January 27, 1973

Police Comr Murphy on Jan 26 authorizes 1,000 extra tours of duty for policemen in 11 pcts in Bklyn North Command for 30 days following shooting of Ptl V and C Imperato in Brownsville; Imperatos, who are ptl and bros, reptdly are in good condition; were attacked 'without provocation and without warning'; added surveillance on such a scale marks 1st time such practice has been instituted and it reptdly will be used as test to determine feasbilitiy of extending overtime assignments in other areas of city; details of plan; Mayor Lindsay says he has asked Budget Dir to make emergency allocation; Murphy expresses concern about recent attacks on police--8 ptl have been shot within last wk--and says there is no evidence that most recent assault is work of Black Liberation Army; says no evidence has been discovered of large, widespread natl conspiracy of any significance against police; Imperato bros illus

Article revs 3 decades of war in Vietnam and continuing state of change during period; details case study of 2 middle-class families living in Saigon during French rule before World War II and in following yrs of natl polarization and war; notes for most of people of S Vietnam, signing of cease-fire is coming far too late for rejoicing; graph showing Saigon Govt's actions against civilian Vietcong and Vietcong actions against civilians in S Vietnam

Polish and Canadian diplomats say on Jan 26 they are doubtful that Internatl Comm for Control and Supervision, intended to supervise cease-fire in S Vietnam, would be able to establish functioning hq within 24 hrs after cease-fire specified in protocols of peace agreement; note it is unlikely that comm will be able to install its 7 regional teams in positions around country within 48 hrs of start of cease-fire as stipulated; Pres Thieu, in Jan 24 speech announcing cease-fire, said Communists believed it would take 2 wks to 1 mo for comm to be in full operation and warned that they might try to take advantage of this 'confused period;' Poles and Canadians in Saigon complain that they have received no formal instruction from their govts or any information from US or S Vietnam; chief Canadian delegate D R D Jackson and Brig Gen C L Kirby are reptd to have been in Ottawa for last several days; 1 Canadian says he expects small advance party of mil men to arrive early in following wk; predicts first members of new comm to arrive will be Indonesians; rept from Jakarta says 85 Indonesians will fly into Saigon on Jan 28 and that Indonesian Amb to Cambodia Lt Gen H R Dharsono would head delegation; Polish diplomats say they have no idea when their troops will begin arriving; 1 Pole says chief Polish delegate Amb J Krzywicki has already left for Hanoi; officials in Budapest have confirmed that they intend to participate in comm; role of Internatl Control Comm, established in '54, revd; illus

 

Communist troops attack Tay Ninh on Jan 27 as they step up their assaults throughout S Vietnam in preparation for cease-fire; S Vietnamese command says that N Vietnamese and Vietcong troops made 160 attacks in 24-hr period ended at 6 AM, largest number since Communist offensive in spring of '72; early repts note fighting broke out in Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh and spread to rest of city; S Vietnamese intelligence officials expect attacks at Phan Thiet; Allied forces increase their activities as cease-fire deadline nears; 3 Amers have died in combat as fighting increased; US flies highest number of air strikes since May '72, and S Vietnamese counterattack on ground north of Quang Tri, where they came under heavy shelling; 16 Amers are reptd to have been wounded, 1 in crash of helicopter on central coast NW of Phon Thiet; 2 Amers are reptd wounded in rocket attacks on Da Nang air base, 2 S Vietnamese planes are destroyed and 2 others damaged by rockets; US Air Force gunship is damaged at Bien Hoa and 2 Marine Phantoms are hit by shrapnel at Da Nang; 9 S Vietnamese civilians are killed when some of rockets fired at Da Nang land outside base; heaviest fighting is reptd north of ruins of Quang Tri city; S Vietnamese marines are reptd to have suffered only 'light' casualties during recent days in advance to Cuaviet River North of Quang Tri; Saigon command repts that 24 hrs of fighting left total of 61 Govt soldiers killed and 333 wounded; estimates N Vietnamese and Vietcong killed during period at 299; US command says Amer fighter-bombers flew 407 air strikes inside S Vietnam in 24 hr period; map