UDK World News
By United Press International
Tanks used in battle
SAIGON - American troops using tanks staged a four-hour attack on a bunker complex 17 miles from Saigon and killed 29 communist soldiers, military spokesmen said today.
The engagement was one of four involving U.S. troops yesterday in South Vietnam and reported in American communiques. The Americans reported killing 64 communist soldiers while losing seven dead and 17 wounded.
In Saigon last night, the South Vietnamese and its Allies announced they would observe a 24-hour truce to mark the birth of Buddha May 30. There was no immediate word from communist forces on whether they would observe the truce.
It would be the first truce in the war since the Tet lunar new year holiday in February.
Announcement of the truce came despite a wave of terrorist incidents in Saigon which killed
five persons and wounded 43 others. Hanoi radio said today terrorist attacks carried out in the capital Wednesday commemorated the 15th anniversary of the end of the battle of Dien Bien Phu. The surrender of the French army to communist forces May 7, 1954, led to an end of the French Indochinese war.
The communiques also reported three communist shelling attacks in South Vietnam overnight, with light American casualties and no fatalities.
American B52 bombers carried out seven missions over South Vietnam last night and early today, spokesmen said. They dropped at least 630 tons of bombs on communist troop concentrations, base camps, and bunker complexes.
"We were consulted and we will observe the 24-hour standdown," a spokesman for
the U.S. mission said soon after the South Vietnamese announcement." The other allies will observe the standdown also."
The truce, if observed by the Communists, will be the first in the Vietnam war since the Tet new year holiday period in mid-February.
Announcement of the brief cease-fire followed a rash of terrorist explosions in Saigon which killed five persons and wounded 43 others. The worst blast occurred early yesterday when a bomb blast killed four persons and wounded 19 in the capital's central post office.
Three other overnight explosions in Saigon killed one civilian and wounded 24 others.
The weekly allied casualty report, issued yesterday showed that American battlefield losses rose sharply last week while the number of government troops
The army newspaper said that in at least two cases generals died "in tragic circumstances while performing their duties."
Death of Soviet generals may be result of air crash
The generals were mostly in their fifties, with a few in their early sixties. Several held posts in air defense and missile commands.
The death of the 10th Russian general was announced yesterday in Red Star, newspaper of the Soviet armed forces.
LONDON - Ten Soviet generals, who died within the last three weeks, may have been killed in an air crash or rocket test explosion, diplomatic reports said yesterday.
Red Star announced yesterday the death of Lt. Gen. Yevgeny I. Smornov, 51, deputy chief of the central department of the Ministry of Defense. The Soviet military newspaper said he died "after a short but grave illness."
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announcement of Gen. Valentin Penkovsky, former commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern area and a deputy foreign minister.
None of the death announcements has given details, nor were any details available elsewhere.
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Diplomatic reports reaching here said some generals may have died naturally, since "after all even generals die some time, especially when they get older."
Red Star then reported the "sudden death" of Lt. Gen. Alexander Dmitriyev, 58, who headed the political section in the Caucasus military area.
killed or wounded decreased at about the same rate.
Last week Red Star announced the death of Gen. Anatoly Kadmotsev, who "died tragically while performing his duties." He was 49 and commander of the aviation section of Russia's air defenses.
But the reference in some instances to "tragic circumstances while performing their duties" suggested a major accident, either an air crash or more likely an explosion during a rocket test, diplomatic informants said.
On Wednesday the death of Maj. Gen. Igor Antonov, 59, was announced. He was senior political officer in the air defense forces which administers Russia's missile armory.
The string of death notices began in Red Star just over two weeks ago when the paper reported the death "in tragic circumstances" of Gen. Marikyan Popov, former chief of the infantry general staff.
Next came the death
Officials reported that 205 Americans were killed and 1,288 wounded in the week ending May 3, compared with 163 dead and 1,235 wounded in the previous seven days.
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