Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 CO0758614 we, , --410/MENTIllr= K , INTERROO ATION R IN RAND APR 10 19GB igya THIS REPORT IS THE AgsuLT OF THE INTERRCOATION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL INTERROGATION CENTER (NIC) UNDER THE JOINT AUSPICES OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) AND THE U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF DETACHMENT 6, 6499TH SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP (USAF). COUNTRY SUBJECT SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) : Experiences of a Company Ammunition Bearer for Company 2, Battalion 60 during the TET 1968 Attack on SAIGON DATE OF INFO : 25 January � 9 February 1968 DATE AND PLACE 13 February 1968 - OF ACQUISITION : SAIGON, Vietnam NIC REPORT NO : 238/68 NIC CASE NO : FET DATE OF REPORT : 2/3/68 NO. OF PAGES : 2 REF: None 111�11�111011.�111 This report was collected by a NIC Field 'Exploitation Team on 13 February 1968 in SAIGON Cityp.SVN. Source is not available at the4TIC for further exploitation. 3.301)(2) 3. 3(h)(2)' , CLASSIFICATION KIN C 0-NFIDE IAL .EXCLUDED For- AUTOMATIC ING AND CLASSIFICATION ATTACHMENTS: LA1 N C Is TRW MATERIAL COWIRMS INFOOMATLON , T ACTING THE NATIONAL (TETANAL OF THE UNITES"' STA ES wilifim 1141. TILANIAL Of Oa ESMONAGL . itTLE fildoLc.. KETNINS )03 AND 794. TN TRANNSOSSTIFN ON NiVLIATION OF MIKA ID A$r MANNAN AO AR UNALITMORIZY PERM ' alimerico es taw. Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758614 Approved for Release: 2019/04M C00758614 140 ita �Pire if I Company 2 Battalion 6 KIN NIC REPORT NO: 238/68 ppage 2 and sever er you a o serve in t t Cong VC forces. Most of the other youths managed to flee the village. was taken to an unfamiliar area in BINH CHANH District where Company 2 quartered until its departure for SAIGON on 5 February. During this time the VC conscripted 10 young men, aged from 17 to 24 years, about approximately 20 women, aged from 20 to 22 years, to serve as ammunition bearers. 3.3(h)(2) With a strength of 60 to 70 men armed with AK Rifles and 30 ammunition bearers, Company 2 left for SAIGON. The ammunition bearers carried 400 AK Rounds. The group walked to SAIGON, passing through a devastated residential area whose inhabitants had already fled, and arrived at a three-storey building. The 10 male ammunition bearers were confined on the building's upper floor. Five VC soldiers were assigned to guard them for two days (6 and 7 February). The 20 female bearers were quartered separately under a 10-man armed guard. Neither group was permitted to leave its quartering area. At 0400 hours, 8 February the 20 femAle bearers rejoined the 10 men. At 1200 3.3(h)(2) hours Company 2 returned to the building where the men were quartered to pick up fresh ammunition. Company 2 and the ammunition bearers left the building at 2000 hours, each bearer carrying 400 AK Rounds. The group was advised that it was to return to its area of activity, an area unknown Prior to the group's departure for SAIGON, each member was issued four to five liters of rice. Cadres advised the group that once the rice was consumed, the soldiers would have to purchase food on the economy. Each member was then given eight GVN piastres. The ammunition bearers were given no other briefingsL�, about SAIGON or about the countrywide fighting. pproved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00758614�

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EXPERIENCES OF A COMPANY AMMUNITION BEARER FOR COMPANY 2, BATTALION 6, DURING THE TET 1968 ATTACK ON SAIGON