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Aitrams Views Critical Situation, Reds Try to Cut Soulh in Half 10 A Tbe Salt Lafct Tribune, Tharviay, May 4, IETT2 Hue, the former imperial capita) in the northern region, than administration analysts here were. He was said to have expressed confidence in the ability of the South Vietnamese first division, which is one Of Saigon's elite units, to defend Hue against the expected assaults by Communist forces in the wake of the fall of Quang Tri, 32 miles to the northwest. On the whole, senior offi- New Yoik Tunes Writer WASHINGTON Gen. Creighton VV. Abrams, the commander ot tinted States forces in South Vietnam, is reported to have advised Washington that the most critical military situation was developing in tne central region, where three enemy divisions are said to be trying to cut the country in two.

High administration officials said Wednesday Abrams daily report, covering action Tuesday, had expressed the opinion that if Kontum, a key city in the central highlands, could hold out for a decs might not fall to the enemy. The situation led the secretary of defense, Melvin R. 1-aird, to send a six-man mission to South Vietnam to study the needs of Saigon's army. The Pentagon said that Laird had decided Tuesday afternoon to send the mission to South Vietnam for a week to 10 days. The group, headed by Barry Shillito, assistant secretary of defense for installations and logistics, left Wednesday.

Administration officials said Abrams appeared to be more encouraged about the fate of where the gloom was said to be the deepest. The next days will show whether Abrams relative optimism is justified, one senior otfic ial said. This official, who has access to the battlefield reports and the intelligence estimates here, said that the assumption in Washington was that Kontum would be lost in a matter of days. Then, he said, the Noith Vietnamese and Viet Cong rials said, Amamss daily re- forces could be expected to ports are slightly more opti- move eastward from the high-mistic" than the assessments ilands to link up with oilier made in Washington and espe- 'Commum-t units in Binh Dinh ciallv at the White House, province on the coast. This would cut Strnth Vietnam two at its nal'iowest part.

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