THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM
Information as of 1.600
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HIGHLIGHTS
The Chinese Communists have improved their air
defense capability in the Sino-DRV border by bring-
ing two new airfields into operational use. US
planes shot down another North Vietnamese MIG in
an air engagement northeast of Hanoi.
I. The Military Situation in South Vietnam:
Allied troops continue to sweep the area of south-
western Plbiku Province as Operation PAUL REVERE
II now has resulted in 757 Communists killed since
it began on 31 July (Paras. 1-3). Light contact
between US Marines, participating in Operation
PRAIRIE in Quang Tri Province, and Communist
forces took place yesterday (Para. 4). Viet Cong
guerrillas yesterday attacked South Vietnamese
outposts in the delta and a carnival in Hue
(Paras. 6-7). The number of Viet Cong incidents
for the week of 7-13 August was low (Para. 8).
Weekly review of South Vietnam battle statistics
(Para. 10).
II. Political Developments in South Vietnam:
A crisis in relations between the government and
FULRO has been averted (Para. 1). Ky is in a
quandary about handling political prisoners
(Para. 2). Analysis of the field of candidates
for 11 September elections reveals only 55 mili-
tary personnel running (Para. 3). Premier Ky fears
increase in Viet Cong terrorist activity in Sai-
gon (Para. 4). More government lands are to be
released to individual farmers (Para. 5).
III. Military Developments in North Vietnam:
MIG fighter downed northeast of Hanoi (Paras. 1-2).
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V. Communist Political Developments: Hanoi's
evacuation order running into the usual troubles
(Paras. 1-3). Death of prominent Front official
reported (Para. 4).
South Vietnam Battle Statistics 7 - 13 Aug
Total Personnel Losses
Cumulative US Combat Casualties
Total Friendly Forces Personnel Losses
South Vietnam Battle Statistics 7 - 13 Aug
Viet Cong Incidents
Viet Cong Attacks
Weapons Losses--GVN/VC
South Vietnamese and Viet Cong Casualties
and Weapons Losses? 1962 - 31 July 1966
General Statistical Data
Composite Annual Totals
Viet Cong Incidents
South Vietnam: Battle Statistics--July 1966
a. Personnel Losses
b. Viet Cong Incidents
c. Weapons Losses
d. Chieu Hoi
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CURRENT SITUATION
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I. THE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
1. As allied forces participating in opera-
tion PAUL REVERE II yesterday continued their sweep
of the jungled Chu Pong massif in southwestern Pleiku
Province, a South Vietn .mese Civilian Irregular De-
fense Group (CIDG) company established contact with
an estimated battalion-size Communist force near the
Cambodian border. When two US Army companies rein-
forced the CIDG force, the enemy retreated. Friendly
casualties for this encounter were 31 killed (three
US) and nine wounded (one US).
2. US Army troops, patrolling the area where
heavy fighting took place earlier this week, re-
ported finding an additional 175 North Vietnamese
bodies. Many of the newly found dead were believed
to have been killed by intense air and artillery
fire. This brings to 759 the number of Communists
killed since this operation began on 31 July.
3. During a two-hour period yesterday morn-
ing, Communist automatic weapons fire was directed
at friendly forces in Pleiku Province from a posi-
tion about one third of a mile across the border
in Cambodia. In defense, US artillery fire was
directed at the enemy positions inside Cambodia
from a battery seven miles east of Duc Co.
4. A US Marine force sweeping an area just
south of the Demilitarized Zone yesterday killed
21 North Vietnamese Army troops as Operation PRAIRIE
continued in northernmost Quang Tri Province. There
were no American casualties, Cumulative casualties
for this multibattal.ion search-and-destroy opera-
tion, which began on 3 August, are now seven Amer-
icans killed and 33 wounded. A total of 90 Commu-
nists have been killed.
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5. An allied air observer reported seeing ap-
proximately 60 Viet Cong in an area 12 miles south
of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province yesterday. One
US Marine company, reinforced with tanks, went into
the area and, in the brief engagement that fol-
lowed, 21 Communists were killed. There were no
American casualties.
