<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> operatives <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brinks_Hotel_bombing" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1964 Brinks Hotel bombing">bomb the Brinks Hotel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.<sup about="#mwt159" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-29" id="mwASY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASc">[29]</span></a></sup>
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