CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 6 NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/11/06

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SpeculatiOndontinues that.
militant And. Moderate Buddhist
f6IIOWers thay be heading for a
break With-their leaders.
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Ho Hiau Tuonqf lower house
deputy and a Buddhist university
official, told
on 2 November that a persbnal
recondiliatibn between Thich Tri
Quang and Thich Tam Chau, leaders
of the militant and the moderate
factions respectively, is un-
likely. Thong said he sees the
removal of Quang and Chau and the
merger of the two factions into
a more middle-Ofthe-road "third
force" as the only solution to
the current impasse over the
dharter issue.
Significant contacts with
enemy forces reported over the
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we-kerict were- confined: to the. IV'
Crirp,5, Tactical Zone. where mor-
tar and ground. assaults were
launched against the: towns of
Chau Cal Lay- and Long My..
total of 38, soldiers and ci-
vilians were killed and another
179 were wounded in. the attacks
which appeared: to he a contin-
uation of a series of hostile
actions begun in this region on
28 October.
The situation remained
quiet in the vicinity of Loc Ninh
where heavy fighting has occurred
during the past ten days. Of-
ficially adjusted casualty fig-
ures through 2 November indicated
that 31 friendly and 720 enemy
troops had been killed around
Loc Ninh.
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the number
Of enemy dead subsequently had
risen to 771.
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