European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes april 30, u Saigon North rim Likely targets new red offensive expected in by George Mcarthur Saigon a the communists Are prepared for a new offensive in Vietnam and could pick the time and the place to launch it according to Allied intelligence reports from All parts of the country. Many communist units that were mangled in the february tet offensive have been reconstituted with North vietnamese troop replacements local recruiting and infiltrated weapons these reports indicate. Battalions committed inthe february fighting appear ready to fight again. They May be joined by North vietnamese units never before committed to Battle in South Vietnam. Allied intelligence sees two main areas of enemy interest. One is Saigon battered in february. The capital is a major target and May be hit again very soon according to a communist Colo Nel and political commissar who recently defected. Reports have come in of a big buildup of mor tar and rocket forces around the City and of new efforts to smug Gle in arms and other Region of Peak in Terest is the Northern rim of Vietnam ranging along the Doz Down to the old capital of Hue and West to the a Shau Valley. Most american troops have been concentrated around Sai gon and the Northern . Forces Are e 1 s e where mainly in the Centra Highlands and the upper Edge of the Mekong Delta. The communist forces were hard hit in the tet attacks the Allied command claims but the allies were slow to react Large Rural areas were lost by default and recruiting quickly began. The opinion in Saigon is that the enemy will strike again once his strength is restored and the time is time could be soon. American commanders Donot expect president Johnson s peace overtures to alter the enemy stance. The generals and the troops expect More hard fighting despite whatever peace negotiations might be undertaken. The probability of renewed heavy action has the nearly 1.5 million Allied troops throughout Vietnam in a constant state of readiness yet the choices in this hit and run War remain with the enemy. The North vietnamese deploy divisions in a guerrilla pattern gathering for major attacks then fading into the Jungle Sand Hills. The siege of Khe Sanh was a graphic illustration of How difficult it is for Allied com Manders to assess enemy intentions. The american High com Mand was convinced that when the North vietnamese con verged on Khe Sanh in Janu the Early infantry against the base were a a soften Rig up blow the7jlattack would inevitably1- and it would be an Hannover Germany a Adolf von Thadden National chairman of West Germany National democratic party Ned expects to hear a newfound of complaints about a revival of fas cism in Ger party won 9.8 percent of the vote sunday Ina state elec Tion in Baden a u or 11 e m Berg its bes showing since a tt.o.1,10 it began gain von Thadden ing footholds in state parliaments 18 month Sago. The Ned now has legislators in seven of the 10 West German states. Von Thadden s party stand for what it regards As a healthy Brand of German critics say it sounds More like Neo nazism. If a new sharpened hat Campaign Over alleged fascistic tendencies in West Germany islet Loose particularly from Moscow it can Only make us of the Battle cries of the domes tic political opponents of the expects outcries take ten a paratrooper from the 101st airborne div takes a a a sur t damaged archway Entrance to a Small Temple West j be Els k Zearin of remnants of Ortli vietnamese units which attacked Hue during the tet offensive and which reportedly have been strengthened recently. A photo Ned von Thadden observed after his Baden Weer Teinberg Thadden said his vote of nearly 10 per cent in Baden Wuerttemberg was particularly significant because the major parties were United at least in their opposition to the Ned. The Ned was formed a Littlemore than three years ago by combining the remnants of smaller rightist parties that had abm shield directed at Russia too Washington a the Pentagon s chief scientist has provided the first official acknowledgement that the $5 billion . Defense planned against any red chinese missiles also is a first step toward an anti so Viet shield. Or. John s. Foster director of defense research and Engi Neering told the Senate armed services committee the pro posed anti ballistic missile abm system called Sentinel could be the foundation for unexpanded defense against the soviets. Foster made Clear however,.that current . Plans and capabilities Are Only to try to Han dle the rather rudimentary mis Siles red China is expected Mohave in the Early 1970s. Former Secretary of defens Erobert s. Mcnamara told the same group the Sentinel system was technically capable of intercepting soviet missiles but Only Small numbers. Testimony by both men Casein Early february but