CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/11

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11 January 1968
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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*Vietnam: The Vietnamese Communists have
again publicly endorsed the idea of a coalition govern-
ment in South Vietnam while castigating Saigon for
blocking avenues to peace.
In a propaganda broadcast beamed to South Viet-
nam on 8 January, Hanoi denounced President Thieuis
recent criticism of any moves toward the formation
of a coalition government with the Communists. A
Liberation Front broadcast on the same day inter-
preted the recent suspension of a Saigon newspaper
as evidence that the Thieu government was "trembl-
ing" in the face of growing popular support for the
plank in the Front platform calling for a "broad na-
tional democratic union."
In its efforts to promote the concept of a coali-
tion government as a feasible alternative to a continua-
tion of the Vietnamese struggle, Hanoi so far appears
more interested in fanning the uneasiness generated
over this issue in the South than in spelling out clearly
its own interpretation of the concept. Moreover,
there are no indications as yet that the North Viet-
namese are attempting to couple their discussion of
the coalition concept with their efforts to appear more
forthcoming on talks with the United States.
On the military front, Communist forces are con-
tinuing to apply pressure against allied positions in the
Saigon area.
In the fourth major attack in the past six days
within a 30-mile radius of Saigon, a battalion-size
Viet Cong force assaulted the forward command post
of a US Army battalion in Hau Nghia Province on 10
January. Although five Americans were killed and
28 seriously wounded, the Communist attempt to over-
run the US position was not successful.
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