CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/30

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I 111 � � � � Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273 1:1' � DI ORAT. IN TELL IG E NC : Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273 !! 1 Ii j� 11111 � H� Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C008092731.: TOF' ET *Vietnam: 1 I , JSouth Vietnam: Communist forc s launched a series' , of well-coordinated attacks on eight principal citiesjin'SoUth Vietnam's I:and TI Corps areas early on 30 January-the , , lunar new lyear's day. - 1 , , 1 , 1 1 The unprecedented wive of attacks included a heavy !j rocket bombardment of ,the key US base at Da Nang, j and 1, ; mortar and rocket sheilings and ground assaults on seven . ! ' provincial capitals in the western highlands and the ,coastal 1, . provinces as far, south as Nha Trang., ,jSharp fighting was ' ' reported continuing early this morningin Da Nang, Nha ,1 Trang, and the cities of Pleiku and,JK nturn. 1 , : !Enemy raids also occurredat Ban Me Me Thuot, cam Ranh Bay, Tug Hoa, Hoi An and Qui Ohon. j The village J of ,Tan,Canh;! some 20 miles northwest of KOntiiim, was : overrun and: burned., ,There are no new reports of fighting immediately , south of the Demilitarized Zone, but ihe! current posture of North Vietnamese trOOPS there' 'a.nici in other : strategic areas of the Country: point to the possibility of Imminent battles on several other fronts. Because of the situation� j the South Vietnamese Government announced the cancellw- tion of the, allied Tet, Cease;fire per jiiod. 1 l 1 j 1 : ttacki 'is.lihave!,been . I is jcurrent Corn- important holiday-- ye maximum ' the enemy demon- populated areas !I Preparations for the widespread noted in recent days.;'; The timingt munist campaign--on Vietnam's most was probably .designed in Part to achi psychologicall impact,' Furthermore, strated his ability to penetrate major with an extensive 'show of Iforce.' j11 The, Communists apparently hope sibility for . these blaritantlViolations jo to the allied 'gide. Hanoi Radio, in 'a _ I , I , j 30 J'an 68 n Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273 to shift the respon- the truce periods rOadcast early this 11 �;i! 1; I Lk, 1, 1 I ; �H � . ; ; � 111 ;in iJ! � Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273. �� � - � ' ! I 11! I : !� ! ,, LAO5HPANHANDI'E NAN .1 :�; '� � ; 1.; ! h; SOUTH, 1;� ; � ; ' ; ; I VIETNAM � ; 1;; ; ; � �;;;;,.; ;416);Ittstni ; . Pleiket � 0 ���� � gr � ����1 11.� I 1111.1,/ 1r' T." rr.41,:t or Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273 � 11 ' c. I ; 1; Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 600809273!! ! ! 1.1 RE'r ,! : � ,; � '; �1; ; , ,1 . ; i ; � morning, charged that the US and Sotith Vietnam had.. canceled the cease-fire in northern Soiiih Vietnam and launched heavy attacks on. the civilian.p6pulation through- out the country. � (Map) � ;H � !, Laos. Large numbers Of, North Vietnarnee trucks are moving through the Mu Gia Pass Inio LaoS, and there are:indications of 'substantial activitiiiii the road net far- , , thee South. , 1!�' . !! I, . ' 11 1 :r1 ! � '1! !,� 1: '!!',! ! Hi HH I. ! � 'A daily average of 29 trucks was moved South l� through the Mu: Gia, Pass during,the firSt' 19 days of Jan- Uary.t This is an increaSe!oVerthe 2O4ruck average for � the corresponding period last year, althOugfl the 1: over-all rate;for this!drY season so far is approximately the, same as that for the .1966-67 dry ieason',1 li!.!1 H:HdI 111 � i! r,,There have also been reliable reports of extensiv;e truck: traffic on Routes 96 and 110. H 11! : , ,! , kHtaithei south, i Route 165 east oC 'ava: ne,showS sign's of1 heyli! !use to a point approximae1y! three miles from Ithe. 'South; Vietnamese border. Airl'!strikes itave: ex- ploded large caches of fnel!and;ainxiiiiiii0on hearIRoute 922,,! "and 'recent phOtogra h � ,showslat elunnbeT s of POL drUth'S alOn this , 30 Jan 68 ! 2 ; I !! i V�I Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C00809273