SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1966
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WS. Sees Critical Point in
President To
Consult with
SLodge Soon.
Manpower Losses
Of North Vietnamese
Damaging to Morale
WASHINGTON WP)-U.S. stra-
tegists figure the Communists are
still building up their forces in
Viet Nam, but they hope to see a
turn in the tide of replacements
by early 1967.
Barring some unexpected mili-
tary or political development, of-
ficials here expect the war will
reach a critical point around the
turn of the year.
Current administration plan-
ning is based on the assumption
the turn will come when man-
power losses suffered by the Com-
munists under the pounding of
American, South Vietnamese and
allied troops and U.S. planes be-
gin to exceed the Viet Cong s
ability to replace manpower.
Planning Session
The estimate that this point
will be reached by early next year
is expected to figure in planning
sessions next month when Am-
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge re-
turns for consultations with Presi-
dent Johnson and his military
aides.
U.S. officials estimate the Viet
Cong lost considerably more than
20,000 men in killed, captured,
wounded, and defections during
the first four months of this year,
including about 15,000 killed in
action and probably another 5.000
counted as defectors.
Against this, however, it is be-
lieved they were able to send in
about 32,000 replacements, includ-
ing troops infiltrated from the
North and guerrillas recruited in
the South. The current infiltration
rate is estimated at 5,550 a month.
American government estimates
put Viet Cong main force strength
at 47,750 in June 1965, 70,100 in
December 1965, and 90,000 in April
1966. Added to this are local guer-
rilla and supporting forces esti-
mated at from 100,000 to 120,000.
U.S. officials said during the
day North Viet Nam has added
two and possibly three regiments
to its force in South Viet Nam.
The number of confirmed North
4 Vietnamese regiments in the South
has increased to 11 and perhaps
12.
Hard Core
This is in addition to 12 con-
firmed, and a possible 13, Viet
Cong regiments included in the
Communists' hard-core force of
90,000 men. Counting irregular
guerrillas and political cadres, of-
ficials said Communist strength
in South Viet Nan could total
around 250,000
U.S. military strength in South
Viet Nam now stands at about
250,000 men, with South Viet-
namese forces at about 700,000, in-
cluding irregulars and police.
The tentatively scheduled build-
up of U.S. forces, subject to per-
iodic revision by President John-
son as specific reinforcement re-
quests arrive from Saigon, could
put the total at 400,000 or more
by the end of this year.
The dominant view in adminis-
tration planning now is that heavy
and sustained air strikes against
the Communist supply lines will
put a ceiling on the Viet Cong's
replacement capacity and the
Communists' ability to maintain
their strength.
Officials say this estimate that
Communist losses will begin to
exceed their replacement ability
around the turn of the year or
early In 1967 is based on several
assumptions.
Stable Politics
One of these-and not all Wash-
ington authorities agree that it
is a reasonable assumption at this
time-is that the developing poli-
tical situation in South Viet Nam
will not seriously impair military
operations during the coming
; months.
Another important assumption
is that North Viet Nam and Red
China will not radically alter the
major dimensions of the war by
intervention which would expand
it into a different kind of conflict.
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American Troops Hit
North Viet Battalion
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SAIGON (P) - After retreating
under relentless pursuit, a battal-
ion of North Vietnamese and Viet
Cong turned and made a stand
yesterday in a central Vietnamese
village. It was immediately caught
in a storm of bombs, rockets, na-
palm and machine-gun fire after
losing 141 killed, by U.S. count.
Encircling troops of the U.S.
1st Cavalry, Airmobile, Division
and the Vietnamese army hoped to
complete a battle of annihilation
against the 300 to 400 enemy
troops within 24 hours, a field
dispatch said.
The battle raged throughout the
day at the village of Than Son.
280 miles northeast of Saigon.
Associated Press correspondent
Bob Poos reported from near
Than Son that a U.S. battalion
had just forded a stream when it
ran into heavy opposition.
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Up until this point, U.S. cas-
ualties had been light. Poos re-
ported some Americans killed in
this fighting and one company
took moderate losses.
In addition to the 141 enemy
troops reported killed up until ear-
ly yesterday afternoon, the Amer-
icans said 30 were captured and
307 suspects seized.
