II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 HOURS 1 MARCH 1968

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• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 29, 1968

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II CORPS SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 HOURS
1 MARCH 1968
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1� VIET CONG C VC)/ NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) UNITS CONTINUE
TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON THE HIGHLAND PROVINCES OF KONTUM, DARLAC,
AND PLEIXU. PLEIXU CITY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 15 - ROUNDS- OF
MORTAR FIRE DURING THE NIGHT OF 29 FEBRUARY...1 MARCH* - VC/ NVA
UNITS MADE LIGHT PROBES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF KONTUIC CITY DURING
THE DAY OF 29 FEBRUARY. �
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2. CONTINUING REPORTS AND SIGHTINGS OF LARGE VC/NVA
UNITS AROUND BAN ME THUOT CITY, DARLAC PROVINCE, HAVE LED
TO INCREASED SPECULATION THERE'', THAT THE ENEMY IS
PREPARING FOR A NEW ATTACK ON THE CITY. THE LOCAL POPULATION
IS ALSO APPREHENSIVE OF FURTHER ATTACKS AND MANY PEOPLE
LEAVE THE CITY AT NIGHT AND TAKE SHELTER IN THE REFUGEE AREAS
ON THE OUTSKIRTS. NEVERTHELESS SOME REBUILDING OF DESTROYED
,AREAS'OF THE CITY IS-BEGINNING.- GENERALLY THE-PEOPLE-IN.,THE�.
CITY APPEAR TO FAULT THE VC FOR SPOILING THE TET HOLIDAYS,
BUT THERE IS ALSO CRITICISM OF GVN TROOPS FOR WHAT IS CALLED
INDISCRIMINATE DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS. THE
VC ARE. IN CONTROL OF MOST OF DARLAC PROVINCE EXCEPT FOR BAN ME THPOT
AND THE DISTRICT CAPITALS,.AND-INTELLIGENCE REPORTING
INDICATES' THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION TO STEP
UP THEIR PROPAGANDA AND FOOD COLLECTIONACTIVITIES IN THE 3.3(h)(2)
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH SURPRISED
THAT THE VCeNVA DID NOT STRONGLY ATTACK U.S. BASES OR INSTALLATIONS
FOR EXAMPLE, MACV-WOODEN BUILDINGS WHICH ARE VERY .VULNERABLE
WERE HIT ONLY SNIPER FIRE. THIS HAS GIVEN RISE TO RECURRENT
RUMORS, ACCENTUATED BY VC/NVA PROPAGANDA, OF COLLUSION
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND: THE VC.- SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED
GRATITUDE FOR ACTION BY U.S. HELICOPTERS AND PLANES WHICH PRESSED
THE ATTACK AGAINST ENEMY POSITIONS,- BUT AT THE SAME TIME MANY
FIRES WERE CAUSED BY THESE- AIRSTRIKES AND THERE WAS' MUCH DAMAGE TO
.CIVILIAN AREAS OF THE CITY.
3. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ENEMY INITIATED ACTIVITY IN
OTHER II CORPS PROVINCES, ALTHOUGH TUYEN DUC REPORTED -A GOVERNMENT
OF VIETNAM (OVN) OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED SOUTH OF DALAI CITY.
4. KHANH HOA-PROV/NCE OFFICIALS CONDUCTED-A,CEREMONY ON
28 FEBRUARY HONORING THE NHA TRANG-POLICE FORCE FOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS
IN ROUNDING UP MUCH OF THE-VC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WAKE OF THE
ATTACK ON THE CITY. MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL INFRA-'
STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED-AND-FIRMLY IDENTIFIED.
. 5. A LOCAL (3VN OFFICIAL IN PHAN THIET, BINHIHUAN-PROVINCE,
HAS REPORTED A RISING ATTITUDE OF. RESENTMENT ON THE PART OF'
THE POPULACE AGAINST THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CARVN)
TROOPS BECAUSE OF THE'EXTENT-OF LOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN'THE
AFTERMATH OF THE LAST ATTACK ON THE CITY.
' 6. DISSEM: IFFV-ZORDS II CORPS. '3.3(h)(2)
SAIGON DISSEM: STATE MACV. CINCPAC ARPAC PACAF PACFLT�7TH AF
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