SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 1200 HOURS ON 5 FEBRUARY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00198086
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 1200 HOURS ON 5
FEBRUARY
ACQUIRED: VIETNAM, DANANG (5 FEBRUARY 1960.411110111M
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1. IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE RATHER HEAVY FIGHTING ERUPTED AT
0900 AND CONTINUED UNTIL AFTER 100 IN TRIEU PRONG DISTRICT MARKET
PLACE. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE. FOUR VIET CONG7NORTH
VIETNAMESE ARMY (VC/NVA) BATTALIONS AND POSSIBLY EIGHT, ARE RE�
PORTED MOVING TOWARD QUANG TRI FROM THE SOUTHWEST. NO CONTACT
HAS BEEN MADE WITH THEM AS YET. IF THESE UNITS ACTUALLY ARE
LOCATED WHERE REPORTED THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT ATTACK DURING THE
DAY BUT POSSIBLY MAY DO SO TONIGHT. THE WEATHER IS OVERCASE,
SO LITTLE AIR COVER WILL BE PROVIDED. PEOPLE ARE EDGY AND
NERVOUS BUT GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
2. IN QUANG TIN PROVINCE REPORTS FROM A VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL
POLICE AGENCY STATE THAT THE VC PLANS MASS ATTACKS ON TAM KY AND
SEVERAL DISTRICTS BEFORE 10 FEBRUARY. PEOPLE ARE GOING ABOUT
THEIR BUSINESS AS USUAL WITH FEW SIGNS OF PANIC. BOTH ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) AND VIETNAMESE POLICE UNITS CON�
TINUE TO SWEEP TAM KY CITY AND SURROUND/NG AREAS. THE PEOPLE WILL
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NOT DEMONSTRATE FOR FEAR OF BEING PICKED UP BY THE POLICE. AC�
CORDING TO REPORTS RECEIVED, TILE PRIME TARGET OF THE NEXT VC AT�
TACK WILL BE TAM KY CITY AND THE SECONDARY TARGET WILL BE THE TWO
NEARBY REFUGEE CAMPS.
3. REPORTS FROM QUANG NGA I PROVINCE INDICATE THE VC WILL
MAKE ATTACKS ON 'THE CITY AND IN THE DISTRICTS SOME TIME BEFORE
10 FEBRUARY. THE CITY POPULATION CONTINUES TO GO ABOUT ITS
BUSINESS IN A NORMAL FASHION, BUTTHERE ARE SIGNS OF UNCKRTA INTY .
4. IN HOT AN CITY, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, A MEETING WAS HELD BY
LOCAL INHABITANTS ON THE MORNING OF 4 FEBRUARY WITH NO FURTHER
DETAILS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. A NORMAL ATMOSPRERE PREVAILS WITHIN
THE CITY AND THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ANY FORTHCOMING VC ATTACKS.
5. FIELD D I SSEM : STATE USMACV CORDS III MAT 7TH AF USARV
COMNAVFORV USA ID DIR/JUSPAO ( MR . ZORTHIAN ONLY) C I NCPAC ARPAC
PACAF ( ALSO SENT SAIGON)
REPORT CLASS 1.11111166.01 GROUP I
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