THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 1, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILI PAGE THREE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ?AGE THREE Viet Con Repeat Attacks; nn A PA tinr- DEMAND U.S. APOLOGY: N. Korean Officials Hint Release of Pueblo Crew C i I1JJJ c1LJ1/J.0 a-L1 Thieu Places* Nation Under Martial Law Communist Destroy Cholon Power Plant; Hit Police Stations SAIGON (P)-The Viet Cong to- day carried their Saigon attacks into a second -day; striking two stations of the national police in 00 Cholon the Chinese section. A power plant in Cholon also was blown up by terrorists. The police stations were hit within 30 minutes of each other, starting at 2:30 a.m. From 40 to 50 Viet Cong attacked with small arms and machine guns, infor- mants reported. Up to 4 a.m. there had been no new reports of shellings or ground attacks against U.S. installations like that which swept into the U.S Embassy compound yesterday. Saigon Quiet At 12:30 aim. the U.S. command reported Saigon quiet "except for some sporadic small arms fire." It was disclosed that the Viet Cong, in addition to hitting Sai- gon and many centers in their coordinated onslaught yesterday, had seized part of Hue, the old imperial capital. President Nguyen Van Thieu last night proclaimed martial law throughout South Vietnam.. By allied reckoning, the attacks yesterday had cost the Communist 10 dead for every allied soldier killed. While various actions continued, the U.S. Command said: "It is felt that we now have the initiative and that we are no longer reacting to enemy initiated actions but are seeking out the enemy." In the western suburbs of Sai- gon, 300 Communist troops attack- ed the headquarters of the South Vietnamese 25th Infantry Division at Duc Hao, after hitting it with mortars. 45 Americans Killed The U.S. Command announced I 45 American troops had been killed and 313 wounded in the 3rd Mil- itary Corps area in 24 hours. This did not include casualty figures for Saigon itself. Allied forces killed 1,201 enemy in the 3rd Corps area, the command said. Two allied tanks and an ar- mored personnel carrier moving on patrol north toward Bien Hoa were attacked by enemy forces on a Saigon street 15 minutes after midnight. Thirty minutes after midnight, a U.S. spokesman reported there Sr was still sporadic small arms fire at Tan Son Nhut air base and minor contact in a village to the north of it. In one of the series of coordi- nated enemy attacks, the Viet Cong appeared to have seized part of Hue, military reports indicated. s ', f 4 SEOUL(R) - A Communist1 he believed the crew will be re- Chung Hee Park Jan 21 than to North Korean leader hinted yes- leased if the United States admits the seizure of the U.S. intelligence terday that the crew of the Pueb- it violated territorial waters and ship Pueblo. 10 might be released under cer- promises not to repeat the inci- His government will object to TU tain conditions. He said future dent. any direct talks between the W Ite H ouse developments 'in the Korean crisis The official, Paik Hang ki, dep- United States and North Korea depends on the. United States. uty chief of the foreign affairs on any proposal to exchange the thesection of the Federation of Ko- Pueblo crew for North Korean cMayaTea rean Residents in Japan, said his infiltrators, he declared at a news Kwang Hyup, secretary of the view was unofficial but he noted conference. e t Central Committee of the North Pyongyang had demanded a U.S. Intelligence sources reported e0 sIlatio IKorean Workers Communist par- apology. His federation maintains 88 North Korean infiltrators were ty, mentioned the capture of the contacts with North Korea. captured last year and 17 sur- intelligence ship at a reception In Seoul, Foreign Minister Choi rendered. Administration Claims for a Romanian Communist par- Kyu hah indicated his govern- "A basic settlement of the cur- ty delegation. ment was displeased with the rent crisis lies in taking firm Truce-Time Assaults handling of the Korean crisis by measures to assure the security of T cedTie Assaue "It is a miscalculation if the the United States. the Republic of Korea and pre- PaceinA acvU..i eii nt o tthey He said more attention should vent recurrence of any provoca- WASHINGTON (T) - W h i t e can solve the mcident of the in- be paid to the North Korean at- tive acts by the North Korean House Press Secretary George trusion of the Pueblo into the tempt to assassinate President regime," Choi said. Christian said yesterday the Pres- territorial waters of our country Chrsti n sid est rda e adre- by m ilitary threats or by the L Of r ident