The rate of increase in American casualties in Vietnam is now far outstripping the rate of increase in the number of troops deployed, American bombing of the North is now estimated to have cost them one billion dollars, New York Tribune, April 6, refers, It is doubtful whether American production of aircraft or airpilots is keeping pace with their dreadful losses, In south Vietnam the National Liberation Front can carry out military operations right in the heart of Saigon. A truce which maintained U.S, troops in the south and stopped assistance to the naticnal liberation forces would be extremely helpful to President Johnson,
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 14, 6 April 1967
Why the Americans Support U_ Thant
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