SITUATION REPORT ON ENEMY ACTIVITY IN THE PROVINCES OF III CORPS AS OF 2400 HOURS 3 FEBRUARY 1968

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DOI: .3 FEBRUARY 1968
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SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT' ON ENEMY ACTIVITY IN THE PROVINCES
OF III CORPS AS OF 2400. HOURS 3 FEBRUARY 1968
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1 GIA DINH PROVINCE: THE CITY OF GIA DINH WAS QUIET AS OF
1330 HOURS. SOME MILITARY ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED IN THU DUC AND
HOC MON DISTRICTS, HOWEVER, NO RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE CONCERNING
THIS ACT ITY.
2. HAU NGHIA PROVINCE:. THE SITUATION WAS DESCRIBED AS QUIE14
AS OF 2100 HOURS. ,
3. LONG KHANH PROVINCE: THE SITUATION WAS DESCRIBED AS
QUIET AS OF 2115 HOURS. LATEST REPORTS IN THE PROVINCE INDICATE
THAT THE ANTICIPATED ATTACK ON THE PROVINCE CAPITAL WILL
BEGIN AROUND 0200 HOURS 4 FEBRUARY.' THE SECURITY FORCE AT THE
U.S. CIVILIAN COMPOUND IN XUAN LOC HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY 11 -
MEN FROM THE PROVINCIAL RECONNAISSANCE UNIT (PRU). ,
4. TAY NINH, PROVINCE: REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT (RD) CADRES
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HAMLETS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT ,
TOWNS TO AUGMENT EXISTING DISTRICT SECURITY FORCES. AS OF 1930.
HOURS
HOURS OBSERVERS REPORTED ALL WAS., QUIET IN " 3(h)(2
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TAY NINH CITY AND THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS. PRICES FOR FOOD ARE
STEADILY RISING IN THE LOCAL� MARKET. LOCAL SUPPLIES OF RICE' AND
FISH SAUCE HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT. SPARE RIBS WHICH WERE FORMERLY VDV 160
(US$1.35) ARE NOW VD$250 (US$2.07) PER KILOGRAM. (THE OFFICIAL
EXCHANGE RATE IS 0$118 EQUALS 'US$1.00). , PORK LOIN IS UP FROM''.
VD$220 (US$1.86) PER KILOGRAM TO VOS350 (US$2.96). THE -PRICE OF
CHICKENS, FISH, AND BREAD HAS DOUBLED. HOWEVER IT IS UNLIKELY
THE FOOD SUPPLIES IN THE PROVINCE WILL BECOME CRITICAL IN THE
NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH TRADING ACROSS THE BORDER IN
CAMBODIA.
5. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS SINCE 1800 HOURS FROM THE
FOLLOWING PROVINCES: BINH DUONG, BINH LONG, BINH TUY, BIEN HOA
LONG AN, PHUOC LONG AND PHUOC TUY.
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