has told congressional led method of aggressive war or Asian crisis might require him to through illegal discussion at the U NoAefpra-ealeshahsi13atofer propose special measures which United Nations. f ,[ 3.. Itwa-z he hopes would be considered in a "It will be a different story if To Mediate Korean Crisis nonpartisan atmosphere. they want to solve this question However, the presidential spokes- by method of the previous prac- UNITED NATIONS (P) - The ( A diplomat informed on the man said Johnson did not discuss tice. But they will get nothing if five elected African and Asian U.S. position said the United any specific measures, and he em- they persist in their present members of the U.N. Security States feared that the mission phasized there may be no need for method." Council suggested privately yes- would be too large and would Clink Yn~nnrlalc T-r,- A4A--f-terdayttthat tney serve..as -n-e- 4-1- 4-_O1^-" n V LU iII -pa itK i i i i A U.S. MARINE gazes out from his camp across the Khe Sand demilitarized zone. The marines anticipate a large Viet Cong off anoi s Strength Ma/ Massive Offensive I I '.. - --y- -& AT-- By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press News Analysis The Communist side in Viet- nam has fastened world attention on its appearance of strength and staying power. It has demon- strated how much initiative re- mains in its hands in the Viet- nam war. The bold but costly simultan- eous attacks on Saigon and other points could arouse speculation that a big gamble is in the mak- ing - that the'Communists are pushing a lot of chips'into the pot in a quest for some sort of victory, psychological if not mili- tary. Strengthens VC Morale Such a victory, while far from decisive in the sense that Dien Bien Phu was decisive for the French 14 years ago, could in the Communists' view greatly strengthen their bargaining posi-' tion in' the event of negotiations. In that sense, the gamble could be interpreted as a sign that, the Communist side is preparing for the possibility of peace talks. At the same time, the latest series of enemy spectaculars makes it appear that the decision, rests with the Communist sideI whether such attacks are, for ex- ample, a prelude to a major battle in the northern provinces, or whether the Communists are dis- playing their ability to force the United States to the defensive in all sectors, never knowing where its foe intends to strike next. Khe Sanh Ready The Americans report some- thing like 68,000 Communist troops in the area of the demili- tarized zone poised for an offen- sive, 40,000 of them near Khe Sanh. Some Americans have seen the rash of suicide attacks else-4 where as a diversion to inhibit1 U.S. reinforcement of positions in the north. But the decisionj whether a major battle erupts' there at this time appears to rest, in Communisthhands. Allied troops for one thing, are prohib- ited from- carrying the' battle to the enemy by entering North Vietnam. Saturday is the anniversary of the North Vietnamese Communists party. The date has been widely publicized in Hanoi. It would seem logical for the Hanoi re- gime to want something dramatic to show its people and the world by that time. Indeed, the Com- munists in Vietnam already are claiming "resounding victories" in' what they call the "massive at-: tacks on the enemy on all battle- fi~l T da"'nip~r and estea hills, 16 miles south of the such proposals. Kim did not say what he meant ensive there within days. Meet with Congressmen by previous practice. But on the Christian said President John- receipt of U.S. apology two crew- tson met Tuesday night with the men of a U.S. Army helicopter Senate and House Republican shot down when it strayed over leaders,received intelligence re- North Korea were released in ports during the night on the May of 1954. This, however, was attacks on the Saigon and other a year after their capture. targets, and breakfasted yesterday In Tokyo, an official of a pro- d rymorning with senior members of North Korean organization said the Senate and House Armed onstrate a high measure of initia- Services and Appropriations com-" tive, mobility and, indeed, morale. mittees. Something the Communists The administration, however, w orl N W consider important must be at held in reserve any broad re- stake in this series of well co- sponses to the specific Saigon ter- ordinated attacks in the face of ror attacks and the attacks throughout. So u th Vietnam. MUNICH, Germany-The right- heavy casualties. Spokesmen for the President said ist National Democratic Party- By U.S. figures, the investment any 6fficial statement will be NDP-claimed here early today