BACKGROUND ON 31 JANUARY ATTACK AGAINST TAM KY CITY, QUANG TIN PROVINCE

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• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00198092
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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� 31 JANUARY .196S
� BACKGROUND ON 31 JANUARY ATTACK AGAINST TAM icY CITY,
QUANG �TIN. PRO/ tv
VIETNAM , DA NANG (2 FEDR UARY .1968)
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WNUARYATTACX ON 7API KY.:-;CI:TY.l61UAtAgjt1.41-J'P..ROV I NC8 �DISCLOSED:
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HCONCENTRATIONS OW 'PR OV.V4C1-4::E.HEADQUARTER$g;!:' :
TI{E(..Y:C?:-7.0TH. MAINFORCE ( OR ',pOSSIBLY. BATTALION -.opz.
NORTHTHE 21ST -VIETNAMESE ARMY, .( NVA.):: REGIME RE-:
:�72PP.;: AND 74TH - LOCAL: FORCE B A.T TAL I ONS WERE MONO" 'T HE-,:,U NI TS THAT:::
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PART1C-IPATED- IN THE ATTACK. THE DocumEwrs GAVE INSTRUCTIONS -FOR
THE .VC TO DESTROY THE BUS STATION, TRY TO OCCUPY THE AIR -FIELD
AND TO TRY TO OCCUPY' PROVINCE HEADQUARTERS.---A4CNG
TE OT AT I 014S---'-WERE -*:-CAUT ITINS�AGA I NST lelEAR IV NG BLACK CLOTHES AND
PLANSSIGNAL AND. TIMES CERTAIN ELEMENTS, SUCH AS SAPPER- UNITS,
IIERE .TO CARRY OUT THEIR TASKS. INCLUDED ..1:AS A SKETCH OF_ THE
LINES .OF -INFILTRATION FOR ,THE ATTACK. -.LETTERS ...TAKEN FROM THE :'VC,
qHO LATER DIED, REFER TO THE HARDSHIPS. SUFFERED FROM 'UNITED STATES
BOMBING .AND MOURN FRIENDS WHO 'HAD BEEN KILLED. ONE WRITER -SAYS
;YE WOULD .LIKE: TO HAVE AN OPPOilTUNITY TO TAKE REVENGE FOR THOSE
. 'KILLED ,UN4USTLY.-..BY UNITED STATES AGGRESSORS. _FIELD. COMMENT:
i:-..rg:-_:.:.V.C.-SOFfER..0._,..A...::t(IGH.KILLEt) IN ACTION RATIO DURING-` THIS ATTACK
APPARENTLX INFLICTED HEAVY .DAMAGE IN SUBSEQUENT
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Alf:. X 1-Fm THE .IrE REpUBI4C OF
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_EC0.1414A ISSA (P.R11):: MEMBER STCATT-IRED:9 jOIV.16,060.kt1
Rg4=SERVETY:WE'OONS :1 KCLuD 1 NG .0 RECOILLESS PIFLE-. THE
kILLE15.12.5'iNt' (UNITED STATES ADV IS . BODY: CM MID
' CAPTURED':ONE VC. TO PROS WERE SLIGHTLY �WOUNDED
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z---PRU..CANP-:WAS lIN1tiAL. THE ATTACK .BEGAN-. AT 0.445 WHEN APPROX'llATELY:.
,TO BATTALIONS OF VC SUPPORTED BY; AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LOCAL VC:::
COMPANIES A TT ACKED,. THE :WANG. TIN :PR CAII9CE- HEADQUARTERS COMPOUND
'ODER COVER: OF. A i'lORTAR BARRAGE. ..'.:.ONE BATTALION OF yc ATTACKED ,
FROM THE 'NORTHWEST, STRIKING AT. THE FRU ...COMPOUND AND , AN ARV N -
'COMPANY ON COMPOUND:' S. EAST 'PLANK THE. :ARV.N r
TO THE PROVINCIAL::INTERroGATTON CENTER,: LEAVING THE FLANK OPEN.:
fuT: THE :AREA i.I.INPEP: FIRE .WITH TI-LREE, MACHINE GUNS.AND
FIVE N-7 9'S, PLUS ::::714,EIR.-INniviDuAL. WEAPONS. . AT ABOUT -'0.515 HOURS
THE :FRU' S BEGAN TO RECEIVE INTENSE MA.CHINE GUN FiRE FPOtI THEAR
ABANDONED S AR VN. AT '0645 HOURS. A-THIRTY-MA N,:PRU TEAM . MOVED'
...TOWARD;ITHE..igREA FROM ---WHICH THE MACH.,t NE GUN FIRE AND CAPTURED THE -
1ACHTNEGuNirt.:WHICH. LATER TURNED OUT-. TO HAVE BEEN LEFT' BEHIND BY THERN Iflh11
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