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6 HAK: Absolutely. Pres; Only when those 2 conditions are met can the mines be Then we'll have to take them out ourselves. HAK: Exactly. Pres: And we will. Well, we're now six weeks into this thing, since Easter Sunday. HAK: That's right. I think that they have one more good pop in them. Pres: They may have several. They always have had more than we ever thought. HAK: Well, each succeeding one has been a little less than the preceeding one. Pres: But if the military aren't lying to you about what we are hitting in the way of oil storage, they've just got to be xxxxxxxxxx hurting there. HAK: Absolutely. Pres: Xxxxx You don't know what they hit in the North? HAK: Yes, I have that right here. None of it is ever spectacular now because they are doing these surgical things. Pres: I understand. I just wanted a little idea xxtx as to whether they hit anything. HAK: They hit a railroad bridge, at X Tan W a (?) SAM site they destroyed 17 buildings, 6 medium size with heavy black smoke, Quang (?) taxglawjax highway bridge one truck damaged, other results not observed due to heavy smoke. Another highway bridge was attacked and damaged. Than wa bridge west span had extensive damage to girders and supporters west of the center span. That's that big one over which all railways go. Pres: I thought we had knocked that out already. HAK: No, that was yesterday. This report is of the last 24 hours. POL storage 20 medium secondary explosions, 3 large secondary fires. Ten railroad cars damaged, petroleum product storage 2 large secondary explosions, one large oil sampan hit, 38 sustained fires, 30 barrels of POL destroyed, 14 secondary explasions. Another railroad siting 20 pieces of rolling stock destroyed, 5 boxcars destroyed. Altogether they claim

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