SUMMARY OF VIET CONG POLITICAL AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN QUANG TAI PROVINCE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ENEMEY TET OFFENSIVE.

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• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 10, 1968

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COUNTRY: SJUIR VIETNAM
DOI: 31 -JANUARY - 7 FEBRUAAY 1963
SUBJECT:- SUMhARY UF VIET CO3 FJLIfICAL AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES
QUANG TRI Fi;JVINC:E SINCE THE iNING uF TET
OFFENSIVE.
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VIETNAM, DANANG (9 FEWOJARY 1968)
(SLIMMANY: E.\EMY FOREJ %;00;fIo:JE .OVIG IN TRE AREA OF QUA,.0
(RI CITY. AMS OF Ev:EMY UIfS PPEAR TO INCLUDE INTERDICTIJN OF
IRE CUA VIET RiJER SUPPLY ROUTE, ..UPPRESSIJN OF USMC ARTILLERY AT
CAMP CAHHOLL IN CONJUNCTION WITH NV A EFFORTS IN THE )(HE SANH AREA,
AND POSSIBLY AN ATTACK ON QuANG TRI CITY. REFuGEES FROM RD AREAS,
NOW IN QUANG TRI CITY, HAVE COMPLAINED OF VC ATHOCITIES, LOOTING,
AND FAMILIES HELD HOSTAGE TO FORCE GVN OFFICIALS TO PROPAGANDIZE
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friE VC IN QLANG1j Ulf/. THE. REFUGEE.) ARE CRITICAL OF U....
GV N FORCES r JI LA,v. OF. PhJTECTION AND FAILUhE TO RECLAIM 1-4E
PHEY ::AVE UF VIET.AM-ESE1JS OR
.AME., ON THE .ORCRER PiiGVINCES. TALK OF IA! ...i
LITION GOVERNMENT AND SACRFICE OF QUANG TRI AND THUA TIEN
h�OVINCES IS INCREASING, CAUSED IN PAAT BY THE VC ATTACK ON LANG
VEI. THE REFUGEES ALSO REPORT THAT THE VC ARE FORCING YOUTHS
iO CIVIL DEFENJE MILITIA TO FREE VC MAIN FORCES 1-0 RE-ATTACK
r tJtL A. :;;EiNG TOLD TO MAKE JPEARS AND
TO BE USED FOR A GENERAL UPRISINS. THE REVOLUTIONARY DAT
VIETS AND THE VIETNAM ;ATIONALIST PARTY (VNUDD) RAVE OVERCOME
TRADITIONAL ENMITY TO FORM AN ANTI-VC FRONT WHICH HAS FRO-
L;LAIMED ITS SUFPo.l.r u TRZ SV.. ENO SUMMARY.)
1. THE 6,',8fh, S1.TH rJ iH VC/A. 3ATTALIONS Ani STILL
oPEATIN3 IMMEDIATELY NoRTHEAST OF QUANG TAT CITY IN UNKNOWN
SUAENGTH.
THE BA LONG VALLEY IS LIFEAALLY "CrIAVLINS" :!11TH ENEMY FU;-iCES AND
THAT THEY ARE WORKING THLIR WAY EAST TOw0b. QUAN3 HI CITY.
CONDITION IS EI.) TO EXIST ALONG NATIONAL HOuTE NO. 9
IN THE VICINITY OF THE CA LU OUTPOST.
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NO�FeIteM
REGIMENT HAS
THE 2 7 01. H V A
L u U1,TM VIETNAM, THILE THE S03RD AECI-
APPARENTLY ;iA. 1r. .I1 w INIERDICTINC TL. CUA VIET itIVE:q
Stai-i-IY ACUTE A,J np, :F,c.RAT1N3 I14 THE VICINITY OF YD2J67.
THE APPAAcT JiIO Ji THE 32LTA NVA DIVISION IS TO
r;-%-,ESS HEAVY USC ARFILL:nY AT CAMP CAkROLL IN CONJUNCTION WITH
NVh EFFOAT3 C3EAT EASc AAEA. ON E) FEBRUARY A.0:
UKH.J:iN FORCE JF A?FROXIATELY.4 ATTACKED THE LANG VEI SPECIAL
FORLA:.6 CAMP JUST SJUTHOF KHE 'JANX, AND SUCCEEDED IN OVERRRUNNIN3
THE 3AMP WITH THE AID OF NINE T-34 SOVIET TANKS.
