CITE CIA 8115

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03023641
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: March 8, 1968

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THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO CAS SAIGON
QUOTE THIS IS A JOINT CAS STATE DEFENSE NSA MESSAGE FOR DELIVERY
AT 00B 9 MARCH TO AMBASSADOR COMUSMACV AND
UNQUOTE (Sig Center copy from attached)
END OF MESSAGE
R. J. SMITH DDI
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1. PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
ADVISORY BOARD HAS RErUESTED DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERTAKE AN APPRAISAL OF
INTELLIGENCE WARNING PRIOR TO THE TET OFFENSIVE
TASK TO BE COMPLETED DY 10 APRIL, VITH AN INTERIM
REPORT ON 1 APRIL. THE DCI HAS CONVENED A WORKING
GROUP OF USIB, PLUS REPRESENTATION FROM THE JOINT
STAFF, TO MAKE THIS APPRAISAL AM PREPARE A REPORT.
MUCH OF THE BASIC WORK, HOWEVER, WILL HAVE TO BE
DONE IN BY THE FIELD.
MAD RAS ASKED THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC
vUESTIONS:
a. WHAT INFORMATION REACHED J-7, MACV,
IN TUE PERIOD JANUARY 15-:.0 INDICATING THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE ATTACK ON THE CITIES? v:RAT CAN
BE SAID AS TO THE ORIGIN, THE QUANTITY, TUE
ACCURACY AND THE TIMELINESS OF THIS INFORMATION?
b. IN HOW MANY CASES OF ATTACKS ON THE
CITIES AND TOWNS DID THE RESPONSIBLE FIELD
COMMANDERS RECEIVE WARNING THROUGH INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO AVOID BEING
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EURPRISED? PLEASE SHOW ON A MAP WHERE THESE
ATTACKS OCCURRED ERICH WERE THUS FRUSTRATED.
c. TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE VIETNAMESE
CIVIL POPULATION GIVE INFORMATION TO THE
AUTHORITIES BEFORE AND DURING THE ATTACKS? (IT
� HA3 BEEN SAID ON TELEVISION THAT THERE WAS NOT A
SINGLE REPORT FROM CIVILIAN SOURCES ALERTING GVN/
US PORCES TO THE IMPENDING ATTACKS.) (WORKING GROUP
ADDS: WHAT INFORMATION UAD VN INTELLIGENCE AND
SECURITY CMIRED WHICH WARNED OF THE IMPENDING
ATTACKS?!
d. TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THERE A FREE AND
RAPID EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN GVN AND US
AGENCIES? (WORKING GROUP ADDS: AMONG THE SEVERAL
US AGENCIES, AND AMONG THE SVN AGENCIES THEMSELVES?)
o. HAVE TUE ENEMY UNITS WHICH ENGAGED IN
THE ATTACKS NOE BEEN IDENTIFIED? IF SO, WHAT
CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THESE IDENTIFICA-
TIONS? (THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT THY (TESTION IS
MORE PROPERLY PART OF QUESTION (1).
f. WHAT SUBSTANTIVE EVALUATED INFORMATION
BEARING ON THE ATTACK ON TEE CITIES REACHED THE
FOLLOWING OFFICIALS IN THE PERIOD OF JANUARY I5-E0?
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g. INSOFAR AS IT CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED,
TYRAT PICTURE DID THESE OFFICIALS nAvs OF THE
SITUATION BASED UPON INTELLIGENCE Imam= JUST
PRIOR TO THE ATTACK ON THE CITIES?
1. YOU WILL RECOGNI7E THAT THE BULK OF THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED IN VIETNAM.
1773 RECOGNI7E THAT ALL AGENCIES IN SAIGON ARE HEAVILY
COMMITTED TO CURRENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS. IN
ORDER TO REDUCE TO THE MINIMUM THE IMPACT ON YOUR
DAT-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, WE PROPOSE TO SEND A SMALL
TEAM TO ASSIST IN COLLECTING AND REVIEWING RELEVANT
INFORMAT/ON. SUBJECT TO MISSION SUGGEST/ON!,
PROPOSE ABOUT THREE DAYS OF SAIGON CONSULTATIONS
AND EXAMINATION OF MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND Two OR
THREE DAYS AT SELECTED FIELD LOCATIONS rim A ONE-DAT
WRAP-UP IN SAIGON.
4. MACV.
I. ASSEMBLE MATER/AL IN RESPONSE TO
BOARD'S QUESTIONS A THROUGH E, FOR
EXAMINATION AND POSSIBLE RETURN TO
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PROCEDURES FOR PROCEIzSiNG AND
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1. PREPARE A RESPONSE TO QUESTION F (1).
5. ARRANGE A YIELD ITINERARY TO INCLUDE
VICITS TO SELECTED HIADOUARTERS tT
CORPS/FIELD FORCE LEVEL, INCLUDING
I. ASSEMBLE MATERIAL COLLECTED THROUGH
r -1CHANNELS DURING PERIOD 15-20
JANUARY 'emu CONTAINED INDICATIONS
OF THE TET OFFENSIVE, AND MATERIAL
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS C AND D.
PROVIDE BRIEFINGS ON THIS MATERIAL,
AND ON
EVALUATION OF IT,
ESPEC/ALLY on OUE3TION5 C AND r.
1. PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON
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rAPNING OF Tars TET OFFLNSIVE AND ON
ITS RESPONSE TO .QUESTIONS C AND D.
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IT RECEIVED Dunn 15-no JANUARY.
2. PROVIDE BRIEFING ON THIS MATERIAL.
PROVIDE BRIEFING ON ITS PROCEDURES
PO H PRO CASING AND EVALUATION or
INDICATIONS /NTELLIGENCE.
THE BOAT' A% U#STS THAT STUDY BE CONCENTRATED
JANUARY PERIOD, BUT SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION
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ON T1TE 1 5- ()
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THIS IS A JOINT CAS STATE DEFENSE NSA MESSAGE FOR DELIVERY AT 00B 9 MARCH
TO AMBASSADOR, COMUSMACV AND
1. PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD HAS REQUESAD
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERTAKE AN APPRAISAL OF INTELLIGENCE
WARNING PRIOR TO THE ma OFFENSIVE TASK TO BE COMPLETED BY 10 APRIL, WITH
AN INTERIM REPORT ON 1 APRIL. THE DCI HAS CONVENED A WORKING GROUP OF
USIB, PLUS REPRESENTATION FROM TBE JOINT STAFF, TO MAKE THIS APPRAISAL AND
PREPARE A REPORT. MUCH OF THE BASIC WORK, HOWEVER, WILL HAVE TO BE DONE
IN AND BY THE FIELD.
2. PIIAB HAS ASKED THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:
A. WHAT INFORMATION REACHED 3-2� MACV� IN THE PERIOD JANUARY
15-30 INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ATTACK ON THE CITIES? WHAT CAN
BE SAID AS TO THE ORIGIN, THE QUANTITY, THE ACCURACY AND THE TIMELINESS
OF THIS INFORMATIoN?
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THE RESPONSIBLE FIELD COMMANDERS RECEIVE WARNING THROUGH INTEIn:GENCE
SOURCES IN SUFFICTENT TIME TO AVOID BEING SURPRISED? PLEASE SHOW ON
A MAP WHERE THESE ATTACKS OCCURRED WHICH WERE THUS FRUSTRATED.
c. TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE VIETNAMESE CIVIL POPULATION GIVE
INFORMATION TO THE AUTHORITIES BEFORE AND DURING THE ATTACKS? (IT
HAS BEEN SAID ON TELEVISION THAT THERE WAS N)T A SINGLE REPORT FROM
CIVILIAN SOURCES ALERTING GVN/US FORCES TO THE IMPENDING ATTACKS.)
(WORKING GROUP ADDS: WHAT INFORMATION HAD VN INTELLIGENCE AND
SECURITY ACQUIRED WHICH WARNED OF THE IMPENDING ATTACKS?)
d. TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THERE A ME FREE AND RAPID EXCHANGE OF
INFORMATION BETWEEN GVN AND US AGENCIES? (WORKING GROJP ADDS: AMONG
THE SEVERAL US AGENCIES, AND AMONG THE SVN AGENCIES THEMSELVES?)
e. HAVE THE ENEMY UNITS WHICH ENGAGED IN THE ATTACKS NOW
BEEN IDENTIFIED? IF SO, WHAT CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THESE
IDENTIFICATIONS? (THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT THE QUESTION IS MORE
4 PROPERLY PAR 7)F QUESTION A).
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f. WHAT SUBSTANTIVE EVALUATED INFORMATION BEARING ON THE
ATTACK ON THE CITIES REACHED THE FOLLOWING OYFICIALS IN Ttit, PERIOD
OF JANUARY 15-30? (1) GENERAL WESTMOIELAND, (2) JCS, (3) SECRETARIES
OF STATE AND DEFENSE, (4) DCI, (5) THE PRESIDENT. (WORKING GROUP ADDS:
AMBASSADOR BUNKER)
g. INSOFAR AS IT CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED, WHAT PICTURE DID TliEL,
OFFICIALS HAVE OF THii SITUATION BASED UPON INTELLIGENCE RECEIVED JUST
PRIOR TO THE ATTACK ON THE CITIES?
3. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED
CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED IN VIETNAM. WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALL AGENCIES IN
SAIGON ARE HEAVILY COMMITTED TO CURRENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS. IN
ORDER TO REDUCE TO THE MINIMUM THE IMPACT ON YOUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS,
WE PROPOSE TO SEND A SMALL TEAM TO ASSIST IN COLLECTING AND REVIEWING
NU RELEVANT INFORMATION. SUBJECT TO MISSION SUGGESTIONS, PROPOSE
ABOUT THREE DAYS OF SAIGON CONSULTATIONS AND EXAMINATION OF MATERIALS
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2. PROVIDE MACV'S EVALUATION OF THIS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY ON
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EVALUATION OF INDICATIONS INTELLIGENCE.
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JANUARY PERIOD, BUT SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION RECEIVED PRIOR TO 15 JAN
SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
5. TEAM COMPOSITION TO FOLLOW SEPARATE MESSAGE:
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- -0. TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE vrETNAmtsn
CIVIL. POPULATION can INFORMATION TO THE
AUTHORITIES BEFORE AND DURING THE ATTACKS? (IT
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HAS nug. SAID ON T'ELWISION THAT THERE; WAS NOT A
SINGLE REPORT FROM CIVILIAN' SOURCES' ALERTI.NO OVN/
FORCES TO THE IMPENDING- ATTACKS.)