CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: DI FIFTIETH
• Keywords: VIETNAMESE ANALYSIS
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00809271
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 26, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: January 29, 1968

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*South Vietnam The tempo of nethy military ac-
tivitr has not been reduced signifiCa uy since the be-1
, .ginning of ,the Viet Cong'17 'announced Cease-fire pe- .
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H, NumerouS, attack, including both shellings and, .!
ground assaults, wer staged by the, ;Commtinistsover
the we�nd.L A total 'Of 150 North:Vietnainese were 'I
killed during a; fierce battle Which developed after a.
US Marine patrol was 'hit just northIldf Cainp: Carroll 1
:in; northernmost Quang Tri ProvinCe, American cas-
ualties totaled 109 in this encounte4 !Sporadic bar..-: ,1
. 'iaies of mortar, rocket,' and artillery fixe were di-
rected at US positions throughout tlie pOrthern,prov-
inCes including the Posts.at Khe Saii)i, L.! Dong Ha, GiO' '
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, Battle preparations are being ,Completed by North
Vietnamese main force units ;in the, i,�iestern highlands,
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: 4Pleiku and Kontum prckrinces arfcl there! are indica-
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fling of a well-coordinated series Of!la.rgeirscale at-
- tacks may be imminent. Intercepted enemy tactical
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iI Messages indicate the Often mentioned "N-Day" may
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