SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 2000 HOURS ON 4 FEBRUARY 1968

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• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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REPORT CLASS _
COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 2000 HOURS ON
4 FEBRUARY 1968
ACQUIRED: VIETNAM, DANANG (4 FEBRUARY 1968) "1111.01111111%
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SUMMARY: NO MAJOR ENEMY ACTION WAS INITIATED IN I CORPS
ON 4 FEBRUARY AS OF 2000 HOURS. IN QUANG TRI AN UNCONFIRMED
REPORT STATES THAT A NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY REGIMENT (NEAR KHE
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SANE) HAS NOT JOINED IN THE ATTACK ON QUANG TRI5W-ND INCLUDES
OFFICIALS AND NECESSARY ACCOUTREMENTS TO ESTABLISH GOVERNMENT
MACHINERY. THE SITUATION CONTINUED TENSE IN HUE, AS FIGHTING
CONTINUED AND THE U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES WERE NEARING THE
CORDS OFFICES, MAKING SLOW PROGRESS. THE DITADEL AIRPORT RE�
PORTEDLY WAS IN VIETNAMESE HANDS, BUT NOT YET OPERATIVE. THE
PEOPLE IN QUANG NGAI DID NOT APPEAR TO BE TAKING SIDES, AL�
THOUGH THERE FEARED THE VIET CONG. END SUMMARY.
1. ACCORDING TO A REPORT
THE
66TH REGIMENT OF THE 304TH NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) DIVISION
HAS NOT YET JOINED THE ATTACK AGAINST QUANG TRI. ALLEGEDLY,
THE REGIMENT TRAVELED WITH OFFICIALS AND 1HE ACCOUTREMENTS TO
ESTABLISH GOVERNMENTAL MACHINERY. UNITS THAT APPROACHED FROM
THE NORTH DURING THE ATTACK CARRIED CIVILIAN CLOTH Xs- (COMMENT:
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IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THIS REPORT WAS BASED ON RUMOR OR INFORMATION
FROM AN ESTABLISHED AGENT. THE 2 FEBRUARY III MAF OB LISTING
STATES THAT A RALLIER, A MASTER SERGEANT, MOM THE 68TH REGI�
MENT OF THE 304TH DIVISION SAID THAT THE 304Th LEFT THANE HOA
PROVINCE, NVN, IN OCTOBER 1967 AND ARRIVED IN THE KBE SANE AREA
IN JANUARY 196t..)
2. ENEMY FIRE CONTINUED IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE, BUT NO
MAJOR EFFORT HAD BEEN INITIATED AS OF 2000. THE SECURITY SERVICE
ESTIMATED THAT THERE WERE STILL ABOUT 50 VIET CONG (VC) SAPPERS
CADRES IN QUANG TEl CITY.
3. ACCORDING TO A CHIEU HOI (OPEN ARMS) ADVISOR A VC/NVA (?)
COMMANDER SHOT AND KILLED ONE OF HIS WOUNDED WHO WOULD HAVE TO
BE EVACUATED BY STRETCHER, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO /M�
PORTANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AND THE ENEMY DID NOT WANT TO BE SLOWED
DOWN. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE IT APPEARED THAT AN ENEMY COMMANDER
WAS URGING RELUCTANT TROOPS FORWARD. THE ATTACKERS ATTEMPTED
TO ROUND UP AND TAKE THE CHIEU HOIS (RETURNEES) IN QUANG TRI
CITY WITH THEM, BUT WHEN THEY CAME UNDER FIRE THE CHIEU HO/S
ESCAPTED.
4. PROVINCIAL RECONNAISSANCE UNITS (PRU) IN QUANG TRI
CITY ACTED SERVED AS REACTION UNITS AND SPED FROM ONE SPOT TO
ANOTHER CLEAING OUT ENEMY ACTIVITY.
5. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION FROM THE USMACV COMPOUND
IN THE CITADEL, HUE CITY, THUA THIEN PROVINCE, AT 1930 HOURS,
A CAS OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE SITUATION REMAINED TENSE WITH
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SMALL ARMS FIRE CONTINUING AROUND THE USMACV COMPOUND. FIGHTING
CONTINUED IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CITY. THE ROAD FROM PHU
BAI TO HUE WAS STILL UNDER SNIPER FIRE. THE U.S. MARINE CORPS
REACTION FORCE POSSIBLY WAS CLOSE TO THE U.S. CORDS OFFICES
BUT WAS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS. CITADEL AIRPORT REPORTEDLY WAS
IN ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) HANDS, BUT IT WAS NOT
OPERATIVE.
