Demonstrators waving Viet Cong flags confronted South Vietnamese Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky as he arrived to address Washington Press Club yesterday (Tuesday). Unperturbed by the protest, the Vice-President told newsmen that the admired the American raid planned to liberate prisoners of war in North Vietnam and pledged South Vietnamese support for any future missions.

Vice-President Ky expressed regret that the had not known about the raid in advance, and that the mission had finally been a failure.