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[8] The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, 1970-1971,
tr. 2. in tn 15006 ca BTMLQ gi CINCPAC 071926Z, Nov
1970; CINCPAC tr li BTMLQ, 100556Z, Nov 1970.
[9] T thng 3-1970 cc ton LLB M-Vit t kch vo
min bc (ti a 30 cy s t bin gii/ v tuyn 17) 14 ln, trong
ch c chn ln thnh cng. Thng vn ca Kissinger gi
Nixon, FRUS 1969-1976, Vol VII, Vietnam July 1970 January
1972, Document 80.
[10 ] ng vo t ong v v, c ph ch s 25, Chng 2
trong sch; n nhiu qu kh tiu in tn ca Abrams gi
i Tng Earle Wheeler, MAC 15405, 291300Z Nov 1969, trch
theo Sorley, tr. 230.
[11] C mt b mt no trong giai an u san tho LS719
m chng ta cha bit r: K hoch nh qua H Lo c
BTMLQ, MACV v BTL TBD ni n nhiu ln t thng 111970. Nhng n ngy 22 thng 12-1970 B Trng Quc Phng
Melvin Laird mi c thng bo trong mt bui hp vi Tng
Thng Nixon. B Trng Ngoi Giao William Rogers cng khng
c loan bo cho n sau ngy 24. Nh vy B Trng Quc
Phng Laird b lai ra khi h thng qun s vi BTL MACV,
BTL TBD v BTMLQ. c The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War
in Vietnam, tr. 447, ch thch 7.
[12 ] Henry A. Kissinger, White House Years, tr. 1004-1005.
[Tip theo #24]
Ti liu n t BTMLQ; CIA; Ta Bch c; v MACV cho thy
ng C Vn Anh Ninh Quc Gia ca Tng Thng Nixon c bn
tay trong k hoch LS719. Nh l c vn an ninh quc gia cho
tng thng, Kissinger suy lun nm 1972 l nm bu c tng
thng. Chin trng Vit Nam phi yn tnh c phiu c
tri. nh vo Tchepone u nm 1971 s gy nhiu phin toi v
lm QND/QGP bn tm n sau cuc bu c thng 11-1972.
l mt k hoch xa (lc mi cui nm 1970), nhng trong
chin trng Cam Bt. Nhng chnh ph Thi cha quyt nh, v
by gi lnh VNCH phi in vo ch trng. [7] Quyt nh hnh
qun tr li Cam Bt vi cp s s on s c nhng nh hng
rt bt li nu khng ni l nguy him cho Hnh Qun
LS719 H Lo. Nhng n lc c kt k hoch hnh qun, ban
son tho hnh qun Vit-M cha thy c lin quan gia hai
mt trn.
Ngy 9 thng 1 c Moore v B Trng Quc Phng Laird
n Si Gn ni chuyn vi MACV, Tng Thng Thiu, v mt
s tng lnh VNCH. Cng trong chuyn i , c Moore
bay ra Hu gp Trung Tng Hong Xun Lm v Trung Tng
James Sutherland thm d kin v coi k hoch hnh qun
c chun b ti u. Ngy 17, hai s quan ph trch hnh qun
ca MACV bay v Hoa Thnh n trnh by trc tip v c th
cho BTMLQ v k hoch ca Abrams. Ngy hm sau, 18 thng 1,
k hoch nh qua Cam Bt v H Lo c thuyt trnh Ta
Bch c di s tham d ca Tng Thng Nixon, B Trng
Quc Phng Laird, Ngoi Trng Rogers, c Moorer, Gim
c CIA Helms, v Kissinger. B Trng Quc Phng Laird l
thuyt trnh vin. V nhng g c cp l nhng g c
MACV son tho: nh qua n in Chup; nh qua Tchepone;
v mt cuc hnh qun thung lng A Shau nh l mt k hoch
nghi binh. Tng Thng Nixon hi nhiu cu hi; bn cht ca
nhng cu hi l MACV c ym tr cho VNCH khng, v s
kh khn ca cuc hnh qun ln ny qua Cam Bt. Nixon nhn
mnh mt im quan trng, n thng 11 nm 1972, M s ch
cn 100.00 ngn qun v y l c hi cui cng cho VNCH
phn cng. [8] Gim c CIA Richard Helms tin on i
phng s t th lnh a ca h ; Ngoi Trng William
Rogers th lo s Th Tng Souvanna Phouma ca Lo s c lc
phn i, v s yu cu qun VNCH rt khi Lo cng sm cng
tt. Ngoi Trng Rogers ni thm, Souvanna hi ti sao khng
tn cng vo vng Ba Bin Gii, hay Saravane, m li l
Tchepone? Sau mt ting ri bn tho, tt c ng s i n
[12] The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, tr. 5, cc
ch 11.
