QUANG DA SPECIAL ZONE; ORGANIZATION, GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, AND MILITARY UNITS WITHIN.

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• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00758625
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• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 26, 1968

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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) NIC REPORT NO: MVP)
SUBJECT,
DATE OP INFO
: QUANG DA Special Zone; Organi- NIC CASE NO : FET
zation, Geographic Boundaries,
and Military Units Within.
: 5 February 1968
DATE OF REPORT:
26/2/68
NO. OF PAGES : 3
DATE AND PLACE 17 February 1968 (I-P)
OF ACQUISITICN : DANANG, QUANG NAM REF: CIO Report: None j
NIC Report: 199/58 (P)
This report was collected by a NIC Field Exploitation Team-on 17 February
1968 in DANANG City, QUANG NAM Province, SVN. Source is not available at
the NIC for further exploitation.
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n Nokrember/De ember 1967, at the request of the Central Vietnam Staff .
the QUANG DA /(G Special Zone was established to take charge of all
qmilitary political activities in the zone. Fully developed by January
,1968 the Zone consisted of 11 districts. The following units were available in
the QUANG DA/DANG Zone fcr the general offensive. Sapper Battalions T87
and T89, Rocket Regiments 575 and 577, Provincial Mobile Battalions R20 and R25,
City Combined Operational Section.
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1. TheQUANG DA�DANANG Special Zone was established during November and
' December 1967 to take charge of all military/political activities
within the zone at the request of the Centkal Vietnam (TRUONG BO)
Staff, an organization which ranks over VIET CONG (VC) Military
Region V. Its creation was a response to the large and modern
character of the Government of Vietnam and Allied forces in the area,
including the large installations in DANANG Municipality. Considered
fully developed by January 1968, the Special Zone is composed of 11
Districts: VC HOA VANG, DIEN BAN, DAI UC, DUY VITEN, TAY GIANG, BAC GIANG,
NAM GIANG J HOI and Districts 1, 2 and 3. District 1 runs from the HUE
conjunction to THUY TU, District 2 falls within DANANG Municipality,
and District 3 comprises the DONG GIANG area of NHON NUOC. TAY GIANG,
BAC GIANG and NAM GIANG are newly created districts which the VC established
in the mountainous areas and are bounded by the THUONG DUC River. Of the
11 districts, District 2 is considered as the most critical. The VC
cadres of District 2 will compose tho:DANANG Administrative Committee if the
VC succeed in their offensive.
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2. The Special Zone has both a headquarters base command staff and a mobile
staff; The mobile staff is composed of about 20 officers who have one
15-watt radio, and who operate in DUY XUUN, DAI LOC, andt00 NOI areas. 7
The commend level, located at QUE SON Mountain, DUY XUYEN, is staffed by
, the following personnel.
A. HO PHUOC, political officer of field grade rank, also a
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committee member of Military Region $.
B. Colonel VO THU, al.sa NGOC,,Chief of the Special Zone.
C. 'Senior Colonel HOE, Assistant Chief.
D. Major DUC, Chief of Staff.
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E. Major HOAN, Chief of the Staff Section.
F.,Lieutenant Colonel DU, Chief oftheBolitical Section.
G. .Chief of the Rear Service Section (name unknown).
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1, The following VC units are in the QUANG BA/DANANG sone and are available
for use in the general offensive.
A. Sapper Battalion T87, Composed of approximately 350 people
, and located north of DANANG in the NAM 0 area.
B. Sapper Battalion T89, composed of about 350 people and
located in HAO THO and HOA THAI Villages near DANANG City.
C. Two rocket regiments (575 and 577) whose total strength is
approximately 2,400 men. Both units are located west of
DANANG City at approximately AT 810760.
D. Provincial Mobile Battalion R20 composed of approximately 500
people. It it located sciuth%of VANANG and ts operating in GO
NOI, DUY XUYEN, and DAI LOC Districts.
E. Provincial Mobile Battalion R25, composed of about 500 troops.
Located south of DANANG, it is operating in HOI AN and DUY
XUYEN Districts.
F. North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Regiment 31 which infiltrated from
North Vietnam during January 1968 is located at AN HOA Village
area, WY XUYEN Districts.
G. One Special Mobile Company located inside DANANG City for the General
, offensive, led by Company Commander HIEN, and Assistant Commander'
THAN who is also a DANANG City Security Committee Member. The
strength bf this company is approximately 40 people, most being
between the ages of 16 and 17. Their mission is to destroy gas
tanks, power stations, and to occupy the_DANANG wespons depot
during the offensive. In addition, they are to discover enemy
� intelligence personnel and their employees and to either assassinate
or kidnap them. The unit is armed with pistols (with silencers)
� submachine guns, and. TNT.
H.' The DANANG City "Combined Operational Section." This unit is
� charged with the mission of proselyting both GVN military personnel
and all classes of civilian personnel within the DANANG City area.
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