VIET CONG PRISONER'S ACCOUNT OF PREPARATIONS FOR ATTACK ON CHAU DOC CITY

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06786129
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 c06786129
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Copy of intelligence report
(advance)
reb. 2, 1968
Subject: Viet Cong Prisoner's Account of Preparations for Attack an
Chau Doc City
Source:
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3.3(h)(2)
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1. There are in.dicaticn s. that source may be lying on
some points which he made during the interrggation, especially_concyning.
4acts knv_olving him personally. He claimed that when he was captured he was
acting in the capacity of rear services_ support for Viet Cong troops. However,
zoa ;Viet Gong actup11,- Believed. X.9be or tz:red..the_city:of
Chau,..1)9...c.as the multi-battalion Viet Cong attack was repulsed before they,
s_coR.1. enter.the city., Also, he was captured behind a movie theater in Chau
Doc City on 31 January, and it is felt that he may have been reconnoitering
the city prior to the arrival of the Viet Cong battalions. 3.3(h)(2)
2. said that he fir st heOanrid,awa're bf the Tet mi4tanr--oPel!ati.�113.3(h)(2)
}119, weeks priorto the assault on Chap,Do.p_ it
At that time,-Chin Tanc, chief 3.3(h)(2)
security for Viet Cong An Giang province (Government of Vietnam Chau Doc
and An Giang provinces and Ha Tien district of Kien Giang province) attended
an indoctrination briefing in the Viet Cong redoubt on Nui Dai mountain. This
V...1?riqi4g,-k_Mcliqr 141:T:se.. daY.F,..yrith Arkgiat..46k.sious each day. ,One of the
principal indoctrinators was Bay Tha, a member of the provincial committee.
Chin Tanc gave a general account of these briefings shortly after his3 3(h)(2)
return. In general the briefings, reviewed the...entire Vietnamese situation.,
ths.worldbata.pce of forces, the balance of forces withs.n future
plans of, attack to create conditions which -would bring the U. S.-Government
etArte.g.QZ�a-tedar to. Uliroteed,to-peace4 " The briefings also touched on the
point that the attacks being carried out by the Viet Cong during Tet are a
departure from previous operational practice of the Viet Cong.
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