Truce breaches alleged
CV.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) HONG KONG, December 28. The Viet Cong alleged today that its three-day Christmas cease-fire had been violated more than 320 times by American and South Vietnamese fortes. The Viet Cong’s Giai Phong (Liberation) News Agency also alleged that in many provinces of South Vietnam, people could not go to church on Christmas Day because of "rounds-ups for forcible conscription.” The Americans have reported only three violations of their truce, without damage or casualties, but the South Vietnamese have reported 49. killing 13 Government soldiers and wounding 53 others and two civilians.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 13
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96Truce breaches alleged Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 13
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