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Pa gc Twelve The Messenger, Madlsonvllle, Ky Wednesday July 5, 1972 Only Way Is Negotiations Military Solution Appears Impossible In Indochina that a military solution is im- One thing working in the nossible in Indochina, and the South Vietnamese government's only way to a cease-fire and a finished itself militarily for up to four years. Nevertheless, the South Vietnamese also are facing severe problems. favor this respect, say offi settlement is through cials, has been the failure of the Viet Cong to fulfill their role in the Hanoi plan. Gaining favor now among al The enemy push has again reshaped the borders of the lied officials appears to be a Communist documents in the view that the North Vietnam country in the Saigon region, senior commanders believe Hanoi has lost as many as men mostly to air and artillery strikes. Although North Vietnam has never had a provable manpower problem during the war, most military men insist it is having one now.

They say most of the Communist units which began the offensive at full strength have not been able to keep up their strength with replacements, especially in the face of B52 strikes and other mass-killing barrages. ese, having tried their utmost 595,000 people, about 3.0 per cent of the population, are under enemy control, with many more potentially lost, with a million persons counted as refugees. "It will take years to restore that situation even if the offensive should end tomorrow," said one U.S. official. The success of the North Vietnamese drive, to whatever degree it extends in the final analysis, also is likely to have an eroding effect on the confidence of the people, which the Saigon government has tried hard to cultivate.

SAIGON (AP) With growing confidence, South Vietnam's battered armed forces are striking back in hopes of reversing the flow of Hanoi's massive invasion. And while some success seems ultimately assured, the outcome is likely to fall short of what President Nguyen Van Thieu called "the final battle." Some military and political observers believe the three months of fighting since the North's offensive started, although the bloodiest of the war in some respects, have proved nothing except-once again Many U.S. officials contend that the Viet Cong are not an important force except in certain areas, in particular the coastal provinces and some areas of the Mekong Delta, where they have always been strong. The idea that North Vietnam's own forces are finished for a while stems in large part from what allied officers believe are their battle losses. Although it is conceded that no one on the allied side really knows what enemy losses are, and so-called body counts have never proved reliable, some units being unable to carry out their missions because of heavy manpower losses, but ordered to do so anyway.

Allied officials also say evidence indicates the North Vietnamese soldiers now are much vounger, sometimes 15 and 16, and have been thrown into many battle situations with almost no preparation and far less fighting skill than American and South Vietnamese soldiers have learned to expect from the army that is sometimes called the "world's finest light infantry." hands of allied officials are the basis for this belief, telling how the Viet Cong did not mobilize their forces in strength but spread them too thinly and dissipated their effect, and also but failed to achieve any of their major objectives, will pull back to refit for yet another try. with the Communist command effectively controlling large areas of South Vietnam that it will probably take years for the Saigon forces to recover by staying on the offensive, not a familiar role for ARVN troops. Many areas of the countryside, including 1,164 hamlets out of 15,000 and more than Some think this next attempt might come as early as next vear. but many U.S. officers reporting that Viet Cong political agents and cadres moved too slowly in organizing the political side of the offensive among the people.

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