SITUATION REPORT IN I COPRS AS OF 0800 HOURS, 2 FEBRUARY

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• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
3.3(h)(2)
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This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmisson or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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THIS I N INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
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COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM
020549Z CITE
DIST 2 FEBRUARY 1968
3.5(c)
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 0800 HOURS, 2 FEBRUARY
ACQ:
SOURCE:
3.3(h)(2)
THIS IS A SITUATION REPORT ON 2 FEBRUARY
3.3(h)(2)
1. THERE WAS LIGHT ACTIVITY ON FEBRUARY 1 IN THE DEMILITARIZED
ZONE (DMZ) WITH MOST ACTION TAKING PLACE AROUND CAM LO.
2. IN QUANG TRI CITY THE VIET CONG (VC) BROKE OFF THE FIGHT
DURING THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 1 AND WERE CAUGHT UP WITH BY ALLIED
TROOPS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT CITY, AN ESTIMATED 300 NVA KIA
IN GENERAL AREA AROUND QUANG TRI - 85 OF THESE INSIDE CITY.
3. AT PHU BAI A WAREHOUSE WAS BLOWN UP WHEN FOUR ROUNDS OF
MORTAR RECEIVED.
4. IN HUE THE ENEMY CONTROLLED THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
AREAS OF THE CITY AS OF 2200 HOURS FEBRUARYI. TWO ARVN ARMORED
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BATTALIONS WERE TO TAKE CITADEL, GEN. LAM REQUESTED UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS TROOPS (USMC) TO MOVE ON JAIL TO PREVENT
RELEASE OF 2000 PRISONERS. HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHTING CONTINUED
WITH AVERAGE 4 - 6 VC SNIPERS PER HOUSE. ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR TOWN
CEASED AT 0300 HOURS FEBRUARY 2 AND U.S. FORCES RETURNED T
MACV COMPOUND. U.S. 12 KIA 55 WIA; 50 ENEMY KIA; TWO DETAINEP.S.
14 UNIDENTIFIED U.S. CIVILIANS WIA, 5 OF WHICH WERE MEDEVAC.
5. USMC CAMP NEAR PHU LOC WAS OVERRUN.
6. IN VICINITY OF DANANG CITY USMC PATROLS RAN INTO TWO
LARGE GROUPS OF 125 AND 75 OF ENEMY. REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK)
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS 2ND NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) DIVISION
MOVING UP RAILROAD TRACKS FROM QUE SON TO DANANG. LAST LOCATED
WEST OF HOT AN, 25 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF DANANG. HOT AN CITY
CONSIDERED SECURED AS OF 1 FEBRUARY.
7. THERE ARE REPORTS OF ENEMY MORTAR STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT
IN TAM KY AND QUANG NGAI.
8.
REPORT CLASS
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