has been big in terms of dead and withheld, pending more informa- that one of its members was mur- wounded. tion of the Communist assaults. dered at an anti Nazi rally. Hanoi Motives Sitting in at the White House The rally had been organized by On the psychological side, these meetings, which were also re- anti Nazi groups on the occasion t cogat a time of acrie ported to have dealt with the of the 35th anniversary of Hitler's attacks bcomate in the United North Korea, Pueblo ship seizure, coming to power in Germany. The States on the war issue and while were such administration leaders rally was interrupted by shouting Amerasookat spossibilityofas Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and heckling from right wing dem- Americans look at sity of Secretary of Defense Robert S. onstrators. a second Asian front in the Ko- M aaandGnErlG.* * - rean theater. Simultaneously, the Mc amara,h anGen. Earle GAHNG. - h efn rea teatr.Simltneosl, te'Wheeler, chairman of the Joint WASHINGTON -The Defense Saigon government continues to Chiefs of Staff Department said yesterday Secre- display little aptitude in attempts ,ttary Robert S. McNamara will tes- to win the loyalty of the people.' Assaults 'Planned tify privately before the Senate Hanoi may see something else Administration spokesmen gen- Foreign Relations Committee on +,,ehanoi:ay see +Qsomething erally confined their public ap- the 1964 Tonkin Gthat terday that they serve as 'inter- mediaries in the .U.S.-North Ko- rean dispute over the USS Pueb- lo, diplomatic sources reported. The proposal was put to the United States and the Soviet Un- ion in general terms, and their, formal replies were awaited. The U.S. reaction was described as negative. vs Roundup COPENHAGEN - Denmark's leading non Socialist parties an- nounced yesterday agreement on the basis for forming a coalition government of the Right and Cen- ter. The agreement was announced by Hilmar Baunsgaard, the man expected to be Denmark's next premier. WASHINGTON - The govern- ment reported yesterday the sharpest monthly gold loss in his- tory during December-$900 mil- lion, largely because of the Euro- pean gold rush which followed de- valuation of the'British pound. The December loss raised the total drain for the year to $1.17 billion. take too long to make arrange- ments. But he said a one-man mission might be looked on more favorably. Some diplomats have said that an Indonesian might be a good choice. Canada had brought up possi- ble mediation last Friday, but the Soviet Union gave the suggestion a cold shoulder, diplomats said. The African and Asian mem- bers of the council - Algeria, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan and Senegal - returned to the medi- ation idea after the backstage talks among the council mem- bers had run into a U.S.- Soviet deadlock on the question of in- viting North Korea to take part in the council deliberations. The United States requested an urgent meeting of the council last Thursday, accusing North Korea of "wanton lawlessness in the seizure of the Pueblo and its 83 crewmen Jan. 23." The North Koreans claim the intelligence gathering vessel was within their 12 mile limit. The Afro-Asian group told the United States and the Soviet Union they were willing to meet the Korean Communists in Pyongyang, their capital, or wher- ever the North Koreans sug- gested. t J E1 lelus l esu yl yme uy. jTi wesatak -e praisal of the terrorist raids on Psychological Victories moved the South Vietnamese gov- South Vietnam's cities to stress- But the Communists may also ernment to invoke martial law, a ing that the truce time assaults_ consider that they have much to setback to the fledgling, elected must have been well planned in gain psychologically. They have parliamentary government. The advance. hit not only Saigon and threat- promised reforms in the South' At the State Department, press ened the U.S. Embassy itself, but yet to get off the ground, are officer Robert J. McCloskey said Da Nang and Hue, other provin- likely to be delayed all the longer, the United States is still actively cial capitals, nine U.S. air bases All this could be calculated, in seeking peace negotiations with and the big American base at Nha the Communist view, to aggra- North Vietnam. A diplomatic probe Trang, and numbers of U.S. field vate frustrations among many has been underway since Hanoi positions, all, within two or three Americans and to increase the announced a month ago it will days. number of doubters about the enter into talks if the bombing of This could be intended to dam- American course. 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