4. THE BATTLE FOA :LANG TRI HAS PRODUCED A3OUT 3,000 NEW
REFUGEES TO DATE, PRIMARILY FROM THE RD AhEAS IN ThIEU PHONG
DU:TACT. AT LEAST THREE :EW LIFE HAMLETS HAVE SEEN COMPLETELY
JE.31ADYED. REFUGEE iRC,: THESE HAMLETS HAVE BEEN STREAMING INTO
(ZUA3 TRI CITY WITH STORIES OF VC ATROCITIES, I.E., SHOOTINGS,
LJJTINGS, AND TORTUF,E OF CIVILIANS. MANY OF THcSE REFUGEES HAVE
AVN FOR NOT
AIDING THEN IN RECLAIMING THE RD AREAS. THEY
� Y THE VC/NVA CAE THL,E LIGHT DAYS AGO A.,D OTHIN HAS BEEN
DONE TO DRIVE THEM OFF. THE AMERICANL HAVE AL:J0 BEEN CRITICIZED
FOR NOT INITIATING MORE OPERATIONS IN THIS AREA, AND PARTICULARLY
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FOR NOT BRINGING A
SThIi-iEj. (COMMENT: SINCE THE TET SEAs0N
BEGAN, THE WEATHER I. 7:UANG TI HAS DETEhhED GhEATLY AIR OPERATION3.)
D. ALTHOUGH TAL?: A..AGAELMENT BEP:IEEN TRE AMERICANS AND
THE NFLSV FOh THE LSTAELIENE OF A OOALIIION 30VEnAENT WAS
SLIGHT FOR THE PAST DAYS, THERE IS INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT
THIS IS GAINING MOMENTUM. MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE ATTACK ON
LANG VEI SPECIAL FORCE3 CAMP IS PROOF THAT THE AMERICANS AkE
GOi 10 GIVE CJA6 Tni
As.) THUA IHIEN PHOVINCES TO NOHTH VIETNAM
fj FilLOIPITATE L,CE ALr. THE SA::;E Ll.ES, A 3000 DEAL OF
C3NMEINT HAS BE hEAit A-63'0T THE CONThAST IN NE'vIS nEFOATING BY
TO JAIGON A:40 THE VOICE OF AICA (VOA) AND THE BRITISH
cROADGASTING COMPANY (35C), THE FACT THAT RADIO SAIGON INITIALLY
REPORTED THAT QUAA TI t,!AS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE NVA AND
THEN REPORTED LESS AND LESS NEWS ABOUT NORTHERN PROVINCES, AND
LACK OF ArCURATE INFOhMATION ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN HUE ARE CITED
AS EXAMPLES. THE VOA AND THE BBC, ON THE OTHEn HAND,' HAVE BEEN
REPORTING MORE AND HOE ABOUT THE NORTHERN PROVINCES ANC THE
PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THESE REPORTS. (COMMENT: THE ACCURACY
OF THIS ALLEGATION I, NOT FN0'.:N, 31.11 THE IMPOATANT THING IS THAT
PEOPLE BLLIEVE II.)
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6. IN THE RD AnEAS, .EHE Al LEAST THREE ENEMY EATTALIONs
ARE STILL LOCATED, REFU2EES REPORT THAT HAUET YOUTH Aat. .IN2
FORMED INTO CIVIL iOR TRC PUr,POJE OF FEEING THE
VL FOhCc EAY1AL:6 IJ ,IZ.-AfTACK LAi3 TRI CITY. rAL HA:I.LET
F..0FLL ARE BEIG ...;6.;TIALLY PROPAGANDIZED THAT ARL.
ldiNING IN QUAN2 TR', iii3 THE LACK OF ARVN OPERATIONS AS PROOF
FRC PEOPLE AhE BEING TO :',AKE. SWORDS AND SPEARS FOR A
UPhISING. A FEW REPORTS ,AVE BEEN RECEIVED OF THE
MURDER OF HAMLET OFFICIALS AND POPULAR FORCE SOLDIERS. REPORTS
THAT THE FAMILIES OF GVN OFFICIALS ARE BEING HELD AS HOSTAGE WHILE
ihE HUSBANDS ARE FORCED TO GO INTO QUANG TRI CITY EITHER TO BUY
FOOD #. ,TUFFS OR TO SPREAD VC PROPAGANDA TO THEIR FRIENDS IN THE
GV. E MORE NUMEROUS.
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7. :TRADITIONAL Li:ITY l':_TiZEL THE REVOLUTONOY DAT VIETS
ANO THE VNQDD SEENS TO HA 2E ELEN ELIMINATED BY THE PRESENT
CRISIS. SOME KID OF A JOIT ANTI-VC FRONT HAS BEEN FOaMED WHICH
GENERAL
HAS PROCLAIMED ITS SUPPORT OR THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM. NO
PAOGRAN OF SPECIFIC ACTION HAS BEEN ANNOJNCED TO DATE, BUT THIS
FRONT IS ENJOYING A GOOD DEAL OF POPULAR SUPPORT, WHICH MAY HAVE
BEEN THE REASON FOR ITS FORMATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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