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CU Map showing route Nine
0.06

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SV US troops
0.10

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GV Fire base Khe Jo
0.18

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SV US troops loading shells on armoured vehicle
0.24

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GV Convoy along road (2 shots)
0.37

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CU Mortar fire
0.46

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GV Armoured vehicles along road
1.00



Initials SGM/2116 SGM/2159


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Background: American servicemen near the Demilitarised Zone in South Vietnam claim a build-up of North Vietnam forces in the area. On Saturday (27th March) U.S. troops were preparing to hand over a base at Con Thien to the South Vietnamese, who had run it before the thrust into Laos. However newsmen in the area doubt the significance of build-up reports.