THE TET 1968 ATTACK ON SAIGON

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00758618
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March 5, 1968
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Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758618 - Nisi Winnar CONFIDENTIAL - KIN INTERRO6ATION REPORT THIS REPORT. IS THE Itg,suIT OF THE INTERROGATION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE ,NATIONAL INTERROGATION CENTER (NIC) UNDFA I1M JOINT AUSPICES -OF THE'CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) AND vie U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF DETACHMENT 60 6129TH SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP .(USAF). COUNTRY : SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) SUBJECT 2 NIC REPORT NO NIG CASE NO DATE OF REPORT: NO. CV PACES : 2 REF None The TET 1968 Attack on sAzuon DATE OF INFO 31 January 1968 DATE AND PLAGE- 14 February 1968 OF ACQUISITION SAIGON, Vietnam Oil �. 242/68 PET 5/3/68 This report was collected by'a NIC�Field_acploitation Team On 312 February 1968 in SAIGON City, SVN. / Source.iii'not(available at the NIC for further exploitation. 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h )(2) DISTRIBUTION* .14MACV VS EMBASSY (OSA) ,CLASSIFICATION K IN CO1FIDEN .EXCLUDED FR Day ATTACHMENTS RIOTICEi If MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMaral AltECTI TN E NATIONAL DEFENSE OF TiE 4010111 SEATES SIN TN C MEANING Ot THE 65140.1161 WHS. t17 E le ROCTIONS RI3 ANO ila, TRE,TRAN MISSIN OR REVELATION OF WHIGO AT MAN R TO AN UNALIMAINELMO AIEETROIO Ottowei ft LAS. MAR 27 13$11 PAs ta Re Ft113trY NID6.1'1 4 4 1 4 AdfA) Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758618 1. On 1 Januaxy 1968, . ordered NGUYEN THI NHU to go to HOC MON District, 01A DINH Pro- to wait for him there Arriving in HOC MON on 3 Januaryhad to wait until 30 January when she met _ho advised her that she was now a of the then ordered o return to SAIGON to carry out a mission. Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758618 K I' N-1' Q0061141 /I ITIC REPORT NO: 242/68 CONFIDENTIAL Page 2 Arriving in SAIGON by-bicycle at noon, 31 January, went to meet a contact at the intersection of liai Ba Trung and Hong Thap Tu Streets. She had been instructed to hold a red handkerchief in her hand as a recognition signal. A boy approached her as she waited on the corner and gave her a note instructing her to go to the intersection of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Hong Bang Streets in CHOLON at 1800 hours to pick up a packalge which she was then to deliver to the intersection of Le Van Duyet and Hong Thap Tu Streets at 2000 hours. She was to leave the package in front of a clinic at the Le Van Duyet and Hong Thap Tu inter- section, and was to return to HOC MON the following day to await future orders. stopped at a police checkpoint and was arrested at 2000 hours, 31 %� January 1968 on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street. When the package was brought to Precinct Three Headquarters, a Soviet rifle was found inside. NHU disclaimed all knowledge of the contents of the package. 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758618