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Background: AS A RESULT OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED MEETING OF TOP UNITED STATES OFFICIALS IN HONOLULU ON THE SITUATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA, WARSHIPS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET ARE STEAMING TOWARD SOUTH VIETNAM.

REAR ADMIRAL R.A. MACPHERSON, WHO IS COMMANDER OF SEVENTH FLEET PATROL FORCE, SAID PLANES OF THE FLEET ARE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON THE COASTLINES OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.

HE ADDED. "OUR PATROL SHIPS ARE ALSO PATROLLING THE ENTIRE ASIAN COASTLINE, FROM THE SEA OF JAPAN DOWN TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, LOOKING OUT FOR SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS OF JUNKS AND OTHER SHIPS.