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SOT COMING LIVE
TAPE 1:36
The United States command says American fighter- bombers ha ve attacked one of North Vietnam's biggest
railroad yards on the outskirts of Haiphong. The command says the planes left the yards engulfed in explosions and flames. And, South Vietnamese President Thieu visited the beseiged provincial capital of Kontum this morning for some promotion. He promoted Colonel Ly Tong Ba to the rank of Brigadier General . Thieu also f reportedly tried to convince Ba he should take more aggressive action against enemy troops still holding parts of the city. Here's a report from Kontum. SOT HERE...1:36... ENDS "...IMPOSSIBLE TO STEI'I THE TIDE."