CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 5 DECEMBER 1967 - 1967/12/05
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South Vietnam: First re-
ports on Operation CORONADO IX
indicate that 235 Viet Cong were
killed in a day-long battle on
4 December in the Mekong Delta
some 66 miles southwest of Saigon.
The recent upsurge of enemy ac-
tivity in the Mekong Delta may
well be part of a country-wide
offensive aimed at demonstrating
Communist military capabilities
and at proving to the populace
that South Vietnamese authorities
are unable to provide effective
security. Along with the threat
from main force units in the
central highlands, northern III
Corps, and the Demilitarized
Zone, these small-scale activ-
ities help to tie down and spread
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