Hanoi has been claiming U.S. nircraft losses of ae a American admitted figures of somewhat less ara eo andes Even nllowing for the impossibility of comple : ac aes thea er 7 conditions, the discrepancy is 2 large anes: Riad ee se AE se ping through of the reality of the coceanese c oo at at ee of their freouent references to the effectiveness o Fat n ageinst modern aircraft. The U.S. now admits that their figures do not or. ni destroyed on the ground, nor planes that are cee a je pr Even more signific-nnt is - recent ‘Sunday Telegraph ar = : ee says that "the American Air Force is making « serious efor o reca old Skyraider piston-engined planes, first used in 1945, for use over North Vietnam. By using them they hope to reduce the severe loss rate of war planes owing to the vulnerability of modern jets. cas One hit has been sufficient to knock out the whole sensitive sophisticated system, but the Skyraider, which was used in Korea, has shown itself much less vulnerable to sround fire, The Pentagon is now even considering re-opening production of the Skyraider in the U.S."
The American journal ‘Aviation Wook! (April 1966) reports that "an official Defense Dept. spokesman admitted for the first time Mar.29 that the 4 Army divisions were understrength because of the strai n of Vietnam. ... The admission was forced by wide publication of the Stennis subcommittects latest report on the low state of readiness of the 4 Army divisions, But there is much more embarrassing information in that confidential report thnt has not yet been made public - including findings that more than half the tanks and other combnt vehicles in the 1st -nd 2nd Armoured Divs. at Fort Food, Texas, had to be put in Storage because there were no troops with enough training to use them."
Over 20 Trade Unions have joined in Sponsoring the Photographic Exhibition orgnniseg by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, which is to be held in Blackpool xt the time of the T.U.C. Conference. The exhibition, which includes . great deal of material hitherto unpublisged in this country, will be at the CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Lecture Hall),