SITUATION REPORT IN HUE, TAM KY, QUANG TIN PROVINCE, AND DANANG CITY AS OF 1700 HOURS ON 3 FEBRUARY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00198093
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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.COUNTRY:.. .VIETNAM
-SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT IN .HUE,, TAM � KY, QUANG TIN :PROVINCE,
AND .D4N4NG CITY. AS OF 17� HOURS ON 3. FEB-RUARY: � �
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. VIETNAM, DANANG (1 FEBRUARY 196S)
- THIS IS A SITUA.TION .REPORT, ON 3 FEBRU.ARY PREPAREDAY -
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SUMMARY: . IT APPEARS THAT THE VIET CONG (VC) IN THE HUE
CITADEL AREA ARE REACHING THE END. THEIR ROPE AND: MAY .. BE 'WITHDRAWI NG
ALLIED-.jORPES:,ARE.,:l N GOOD SHAPE AS A DEFINITE BUILDUP :OF VC FORCES� �
'AR,C.)UN:�.1,AtitY.,?.QUANG...:,T I N..PROVI_NCE HAS BEEM;jflOT ED.. THE: DE- � � �
..1�Eliril.Q1it0.0OSP.ECT;,::').S,IDEUTS:liti?1:).ANAN.G:CITY,s...,HAS PRESENTED A. �
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ATT THE ?RWINCIAL INTERROGATION:00k:T.EfillAVEi_.5,-.13g.ti..4::LQ_OKI.O.G.:AT:;-::r
.TO TRY TO IDENTIFY :�THE VC A M 0 Ntr..-...f
ARE PLANNING �A SEARCH ::FOR WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES 1N TI1E:HOUSES:
OF DA NA NG... END SUMMARY.. � -
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� OF 1700 HOURS., THE AS STANT DEPUTY ADVISOR TO I
� q-C'OP ::.HEAD,QUARTERS HAD. RECEIVED ,-;INFOR MATI0e;_-,,THAT: SUCH VC AS RE-
MAI N.,. N THE: C/ TADEL::IN:. HUE.- CITY:.--HAVE:AEEN !:iFORCED T THE . SOUTH-
: ES'T C OR NER BY ARMY oF''' THE R EPUBLId'OF:'""V I -TN AM 'CAR Vit) 4..CfiCE$
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THERE. IS REASON T 0.BELI"...V.L.THAT.:--iT.H.E.AIET::-,ZONG :
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"-CLEAgP.:.F.R DM. THE AREA DURING :THE.-..-NIGHTIOF.f .3-:FEBR UARY .1. �-�
:ON '3: FEBRUARY- TWO POL/CEMEN LEf .NGO.PXUAN AND. NGUEYN
PHU,-;-;.WEREINTERVIEWED BY A CAS.'s.QFFICER AT.".THE:-:SURGICA1.;.;:.HISPITAL .
IN DANA NG 't WHERE THEY HAD BEEN. EVACUATED BYWAY OF PHU-.BAI : AFTER �
BEI NGr.'I NJ,URED DURING THE, VC :A TTAPV:ON1 HUE :# SA ID :THAT AT,
APPROXIMATELY 0330 HOURS ON 31--jA.NUARY,,"THE:VC- -BEGAN- A HEAVT.eIMORT AR
ATTACK: AGRI !1ST THE CITY: :ABOUT -0600 ...--Htrei42,-,,.-VO�.4),RESAED: IN ARV N-
UNIFORMS SUDDENLY APPREARED EVERYWHERE IN-; TIE' AREA OF THE HUE
.-:BROADPAS1 I NG:: STATION WHERE THEY . WERE-.DN GUARD. BOTH: POLICEMEN
;THOUGH. .11 GROUND. ATTACK AND.'-C4141-11 NgT:IDETERM I NE IF THE: VC
111441.EC I TY AND . -ATTACKED FROM' VI .TO THE TIME THEY
.4'FOUND BY U.S. MARINES g4*HOJRS ArIERTREtt` ATI AC K THE VC HAD
.NGTO..--ei:00.3DS.:IHE'.:*E'j:pi\ctio,..ISTAT-I0g;:nBOTAI-0,..THAT. PEOPLE': GENERALLY
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3.. ALLIED .-.FORCES APPEAR TOBE IN GOOD SHAPE QUA N.G. , TIN
PROVINCE..ADEFINITE BUILDUP .VC F.ORCE,S.HA4 B,EEN-
N OtED RE4: '71HE:-GENE�4 SITUATION FR THE s-M.ILIT.AR
ST AND)P.OI NT-AA'SOttLET'.T.HR. QUGHOOT.-JHE..)1AY..-. THE.
