European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes 100,000 Allied troops Start new drive ambassador meets with North Viets from a and up dispatches . Military spokes men said wednesday a Force of 100,000 Allied troops was being used in the War s largest opera Tion to eliminate the 18,000 to20,000 communist troops still in festing the 11 provinces nearest Saigon. It marked the first time of the War that american South Viet namese australian new Zea land and Thailand troops adjoined in a single massive drive through the 10,000 Square mile around the capital City. On the diplomatic front mean while . Ambassador William h. Sullivan met with North Viet namese diplomats in Vientiane wednesday morning to deliver president Johnson s counter proposals to Hanoi s suggestion of phenom penh As the site for preliminary peace talks. It was the fifth or sixth Contact Between american and North vietnamese officials since april 3. Objective simple on the military operation spokesman said its objective was simple the elimination of ene my he said More than 90 battalion jumped off monday in the opera Tion called Complete Victory and that at least 75,000 combat troops and 25,000 Reserve an backup forces were involved. The new drive follows close behind operation resolved to win a 50-battalion push that killed 2,685 communists in a month Long drive through the five provinces immediately sur rounding Saigon. That drive Wasto eliminate communist forces remaining in the area after the tet offensive. Allied commanders discarded some former strategy to give the troops Freedom to Hunt Dow the thousands of communists in the area. Formerly each Al lied unit restricted its operations to a certain area suchlike a police Force operates Only inside its City limits. O Brien Post Washington up presi Dent Johnson wednesday accepted the resignation of Law rence f. 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On deck passengers raced to Ward lifeboats on the starboard right Side but they found theist to port so Steep that the boats could not be used. Some went into port Side boats. But most jumped. Wellington up new zealand Herald newsman Iain Macdonald was a passenger on the Wahine when it ran aground. The following Story is his re port by Iain Macdonald after stewards shouted life boats out. Muster after jus before entering Wellington har Bor there was More boredom and discomfort than terror among the cried children fretted fathers swore and mothers tried to soothe. Periodic announcements fro the ship s loudspeakers assured us the Wahine was Clear of thereof and was now Drifting Well into the were quite Safe the loudspeakers assured ship still rolled and pitched but by then this had be come u part of the life As we knew it suddenly what seemed the Start of just another Roll to port never reverted to even of us who were at the outer edges were Flung headlong into those sprawled against the fore and aft of us passengers and the Crew formed a Chain passing children from the inside to the boat deck., / then from the boat deck rail by then it was at a 40-Degreeanglei saw one Lifeboat packed with old folks women and Chil Dren splash into the water. 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