One month later. in the Donglo resettlement center. 200 homes were destroyed. 100 civilians killed and 15 wounded. To the north in Quangnam Provincenear the port of Danagthe invaders forcibly uprooted more than 10.000 civilians settled there two years ago and moved them west to "liberated" areas as virtual slave labor. From several refugees who escaped this transfer of population it has been established that the Communist plan called for the abduction of no fewer than 15.000 South Vietnamese civilians. most of them farmers and artisans. from a single district in that province. This is a repeat. but with perfect tactics. of the very strategy practiced against South Vietnam by Hanois invaders before and during the notorious--but unsuccessful1972 spring offensive. Vastly aiding the Communists. of course. is the absence today of U.S. air power and the fact that Hanois troops are more muscular and bettertrained than two years ago.
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