Article about the Vietnamese economy and the homecoming of American marines

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Title
Article about the Vietnamese economy and the homecoming of American marines
Description
Original title: "focus." Article draft about the poor state of the Vietnamese economy and the homecoming of the American 27th Marines. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
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SAIGON, AUGUST 12-South Vietnam's looming economic crisis is
causing almost as much concern to Vietnamese and American officials here
as the oft-predicted, yet-to-happen Communist military offensive.
particular worry to Allied economic and financial specialists is that
inflation is expected to gap gallop towards an explosively critical
To counter this economic
point in October or shortly thereafter.
threat, Allied officials have discussed five drastic and potentially
some of which are still secret.
unpopular measures,
measures are:
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The Those five
levaluation of the piastre, increase of Vietnamese
taxes, rationing of necessary commodities, invalidating certain
dems denominations of Vietnamese banknotes and direct importing by
of commodities by the Vietnamese government instead of relying
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Commercial.
business channels which are now afraid to invest.
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A heroes' welcome is reportedly being scheduled for the first
American combat unit returning to the United States after service in Vietnam.
of the 5th Marine Division
The 27th Marines (Regimental Landing Team)
is currently shoedu seneduoe scheduled to return to mainland USA in
August or early September--and will be met with political hoopla praising
them and the American fighting men still in Vietnam. This is not
repeat not the beginning of the much-discussed American withdrawal or
It is simply an "administrative withdrawal,"
phase-out from Vietnam.
military officials here point out.
One battaliom of the 27th Marines was
on amphibious maneuvers preparing to land for a training exercise on Taiwan
formantonimum when the Communist Tet offensive swirled over Vietnam
in late January. The ship shifted courses and/landed in Vietnam within
the other two battalions were afrit airlifted from their home
leton, Calif., and were in Vietnam within 72 hours after
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford announced
the Communist attacked
days;
base of Camp Pendle
on April 11 that the 5000-man unit-part of the American strategic
reserve-would be withdrawn and replaced by the U. S. Army 5th Mechanized
The
27th
Brigade, which has just completed its move to Vietnam.
Marines is being returned to Camp Pendleton-where it is still critically
Its
withdrawal
needed to serve as part of the American strategic reserve.
does not alther the Johnson Administration's authorized ceiling of
549,000 American troops for Vietnam, of which 538,000 are currently
serving on Vietnamese territory.
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Date
1968, Aug. 12
Subject
Vietnam (Republic); Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 27th; Vietnam--Economic conditions
Location
Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.8231; 106.6311
Size
20 x 26 cm
Container
B10, F38
Format
dispatches
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language
English