CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/02

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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Vietnam:
North Vietnam: Hanoi appears to have given a more
positive indication of its willingness to talk with the US in
return for a cessation of war acts against North Vietnam.
In a statement on 30 December, Foreign Minister
Nguyen Duy Trinh declared that his government "will"
hold talks with Washington "about questions concerned"
if the US unconditionally terminates the bombing and
all other "acts of war" against North Vietnam. His re-
marks were transmitted in an authoritative Hanoi English-
language broadcast on 1 January. Hanoi's previous po-
sition had been based on Trinh's statement of 28 January
1967 to the effect only that there "could be talks" if the
war acts ended.
The apparent modification in the North Vietnamese
position may stem from a concern in Hanoi that its atti-
tude had begun to appear overly rigid to sympathetic
foreign observers. Trinh claimed that his statement was
in part a response to US assertions that "it wants to talk
with Hanoi and that Hanoi has not reciprocated."
The North Vietnamese probably also believe that
their statement will increase international pressures on
the US for a cessation of the air attacks. An end to the
attacks has long been a primary objective of Hanoi, one
which it has sought to achieve without making any signifi-
cant substantive concession on a settlement of the war.
The foreign minister avoided spelling out the timing
or content of any talks, but indicated that the basis for
solving the Vietnam problem remained Hanoi's four points
and the program of the Liberation Front.
South Vietnam: Allied military operations have
resumed following the New Year's cease-fire.
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During the allied standdown, which was extended
to 36 hours, 170 truce violations were initiated by
the Communists. Of these, 63 involved casualties
and consequently were classified as major violations.
Allied losses during the one-and-a-half-day respite
were 66 killed (27 US) and 273 wounded (191 US)..
Enemy losses were reported as 465 killed as the
result of friendly reactions.
Two major incidents occurred on 1 January.
Elements of two Viet Cong battalions shelled and
attempted to overrun a South Vietnamese garrison
in the delta. Sixty enemy troops, reportedly including
a battalion commander, were killed. Allied losses
for the battle were 19 killed and 48 wounded. Some
twenty miles northeast of Tay Ninh City, a brigade
of the 25th US Division came under heavy ground and
mortar attack. The enemy broke contact after six
hours. Initial results show 26 US personnel killed
and 111 wounded, with 326 of the enemy killed and
5 detained.
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