VIEWS OF SEVERAL SAIGON INTELLECTUALS ON ASPECTS ON CURRENT CRISIS

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02800003
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmisson or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
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DIST 7 FEBRUARY,
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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM
DOI 5 FEBRUARY 19 68
SUBJECT VIEWS OF SEVERAL SAIGON INTELLECTUALS ON ASPECTS
OF CURRENT CRISIS
ACQ VIETNAM SAIGON ( 6 FEBRUARY 19 68 )
SOURCE
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1. SEVERAL SAIGON INTELLECTUALS WERE SURPRISED AND AMAZED AT
THE INTENSITY OF THE RECENT V IET CONG (VC) ATTACKS ON SAIGON AND
OT HER CIT IES IN SOUTH VIETNAM..
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HIS FAMILY,
WAS PINNED DOWN IN HIS HOUSE BY GUNFIRE FOR 24 STRAIGHT HOURS AND
THUS GAINED A FIRST-HAND APPRECIATION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE VC
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S E E T NO F1 1 DISSEM
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DISCERN ANY SPECTACULAR CHANGE IN VC POLITICAL TACTICS ATTENDING
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR MILITARY ATTACKS, THEY AGREE, HOWEVER,
THAT THE VC HAVE UP-GRADED THE OBJECTIVE OF SECURING POLITICAL
AUTHORITY OVER ANY AND ALL PIECES OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE TERRITORY.
2. THE VC WANT DESPERATELY TO ESTAB-- 3..3,\(\h)(2)
LISH AN OPERATING_ GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE IN SOME AREA OF THE COUNTRY
ICH HAS HERETOFORE BEEN CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM
(GVN). THEY BELIEVE THE VC EITHER ARE NOT CONTENT WITH THEIR OWN
PROPAGANDA ABOUT THE NEED FOR A COALITION GOVERNMENT OR ELSE ARE
DISSATISFIED WITH THE REACTION TO DATE AND WISH TO DEMONSTRATE
THEIR CAPABILITY FOR BRINGING A COALITION GOVERNMENT INTO BEING BY
ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE BASE OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN A TOWN OR
CITY FORMERLY HELD BY THE GVN, IT IS PROBABLY FOR THIS REASON, THEY
BELIEVE, THAT THE VC HAVE PUSHED THE CONCEPT OF THE "ALLIANCE OF
NATIONAL AND PEACEFUL FORCES" (IN SAIGON) AND THE "DEMOCRATIC AND
PEACEFUL NATIONAL ALLIANCE FRONT" (IN HUE). WHILE THE VC MAY NOT
REASONABLY EXPECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE TWO CITIES THEY PROBABLY
HOPE TO USE THE TACTIC TO SECURE. CONTROL IN OTHER AREAS.
3.
ALL CONSIDER RADIO LIBERATION'S CONSTAN13.3(h)(2)
CALLS FOR A GENERAL UPRISING- AS TYPICAL PROPAGANDA THEMES USED BY THE
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NATIONAL LIBERATION
FRONT T:") SPUR ITS MILITARY AND POLITICAL CADRES.
THE
FRONT
IS UNDER NO ILLUSIONS THAT A
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GENUINE POSSIBILITY
FOR
POPULAR
UPRISINGS NOW EXISTS IN ANY OF
THE PROVINCIAL CAPITALS AND AUTONOMOUS CITIES.
REPORT CLASS ET/Ng..-115515-1�S-SEM
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