Article about Communist China transporting military supplies from the Soviet Union to North Vietnam

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Title

Article about Communist China transporting military supplies from the Soviet Union to North Vietnam

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Original title :"Missiles", Keever's title: "Moved through China, Rather than Sea, Soviet Missiles Encircle Hanoi", article about Communist China help in transporting military supplies from the Soviet Union to North Vietnam

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Deepe Missiles--page 1 November 16, 1965 SAIGON--Military supplies from the Soviet Union to North Vietnam are believed to be again transported through Communist China, rather than directly by sea, according to recent visitors from Hanoi. “The Chinese Communists have apparently channelized all military assistance and aid through Chinese terrority,” one recent visitor explained. “Five or six months ago, the Chinese Communists reportedly refused to allow Russian missiles and other aid through Chinese territory. Now the Chinese have reversed that and so they hold the bottleneck (of goods going to Hanoi) in their hands. While no Westerner really knows how the missiles and other Soviet military aid are coming into Hanoi, the people in Hanoi say most of the stuff is coming through Communist China and not by sea through the Tonkin Gulf or the Hainan Straits,” the source continued. “The thinking in Hanoi is that more Soviet missiles are coming in--that replacements for the destroyed missiles must be coming in. Third parties in Hanoi also say that Russian technicians are coming into Hanoi, but this is secret; the technicians would be dispersed; they are not seen in public.” Deepe missiles--page 2 Reliable sources said the Soviets, like the Chinese Communists, have taken a militant [deletion: hand] stand against the United States bombings in North Vietnam, but the Soviets feel less strongly than the Chinese about the continuation of the war within South Vietnam. Other reliable sources indicate that the Soviet military attache in North Vietnam was recently changed from an army general to an air force officer, leading to speculation that the change permitted the Russians “to keep better track of their missiles.” There was “no explanation” of why the Soviet goods would again be sent through Chinese territory--if the report is eventually confirmed. The two roads and two railroads leading from Communist Chinese territory into Hanoi have been hit by American aircraft, but have not been hit consistently. The one railroad-road communications line runs from Hanoi northwest into the frontier station of Lao Kay and then into southern Chinese province of Yunan. This communications system has been [insertion: periodically] hit for months by American aircraft. Deepe Missiles--page 3 The second railroad-road communications network leads from Hanoi to the northeast to the frontier station of Dong Dang and then into the southern Chinese provinces of Kwang-Si and Kwang-Tung. Since mid-september American aircraft have been hitting this communications system; several weeks ago, the American airstrikes hit a key bridge named “Kep” 50 miles outside of Hanoi on the road to Dong Dang. “The Americans have bombed the two roads and railroads coming into North Vietnam from Communist China, but they must be bombed every day and every night because the people are already organized to repair the rail tracks or else to porter the goods,” according to one reliable source. (Source 2). American aircraft have also recently bombed a combination road railroad bridge between Hanoi and its seaport city of Hai Phong 60 miles to the east. Other reliable sources (source 3) indicate that North Vietnamese laborers have rebuilt some of the bridges that American aircraft have struck. “Some bridges they have not repaired,” the source continued. “Around some bridges the North Vietnamese build a bypass before the airstrikes even hit the road or bridge; one bridge has two floating substitute bridges already in place even before the Americans planes hit the main bridge. In some cases, they simply erect a bamboo footbridge to place over the bridge span that the American planes drop into the water; and in other places they have only floating mobile bridges.” Deepe Missiles--page 4 Reliable sources indicate that the amount of radar-controlled anti-aircraft weapons [deletion: are] is increasing in North Vietnam and that the Hanoi Communist regime has erected a tight ring of missile sites around the capital city. These missile sites are expanding in number and in area of operation, the sources said. “The North Vietnamese have many sites and they move them around,” one reliable source indicated. “They have a tight ring around Hanoi and they have increased that ring outwards. Originally they had five hard sites around Hanoi and [insertion: then they] expanded that circle. The first circle was in a 10-15 miles outside of Hanoi; now it is 30-40 miles outside of Hanoi plus branching eastward to Haiphong,” [insertion: the seaport city of Hanoi.] American aircraft have also hit missile sites in the area of Thanh Hoa, a major seaport _75_ miles south of Hanoi.

Date

1965, Nov. 16

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun; Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Relations--Soviet Union; Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Relations--China; Arms transfers; Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quân đội

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6311

Size

20 x 26 cm

Container

B187, F6

Format

dispatches

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Language

English