THE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100200008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 3, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE-NC
WHITE HOUSE SUPPORT STAFF
I)IHI C:TOH: WHI i E IHOUSI SIT [JAI ION ROOM
ISSAG DISUMs 1,2, 01030OZ and 020300Z Ds Jan-74.
Various Press
There is some fighting in Quang Duc Province, but action
countrywide is at one of the lowest levels since the
start of the cease-fire. A government operation to
retake two border outposts in Quang Duc Province is
going poorly,-but South Vietnamese press spokesmen
report that the operation is continuing.
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Date: Jan 3, 1974
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Various Press.
Government forces made some progress on Route 4 front when
they captured an outpost sixteen miles southwest of Kompong
Speu city. Other government units nearby continue to meet
Communist resistance. Along Route 5, the Cambodian Army's 7th
Division is still trying to clear a section of the highway 15
miles northwest of Phnom Penh. A recent high level rallier
has indicated that the Communists plan to launch a major offensive
in this area to defeat the division, thereby opening the way to
attacks on the capital. Although Communist commanders hope to be
able to carry out such attacks this month, the rallier stated that 1~
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the offensive could be delayed until March if troop reinforcements
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According to a late report from Phnom Penh,
sa six rounds of 105 artillery were fired on the capital
during the night. This is the first report of 105 mm
artillery being fired on Phnom Penh during the current
Khmer Communist offensive.
Late press reports claim that the Communists fired
seven 122mm rockets at the center of the capital early today,
reportedly striking a refugee center and a military hospital.
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