was publicly released Only recently. The Issue came up when sen. Stuart Symington d-mo., asked Foster to explain Why the administration seemed to be ignoring the soviet missile threat while tackling a lesser chinese threat. Foster replied i believe that the action the United states is now taking is All the action the United states can take whether in an attempt to Stop an All out soviet attack or whether to pro vide damage denial against chinese icbms Symington Are you saying that actually it is the first step that we could take i Protection against the soviets Foster the statement that was made by or. Mcnamara and concurred in by Gen Earle a Wheeler chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was that this deployment is consistent with the first phase Ofa deployment against the soviet been steadily losing strength atthe polls. The party platform is strongly nationalistic. It would like to see a militarily Strong Ger Many free of foreign troops and foreign influence in Cul Tural and. Business life. The Ned wants to take the German army out of nato and restore full German com Mand and a general staff. It wants nato disbanded and re placed by an Alliance of free and equal partners in a euro Pean Security Ned advocates claim t h party differs in Many ways from Adolf Hitler s nazis. Forone tiling they say it is not anti semitic. But party leaders know that if they were to preach anti semitism the party could be outlawed. The party is committed to democracy and does not advocate the nazi fuehrer principle its defenders say. However Many defector from the party have complained that while von Thad Den preaches democracy he runs the Ned on authoritarian lines. The party was sharply split year ago when its found ing chairman Fritz Thielen was forced out of office. Von Thadden was elected chairman at a party Congress in novem Ber. The party has Long demanded an end to the War crime trials of former official Sand soldiers of nazi Germany. It also rejects the theory that Germany was responsible for world wars i and u and accuses the present government of being too submissive to the victors of world War u. The Ned platform Calls fora United Germany without re noun Cong former German Terri tories in the East. Von Thadden in his first speech As chairman particularly faulted the present West German government for failing to set a higher goal for our people one for which germans throughout All time have give the largest for the defending Sig Allied commanders pc main attack never Uia Terianos that the sick a lifted Allied com minds claiming Victory. There Many questions being however. Did the North 1 namese try to Mand does not generally 2graph its intentions. Y it Khe Sanh became the a publicized Battlefield in Toff this May have dissuaded of communists. The major dil rent could have been Arneri firepower. Marine and air Force planes dumped 10,000 tons of Plosives around the fortress from Jan. 21 to March 30. True destruction turned i sides and valleys once Green with dense foliage into Barren red Earth. Army troops moving to relieve he Sanh looked with Awe from their Mountain top Landing zone sat the desolate scorched Valley god they even killed to mosquitoes one said. There Are other questions about Khe Sanh. Did the enemy use the siege As a Decoy slipping it main forces Down into the Coas Tal valleys for the tet offensive while Allied attention remained in the mountains was the Lack of resistance to the Allied Relief forces a Ges Ture by North Vietnam in response to Johnson s peace Over Tures or did the enemy decide As he has often that a major thrust would be too costly Allied forces when relieving he Sanh made no attempt to Cut off escaping North Vietnam Ese infantry along the laotian Sanh has a new role in keeping with Allied strategy inthe Northern Region. A Small Force will hold the base and air strip while other units Maneu ver to intercept enemy badly the allies were set Back by the tet offensive is Stilla matter of dispute. One . General admitted maybe Weare now Back to the level of last the Mekong Delta Are with its seven million inhabitants is one place where i herein dramatic evidence of the physical and psychological damage wrought by the enemy. Work is progressing slowly i restoring damaged areas of such major Delta cities As myth can Tho and Vinh Long. By general admission it will Bea Long time before the govern ment position is restored to what it was before the Offen Sive. European edition col Jam e8 w. Campbell Usa editor he Chu Elmer o. Prank. Production Henry up Tein. ,., ,.,.�, ,".circulation an unofficial Newi paper of and for the . Armed Force pull had by to , u. European command and printed daily at 0T&curmany. Military Adefemi tha Man and 8trlp, Apo 09176. Internat Lon. I in of Darmstadt Germany. 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