SITUATION IN I CORPS AS OF 1200 HOURS 4 FEBRUARY 1968

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• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM, DANANG
DOI 4 FEBRUARY 1968
SUBJECT: SITUATION IN I CORPS AS OF 1200 HOURS 4 FEBRUARY 1968
ACQUIRED: VIETNAM, DANANG (c FEBRUARY 1968) 4110MMOMUMMOOMM,
SOURCE : THIS IS A SITUATION REPORT ON 4 FEBRUARY PREPARED BY
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1. DURING THE NIGHT OF 3-4 FEBRUARY THERE WERE ND FEW
DEVELOPMENTS AND NO SIGNIFICANT VC ACTIVITY IN QUANG TRI, QUANG
NGAI, AND QUANG TIN PROVINCES. IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE THE RE-
PUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) TROOPS LAID AN AMBUSH IN THE VICINITY OF
HIEU NEON DISTRICT HANIARTERS; CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VC
WITH UNKNOWN RESULTS. THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN)
ENGINEER COMPOUND IN HOI AN CITY RECEIVED THREE ROUNDS OF 60MM
MORTAR. IN DIEM BARE DISTRICT, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, THE VC
KNOCKED OUT A POWER PLANT.
2. ON 3 FEBRUARY, THE DANANG CITY POLICE ARRESTED A 14 YEAR
OLD BOY WHO WAS TRYING TO CONCEAL A PACKAGE AS THE POLICE AP-
PROACHED. TRE PACKAGE CONTAINED TWO 1-54 PISTOLS AND 30 KILOS
OF EXPLOSIVES. RE IS NOW UNDERGOING INTERROGATION. THERE WERE
TWO SIGHTINGS OF FROGMEN REPORTED IN THE THANE BINH BEACH AREA OF
DANANG BUT THESE REPORTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. OTHERWISE,
THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE IN DANANG.
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3. A RETIRED ARVN MAJOR, NOW AN EMPLOYEE OF CAS, DISCUSSED
THE PRESENT FIGHTING WITH NUMEROUS PERSONS IN DANANG. THE GENERAL
CONSESUS AMONG THE POPULACE IN DANANG CONCERNING THE PRESENT
FIGHTING IN SOUTH VIETNAM SEEMS TO BE THAT THE U.S. AND THE.
GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) DID NOT HAVE ANY ADVANCE INFORMATION
OF VC MOVEMENT INTO THE CITIES. THE VC WON A POLITICAL VICTORY
BY DEMONSTRATING TO THE WORLD THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT FORCES
WITH WHICH IN ONE NIGHT TO ENTER VIRTUALLY EVERY IMPORTANT CITY
IN SOUTH NIETNAM. IT IS RECOGNIZED, HOWEVER, THAT MILITARILY THE
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U AN TROOPS TROOPS WERE VICTORIOUS AS EVIDENCED BY THE MANY VC
KILLED AND WOUNDED AND THE )LANYWEAPONS CAPTURED.
4. FIELD DISSEM: STATE USMACV CORDS III MAF 7TH AF USARV
COMNAVFCMV UMAID DIR/JUSPAO (MR. ZORTHIAN ONLY) CINCPAC ARPAC
PACAF (ALSO SENT SAIGON)
REPORT CLASS GROUP I
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