6. Viet Cong guerrillas yesterday attacked a
South Vietnamese training center and three outposts
in an area of Vinh Long Province, about 65 miles
south of Saigon, with mortar and small-arms fire.
South Vietnamese casualties from the four incidents
total 12 killed, six wounded, and 14 missing. Com-
munist losses are unknown.
7. Viet Cong terrorists set off a bomb at a
pre-election carnival in Hue yesterday, killing 26
persons and injuring more than 150. The carnival,
sponsored by the South Vietnamese Government, was
being held in a series of temporary structures. All
the casualties were Vietnamese.
Viet Cong Incidents
8. The number of Viet Cong incidents, in-
cluding attacks, terrorism, sabotage, etc., for the
period from 7-13 August was low, with a total of
only 426 reported. The weekly total is normally
more than 600, with over 800 reported in one week
last month. This drop in incidents, although unu-
sual, is not unprecedented. Low weekly totals
would have to continue for several more weeks be-
fore the shift could be considered a possible in-
dicator of a change in Communist strategy. There
is some evidence that the number of incidents may
be on the rise once again. For example, a flurry
of activity was reported on 16-17 August.
Status of Major Lines of Communications
9. The operational status of South Vietnam's
major highways improved this week with the opening
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CURRENT OPERATIONAL STATUS OF MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES AND COASTAL RAILROAD
-- I -I - Section of operable railroad
Section of inoperable road
Note: Routes are inoperable primarily
because of Viet Cong sabotage/
interdiction efforts.
Note: Bridges are still out alongNa-
tional Route I inQuangNam,
Quang Tri, Ninh Thuan, and
Binh Thuan Provinces; how-
ever, bypasses are available.
0 50 100 MILES
0 a0 100 KILOMETERS
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of Route 14 in Phuoc Long and Binh Long provinces
and of Route 20 in Lam Dong and Tuyen Duc prov-
inces. The status of the national railroad re-
mained the same as the previous week.
Weekly Review of South Vietnam Battle Statistics
10. The week of 7-13 August compared with
the week of 31 July - 6 August:
I. Viet Cong Incidents
Time At-
Period tacks
31 July-
6 Aug 10
7-13 Aug 9
Regimental Battalion
size size
Time Company Harass- Terror-
Period size ment ism Sabotage
31 July-
6 Aug 1 443 20 34
7-13 Aug 2
Time
Period Propaganda
31 July-
6 Aug 11
7-13 Aug 20
Anti- Total
Aircraft Incidents
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II. Casualties
Killed
Wounded
Missing/
Captured
Killed
Wounded
Missing/
Captured
649 1,436
75 284
724 1;720
Us
31 July-6 Aug 7-13 Aug
71 101
615 593
28 5
714 699
Weapons Captured
Individual
Crew-served
Not Not
Reported Reported
114 91
5 3
119 94
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VC/NVA
31 JTil y-6 Aug 7-13 Aug
31 July-6 Aug 7-13 Aug
130 128
229 333
54 28
413 489
FREE WORLD
31 July-6 Aug 7-13 Aug
0 14
6 48
0 0
6 62
GVN
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II. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM
1. Premier Ky today told Ambassador Lodge
that he had just signed the agreement meeting all
four of the demands for greater montagnard autonomy
which had been raised by the FULRO organization.
Ky's action today will probably avert a threatened
outbreak of FULRO-inspired antigovernment activity
by the tribal peoples, and is designed to lead to
a gradual rallying of FULRO-controlled troops to
the GVN. Ky also told the ambassador that he had
given FULRO until 30 August to nominate candidates
for montagnard seats in the National Constitutional
Assembly instead of 25 August as originally requested
by FULRO's negotiators.
