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ONE OF TF CHIEF TARGETS OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMFSF DRIVE IS THOUGHT TO BE TFE LAOTIAN TOWN OF SEpC.. CHrAY'-PC~r.7, LONG CONSIDERED A MAJOR JUNCTION IN THE ENEMY SUPPLY L 7". IT IS ABCUT 30 MILES INSIDE LAO?, WEST OF KHE SANH (KAY SAfNG ) ALONG ROUTE NINE. PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY ANOTHER PRIMP OBJECTIVE WOULD BE 'THE AREA SOUTH OF SEP ONE AND WEST OF THE ''A SI'AU'' VALLEY. BUT MOST OF THE SUPPLIES THAT HAVE COME CUT OF NORTH VIETNAM SO FAR IN THE CURRENT DFY SEASON ARE KNOWN TO BE PACKED UP NORTH OF ZEPONE. -DASH- (THE UPPER FND OF THE HO C I MINH TRAIL--THE MU GIA (MOO 7HAH) PASS ON THE NORTH VIETNAMESE BORDER--IS 75 MILES NORTH OF SEPONE. (INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AT THE PENTAGON SAY THERE ARE ABOUT 35,0CC COMMUNIST TROOPS OF ALL KINDS IN THE LAOTIANNPANHANDLE, ANOTHER 15,000 IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF SOUTH VIETNAM AND AT LEAST TWO DIVISIONS INSIDE NORTH VIETNAM JUST ABOVE THE DE-MILITARI7ED 7OE. HOWEVER, MAN:Y OF THE COMMUNIST FORCES IL' TFE PANHANDLE ARE THOUGHT TO BE LOCATED WELL SOUTH CF THE AREA OF TF INVASION.)