, ciri .--,.... rts,JTT7 , 1-10 USE: S ri.: UA T(--- � !Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00193271"-i F. I C Ir . ..4. - .._. ll SSO AC'S I DA %S.:-'0 ARLINGTON HALL STATION AFSSO USAF CNO nIA/IqIC jCS - DI7N'-',A COMMAND STATE (RCI) C.IA-OCI 71�'1 N T � IA L EO 13526 3.3(h)(2) CON1RY: SOUTH VIETNAM DO:: 27 JANUARY 1968 - 4 FEBRUARY 1968e,r,,,,r) Otlit'%Y:t: S.:,:7CT : VIEWS OF 0 NE V IET CONS AND TWO'40, TNAMESE1'7'1- . , _ ARMY PRISONERS CONCERNING -THE-PljikIsiSfs- 0BJECTIVES OF THE TET OFFENSIVE AND POPULARS,141ORT.gROM,,,THT SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DURING4Tille5y;E: - ACQ: BIN HOA (5 FEBRUARY 1963) 1.5(c) 3.4 (b)(1 ) 1. A BRIEF INTERROGATION ;OF: .:THE SIEN HO A .r7 A F',.EVEALS TIE FOLLOW ING INFORMAT ION: .1,....U0,:tiT.-74)L.14.-U-EI'VE.N.t:.ORDE2S TET-CAMPAIGN-SEORTIYBEFORETHETUE100EklATTACKA,ERE. . THAT THE 7FFOP,T.:,WOULD.F.E.A_TINAL7TERUSTWznB.ERATE-.:5SOUTX:- . .(SI). THE PRISONERS SAID. THEYHWERETOATTACK CITIES AND TO CO::-CETRATE THEIR EFFORTS AGAINST HEADWARTESiNSTALLAT IO NS :-;ARTI=_ARLY U.S. FACILITIES, .(B) .1-0W.I.,E.TvELtpAputtFTARE63..ERE. DED .ITH 'rITHI-)RAWAL. FLP,N5 SINCE THERE AS NO QUEST ION ABOUT IEVEMENT OF VICTORY. THEY WERE TOLD tHATT:HE;TETHOLIDAY WOULD CE=RATED IN -LIBERATED" AREAS FOLLOWING THE 7.TR IUMPH, THE F7.ISDERS SAID THEIR ORDERS WERE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL VICTORY, (0) INITIALBELIEFTHATJHEROPULATIOINrWOUEVASSIST I? .THE.:GOVERENTOF-.VIET4111,04-NbUStFORCES (D) C.F.THE;.PRISONEFS...THENWIgRAT,E.DSUPPORTFROi,l� 7.47 E71.! FO;FULATION..;;AS-OT:FORTHCOM.ING:(E)E.NTION0q-MADE... TE :so 2=2 OF A [JO R OFFENSIVI JUZHE?NORTEERWAR.'2-.AS-C_F TO FOLL0-13P CR COINCIDE WTTE THE .TET-. CAMPAIGN,- F) HI2,0 � NO. i(OWLEY::E" OF ANY:.EFFORTSTOREO.RG.OIZ:ETHE .FOR..FECE AND DENOCRACY7:::AS P COALITION::.kVEMENTTO ES071cJ.TE WITN THE NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION SOUTHOF:,:. . (NF LSV), (S) THEFRISONFRS...1E.R.E;:.NOTAWAAY:,,,ANOLLOW:7-UP .7LNS THE CURRENT OFFENSIVE,H) THEi:F_RISONERSMERE.7UNABLE:w� TO =P7,EHEND A .DIFFERENCE �3ET17EN MI) I TA.RYA NDRSYCEOLOGIOAL 7:CTO '3ECAU3E THEY WFRE .ORTENTATED-SOLELYaZOMARIAT:VITL'ITARY TH::: PRISONERS WOULD NOT COMUNT ON THE REACTIONS', OF OR THE NIIISV TO THE FAILURE ,TO APPROVED FOR RELE�isF. ^7::TTTV7S -THE TET OFFENSIVE.. 1rM/AY 2. 72LD DISSE: ST.ATE MACV, 7TH AF, CINCPAC,. FACFLT, CIDFA2. (ALSO SENT SAIGON). � Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 CO0193271

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(EST PUB DATE) VIEWS OF ONE VIET CONG AND TWO NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY PRISONERS CONCERNING THE PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TET OFFENSIVE AND POPULAR SUPPORT FROM SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DURING THE OFFENSIVE