SITUATION IN LONG TIENG IN NORTHERN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-13-5-25-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: May 5, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/08 : LOC-HAK-13-5-25-4
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I`'Ti'~~TDEIdT HAS 5E~`,~
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~UI~J~~T"s ~ituati.+~n in ~:.:c~ng ie~ag ia~ Narthe~a .f...ao~
CIA hay isntc~rrmmd u~ t~aat the GI.~+. 5t~-tivn Chief in Vle~,tile~e 'believes the.
~>Etue-tion in ~ ,t..~a~ag Tic~ag ~-rea cdr Nc~rthet~n .f.*sc7~, while ~ti~ ~er~aex:~, av~ not
cxi#i~cal at this taExraez. ~e North ~i~tx~,me~e gir~~t hay ~sn idly axxatxied
asad ie pg away i"rom. ~:o~ ~i'ieug, a~ad they re~ir~i~.g ~t~ ai' the , n nth
a .~ t bth ~T'V'A divi~+~~~a:~ in tha general vic$xaity axe under r~trea~gth< "x~my
capabilitla~ h~c-e thus be+~rx ai~actad.
Ox~ the ~-~er ~Zd, ~ ~itust~on axYaa~g the ~:~ug ';I'ie9ng def~enel~r?r~ has ip~^+;ed.
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.saga r~
t ~r t y n ~-t be~izxsalag a~ ~"~pril. Thi+~ is~ tuxes hay had a at~~yv?sarabla
effect an. ~ ~ral~a rat C:~ene~ral ~r~.ng ~'aa ,mod hip lieu txaap~. "the ~-~ac~
ps~rfsrrxr~ance t~ ~ the beat iYS ~everel mwratb:~.
~`~ bile It ~.~ Mill prxe ~tl~e that the enemy may try tea ~.s:h Ica ~-r+e
~,~~ar attac~~ s~ri.:~~~~~ ":Cieng beaEore the rainy ~ea-~an ~gir~~ about rx~td-:u~a~y,
t ~tre~ o~ tb,~ d~fea~dex~a I~ greater thaa t1a sad the #5p(~ cnerny trsagp~
den~loyed ix~ t t~-di~at+~ l.ox~g "~ ~Sxag a~ SaE aa~ es~ css~, i.t might kse
t birthday sad ~- phi Minh, which i~ ~h~y ~ ~;, Ern without sn atl:~-:c~,
~-~ e~zex~ay v~~,1 prs~beb~y tr~r ~.atain ~o~itic~n~ io and ar4unc3 the ~laixa saf
Jax~ thrats~h the rainy ,~~+~ ts~ pa~afde a head Mart tc-r ttv~ ~ slry ~ea~ox~
sa~,~~s-sive, ~J,~verthales~, Ce~ae~ral ~ ~'ata behave that the 25X1
Lnug :~'ieng ~itut~-t~aear~ ha.s ~ex~ ~~- s3 r t s xxxsyxx~nt ax~t3 they are
beginnitag tsa think iaa texm~ of sa;~mn~ive artisan of their awn beglnn~,x~g ~~ Tuxxe.
~orrM,ent: Hope~y the ~A a~~e~:~~nt is caxrect< '1`hc~ situatisan at i,s~g
Tteng t+~p y i~ very ren~i,~cer~t of what it ~-~ this time last year, wiaen the
N~r~ 'V`l+~rnze;~e a~ are3~1 ~,~ Ghe ~..s~ng ~'isng riefax~d~r~ were sho~,~ring silgne~
oR weer and tear< ~`he Nc-rth ~t?`ietnsrne~e, thsa~,gh, ar~- at the and o$' a rn+~ch
mare siif~icult ingiats:~ ey~texxx. ~ ~..~an Turn dqe~ succ~e~d to haldin out
the cr~actal ~ct+ar w311 clearly be 25X1
who ha~re be+~n a~ex~t tx- during the past year..
~EC~'1~'T ~a~;N, IT~,~
AMH:JTT~_r_~_~ ~~ ~~~
No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/08 : LOC-HAK-13-5-25-4
 No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/08 : LOC-HAK-13-5-25-4
No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/08 : LOC-HAK-13-5-25-4