SITUATION REPORT AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 3 FEBRUARY 1968

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DOI 3 FEBRUARY 1968
SUBJECT SITUATION REPORT AS OF 2400 HOuRs LOCAL TIME,
FEBRUARY 1968
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SOURCE THIS Is A 'IETtlAm SITUATION HEPoRT pREpARED Al
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I. TWO POLICE STATIONS WERE ATTACKED IN THE NIGHT. THREL OR FOUR
0 B-40 ROCKETS WERE FIRED INTO THE SIXTH PRECINCT p01.1Cf.;
STATION. AS OF mIDNIGHT. THERE WAS WO REPORT ON THE CASUALTIES -OR
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� EXTENT OF DAMAGE. A POLICE PATROL IN THE VicINITy cAtIE FIRE AT
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THE SUB-PRECINCT POLICE STATION AT pHu TH0 HOA, TAN BINH DISTRICT,
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2. SPORADIC FIRING INCIDENTS BROKE OUT IN THE HEART
OF SAIGON (MI BEFORE MIDNIGHT. FIRING WAS HEARD Friv THE VICINITY
OF THE NATIONAL PALACE, THE AMERICAN EMBA$SY, AND T Hi; Er!flcSY MARINE.:
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AARRACKS AMU ON W MALtS ROAD TOWARD TAN 50�HUT AIRPORT. ONE
SNIPER SHOT WAS .FIRED ABOUT THIS TIME AT AN OERICAN SOLDIER STATIONED
. ON THE EMBASSY ROOF. USAF PLANES RESPONDED BY DROPPING FLARES AND
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. 3. EARLIER IN THE EVENING, A SMALL F IRL FIGHT ZROKE
OUT IN THE CHINESE CEMETERY NEAR THE AMERICAN AraASSADOW; RaiIDENCE..
0 THE VIET CONG WERE QUICKLY DISPELLED WITH NO KNOWN CASUALTIES TO
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0 4. AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TINE (2230 HOUR ) THAT
.T HE U.S. ARMED FORCES T.V. NETWORK WAS ANNOUNC TG T HE hESM PT I ON
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OF NORMAL OPERATIONS AT TAN SON NHUT A IR PORT THE; U .S . AIR FORCE
0 OPERATIONS NET WAS HEARD DIRECTING AIR STRIKES WIT HIN A NILE
OF THE END OF TUE NORTHEAST 'RUNWAY. T HE STRIKES WERE TO COUNTER
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A VC ATTACK ON A GROUP OF BUILDING IN THIS OUT L YING AREA.
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