ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE TO VIETNAM TEXTILE COMPANY AND VIETNAM TEXTILE FINISHING COMPANY

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06772385
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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TWO LARGE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS NEAR SAIGON, VIETNAM
T LE COMPANY (V INATEXCO) AND VIETNAM TEXTILE FINISHING
PANY (V INAT EXF INCO ) WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN HEAVY FIGHTING
NEAR SAIGON 1 �- 3 FEBRUARY.
ABOUT SIXTY PERCENT OF THE PLANT STRUCTURES
AND EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PLANT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
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MANY MONTHS WILL PROBABLY
ELAPSE BEFORE
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REPAIRS CAN BE MADE AND NORMAL PRODUCTION RESUMED.
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FINISHED PRODUCTS
HAD BEEN OBSERVED BEING
AND CIVILIAN VEHICLES SINCE THE
STRUCTURES. HE ESTIMATED THAT
AT APPROXIMATELY 250,000, 000
THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATE OF VN$118
LOADED INTO MILITARY TRUCKS
DESTRLCT ION OF THE PLANT
FINIS;IED PRODUCTS VALUED
PIASLS ($277,000.00 AT
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WERE LOOTED
FROM THE PLANTS.
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