Catchword: oil spot approach

Filed under: Language, English, Subject, Military

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: The South Vietnamese government’s primary task, before it can hope to move toward needed political, economic and social reforms, is to provide villages with maximum security from communist harassment. This is the key objective of a phase of the current military effort that’s been dubbed the “oil spot” approach.…The “oil spot” strategy—now being implemented in nine scattered locations—aims to keep troops in a particular community until an effective local self-defense militia has been trained.

Article or Document Title:
“U.S., South Vietnam Spur Propaganda Drive To Counter Viet Cong”

Author:
William Belcher

Article, document, publication, web site:
Wall Street Journal

Dateline:
Saigon

Date of publication:
July 31, 1964

Page number:
14

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