2. Ky was queried by the ambassador on the
prospects for the release of political prisoners in
the near future, including both those connected with
the Diem regime and those involved in the recent
Buddhist "struggle" activity. Ky replied that the
situation is quite "complex" and not amenable to a
quick, easy solution. Ky said he had also been
considering the possibility of turning the whole
matter of detainees over to the Peoples Army Coun-
cil (the civilian and military advisory body to the
government) or to a special tribunal. In any event,
it is clear that Ky has not made up his mind how to
handle this extremely delicate and potentially ex-
plosive problem and is not ready to come to a de-
cision in the very near future.
Election Developments
3. Preliminary analysis by the embassy of the
542 Vietnamese and Khmer candidates for the National
Constitutional Assembly indicates that 55 active
military candidates--mainly officers--will be run-
ning for seats. Because of provisions in the elec-
tion law which are designed to prevent any single
group or faction from walking off with the election,
it appears that this number of military candidates
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will not be enough to become a blocking element in
the assembly, as feared by some Vietnamese. Only
17 of the military candidates are running as indi-
viduals, while the rest are on lists of candidates.
In several instances, entire lists are composed of
military men, often in areas where only the head
of the list will stand any chance of winning.
4. Ky, in his 18 August conversation with
Ambassador Lodge, expressed alarm that the Viet
Cong would increase the tempo of terrorist activity
in the capital in order to disrupt the 11 September
elections. He foresaw terrorist actitivy directed
at Vietnamese as well as high-ranking Americans,
and spoke of the possibility of attacks by 100 to 200
man groups to accomplish these ends. In an effort
to counter these expected moves by the Communists,
Ky has ordered a more intensive security effort on
a precinct-by-precinct basis to ferret out possible
terrorists.
Land Reform Developments
5. Ky revealed to Lodge today that he had just
signed decrees involving the release of more govern-
ment lands to individual holders in the vicinity of
Tay Ninh town. He remarked that part of the prob-
lem of land reform seems to be a matter of merely
simplifying existing regulations. Ky said the re-
cipients of land titles had not been subject to ter-
rorist action by the Viet Conge He explained that
most of the lands released so far have been in se-
cure areas, but that he hoped to release lands in
less secure areas in the future in order to capital-
ize on the psychological impact.
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CENTRAL NORTH VIETNAM: AUG UST MIG ENCOUNTERS
CHINA
Lang Son,
12 Aug.
Yen Bai ? x
Thai Nguyen'
Kepi
17 Aug. is Aug,
18Aug.xx xMIG Downed
x 17 Aug.
HANOI?
Ninh Binh,
16 Aug.
x
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III. MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH VIETNAM
1. A North Vietnamese fighter aircraft was
downed on 18 August by cannon fire from a F-105
Thunderchief about ten miles north-northeast of
Hanoi. In this engagement, two fighters--probably
MIG-17 Frescoes--attacked three F-105s which were
in the process of striking a- SAM- installation..
The SAM installation had already launched five
missiles at the flight, and during the subsequent
engagement with the MIGs, one Thunderchief was
hit by MIG cannon fire but was not seriously
damaged. Moments later a second flight of F-105s
flying nine miles north of Hanoi encountered
another MIG-17. The Communist fighter was un-
able to gain firing position, however, and no
planes were lost on either side.
2. The air actions of 18 August bring to
six the number of MIG encounters this month--
all of them within the past week. The North
Vietnamese planes in each instance have been
identified as MIG-17s. No US planes have been
lost. This most recent spate of MIG encounters
closely follows the pattern of previous DRV
fighter activity--a lull of several weeks is
followed by a period of intense action.
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V. COMMUNIST POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
1.
the North Vietnamese are expedient SM-
difficulties with the current evacuation program
that characterized earlier attempts.
According to the evacuation no-
tice issued in early July, all children and non-
essential trades people were to be evacuated.
ci y residents were trustrating police c ec s
by t he simple expedient of visiting friends on the
day that a police check was scheduled.
2. The report also adds some tenuous con-
firmation to speculation that the new evacuation
order was aimed as much at filling rural manpower
needs as at improving civil defense.
severa small
shops in the Chinese section e city had been
closed but that the owners had not been evacuated.