LS719 Nhn T MACV
Si Gn, LS719 c chnh thc nhc n trong bui hp cp
nht tnh bo hng tun ngy 28 thng 11-1970. i Tng
Frederick Weyand, thay tng Abrams ch to bui hp, ni
tng Abrams ang tho lun chi tit vi i Tng Cao Vn
Vin. Hai ngy sau, 1 thng 12-1970, cng trong bui hp tng
t di s c mt ca Abrams, Thiu Tng William Potts, ch
huy trng Phng 2 MACV m u: chun b cho bui hp
ca i tng v i Tng Vin tra nay, chng ta s bt u v
lu lng xe vn ti xm nhp [1] Nh vy, c th ni BTTM
VNCH c MACV d hi kin v k hoch LS719 sm
nht l t ngy 28 thng 11. Theo Thiu Tng Nguyn Duy
Hinh, u thng 1-1971 tng Abrams gi tng Vin, ngh
cch chnh thc v k hoch LS719. Vi ngy sau tng Abrams
gp tng Vin vi bn v trnh by k hach ca MACV. [2]
K hoch ca MACV cho ma kh 1971. (1) hnh qun qua Cam
Bt: Mt lc lng t 20.000 n 22.000 qun s tn cng Cam
Bt bng ba hng. Mt hng i theo ng 7 nh qua Chup
v v Kampong Cham; hng th hai nh v Snoul v Kratie; v
cnh qun th ba theo quc l 1 nh v hng ty bc. Sau khi
thanh ton c mc tiu, hai cnh qun hng Kampong Cham
v Kratie s i vng li bt tay vi cnh qun trn quc l 1.
Cng lc, dc theo bin gii, qun c hu ca Qun on IV s
nh vo so huyt ca B-2 Ni Tht Sn, Ni Ba Th. Hai lc
lng tng tr b TQLC v Nhy D s c mt trong nhng cnh
qun nh qua Cam Bt. Nhng ch l k nghi binh, v hai lc
lng tng tr b s c di chuyn ra Qun on I, khi Giai
on II ca hnh qun LS719 bt u. Cuc Hnh qun qua Cam
Bt c t tn l Ton Thng 1/71. (2) Hnh Qun qua H Lo:
ti trung bnh l bn tn
trnh phn tch v tng hp thng tin tnh bo, chi n l c, chi n
thut th pha Q VN mi c th dn xc nh, gii hn v c th
ha mc tiu i phng la chn
Quancan - ..Cng trong nhiu ln ni chuyn vi c
McCain; vi tham mu trng BTMLQ Earl Wheeler; v i b
trng quc phng Melvin Lair, tng Abrams nhc ti lui
nhiu ln tn ca nm cn c
hu cn 604, 611, 609, 352,
v 701: MACV mun c
php tn cng vo nhng cn
c . Cn c 604 l bn
doanh ca Binh Trm 33
Tchepone; 611 l Binh Trm
42 A Shau nh cp;
609 l Binh Trm 35 v 37
Bn Bc ph trch tip liu
cho B-3; cc cn c 350-354
v 701 l nhng cn c hu
cn bn trong ni a Cam
Bt, ph trch tip liu cho
b t lnh ln nht min nam,
BTL B-2 (B-2 c qun 32 tnh trong 44 tnh ca VNCH).