George by the Vietnamese themselves" ClowerJr i In Paris US officials said The group also plans to hold Viet Cong's peace plan was party tonight at the Bill Roper: being put through a microscopic Country Post 364 American Le-'examination to see what parts gion Hail on Kostoryz might be negotiable YOU MAY PAY MORE FOR YOUR GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES BUT WHY? cMpxwell TSunnz FUNERAL SERVICE INC Corpus Okfcst Funeral Service Institution PATttCK DUNNIHCS JOHANNA 0 IOTM DillCTOI VlffOlN 0 POM-SIC THAI A Special Honor We are proud to be affiliated with the Order of the Golden Rule an international organization that accepts only funeral directing firms of unquestionable dependability Our membership is a professional honor we value highly Finest Quality Single Vision GLASSES sp ONE PRICE GLASSES INCLUDE: SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION SINGLE VISION CLEAR OR TINTED LENSES YOUR CHOICE OF ARY FRAME IN OUR URGE SELECTION EASY CREDIT-NO INTEREST OR CARRYING CHARGES EYE PHYSICIANS' 00) Off PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED TREMENDOUS SELECTION OF HANDBAGS Per Mother choose from the smartest collection of handbags around for the Spring and Summer season Select now from the newest shapes and colors of the season DRESS SHOES FOR ALL OCCASIONS To complete the accessories thingand put a lift in her step the right shoe for the right occasion! 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