SITUATION REPORT ON QUANG TRI PROVINCE AS OF 0700 ON 1 FEBRUARY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00198084
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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REPORT CLASS -
COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT ON QUANG,TRI.. PROVINCE AS OF o70c5
ON I FEBRUARY
'ACQ:
SOURCE:
VIETNAM, DANANG (I-FEBRUARY:165)
THIS IS A SITUATION REPCIRT'ON, I FEBRUARY PREPARED
�BY CAS,
QUANG TRI: PROVINCE HAS 'MUDDLED THROUGH TWO NIGHTS AND ONE
-.7 THE OFFENSIVE.SOMEHOW :ti/E. HAVE %ESCAPED SERIOUS FAILURE
.E HA IS:NOT SAY, ..HOEVER, THAT WE ARE OUT OF THE
':�;VIET.;.:. pNa:(Vc) MAS -PLENTY .OF MUSCLE;
'-.i.Zii,V.Et0.-ti4.g11,PIE:Icy,:.og,rti'4ET; TO PLUG THE GAPS IN :OUR
lyE LINE1JPS, AND TO totEctT Sp1IEOF OUR GRIEVaJS.-f,WAYS.
THE UC OFFENSIVE IN QLJANGTRI2PROVINCE DEVELOPED EXACTLY,
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ASAHRICAN A DV I soft. E,D Ict.gP INTED1CTLIIES
1010 Tv
OF .O01.0111111C AT I 0 NS:!'(PARTLY IEUTRALIZE U.S. COMBAT
BASES' ; AND THEN,i),TrAqic VIET4HESEE.NTE135-.-
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;AUTHORITY":�THR-OUGH- THE PACIFIED ;AREAS ,.(SD, ,FAR UNSuCCEssFuL).
'SIX NORTH' VIETNV, ARMY OVA). OFFICERS, MOSTLY LIEuTENANTS -
WERE :EITHER, KILLED" OP, CAPTURED 111-1I1 512r--.1aprfS-PRECEDI NG THE
. LAUNCHING. OF ,PHASE III. WHILE ON RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS IN THE
PACIFIED AREAS.. THEY. HAD DETAILED...op so ,pF � PHASE III II MJD I
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B. FORWARD- STOCKPILING OF :wEApONS,.: AMHUN,ITION -.:AND RICE WAS
DETECTED DURING THE PRECEDING 60 DAYS'. 7 /
.0 � AGENT REPORTS, POw I NTERROGATI 0 NS;:*At1Vc1gt (1-
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STATEME NTS...CONSISTENTLY STA TED THAT THE ENEMY..
AND
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OCCUPY. UAUGTRI CITY. ..
THE :HUGE TROOP :MOVEMENTS DETECTED.- BY ALL' SOURCEs
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-WERE-..',HIGNIX.IcSIGNIFICA NT BOTH NORTH TO sot4tH AND 'WEST TO EAST.
j�spirLg�-:tpRcjEcT.Oti:.()F- THE ROUTE LED THEq� OGNVERG/i4G O,TRIDN
,-640,14AIIR I EU P HONG ;
G 'ATTACK .08TA I NED
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AtIONOF!%;SOUTH�PVIETNAM (14P;S.11.)5!'l , WAS NOt
UPAti-':4-f.e'CONIttO US T � IN :41U4.1.11"174 AftEft.TVOT*1:,..Atj'A:c
IND'S OF THF LEADERS IN :.}IANOV:A.fAS';
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3. THE. E NEMY. :SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN EXPECTING MORE THAN HE
_ACCOMPLISHED. '.:APPARENTLY HE FAILED, .(BQ FAR) BECAUSE HE 'MIS-
CALCULATED THE U.S. -A IR SUPERIORITY AND ALL .THAT THAT SUPER -
I OR ITY.. MEANS YHEN EMPLOYED MASS IVLEY: AND BECAUSE HE EXPECTED FIORE
SUPPORT FR CM THE!"PEOPLE. INSTEAD CFI' PLAYING pop.G o OR JOINING HIS
STEAMROLLER, THE PEOPLEV OTED",WITH THEIR. FEET.. �QUANG.:-TRI gfr.rs .
popuLATioo HAS TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLE.DIN THE LAT 48 HOURS.
ORDINARY PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING ACCURATE . INF'9014T.ICY 9N..-E1;i0Y
LOCATIONS. AND THERE HAS SEEN. NO PA '���� � .
.:ft1 THE TIME OF ATTACK; 0.40e' 31 JANUARY i-LEADS---A/CAS-0. SERVER
BELIEVE THE ENEMY .WANTED TO STAGE: A *COUP.- :14HEN PEOPLE', WOKE UP
THEY, WOULD � NEW FLAG FLYING.: ." 'JC CADRE WOULD BE EVERYWHERE
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1-1Krttip. OUT LEAFLETS, BROADCASTING - TO THE PEOPLE.- ALL THE VC,
HAo;TO:.D.o.vSTo SEIZE. THE.' C.IT ADEt.',, BUT THAT AS TA LL
ORDER. PROBABLY A FULL REGIMENT WAS HEMAL OYEP O HE ATTACK
ACTION-:WIT}{DITIONAL' SPECIAL ;. SQU#1).B...;1:T C. � BRE ACE THE WALLS OF
THE CiTADELS ONE BATTAL1O% COlNG OM THE, NTh WAS DELAYED
, tv Pt. I ':1131.1U::"::* MLA? BY ARVN AIPBORNE.'in.0,4
.:THF CITY,
BY LCU IS- BAIA G GRENADE #.4(3 ADVISOR.01I-gi.-47.01.1r
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. SOME .Or -..THEM WERE CARRY I NG BIG SATCHEL: CHARGES AND' LADDERS . -.
' BUT THEY SEEM AT:: A LOSS WHERE -TO , .USE. THEN, BATTALIONS:::-.:.-...Ti4,0-'.... �
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TANGLED V.I T H::,.THE:. -.ARV N AD U S .;''..TR OOPS.. A T-: LA:.;;VA NG',:�-9.11-Ti'::THEY:.:.G OT
. NOWHERE': AND SUFFERED MORE - THAN -100:. KI A. -. REMNANTS' OF f..THESE '� . ,
. WO .. FORCES�.;�TOOK ',REFUGE IN THE. SUBURBS,: OF:l: THE,: OTT if i'....NORTH.: ;AND -.- . :
SOUTH.',:' ...S.QME ARE STILL THERE ,A.tip y,O.N.t.!�:R4P.OR31''::..0A.5::1..t..,-.11*-T-.;fi.�:.: .i..'.....-. -
GENERAL .��e., ,(1?::}{0,.NE.:11c) .. Is W Ini.-.T.ttEtf...-"tq,'A.fPRO).cltINTF.LY..e,:ir)455.1.:-.- .
Alr'ENEKY STRONG POINT- -HAS HELD OUT IR.' T HIS:',;:,V I C1.-01...ITY,-...C131.3_0:::-'..H.',::�':'
HOORS-..,. THE:. ENEMY .1:ALSO DUG- IN. ..I141.;-,:TR I: -.BUU:).WILET�:?Tca:111E.%),ORTS, �
' . OF ,. THE.. CITY. :T....AS.!�A. RESULT THE HAMI.ET. SEE.M.S.,Tai�HAVE:-.F3EE.1,111E-STROYED'
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