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of tho militery offers in the crueied southern third of Viet Hametho

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inf fad the vor to now being lost theres :
| fhe vited quomtion 4s whether the mow mildtary governments
pdminicteaters and unit commanders oan reverse the sififitem trond. Yow obcorvera
hore believe tho war egeinat the Viet Cong Commmist guerrillas oan be '
won without cn offeotive otretogte hmlet programs
wtentegia haulet experte tn the ficlé beldave the Us Semupported
Vietawiere govormacts has lost ot lexst olx months im the fight sguinst
the Commniot quarpilless ‘hoy predict 4% wil2 be mid-1964 before tho
ovvarmmont oon sobuAdd tho hemlet progrem to Ate former pout tions
Tho strntagle hanlotemsentt villoges fortifina with bamboo at kos
ond berbot wite and defented by Voluntegr militiomem—wre <oviced in on sttomt
to seperove the Viet Gong guorrilles from population, food and intellagence
informations Tho peegram ben ouosectat *olorsbly well 2 ue woniatesnous a
torntn ot ton cain neh NS, Sona Girne efron t
ie holding ite ome
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