CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 21 NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/11/21

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(Information as of 1200 EST)
Situation report.
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South Vietnam: New fight-
ing broke out southwest of Dak
To on 20 November in what was
described as the most intensive
action in the enemy's two-week-
old highlands campaign.
Preliminary casualty re-
ports on this engagement show
heavy American losses; there
are no figurers yet on enemy
casualties. The North Vietnam-
ese 174th Regiment was appar-
ently engaged in the largest of
the recent actions. This is
the first time the unit has
been committed to battle in the
current campaign.
There has been no evidence
of any significant enemy with-
drawals from the battle area in
the highlands, and it appears
that the fighting will continue.
On the political scene, the
new administration appears to
be getting off to a shaky start.
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North Vietnam: In the air
war, three more US aircraft were
downed on 20 November, bringing
to 18 the number of US planes
lost during the past five days.
These losses appear to be
the result of a vigorous ap-
plication by Hanoi of its usual
air defense procedures, coupled
with a large number of US strikes
against heavily defended targets
In the Hanoi-Haiphong area.
There has been a particu-
larly high level of surface-to-
air missile and conventional
antiaircraft fire. SAMs ac-
counted for ten of the 18 planes,
while conventional antiaircraft
fire was responsible for two.
The SAM success probably can be
attributed to the large number
of missiles fired. MIG fighters
accounted for two, and possibly
four, planes.
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