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For date 680625
Bien Hoa Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Long Binh
Description: 25Jun68-No Proof Of Red Copters
LONG BINH, Vietnam (AP) Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, said Sunday "there is no formal, concrete, factual evidence" used along the Demilitarized Zone. Further, Abrams said, "there was no evidence" of North Vietnamese copters operating in the lower panhandle area above the line between the two Vietnams. The general's remarks were the latest in a week-long controversy that began with unconfirmed reports of enemy copters being shot down in the zone area a week ago. Vietnamese sources said possibly three to a dozen copters were shot down. The South Vietnamese commander in the northern (I Corps) area, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, said six were down. While Lam said he believed some of the enemy machines-possibly the Soviet made ML4-were down below the zone, it was never reported that any wreckage was recovered. U.S. and Vietnamese troops along the line said they often saw moving lights at night which they took to be copters. Abrams' remarks may signal the readiness of the U.S. command to shed light on the confused situation. The command is expected to release its official findings of an investigation soon.
Comments: GEN Abrams, Creighton W.; ; ;
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