The shopkeepers were transported every day to the
outskirts of the city to work in ricefields, but
they were returned to their homes at night because
there were no living accommodations for them in the
rural areas.
3. DRV press commentary earlier this week
indicated that the regime anticipated difficulties
in relocating large numbers of urban residents but
that the leadership planned to move ahead with the
program as rapidly as possible.
Death of a Front Presidium Member Reported
4. The Presidium of the National Front for
the Liberation of South Vietnam Central Committee
--the top executive body of that organization--
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announced on 16 August that one of its members was
killed in July "while fulfilling a mission in an
area in Western Nam Bo." The presidium member
was Buddhist monk Thich Thom Me The Nhem. He was
also deputy chairman of the NFLSV Central Committee
Presidium, and president of the Bac Lieu Province
Buddhist Discipline Council. This is the highest
level Liberation Front member known to have been
killed in the war thus far. He appears to have
been a relatively unknown member of the Buddhist
hierarchy, but he was the most prominent Buddhist
in the Liberation Front.
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WEEKLY REPORT 7 -13 AUGUST 1966
Total Personnel Losses
(Killed in Action, Captured or Missing in Action, excluding Wounded in Action)
l ~- GVN /US/other Free World
Viet Cona/PAVN
"0001 US only
US Combat Casualties in Vietnam
(including North Vietnam)
Fatalities
Non-fatal Wounds
Cumulative, 1961-1964
255
1524
Cumulative, 1965
1365
6110
Cumulative, 1966 to date
3091
18462
TOTAL
4711
26096
Captu red
10
15
44
12
136
133
G I SEPT I OCT I NOV I DEC I JAN I FEB I MAR I APR MAY I JUNE I JULY I AUG
Total Friendly Forces Personnel Losses
(US/GVN/Other Free World)
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Viet Cong Incidents
Antiaircraft
Propaganda
Sabotage
Terrorism
Harassment
Attacks
Viet Cong Attacks
Company and battalion sized attacks
~- Battalion sized (and larger) attacks only
D
Weapons Losses
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South Vietnamese and Viet Cong Casualties and
Weapons Losses: 1962 - 31 July 1966
1. General Statistical Data:
Time
Viet
Cong
Inci-
Killed
in
Action
Wounded
in
Action
Captured
or Missin
Total
Weapons
Period
dents
GVN
VC
GVN VC
g
Casualties
Losses
GVN
VC
GVN
VC
GVN VC
Ja
1962
196
1825
299
1294
475 212
116
390
890
1896
n
3
1964
927
177
453
1754
908 318
102
379
1463
2451
-
457
683
1965
0
220
343
1223
913
555
240
1811
1463
917
532
1966
6
3914
904
2203
1938 -
471
565
3313
2768
1700
711
747
2648
1557
450
588
2754
3236
935
979
Feb
1962
1963
1460
244
1205
300 316
124
353
668
1874
1964
788
207
379
1082
656 303
82
292
1117
1677
-
253
399
1965
8
1982
374
1055
916
303
289
1593
1344
708
471
1966
310
880
1564
1840 -
1394
309
4114
1873
2454
620
0
1015
4727
2095
477
508
3587
5235
1076
1219
Mar
1962
1963
1961
523
1456
737 551
140
523
1400
2530
1964
1282
2160
410
1443
851 368
