SAIGON FORCES
. _ _Desertions from the South Vietnamese forces under the command of Hitler-loving General Ky are rising significantly, reports the Vietnam News Agency. In a Hanoi dispatch dated October 7, the agency quotes the daily Nhan Dan on this symptom of the low morale in the puppet army. .
In 1961 there were 17,100 desertions. The figure jumped to 27,200 in 1962. For 1963 it was 36,980. By 1964 it had risen to some 80,000. It shot up to 114,000 in 1965. The present average monthly rate is 15,000 so that the 1966 figure will probably be around 180,000.
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