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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 23, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8
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AT ON OR ABOUT 4ANUARY erNF, Y FORGES WILL IN
RtAsr? oirfENsivE VTTS I RES 0 SOUTh VIETNAM*
H.,,wILL BE SIMILAR TO T ACT Ns THAT $C.URiEDTN LAT
CloBER 1972. THE' PURPOSE WILL BE TO ?GAIN C 4TROL F AS MI3CH
ITORY AND A$ mANy pfil,PLE AS ROssIBLE IN ANTICIPATION
A CASE-Ti!. THE ACTIVITY WILL MOST LIYELY!,,OCCuR IN ,EASTERN
THUA TRtEtsl PROVINCE* THt OUANO NAM'GUANC TrN PBOvINCE LOWLANDS*
OUTifEASTERNOUANONGAII NoRTHEASTERN BINH DINH* 110VTI4RNXONKUM.
ESTEI;tist!,pLEIKU* SOUTHFSiN BINH THuAN, BINH LONG* TAY NINH. BINM
tivowei LONG AN?tXN Tmotio, Ann cRuotqc THIEN PPOVINCrS? THE
Acrivily $s FxproTEo 1.01,,AsT rIvr To szvtN DAys AND TO FEATURE
ArrAcr$ FIRE AGAINST POPULATED AREAS AS WELL AS TERRORIST
ACTS
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N TIALED ON JANUARY By LE DUC TRO FOR NORTH VIE,TNAti AND
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ON ,4ANUARY,21 AND To
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SIGNED SY THE FOREIGN,
FFECT/VE THE- NEXT DAY.
YORG oULD INITIATE ATTACKS,
111011LD CONTINOOk ;NTIL THE EFFECT'
I^NNING JANUARY', 4* ALL VIETNAMESE
TO Et: ON "RED' ALERT AND NO? LICAV.
FURTHER NOTICE*
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8
NO Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8
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A POLITICAL EPPo#X sASEO ON A UNITED FRONT. BUT AT SOME POINTS
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TO KEEP UP TS ?OU N ;TAE OTHEN ITS ARt14P FORGES APTER A
, s ' HAT DELIVER.D A. EUPHORIC Acc04#T or AL.L..EGED
COMMUNIST MILITARY - # gT0RILs/! IN THE LAST YEAR ANP T.
ASSERTED THAT Tng MILITARY 4ALANc; WAS SHIFTING iOEANP
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0 AIt 7,1i0m TE NORTH IN A WAY THAT tu4oksTS T44T Th ' PRG
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N SOUTH VIETNAM AND AS SUCH As ADKNowl0DOE,0 THAT THE PRQ
HAD 7,1'.A4?EN SHORT IN THIS REGARD; $UT HE ArTglaUIED'Atil.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8
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P T , AO LEADERS FRom CONsULTATIONS SAM NEUA AHD HANOI
A1415'PERNAPs OFFICIAL WORD OF PROGRESs FROM PARIS. IRE
AMU ISTS' PREPARED STATEMENT ATTACKED HE ALLEGED RAmTrt
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:XNS-OF'THE NIXoN DOoTRINE FOR LAOS* HoWEvER,? CRITT0
souvANNA pHousA WAS NININAL FOR THE SECOND WEE}. T
NMENT's slAIE1,1?ENT STRESSED ITS LEGITIAACY AND $OVE
HGHTY, ACCUSED THE NORTH VIETNAMESE OF RESPONsIBILITY FOR
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CONAC IN NORTHW sTERN LAOS:
1:11:;,N TtoN cREOS NORTHwESTERN LAOS ARE CONTINUING WORK ON
A ROADEXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM NAM THA, A PATNET LAO ADAINIS0
TRATIV CENTER NEAR THE CHINA BORDER" PHCIt?4RAPNY OF JANuARy 18
REVEALED THAT vEGETATLON HAD sEEN CLEARED ALONG THE ALIONNENT 0?
OLD ROUTE 3 To WITHIN LESs TRAP A MILE OF THE, FORMER GOVERNMENT
ruGEt cENTER AT vigNQ ?Du HmAl THE ROAD Xs HoTORABLE Fon 24
MILES SoUTRWEST OF NAM TMA* TWO GOVERNMENT BATTALIONS OPERATING
VERAL .MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF VIENG POU KHA HAVE BEEN TRytNG
TO RETAKE THE SETTLEMENT FROM THE PATHET LAO SINCE EARLY Drctmaxii.
INTERCEPTED MESSAGES INDICATE THAT cHIPASE INFANTRY UNITS IN THg
NAM THA AREA ARE 1.0.$1?,1,., MONITORING PATHET LAO EFFoRTS TO DRIVE
'GOVENfENT OP FROM THE VIENG POU HHA AREA.
r4ELRVIsIT TOIfl{E VAPCAN TURNS SOUR; EMBASSY ROME REPORTS
AT, 0TH ISRAEL AND ?THE vAT1cAN NAY e4 HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS
AsouT THE D oF HAVING ARRANGED LAST WEEH's VISIT BETwEEN
THE POPE AN, PRftIE PUNISTEE MEIRAW ALTHOUGH THE ISRAELIS IN -
ITEATED THE DIPitCULTES BY PURLIcLY ANNOUNCING THE AUDIENCE
ON JANUARY aoin SAES HAVE SINCE ExAGERBATED THE SII;;AIIIIA07
ITH.PARTIcuLARLT OFFENSIVE AND SELF-SERVING ACCOUN
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? YPT1AN sUsPICIoNS; F1ASY. Nosoov POINTS.
UT THAT, ZSP2TE SOVIET COMMENTS TO US AtiouT "OPENI-mINDEDNE S
ON ALL INITATZvEs NHICE StgK TO ?EASE THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION,
TM; USSR HAS 'CONSISTENTLY URGED THE EGYPTIANIFTO TAKE A dAUTibus,
ATTITUDX T4wARP'*PARTtAL ARRANGEmENTB?"'. 11(E SOVIETS ARE APPAR
ENTLY DOING THEIR BEST TO BLocH U.S 4 MOVES BY PLAy1MIT ON EGYPT'
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DEBATE INTRODUOt$ U OZRTAINTY INTO CSCE; RtPaRTGN ON
Z4ERESUMED mULTILATERAI. PREpARAT0Ry TAILS ON THE csct milAssy
LsZNKI coNcLODES THAT ?THE WARSAW PACT OsITION oN,MB R MIgHT
upsIT THE DELT.GATE cscE/mBFR BALANCE. M sT DELEGATE$ N HEL$T0
BELIEVE TRAT CoNTINVED NATO INsISTENCE ON A LImITED TORmuLA Ifo
PARTICIPATION 10/4I. H4IaRTEN PRESsURES AT HELXI Fog ,A Ejo/NT
LARATIoN ON mOrR IN THE CSC E CONTExT?
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/20: LOC-HAK-547-6-28-8