66
222
1327
2033
-
467
-
367
1965
2056
439
1456
1249 -
345
531
2033
1987
814
532
1966
3670
751
2022
1633
720
394
3104
2416
1442
698
938
5685
1961 -
466
604
3365
6289
1393
1632
A
1962
196
1933
387
1596
532 292
151
415
1070
2303
pr
3
1964
1331
2284
506
1660
878 256
96
388
1440
2304
-
797
468
1965
186
594
1671
1584 -
398
245
2576
1916
990
424
1966
0
3235
591
1909
1650
232
529
2473
2438
757
973
573
2818
1522
121
483
2216
3301
594
829
Ma
1962
196
1825
390
1756
509 352
94
524
993
2632
y
3
1964
1208
2143
435
1895
889 295
94
695
1418
2885
-
463
-
564
1965
2263
458
1135
987 -
202
242
1647
1377
723
28
1966
3566
1049
1975
2143
873
548
4065
2523
1701
1
831
661
4239
1454
196
652
2311
4891
493
1087
Jun
1962
1963
1477
325
1666
613 413
77
441
1015
2520
1964
1311
2062
389
1863
772 310
90
437
1251
2609
-
580
394
1965
2597
494
1005
1145 -
313
230
1952
1235
718
387
1966
3359
1211
2208
1920 -
1260
189
4391
2397
2387
79
860
4815
1800 -
183
752
2843
5567
735
3
3761
Jul
1962
1963
1564
384
1544
686 424
212
542
1282
2510
1964
1368
3045
529
1918
1071 372
306
387
1906
2677
-
663
-
374
1965
2520
900
1427
1812 -
510
219
3222
1646
1889
44
1966
2844
1160
2980
1591 -
540
580
3425
3560
1375
7
882
1592
5532
1800 -
196
444
3598
5976
744
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Viet
Cong
Inci-
Killed
in
Action
Wounded
in
Action
Captured
or Missing
Total
Casualties
Weapons
Losses
Period dents
GVN
VC
GVN
'7C
GVN
VC
GVN
VC
GVN
VC
1962
1642
377
2271
626
367
63 6
69
1066
3307
-
-
Aug
1963
1349
411
1685
804
237
352 4
82
1567
2404
637
428
1964
2580
721
1449
1612
-
478 2
82
2811
1731
1106
619
1965
2498
808
3624
1945
-
287 6
06
3040
4230
705
1074
1962
1375
419
2218
646
365
59 4
46
1124
3029
-
-
Sep
1963
1763
672
1982
1155
234
566 3
47
2393
2563
878
389
1964
3091
819
1187
1759
-
737 2
30
3315
1417
1465
525
1965
2473
655
3485
1724
-
266 8
38
2645
4323
778
838
1962
1357
365
1967
619
286
64 3
73
1048
2626
-
-
Oct
1963
1422
428
1520
989
244
398 2
36
1815
2000
753
330
1964
2827
739
1617
1583
-
693 5
76
3015
2193
1510
482
1965
3330
961
3874
2416
-
225 6
60
3602
4534
762
1013
1962
1311
410
1982
834
368
92 5
61
1336
2911
-
-
Nov
1963
3182
664
2333
1554
373
665 2
52
2883
2958
1595
455
1964
1982
574
1747
1404
-
410 5
70
2388
2317
1104
515
1965
3638
1034
5516
2056
-
520 5
92
3610
6108
1126
2164
1962
1346
294
2203
618
289
78 4
63
990
2955
-
-
Dec
1963
1921
389
1440
961
191
320 1
90
1670
1821
724
546
1964
2504
1002
1813
2053
-
1092 5
03
4147
2316
2111
666
1965
4106
1239
4076
2262
-
926
516
4427
4592
1728
1158
Composite Annual Totals
Time
VC
Inci-
KIA
WIA
Captured
or Missing
Total
Casualties
Weapons
Losses
Period
dents
GVN
VC
GVN VC
GVN
VC
GVN
VC
GVN
VC
1962
19076
4417
21158
7195 4235
1270
5700
12882
31093
5195
4049*
1963
17852
5665
20575
11488 3501
3137
4307
20290
28383
8267
5397
1964
28526
7457
16785
17017 -
6036
4157
30510
20942
14055
5881
1965
31529
11243
35436
23118 -
7848
6326
42209
41762
16915
11755
**1966
23688
6386
30464
12189 -
2099
4031
20674
34495
5970
9507
*Monthly data unavailable for 1962 Weapons Losses.