POI. I C.E. REPORTED -::SPORADIC ATTEMPTS : I -CITY-. BY SEGI1E NTS. OF.:
THE 7' POPULATIONTO FORM -DE110.N5.TRATIO.NS.� LEADERS HAVE BEEN.
APPREHENDED -AND DEMONSTRATORS DISBURSED BYARVN FORCES..�
THE ARE_ORIGINALL:�.,EARtfAR!(ED.- t -� C13 .A �
CHECK:r-OF. INHABITANTS,. : 150 1 00.0. ::HAVE BEEN.CHECKED..- :MORE
THAN 400 PERSDIS_AAVE- BEEN. DETAI NED':;WHI OR -MAYFS INF: 'POLICE HARD.:
PR SSED:- TO FIND SUFFICIENT I NTFROGATORS7i;,.,:-ALVAYS.- CHRONIC PROBLEK
BU PARTICULARLY-ACUT: CoNsWANTLY4PRISONEp-.SARE.ijUST-BEING
LD WITH A MINIMUM,OF �. SCR EE NI *SOME ::-..0F.:��;:T..HE .VC-SAPPERS -.BEING
I NTERR OGAT:16A CENTER HAVE BEEN LOOKING
OVERi 0 .*.T.RY,..::TQ 40E011 Ff7fgEi:Y � AMONG TE14.�.. APPARENTLY
Ogg:RE:oNs:;:.::)iikv.I3,FX:Vpicxp�Akpirg.114 Q,F11:01`113.EASOIC,F, Oa_ COW.- .
I riER tfitf.f�PIEPIllio.:.'ABO:IIi,..TAE::;:;?-0.44,4PECIA-L:43R4NOW:; ANDT, IIN.1 T-OR MED
,00.0.E:0,0;111,071 o pAt0;:-.:;A PLATOON
PA1tTCIPArIED1N THE OpERATION. CITY_
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rd.HTCH:VILL-.HAVE-: THE? ASSISTANCE TOF'.'ARVi� TTituSrps- dONSiST. OF
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SEARCH OF EVERY HOUSE IN. DA NA NG TO :THY' :TO .14CATE-.:WEAPONS
'EXPLOSIVES:.
5.:A/FEW -DAIS': AGO THE. POLICE LEARIE6..-.FROit..A,N:4NFORMANT.q1,41-10
;HAS., REPORTED . RELIABLE NFORMTION ON .DA NANG,. CITY VC MEMBER'S I M
THE PAST THAT HA KY KG()) CHAIRMAN. OF THE; VC.. D.AtiANG:-CITY Ca4MITTEE, .
-WAS. IN DA NA NV1 N A HOUSE.:. wi-:THE:.:YESTERN 'EDGE OF'.4..HE:i'EC,ItY� .s,BY:, THE
:TIME POLICE VENT TO THE HOUSE, NO SUSPECT. WAS TKR E, ALTHOUGH ...A.'
YOUNG BOY. SAID THAT STRANGER HAD BEEN,'T.NERE-.EAR�ER.'.'-ti: THE POLICE
ST.Ipbb HAVE:.' AUTHOR ITY. TO MAKE , ARRESTS BUT ALL POOPE:::'OPERATIONS.:
XUSTj.BE', CLEAR LIIIR OU GH THE .:._VIETNAMESED : �
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6.A al5R75/74S Taj-01.4-C-E-4BUDDHiSTS.;IN DANANG HAVE BEEN QUIET.-
'SITiCE:T.I{E;NC -ATTACKS : BEGAN. 'THERE ':-HAVE..BEOVNO)..EXHORTATION:: :OR
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APPEALS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS. A
.REG.IONAL,''POLICEOFFICIAL C OMMENTED
4MAT,JI}tiS LS-.SERIS OF HARSH ATTARBYTHE VC....fi:.MAY :HAVE: mApE-
e$uDDflISrSEALIZE THAT THE VC DO Ot!ICAV E'INTERESTS : OF
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