DAILY REPORT ON CAMBODIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-558-21-4-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 4, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL arzaraAatE AGENCY
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
4 May 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJLCT:
Daily Report on .Cambodia
2. There are no other significant events to report.
Richard Helms
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. D.C. Z0506
TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER
FROM: Richard T. Kennedy
SUBJECT: Actions on Cambodia
ACTION
May 4, 1970
Your daily report for the President of Actions on Cambodia through
1800 hours 4 May is enclosed. The reports submitted by State,
Defense, and CIA. are at Tabs for your information.
Recommendation:
That you forward the daily report to the President (Tab A).
Attachments
TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE
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5 May 1970
'DIA ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT TACTICAL COMINT
Communications intelligence intercepts of 2 May have
been analyzed by DIA and when associated with other intelli-
gence information indicate the location of a major enemy
headquarters, perhaps that of COSVN, immediately to the
north of Base Area 352. These intercepts have been
associated with the strategic intelligence bureau of
COSVN's Headquarters. Of particular interest, these COMINT
fixes were located in the immediate vicinity of where a four
vehicle enemy convoy was destroyed on 2 May, and where a
US helicopter on '3 May observed what appeared to be a large
military complex which is reported to-include 300 bunkers,
500 huts, a storage area, and numerous long wire antennas.
COMUSMACV is currently exploiting this intelligence.
DIA analysis of COMINT indicated that two regiments
of the 5th VC Division are currently moving to the northwest.
The 174th Regiment pulled away from Base Area 351, perhaps
fearing a new Allied operation to the northeast of
"Shoemaker," and the 275th Regiment was tenuously detected
in a 20-mile northwestward move, to within 15 miles of
Kratie.
Elsewhere in the Fishhook, DIA has noted COMINT which
reveals continuing attack preparations by the 7th NVA
Division. A high degree of readiness was indicated by a
4 May message from Division Headquarters which advised all
three of its regiments that: "You are to have the 15-watt
radio maintain close communications with Division Head-
quarters."
Various 7th Division elements used such expressions
on 3 May as:
"Strike and annihilate the enemy. You must
take,the initiative to zealously annihilate the
enemy. Make contact strongly to the rear area
below there.... 4th Battalion is to continue
striking...to coordinate and protect the valuable
stores. They are to ambush enemy armored vehicles...
5th Battalion is to quickly go up to strike the
puppet (ARVN) 5th Airborne Battalion...annihilate
the puppet 5th Airborne Battalion there.... if the
5th Battalion has not yet gone out to ambush...
then have them immediately go to the area...to
strike strongly to the rear of the enemy... You
are to closely coordinate with upper echelons to
block the sweep."
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DIA's judgment is that these references to attack
plans are a reflection of the enemy's concern over the
success of the Allied drive and indicate that he may be
planning diversionary attacks to the south in the hope
of forcing an Allied withdrawal.
In the Parrot's Beak, photoreonnaissance detected
another major enemy base camp -- this one large enough
to accommodate a full division. This base camp can be
related to COMINT fixes which have placed the 271st VC
Regiment in the area. Further emphasizing the enemy's
difficulties in the Parrot's Beak, COMINT reveals a
drastic reduction in communications activity by the
Headquarters of Subregion (SR) 2. Those few messages
which are still being passed generally involve only
subordinate units. DIA analysis is that SR-2 Head-
quarters -- like COSVN Headquarters -- is either on the
move to elude the Allied advance or lying low to avoid
detection. A 3 May message from a commo-liaison unit
in the Parrot's Beak to an element of COSVN reported
that: "On I May the enemy struck into the base area....
(We) lost tons of rice, pigs, chickens, ducks and
bicycles.... The base area will move back to Kampong
Krasang (well north of the Parrot's Beak)."
The 271st VC Regiment was fixed on 2 May in the
southern Parrot's Beak area, but is considered no longer
combat effective. Enemy forces there apparently have
not yet given up hope of assistance from Communist units
in the Delta. A 2 May message on SR-2 circuits reported
that coordination with Military Region 2 (northern 4th
Corps) was being effected. Thus far, however, COMINT has
not detected the movement of any 4th Corps enemy units
toward the Parrot's Beak.
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WRAP-UP PROVIDED DDO AT 051115 EDT MAY 70
A number of intelligence indicators, when taken together,
strongly suggest that a major enemy military command post
has been located immediately to the north of Base Area 352.
On 2 May, the Strategic Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of
COSVN was fixed in the immediate vicinity of Route 7, to
the north of Base Area 352. Of particular significance to
this SIGINT fix were two related incidents: First, also on
2 May and occurring one mile to the north of the SIB fix,
an enemy truck convoy was taken under air attack. Three
2i ton trucks and one 3/4 ton truck were destroyed in this
attack. Second, COSVN's SIB has not been observed in
communications since that time. It is possible that this
truck convoy could have been related to this element of
COSVN's headquarters although no direct corollation can yet
be made.
Additional information concerning the fixing of a major
enemy military command post was provided on 3 May by a
helicopter-borne observer who reported sighting a complex
immediately to the north of BA 352 which included what
appeared to be 300 bunkers of various sizes, a 100' x 6o1
command bunker, 500 huts 20' x 40', and a storage area
with covered pits containing what appeared to be crates.
In addition, numerous long wire antennas were observed in
this area. This reported command post location is in the
immediate vicinity of the 2 May activity reported on in the
previous paragraph.
COMUSMACV is currently exploiting this intelligence and
will provide further information on these leads at the
earliest.
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