CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/30

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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30 January 1968
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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*Vietnam:
South Vietnam: Communist forces launched a series
of well-coordinated attacks on eight principal cities in South
Vietnam's I and II Corps areas early on 30 January--the
lunar new year's day.
The unprecedented wave of attacks included a heavy
rocket bombardment of the key US base at Da Nang, and
mortar and rocket shellings and ground assaults on seven
provincial capitals in the western highlands and the coastal
provinces as far south as Nha Trang. Sharp fighting was
reported continuing early this morning in Da Nang, Nha
Trang, and the cities of Pleiku and Kontum.
Enemy raids also occurred at Ban Me Thuot, Cam
Ranh Bay, Tuy Hoa, Hoi An and Qui Nhon. The village
of Tan Canh, some 20 miles northwest of Kontum, was
overrun and burned.
There are no new reports of fighting immediately
south of the Demilitarized Zone, but the current posture
of North Vietnamese troops there and in other strategic
areas of the country point to the possibility of imminent
battles on several other fronts. Because of the situation,
the South Vietnamese Government announced the cancella-
tion of the allied Tet cease-fire period.
Preparations for the widespread attacks have been
noted in recent days. The timing of this current Com-
munist campaign--on Vietnam's most important holiday--
was probably designed in part to achieve maximum
psychological impact. Furthermore, the enemy demon-
strated his ability to penetrate major populated areas
with an extensive show of force.
The Communists apparently hope to shift the respon-
sibility for these blantant violations of the truce periods
to the allied side. Hanoi Radio, in a broadcast early this
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morning, charged that the US and South Vietnam had
canceled the cease-fire in northern South Vietnam and
launched heavy attacks on the civilian population through-
out the country. (Map)
Laos: Large numbers of North Vietnamese trucks
are moving through the Mu Gia Pass into Laos, and there
are indications of substantial activity on the road net far-
ther south.
A daily average of 29 trucks was moved south
through the Mu Gia Pass during the first 19 days of Jan-
uary. This is an increase over the 20-truck average
for the corresponding period last year, although the
over-all rate for this dry season so far is approximately
the same as that for the 1966-67 dry season.
There have also been reliable reports of extensive
truck traffic on Routes 96 and 110.
Farther south, Route 165 east of Chavane shows
signs of heavy use to a point approximately three miles
from the South Vietnamese border. Air strikes have ex-
ploded large caches of fuel and ammunition near Route
922, and recent photogrnhv shows la rgyp nilmhprknf pn
drums along this road.
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