European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse France officially tells of pullout units will quit nato by july 1 March 30 has officially notified the United states it will withdraw French forces from natos integrated Mili tary Structure by july France denounced the agreement supreme Headquarters Allied forces in Europe shape and the Central european command it also requested the Transfer from France by april of the american Headquarters and several army and air Force latest Exchange the French de scribed As an aide was received tuesday evening by an official of the american Zembas who was summoned to the French foreign state department spokesman Robert Eccl Nsncy told a news con Ference the French note was the latest in an Exchange of diplomatic Dis patches that began March 12 when the government of presi Dent Charles do Gaulle Laid the other members of nato that France wants to end the assign ment of French troops to the integrated command and wants military installations removed from French 4 main Points american officials sold the French note contained four main Points termination of assign ment of French ground and air forces to the Allied command in effective july these represent two French divisions and two air wings withdrawal on the same Day of French military person Nel assigned to the following integrated nato commands a South the Southern european com and commands subsidiary to these As Well As natos de sense College denunciation of the on pane col l d edition of stripes now going to Turkey readers in Turkey arc now receiving the d edition of the stars and this shift of editions for read in in Turkey results from a change in airline flight sched Europe mostly Cloudy with intermittent Little change Frankfurt head cd m 70 c 57 w a c m 50 e 37 37 p j4 41 r 41 50 p c 30 36 p 34 Taci 45 40 p 41 m c at 63 e unofficial of Forti up North Africa and he Middle Eail r partly 2nd weather Wing 345 if 21855 a s i0 sunday do March 1966 recruit training slows 4 Pentagon says of Tours extended for by Marc Hiuet s4s Washington Bureau March 30 air Force has extended the Tours of Reserve officers and non regular warrant officers with 20 years of service who were due for retirement Between now and june this action was taken March 24 due to the present cult Licul need for trained extensions Are for one those May still apply for retirement either now or at any time during their period of Extension it they arc the Extension does nol apply to officers and warrant officers Whu arc being retired or separated for physical disability or for mandatory retirement or sep extended who have already submitted their applications for May either withdraw them or allow them to the air Force ask Tor termination officers who selected release from Active duty rather than retirement and Are on orders for separation May either ask for termination or separa Tion action or they will ire separated As temporary promotion a Ligibel on Page it red club a company commander la the 173rd demonstrates an Iron Collar used by the Viet Cong to Chain machine gunners to their Mobles Oul flt found three such during the recent Silver City operation in War zone press International photo reds shooting from All directions none seen fully set 9f for combat March 29 a a defense depart ment spokesman said tues Day four army divisions in the United states Are below full combat readiness because they have been training re emits and he identified these divisions As the i inf at the 5th mechanized at and the 1st and 2nd Armel dive at these Are the Only regular divisions in the United states which do not have some of their units deployed the spokesman said the four normally kept As a combat ready emergency were Given the training assign ment last it followed a decision not to Call National guardsmen and reservists to Active but to build up the regular armed forces it was foreseen that some of these divisions would not be full combat status at this the spokesman he said the flip Lions would be returned gradually to full com Bat readiness and that some of them May be ready by this was the first Public offi Cial disclosure that any of the army divisions in the United states arc below full combat ready it cume after the on Page u col ii 200 yanks Battle against entrapment March 30 Hundred cavalrymen battled against entrapment by a Strong communist Force wednesday night in the Central Highlands 12 Miles Southwest of Amer ican artillery hammered at the red several troop carrying Heli copters were shot one was a heavy duly Chinook that exploded Over the cavalrymen Landing zone in a Small Clearing of the Chu Phong Mountain complicating further helicopter were taking a lot of spook a lieutenant reported by radio to his Headquarters in 240 Miles North of Sai this probably meant the enemy was shooting at the cavalrymen from All Robert Caufield of Quin in said the lieutenant was real Cool on the said he had ammunition and we have shot them up a a photographer Rick Merron i reported in a dispatch from Plesku that he fight started at noon when a detachment of about 50 cavalry men ran into heavy enemy a is Oman company flew in to a North vietnamese Soldier was captured and he told the americans there were Well armed Viet Cong in the five planes were lost in air action Over South Viet Nam tuesday and three to enemy although poor weather continued to hamper air activity against North Viet Navy Carrier planes claimed five Junks and three samoans destroyed on strafing missions against Waterways in the a big air Force c130 trans port also peppered the North with 10 million propaganda Leaf lets dropped just Over the 17th parallel they warned North vietnamese troops re ported massed there that they face destruction if they Cross the terrorists set Oil a bomb at a military Billet in Saigon wednesday but inflicted Little More than scratches on four or five the which Tore a 20foot Sec Tion out of the Concrete and Brick Wall surrounding the downtown came on the anniversary of the explosion at the embassy a year two Ameri cans and 20 vietnamese were killed in the embassy bombing and 175 persons were
