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: | | JNDOSCILNA : i The gravest threat at present to the French fighting in the North between Hanoi and Haiphong is the fact, that more then 30.000 Viet Minh guerillas have penetrated into the Delta, which last fall was still fully pacified. These forces are well entrenched and threaten the road between Hanoi and Haiphong, the only evacuation port of the area, On that road there is but one bridge still free for the French and it could be blown up eventually, despite heave french guards. There are indications that the Chinese Navy intends to send Frog-Men $o the Viet—Minh forces in order to blow up the bridge. Furthermore French opera= tions are hampered by the faulty dredging of the harbour of Haioe makes the loading and unloading of ships extremely arauousSe From the Viet-Minh area our observer learns, that the morale of the Viet=