CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/31

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Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Laos: Drive against guerrillas Page 5)
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*South Vietnam: Communist forces continued their
unprecedented attacks against cities and key allied civil
and military installations for the second consecutive day
on 31 January.
Activity centered on the Saigon area where some
20 Viet Cong terrorists attacked and temporarily occupied
parts of the US Embassy compound during the early morn-
ing. US troops ejected the enemy by 9:00 AM local time.
Nineteen Viet Cong were reportedly killed. Initial re-
ports indicate US forces lost five killed and five wounded.
Mortar and small arms fire also struck near the
Presidential Palace and at several other locations in the
city, as well as at the large Tan Son Nhut airfield and
military headquarters complex. Northeast of the capital
the US bases at Bien Hoa and Long Binh came under enemy
attack. At Bien Hoa two US jet aircraft were destroyed
and ten aircraft damaged. There were few details on
other damage or casualties in the Saigon area.
Elsewhere on 31 January, Viet Cong mortar fire
struck the city of Hue in northern I Corps and a number
of provincial and district capitals in the Mekong Delta.
The IV Corps headquarters at Can Tho came under mortar
and ground attack.
Renewed mortar and rocket attacks were reported
on 31 January at Ban Me Thuot and Da Nang--both of which
had been hit hard the previous day--and at last report South
Korean Marines were still heavily engaged with enemy
troops entrenched in the city of Hoi An, south of Da Nang.
Sporadic fighting also appears to be continuing at several
other locations where Viet Cong attacks occurred on 30 Jan-
uary, including Qui Nhon and Nha Trang along the central
coast and Kontum city in the central highlands.
Although a complete account of casualties during the
past two days has not been completed, initial indications
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are that enemy killed may reach as high as 1,400 while
allied losses have been relatively light.
The enemy attacks during the past two days--tar-
geted primarily against urban areas and major allied
installations--appear to be primarily designed for max-
imum psychological impact. The Communists appar-
ently hope to demonstrate to the South Vietnamese, to US
and world opinion--and probably to their own forces--
that they can enter major towns and bases and are a force
to be seriously reckoned with.
The widespread attacks also may be preparatory to
an impending offensive in the Khe Sanh-DMZ area where
an ominous concentration of North Vietnamese Army
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