Keever- Viet Cong

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• First article about developments since the beginning of the Tet Offensive
  Original title: "impact", Keever's title: "Communist Tet Blitz Risks U.S. Losing Its First Major War", Article draft about the immediate effects of the Tet Offensive, suggesting America may lose the war, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about American pacification in rural South Vietnam
  Original title: "corps", Keever's title: "Communists Suffer Heavy Losses Around Saigon, Hurt Pacification Program", Article draft about Communist casualties in their push for Saigon and the effect of the Tet Offensive on the U.S.'s rural pacification program, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Second article about military developments in South Vietnam
  Original title: "war", Keever's Title: "U.S. Combat Units Shift from Search-and-Destroy Sweeps to Clear-and-Hold to Snare Guerillas", Article draft about new counter-gureilla tactics, for the Christian Science Monitor, page 1-14
• Article about the odds of another Communist offensive
  Original title: "offensive", Keever's title: "Communist Offensive in South Vietnam? A lot of Guesses", Article draft about an analysis into the likelihood of another Communist offensive like Tet in the near future, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Second article on military strategy and tactics, focusing on Communist forces
  Original title: "strategy", Keever's title: "Communists Split with Main-Force units in Strategical Retreat; Guerrilla Offensive with Defection[?]" Article draft about Communist strategy in August of 1968. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about Communists sending children to North Vietnam
  Original title: "children", Keever's title: "Communists Send Southern-Born Schoolchildren to North Vietnam for 'a New Breed of Classes.'" Article draft about the removal of children from South Vietnam to North Vietnam in order to give them a communist education. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about rocket attacks in Saigon
  Original title: "salvo", Keever's title: "Communists Signal More War, Not Peace, with 19-Round Rocket Salvo in Saigon." Article draft about Communist rocket attacks on Saigon. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about Communist attacks and Cao Dai militias
  Original title: "attacks." Article draft about recent Communist attacks and Saigon's loss of support from the Cao Dai religion. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about captured Communist plans
  Original title: "attack", Keever's title: "Captured Communist Documents Reveal an Attack Saigon Battle Plan that Disturbs [?]." Article draft on documents captured by the American "little boat navy" (Brown-Water Navy) that reveal plans for an offensive by Communist forces. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about changes in Việt Cộng command
  Original title: "command", Keever's title: "Shake-up in Viet Cong High Comand gives more North Vietnamese Control over Southerners." Article draft about changes in Việt Cộng command after the failed May 1968 offensive which saw the North Vietnamese take control. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about a military lull in South Vietnam
  Original title: "options", Keever's title: "Does Lull in Fighting mean New Offensive or Signal for Peace?" Article about the lack of military activity in South Vietnam and the American theories as to its cause. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about the South Vietnamese government's peace philosophy
  Original title: "politics", Keever's title: "'Bedragers[?] Peace'- Coalition Government with Viet Cong is Banned in Saigon's Discussion." Article draft about Nationalist/South Vietnamese plans for peace. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about a Việt Cộng defector
  Original title: "turncoat", Keever's title: "Turncoat Reveals Viet-Cong's Battle Extravaganza for Vietnam." Article draft about a Việt Cộng defector revealing an immanent Communist offensive against Saigon. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article on Viet Cong defectors
  Original title: "turncoat." Keever's title: "Turncoat reveals Viet Cong's Battle Extravaganza for Saigon." Article by Keever on Viet Cong defectors
• Article about women in the Việt Cộng
  Original title: "women", Keever's title: "Toting a 65-Pound Mini-Gun: Communist Women in Combat." Article draft about Vietnamese women acting as guerilla forces and nurses for the Việt Cộng. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about the South Vietnamese Foreign Minister's opinion on peace talks
  Original title: "minister", Keever's title: "Saigon's Foreign Minister: 'Hanoi's Talks With U.S. Will Drag On For Months.'" Article draft about Foreign Minister Trần Văn Đỗ's view on the potential results of Hanoi-Washington peace talks. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about South Vietnam's reaction to North Vietnam accepting peace talks
  Original title: "talks", Keever's title: "Hanoi Accepts LBJ's Peace Bid, Electrifying Saigon." Article draft about the South Vietnamese political elite in Saigon and their reaction to North Vietnam agreeing to peace talks, which came as an almost total surprise to Saigon and American officials alike. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about Communist opinions on fighting during peace negotiations
  Original title: "negotiate", Keever's title: "Communists Weigh Fighting While Negotiating." Article draft about communist discussions about continuing their offensives while peace talks are underway. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about Việt Cộng control of Saigon insurgency
  Original title: "command", Keever's title: "Viet Cong's Top Command Controls Saigon-Area Thrusts." Article draft about the Central Office of the Việt Cộng taking direct control of various communist political movements and insurgencies in the area around Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article on Viet Cong control of Saigon
  Original title: "command." Keever's title: "Viet Cong's Top Command Controls Saigon-Area Thrusts." Article by Keever about Viet Cong forces taking control of Saigon
• Article about the Vietnamese perspective on peace negotiations
  Original title: "concern", Keever's title: "Rice-Roots Level Peace Talks with Communists is Iffy." Article draft about the difficulties of peace talks between South Vietnam and the Việt Cộng/North Vietnam. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article fragment about American bombing in Khe Sahn
  Original title: "focus", Keever's title: "Tens of U.S. Bombs Supporting Khe Sahn Equals Five Hiroshimas." Fragment of an article draft describing the American bombing campaign around the Khe Sahn Base. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about fighting in Khe Sahn
  Original title: "Khe Sahn", Keever's title: "Communist Assault on Khe Sahn Vanishes." Article about fighting in Khe Sahn, and the lack of a materialized Communist/Việt Cộng offensive. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Third part of an article about the war in South Vietnam
  Original title: "peace", Keever's title: "Vietnamese Politics Begin to Define Peace Talks." Article about increasing discussion in Saigon about negotiations with Hanoi. President Johnson's decision not to run for office earlier in the year had put negotiations on the minds of both the Americans and South Vietnamese. Discussions of a three to four year peace plan sponsored by the Americans, and a plan to have both the anti-communist forces and the Việt Cộng participate in free and fair elections upon its conclusion, are brought up. For the Christian Science Monitor
• Second part of an article about the war in South Vietnam
  Original title: "strategy", Keever's title: "Communists to Parallel Peace Talks with Fighting." Article about the North Vietnamese/Communist plan to continue gurellla warfare in South Vietnam as peace talks with the west unfold, since Allied (American) commanders reject the idea of a ceasefire. Communist/Việt Cộng tactics seem to have changed from Protracted People's War to short term offensives, likely due to the successes of the Tet Offensive earlier that year. The bulk of the article goes over elaborating on this strategic change. For the Christian Science Monitor