CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 5 DECEMBER 1967 - 1967/12/05

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DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Current Intelligence Digest Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 S et 3 5 5 December 19.67 0242/67 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/0/11 006662733 Or. n CONTENTS (Information as of 1200 EST) 5 Dec 67 S RET crirrpnt- nfplliffpnnp! Diciest Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Page i NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 C06662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 C06662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NR 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 NOTES 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 nutAllipdnnitq NR 5 Dec 67 3.5(c) S EJRET Current iiIiigence Digest Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 Page 10 NR NR S.cs y.41 �Approved for Release: 2018/07/11 CO6662734) pproved for Release: 2018/07/11 006662730 16.