**Through 31 July 1966
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2. Viet .Gong Incidents: 1962 - 31 July 1966
Time
Period
Viet Cong
Incidents
A T T A C K S
Small- Bn. Size
Scale Co. Size or Larger
1962 1825 528
Jan 1963 927 242
1964 1770 218
1965 2206 57
1966 3914 42
1962 1460 480
Feb 1963 788 181
1964 2078 211
1965 1982 73
1966 3100 50
1962 1961
Mar 1963 1282
1964 2160
1965 2056
1966 3670
561
333
198
80
32
21
8
2
5
23
20
13
3
6
10
27 0
11 0
4 1
3 3
10 10
1962 1933 470
Apr 1963 1331 371
1964 2284 211
1965 1860 38
1966 3235 61
1962 1825 490
May 1963 1208 344
1964 2143 170
1965 2263 40
1966 3566 37
1962 1477
Jun 1963 1311
1964 2062
1965 2597
*1966 3359
27 0
9 3
6 3
1 4
7 9
28 0
13 0
3 2
7 11
9 7
339 23 0
398 11 1
128 10 2
62 1 6
47 10 11
Harassment &
Total Terrorism
549
252
223
63
70
839
447
1244
1489
2490
500 613
195 433
217 1389
82 1411
69 1829
588
344
203
86
52
.660
653
1632
1476
2332
497 1024
383 688
220 1738
43 1407
77 2238
528 892
357 608
175 418
58 1558
53 2552
362 736
410 652
140 1390
69 1784
68 2382
Sabotage
180
49
129
272
312
Propa-
ganda
257
179
174
170
299
Anti-
Aircraft
212
743
137 210
69 91 -
210 271 -
267 91 131
201 172 829
290 423 -
131 154 -
158 167 -
240 90 164
212 154 920
220 192 -
105 155 -
169 157 -
149 96 165
252 110 513
154 251 -
93 150 -
217 140 193
365 115 170
295 106 560
157 222 -
107 142 -
176 162 194
469 103 172
211 110 588
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V
iet Cong
Small-
Bn. Size
Ha
rassment &
P
ropa-
Anti-
Period
I
ncidents
Scale
and Larger
T
errorism
g
anda
Ai
rcraft
1962
1564 437
10
448
735
158
223
Jul
1963
1368 398
8
407
698
80
183
1964
3045 166
12
185
2132
286
224
218
1965
2520 42
0
48
1706
400
154
212
1966
2844 91
0
91
1906
200
86
561
1962
1642 368
10
0
378
885
146
233
-
Aug
1963
1349 356
11
1
368
647
113
221
-
1964
2580 107
3
3
113
1775
315
173
204
1965
2498 38
9
5
52
1597
349
200
300
1962
1375 382
9
0
391
624
178
182
Sep
1963
1763 483
17
3
503
889
164
207
-
1964
3091 110
4
4
118
1938
482
178
375
1965
2473 19
7
5
31
1530
278
185
449
1962
1357 406
12
1
419
583
189
166
Oct
1963
1422 359
6
0
365
802
105
150
-
1964
2827 75
2
6
83
1790
480
197
277
1965
3330 24
8
12
44
1969
415
198
704
1962
1311 411
7
3
421
614
144
132
-
Nov
1963
3182 631
11
3
645
1990
269
278
-
1964
1982 57
2
1
60
1391
247
109
175
1965
3638 26
16
10
52
2234
486
255
611
1962
1346 375
8
1
384
670
107
185
-
Dec
1963
1921 258
3
0
261
1298
111
251
-
1964
2504 81
9
6
96
1719
318
128
243
1965
4106 32
18
7
57
2572
442
317
718
1962
19076 5247
212
Composi
te Annual
6 5
Totals
465
8875
2060
2676
No Data
1963
17852 4354
121
15 4
490
9805
1396
2161
No Data
1964
28526 1732
60
41 1
833
19556
3178
2080
1879
1965
31529 531
81
73
685
20730
4132
1974
4008
*1966
23688 360
51
69
380
15774
1683
1037
4714
*Through 31 July 1966
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DENTS
JULY 1966
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JULY 1966
ANNUAL
TOTAL
5417
11124
TOTALS
MILITARY
2171
8173
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