CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A022500040003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 7, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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7 August 1972
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7 August 1972
Central Intelligence Bulletin
SOUTH VIETNAM: Heavy Communist artillery fire
continues to hamper South Vietnamese clearing
operations in Quang Tri City. (Page 3)
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SOUTH VIETNAM: Heavy Communist artillery fire
continued to amper Soutlz Vietnamese clearing opera-
tions in Quang Tri City over the weekend.
Hardest hit were government marine positions in
the southern and eastern sections of the city. Ele-
ments of at least two North Vietnamese regiments re-
main dug in north of the citadel, the area of nearly
continuous heavy fighting during the past two days.
Farther south, fighting was light around govern-
ment positions along the My Chanh River defense line,
but Communist gunners sh~~lled Camp Evans, the govern-
men?t's primary support b~~.se for Quang Tri, on 5 Au-
gust and destroyed over 1i0 tons of artillery ammuni-
tion. West of Hue, South Vietnamese troops reoc-
cupied Outpost Checkmate near Fire Support Base
Bastogne, which was recaptured last week.
In Military Region 2, Communist gunners fired
over. 100 rounds of artillery-and rocket fire into
government positions in .the coastal town of Bong
Son, and followed up with a ground attack. South
Vietnamese Army troops pushed back the Communist
assault and retained control of the district capi-
tal. Bong San, as well