The fighting erupted just as the
monsoon rains moved down from
the north and began to drench
South Viet Nam. The rains cut
heavily into American air sup-
port for ground troops. The Com-
munists often try to takenadvan-
tage of this by launching new at-
tacks.
The area is familiar fighting ter-
rain for the cavalrymen. With
U.S. Marines and Korean and Viet-
namese troops, they cleared the
region of Viet Cong in a campaign
that began last January.
But when the allied troops de-
parted, the Viet Cong and the
North Vietnamese moved back in.
In the air war, U.S. planes
Thursday attacked a highway 15
miles northeast of Hanoi, as close
as they have ever come to the
North Vietnamese capital, a U.S.
spokesman reported. Two Navy
planes and a U.S. Air Force plane
were shot down.
In Saigon, labor unions petition-
ed the government to crack down
on Communists infiltrating their
ranks. Authorities said Viet Cong
agents have been openly agitat-
ing among students and workers.
Gen. Lin Quang Vien, new chief
of the nation's security forces
was reported planning a campaign
to seize Communist agitators in
Saigon and other cities.
As the special committee charg-
ed with preparing for general elec-
tions of a civilian government by
October went ahead with its work
a Saigon politician suggested at
least a six-month delay in the vot-
ing.
Ha Thuc Ky, former interior
minister who is secretary-general
of a faction of the Dai Viet par-
ty, said early elections "would be
a fake" because the peasants and
farmers under Viet Cong domina-
tion could not vote.
As now planned, the elections
"will be only a show to satisfy the
foreigners-they will not be rep-
resentative of the people," said Ky
He is no relation to Premier Nguy-
en Cao Ky.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P)-
Tran Van Huu, a premier of South
Viet Nam in the days of EmperorI
Bao Dai, suggests that the first
move toward peace there must
come from the United States.
Huu, 70, winding up a month's
visit to the United States, told an
interviewer this week:
"I am sure that if the Americans
stopped the war, the others would
too. The call to a truce can come
only from the mightiest, the small-
est cannot call for a truce. But,
if the mightiest called for a truce,
the others would follow.
"They would have to -accept be-
cause if they were to carry on the
war, they wouldn't have the ap-
probation of the population."
Huu said he spoke to Washing-
ton officials last week about- a
possible truce "but there hasn't
been any echo."
"I have the impression that
peace isnotfor tomorrow,"the
added wryly. "When we will have
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will not be
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stopped to
negotiation
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et Nam to ashes, there namese had been .refused South 1955 in opposition to the authori- a
any conflict." Vietnamese visas so many times tarian regime of President Ngo t
d hostilities should be they had quit asking for them. Dinh Diem-those that went N
prepare a climate for Huu called the coming election abroad, those that became political F
ns and the United States "a kind of diversion" anyhow be- prisoners, and those that went un- 1
gotiate with the Viet cause in South Viet Nam "it is derground to form the Viet Cong.
tional Liberation Front. not possible for people today to Huu said the Viet Cong were r
e as hard as this," he express their will freely." not Communist in the b h
"we must talk to the Huu was premier under Bao Dai and were "not entirely" Con-i
nies. from April 27, 1950, to June 3, munist now, though the U.S. P
aid he found that while 1952. bombing of the last year had
Washington wanted ne- He contended in the interview "forced the Front to ally itself
they did not want to that a coalition government should with the North."
ut' North Vietnamese be formed in South Viet Nam in- He expressed belief that South
Ho Chi Minh; and while cluding three groups that arose in Viet Nam could be preserved as
Led peace in the South
Year
n independent and neutral cour
ry in "peaceful coexistence" wil
forth Viet Nam because even ti
'ront had made that propogal
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He said his talk with UN Sec
etary-General U Thant April
iad persuaded him Thant "is do
rg everything he can" to g
eace.
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ty wt1NUplm li41 z ttl,
they did not want to hear about
the National Liberation Front.
He said he got the impression
Washington did not favor having
self-exiled Vietnamese like himself
wreturn for South Viet Nam's pro-
jected national election. He com-
mented: "This is extremely serious,
because the majority of the elite is
outside."
He said the self-exiled Viet-
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