CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 27 NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/11/27

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(Information as of 1200 EST)
Situation report.
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South Vietnam: While rela-
tively light fighting continues
in the western highlands, enemy
forces appear to have stepped up
their harassment elsewhere in the
country.
On 24-25 November enemy
forces attacked or harassed 38
South Vietnamese installations
throughout the provinces of IV
Corps. As part of this appar-
ently well-planned and coordi-
nated effort, district towns �or
provincial capitals in Dinh
Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Ba
Xuyen, Phong Dinh, and Kien Giang
provinces were shelled. As a
result of all incidents, at
least 38 persons were killed and
130 wounded.
On the 26th, an enemy force
fired about 32 mortar rounds in-
to the Nha Trang air base complex
located in the coastal II Corps
province of Khanh Hoa. The ma-
jority of the shells impacted
in the headquarters compound of
the US 5th Special Forces Group
which is located on the periphery
of the air base. About 29 sol-
diers and airmen were wounded
and 11 aircraft were destroyed
or damaged as a result of the
shelling. Because of damages
inflicted on transport aircraft,
the ability of the US Special
Forces Group to resupply its
camps and operations is tempo-
rarily impaired. The air base,
however, remains fully opera-
tional.
Enemy forces in northern
III Corps are maintaining their
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aggressive posture in Phuoc Long
Province. On 25 November ele-
ments of the Viet Cong 275th
Regiment attacked a Vietnamese
Army outpost two and a half miles
south of the town of Song Be.
The defenders repulsed the enemy,
who sustained 100 killed and 64
weapons captured. South Vietnam-
ese forces suffered only six
killed and 29 wounded. Enemy
forces simultaneously shelled
an adjacent district town, and
two additional ARVN outposts in
the Song Be area,
Enemy activity in the III
Corps province of Bien Hoa, a
relatively secure province in
the past, may be increasing.
The first significant engagement
there in some time occurred on
24 November. In a one-hour fire-
fight the enemy killed 28 ARVN
soldiers. On 26 November enemy
forces executed a coordinated
series of mortar attacks on ten
allied positions, including two
village headquarters.
Meanwhile, the government
is moving ahead with new appoint-
ments and the establishment of
new agencies, amid indications
that a formal opposition bloc is
forming in the lower house.
The appointment of a Thieu
adviser, Nguyen Van Huong, as
secretary general in the presi-
dent's office was announced on
25 November. A 19-man Central
Revolutionary Development Council,
was also created to oversee the
entire pacification effort. The
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council, to be composed of
cabinet ministers and ranking
generals, will be chaired by
Prime Minister Loc, and its
secretary general will be Revo-
lutionary Development Minister
Tri.
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Au Truong Thanh, in the
meantime,
is
attempting to torm a third
bloc in the lower house com-
posed of independent deputies.
In view of Thanh's opposition
activities and the sentiments
of the deputies supporting his
efforts, it would appear that
the new grouping is intended
to provide opposition to the
already-established and essen-
tially progovernment Democratic.
Bloc and Farmer-Worker-Soldier
Bloc.
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North Vietnam: The Paul
Doumer Bridge on the main rail-
highway route from China to
Hanoi is apparently once again
open to truck traffic.
The bridge was last hit
on 25 October. Two spans were
dropped at that time, and the
gap has now been repaired by
the use of prefabricated con-
crete spans resting on new
piers. This particular gap in
the bridge was entirely over
land. A third span dropped
last August in midriver was re-
paired by using removable deck-
ing. While this method is less
substantial than the use of
prefabricated spans, it appar-
ently can support both trucks
and rolling stock.
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