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• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06786704
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: March 20, 1968

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Trip (2 Cables)
on his 19 March visit
1. reports
to the Danang area;
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a. Lt. Gen. Cushman, Marines, said he
had ample forewarning. Only specific target
knoln was Danang. He much Intel indicating
�something coming around Tet and attacks on
cities were expected and defense forces positione
Scale of infiltratioh not expected, and precise
Idming was not known.,
-No Tet truce in I Corps; all units
were fully aletted.
b. Team visited regional HQ and
Deputy Chief briefed on various programs.
Clear that close coordination had been maintained
between
and the US and GVN military.
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1. TEAM VISITED III MAF, ARVN I CORPS, PROVISIONAL
CORPS VIETNAMI AND REGION I ON 19 MARCH. BRIEFING AT .
III MAF WAS CONDUCTED BY LG CUSHMAN AND STAFF, INCLUDING
MB ROBERTSON, CG I MARDIV.
2. IN SUMMARY, GENERAL CUSHMAN FELT HE HAD AMPLE
FOREWARNING; WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH MOVEMENTS OF HOSTILE �
ELEMENTS, AND ACTED ACCORDINGLY'. ALL AGREED THAT ASIDE
FROM: DANANG, SPECIFIC VC TARGETS WERE NOT KNOWN, ALTHOUGH,
THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF INTELLIGENCE INDICATING SOMETHING
WAS COMING AROUND T ET . GENERAL CUSHMAN NOTED . THAT ATTACKS
01 CITIES WERE EXPECTED o . DEFENSE FOR CES HAD BEEN
POSITIONED., HOWEVER, TO DEAL WITH DIRECT ATTACKS (FORCES
WERE STATIONED ABOUT 3 KILOMETERS OUTSIDE CITIES).
INFILTRATION WAS NOT ANTICIPATED ON THE SCALE USED BY THE
V C.
. AS FOR DANANG IT HAD BEEN CLEAR FOR SOMETIME
THAT THE CITY WOULD BE THE �
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TARGET OF AN ATTACK; BUT AGAIN THE PRECISE TIMING WAS
NOT KNOWN.
4. THERE WERE ONLY TWO KNOWN REPORTS OF CIVILIANS
VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION� GENERAL CUSHMAN NOTED, HOWEVER,
THAT VILLAGERS HAD NO MEANS OF COMMUNICATING ONCE THE VC
HAD MOVED IN.
5. THERE WAS NO TET TRUCE IN I CORPS AND ALL UNITS,
INCLUDING ARVN AND ROK MARINES, WERE ON FULL ALERT STATUS.
GENERAL CUSHMAN FEELS COOPERATION AMONG THE INTELLIGENCE .
SERVICES IN THE CORPS AREA WAS GOOD.
6, THE III MAF G-3 SAID HE FELT HE HAD AMPLE INTELLIGENCE
FOR HIS PURPOSES. BOTH HE AND GENERAL ROBERTSON NOTED THAT
IT IS. IMPOSSIBLE TO SPREAD FORCES TO COVER ALL POSSIBLE
TARGETS WHEN EXACT ENEMY INTENTIONS ARE NOT KNOWN.
7. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM VISITED
WHERE
BRIEFED ON THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
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IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL AND IT WAS APPARENT THAT CLOSE
COORDINATION HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AMONG
UNITED STATES AND GVN MILITARY AUTHORITIES.
8.
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REF DIRECTOR 81985
CONTACTED STATION REQUESTING TO SEE
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DURING SCHEDULED . (REF) 25 MARCH
CURRENTLY SET FOR 030. 23 MARCH WITH
APPOINTMENT
LATTER WILL BE ELSEWHERE
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