(Text) Hanoi. 31 January--From 25,000 men by the end of 1964, the U.S. expeditionary corps was brought to 190,000 men at the close of 1965 (Johnson’s message to the American Congress), not including the troops supplied by the satellite countries or units of the Seventh Fleet participating in the war against Vietnam.
It fights together with over half a million puppet troops. Meanwhile, the war of escalation against the DRV has taken a dangerous turn. What will the situation and the war be like in Vietnam? In an article published in the January 1966 issue of the HOC TAP, theoretical review of the Vietnam Workers Party, under the title “Let the entire people resolutely and unanimously step up their great patriotic war to defeat the U.S. aggressors,” Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap will provide an answer. Important excerpts are given below. The translation, headlines, and subheads are from VIETNAM COURIER, a Hanoi fortnightly published in English and French.