[News Script: Peace talks/ Vietnam] Page: 1 of 2
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PA/IS--THE STATUS or TNL PA2I1 ?ZACE TALKS IS MORE CONFUSED
TAN/: EVER TODAY. BOTH SIDES HAVN GNE ?N THE RECORD AS FAVORING
RESUMPTION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT NEITHER SIDE HAS AGREED
TO THE OTHER'S PROPOSAL TO MEET. THE CHIEF U-S NEGOTIATOR,
VILLIAM PORTER, RETURNED TO PARIS TODAY AND TOLD NEWSMEN AT
THE AIRPORT A SECRET PROPOSAL BY PRESIDENT NIXON HAD BEEN
MET ONLY PY INCREASED FIGHTING.
HOWEVER, THE ALLIES REJECTED 'A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE OTHER
SIDE ONLY YESTERDAY, THAT ANOTHER MEETING BE HELD TODAY. THEY
SAY THE COMMUNISTS ARE NOT YET WILLING TO NEGOTIATE SERIOUSLY.
PORTER GAVE NO, DETAILS ON N IXON' S PROPOSAL 'OF APRIL FI RST--TWO
DAYS AFTER THE NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFENSIVE BEGAN. THERE'S
SPECULATION THAT WHATEVER TL">2 IT CONTAINED WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE
TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG.
(SAIGON)--NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES DROVE INTO THE PROVINCIAL
CAPITAL OF AN LOC (AHN LAHK) AT DAWN TODAY. BY NIGHTFALL-.-ASIAN
TIME-THEY REPORTEDLY HELD HALF THE TOWN, PLUS THE AIRFIELD,
BUT SOME REPORTS SAY THE 12,000 SOUTH VIETNAMESE DEFENDERS
ARE RALLYING UNDER THE COVER OF HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN AIR STRIKES.
FIVLD REPORTS SAY THE NORTH VIETNA;ES2 2AZV LOST 54 ARMORED
VEHICLES. PRESIDENT THIEU (TOO) HAS ORDERED HIS SOLDIERS
TO HOLD THE TOWN SO MILES NORTH OF SAIGON AT ALL COSTS.
HEAVY, CLOSE COMBAT IS REPORTED ONE MILE EAST OF AN LOC.
THE FIELD REPORTS SAY THE COMMUNISTS HOLD THE NORTHERN, OR
NEWER HALF OF THE TOWN. GOVERNMENT FORCES STILL HELD SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 13, WHERE THE PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED.
THERE WAS HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE BUT NO. AMERICAN PLANES
ARE REPORTED LOST.
SOUTH VIETNAMESE OFFICERS CLAIM 200 NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE
BEEN KILLED. INCOMPLETE REPORTS PUT THE GOVERNMENT TOLL AT
15 TO 20 KILLED AND ABOUT 30 WOUNDED.olow,
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Peace talks/ Vietnam], script, April 13, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1516472/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.