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(SAIGON)--AVERICAN TROOP STRENGTH IN SOUTH VIETNAM DROPPED
BY 300 MEN LAST WEEK--THE SMALLEST CUT IN SEVEN WEEKS. THE
U-S COMMAND SAYS THERE NOW ARE 47, 200 AMER I CANS STATIONED IN
SOUTH VIETNAM.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SOME 100,000 OTHER AMERICANS-NAVY AND
AIR FORCE MEN--STATIONED IN THAILAND AND GUAM AND OFF THE
COAST OF VIETNAM.
(MOSCOW)-- THE SOVIET UNION ACCUSES THE U-S OF FAKING ITS WITHDRAWAL
FROM INDOCHINA. THE PARTY 2WSPAP' ''PPAVTA'' SAYS THE ':I SIOM1
OF TROOPS REMOVFD FROM SOUTH VIETNAV A SIMPLY BEING TA'KF
OVER BY AMERICAN FORCES STATIONED ELSEWHERE IN TH FAR EAST.
THE ARTICLE DECLARES A MILITARY SOLUTION IS NOT POSSIBLE. IT
SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE IS THOUGH NEGOTIATIONS.
HANOI IS CALLING ON THENORTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE TO MOBIL IZE
FOR ''ANY CAPACITY OR MISSION'' ASSIGNED TO THEM. RADIO HANOI
SAYS THE ALTERNATIVE TO WORKER MOBILIRATION IS A SENTENCE OF
UP TO TWO YEARS OF FORCED LAPOR.
(SAIGON)-- AMERICAN B-92'S AND NAVAL GUNS ARE BLASTING NORTH
VIETNAMESE POSITIO S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEMI?-ITARIZED ZONE.
THE BOMBARDMENT IS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST OF THE LONG WAR. MEANWHILE,
THE U-S COMMAND REPORTS LIGHT FIGHTING CONTINUING ON THE EDGES
'l Q1ANG TRI (KWAHNG TREE) CITY.
TROOPS HAVE MOVED 200 TO 300 YARDS CLOSER TO THE CITADEL
SECTION OF QiJANG TRI SINCE THE LAST REPORT 24 HOURS AGO. THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO DESTROY NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES
AROUND THE CITY BEFORE TRYING AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE BUNKERS AND TRENCHES INSIDE.9u4CKACD '&7-17-72
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: International news], script, July 17, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1548665/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.