6. DANANG CITY HAS REMIINED QUIET DURING 4 FEBRUARY.
DANANG POLICE WERE DIGGING EMPLACEMENTS AND SEEKING MACHINE GUN
POSITIONS IN THE CITY, WHICH THEY SAID WAS A ROUTINE ACTION TO
IMPROVE SECURITY. THEY HAD RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF AN IMPENDING
ATTACK.
7. HOI AN, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, ALSO WAS QUIET ON 4 FEBRUARY
WITH THE PROGRESSION OF A FAIRLY NORMAL DAY. MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE WERE ON THE STREETS, WEEIDRESSED, AND MOVING ABOUT.
SHOPS WERE MORE AND MORE OPEN. ONE ACT OF TERRORISM OCCURRED
WHEN TWO VC DRESSED IN POPULAR FORCE (PF) UNIFORMS RIDING A
HONDA SHOT A PF SOLDIER WALKING IN HOI AN. EXTENT OF INJURY
IS NOT KNOWN. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF PANIC OR RESENTMENT
AGAINST THE AMERICANS OR THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN). NOR
WERE THERE SIGNS OF ATTEMPTS AT POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE
PART OF BUDDHISTS OR THE VIETNAM NATIONALIST PARTY (VNQDD).
THE MANY REFUGEES IN THE CITY WERE GATHERED AT SCHOOLS AND
CHURCHES AND BEING CARED FOR BY SOCIAL AND WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS.
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THE CURFEW CONTINUED gmak EN FORCE FOR FROM 1900 TO 0700 HOURS.
8. THE SITUATION CONTINUED QUIET IN TAM KY CITY. QUANG
TIN PROVINCE, ON 4 FEBRUARY.
9. THE SITUATION ALSO REMAINED GENERALLY QUIET IN THE
AREA OF QUANG NGAI CITY ON 4 FEBRUARY. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION
RECEIVED BY THE ADVISOR TO THE REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT CADRE
PROGRAM IN QUANG NGAI:
A. VC TACTICAL BATTALIONS THAT REMAINED AROUND QUANG
NGAI CITY INCLUDED THE 48TH AND 61ST LOCAL FORCES, THE 406TH
MAIN FORCE, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL FORCE FROM DUC PHO DIS�
TRICT.
B. VC LOSSES ON 4 FEBRUARY WERE ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN
1,000 INCLUDING LOSSES FROM ACTION IN SOUTHERN WANG TIN.
C. THERE ARE RUMORS, OR SPECULATION, AMONG THE PEOPLE
THAT THE AMERICANS WILL NOT HELP (JIANG NGAI. (COMMENT: HOW
THESE RUMORS CAN BE CREDITED BY THE PEOPLE CANNOT BE UNDER�
STOOD SINCE AMERICANS CERTAINLY ASSIEZED IN OUSTING THE VC
AFTER THEIR INFILTRATION OF THE CITY.) THERE ARE INDICATIONS
THAT THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE VC, BUT THEY ARE NOT TAXING
SIDES.
D. THE VC GENERALLY BYPASSED THE RD TEAMS. SOME TEAMS
HAVE MOVED IN CLOSE TO DISTRICT COMPOUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL GVN
FORCES.
E. THE PRUS HAVE BEEN SHOWING A GOOD ACCOUNT, KEEPING
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CASUALTIES LOW (TWO WOUNDED IN ACTION) AND DISRUPTING THE ENEMY.
ALL DISTRICT ARE HAPPY WITH THE Pitt) EFFORT.
F. HOW THE VC GOT IN A OUT OF QUANG NGAI CITY IS STILL
UNKNOWN.
10. FIELD DISSEM: STATE USMACV CORDS III MAF 7TH Al USARV
COMNAVFORV USAID DIR/JUSPAO (MR. ZORTHIAN ONLY) CINCPAC ARPAC
PACAF (ALSO SENT SAIGON)
REPORT CALSS Imp GROUP I
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