II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 HOURS 15 MARCH

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05072855
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: March 14, 1968

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II CORPS SITUTAT ION REPORT AS OF
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1. THE SITUATION IN THE II CORPS AREA REMAINS GENERALLY QUIET
BUT WITH MORTAR HARASSMENT OF AIRFIELDS CONTINUING. THREE ROUNDS OF
81MM MORTARS FIRE WAS DIRECTED AT THE TUY HOA AIRFIELD, PHU YEN
PROVINCE, THE NIGHT OF 14 MARCH, WITH NO DAMAGE. IN DONG XUAN
DISTRICT OF PHU YEN PROVINCE AN ESTIMATED TWO VIET CONG (VC) COMPANIES
ENTERED A REFUGEE CAMP AND FORCED APPROXIMATELY 1000 REFUGEES TO
LEAVE THE CAMP AND RETURN' TO THEIR VILLAGES.
2. BINH DINH, PHU YEN, BINH THUAN, KONTUM AND DARLAC
PROVINCES CONTINUE TO RECEIVED REPORTS OF-VC/NVA UNITS MANEUVERING
AROUND THE PROVINCE CAPITALS. ACCORDING TO NUMERIOUS INFORMANT
REPORTS, THE VC CONTINUE TO PLACE HIGH PRIORITY ON RECRUITMENT,
FOOD COLLECTION, AND PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN THE VILLAGES AND HAMLETS
THROUGHOUT THE CORPS. IN DARLAC PROVINCE, ON 7 MARCH, A VC
ARMED PROPAGANDA TEAM WAS REPORTED ENTERING VILLAGES AND CONDUCTING
PROPAGANDA LECTURES A WHICH THEY CLAIMED THAT THE LIBERATION
ARMY WOULD OPEN A SECOND GENERAL ATTACK ON THE CITIES IN APRIL IN
CONJUNCTIO A MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST KHE SANH.
3. DISSEN: IFFV 'CORDS II CORPS SAIGON DISSEM:
MACV STATE CINCPAC ARPAC PACFLT 7TH AF
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