[News Script: Camboida/ Vietnam] Page: 1 of 2
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" OMMUNIST-LED FORCES IN CAMBODIA HAVE OVERRUN THREE GOVERNMENT
POSITIONS ON HIGHWAY TWO. THE ROAD RUNS SOUTH FROM PHNOM PENH
(PUH-NAHM' PEN) INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN MEKONG DELTA AREA OF SOUTH
VIETNAM. THE CLOSING OF HIGHWAY TWO IS SEEN AS PART OF A TEN-DAY-OLD
COMMUNIST OFFENSIVE TO ISOLATE THE CAMBODIAN CAPITAL AND WHITTLE
AWAY AT GOVERNMENT-HELD TERRITORY AROUND, IT.
VIETNAM
THE GOVERNMENT MILITARY COMMAND IN SAIGON REPORTS MORE THAN
200 CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS BY THE COMMUNISTS IN THE LATEST 24-HOUR
REPORTING PERIOD. MEANWHILE, NORTH VIETNAMESE PREMIER PHAM VAN
DONG ACCUSES THE U-S AND SAIGON OF SABOTAGING THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
DONG SAYS THE THIEU (TOO) GOVERNMENT, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
U-S,. HAS MOUNTED LARGE-SCALE MILITARY OPERATIONS; AND HAS BEEN
HOSTILE TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG MEMBERS OF THE
JOINT TRUCE COMMISSION. PREMIER DONG ALSO ACCUSED SAIGON OF
VIOLATING DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM, AND OF FAILING
TO LIVE UP TO PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE RETURN OF CAPTURED AND
DETAINED PERSONS.
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FIRST-EXPANDED SUMMARY-TAKE 6
F-111
AN AIR FORCE F-ONE-ELEVEN CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED THIS MORNING
WHILE TAKING OFF FROM ITS BASE IN THAILAND. NO INJURIES ARE
REPORTED. THE CONTROVERSIAL SWING-WING PLANES HAVE HAD A LONG
HISTORY OF OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Camboida/ Vietnam], script, February 21, 1973, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1735423/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.