THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM

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THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM
Information as of 1600
14 October 1966
ARMY review(s) completed.
NSA review completed
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ARVN forces have captured a large enemy communi-
cations center near Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh Province.
The controversial issue of what the powers of the
Constituent Assembly are is delaying progress even
on procedural matters.
I. The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Al-
lied forces participating in the major ground offen-
sive in Binh Dinh Province--Operation IRVING--have
located an extensive enemy communications center and
medical facility (Para. 1). US Marines conducting
Operation PRAIRIE continue to report light contact
with enemy units northwest of Quang Tri city (Para.
2). South Vietnamese. Regional Forces have reported
a series of successful engagements with the Viet Cong
in the Mekong Delta, some 55 miles southwest of Sai-
gon (Para. 3). Weekly South Vietnam battle statistics
(Para. 4).
II. Political Developments in South Vietnam: The
members of the council of the Buddhist Institute re-
portedly tendered their resignations to the supreme
patriarch of the church on 11 October (Para. 1). Cit-
izens of the Saigon area have been asked by the Viet
Cong's Liberation News Agency to boycott South Viet-
nam's National Day celebrations on 1 November (Para.
2). The procedural work of the Constituent Assembly
is proceeding with difficulty (Para. 3).
III. North Vietnamese Military Developments:
There is nothing of significance to report.
IV. Other Communist Military Developments: There
is nothing of significance to report.
V. Communist Political Developments: There is
nothing of significance to report
VI. Other Major Aspects: Analysis of the recent
fighting in Binh Dinh Province.
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ANNEX:
South Vietnam Battle Statistics from 1963
Through 2-8 October 1966
-Weapons and Personnel Losses
-Viet Cong Attacks and Incidents
To July 1966
-South Vietnamese Desertions
To 5 October 1966
-Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) Returnees
South Vietnamese and Viet Cong Casualties
And Weapons Losses - 1962 to 30 Sept 1966:
-General Statistical Data
-Composite Annual Totals
-Viet Cong Incidents,
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I. THE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
1. Elements of four ARVN battalions participating
in the joint US/ROK/ARVN Operation IRVING in the cdsstal
lowlands of Binh Dinh Province yesterday captured an
enemy communications center located about 27 miles
north-northwest of Qui Nhon. The complex, apparently
deserted by enemy troops, contained three telephone
switchboards, an electric power generator, two high-
frequency radio sets, and two short-range transmitters
which were tuned to ARVN unit frequencies. In addi-
tion, US forces of the lst Air Cavalry Division oper-
ating about 35 miles north-northwest of Qui Nhon lo-
cated a sizable enemy medical facility which had been
partially evacuated.
2. In Operation PRAIRIE, US Marines continued
to report light contact on 13 and 14 October with
enemy units, ranging in size from platoon to company,
in a tactical sweep area 16 to 25 miles northwest'
of Quang Tri city. Six marines were killed and 16
wounded in the series of engagements, in contrast to
known Communist losses of 26 killed.
3. In the Mekong Delta, a South Vietnamese
task force consisting of two Regional Force battalions
and River Assault Group units operating- in an area
approximately 55 miles southwest of Saigon established
contact with enemy units in 14 separate locations
during 12-13 October. In the ensuing firefights,
28 Viet Cong were killed, six captured, and 45 enemy
sampans sunk, as against friendly losses of one killed
and nine wounded.
Weekly Review of South Vietnam Battle Statistics
4. The week of 2-10 October compared with the
week of 25 September - 1 October.
I. Viet Cong Incidents
Time At- Regimental Battalion
Period tacks size size
25 Sep-
1 Oct
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I. Viet Cong Incidents (continued)
Time Company
25 Sep-
1 Oct
Time Sabo- Propa- Anti- Total
Period tage ganda Aircraft Incidents
25 Sep- 8 26 116
1 Oct
II.
Casualties
VC/NVA
GVN
25 Sep-1 Oct
2-10 Oct
25 Sep-1 Oct
2-10 Oct
Killed
1,624
1,471
87
160
Wounded
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268
425
Missing/
Captured
388
658
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TOTALS
2,012
2,129
376
603
25 Sep-1 Oct 2-10 Oct 25 Sep-1 Oct 2-10 Oct
Killed 99 91 16 24
Wounded 642 604 48 70
Missing/
Captured 12 17 0 0
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III. Weapons Captured
VC/NVA GVN
25 Sep-1 Oct 2-10 Oct 25 Sep-1 Oct 2-10 Oct
Individual Not Not 65 133
Crew-Served Reported Reported 0 1
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II. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM
1. The disintegration of the Buddhist Insti-
tute, following its unsuccessful involvement in
antigovernment dissidence last spring, appears to
be continuing. According to Vietnamese newspaper
articles summarized by FBIS, the ruling clerical
council of the Buddhist Institute resigned "en
bloc" at a meeting on 11 October presided over by
Thich Thien Khiet, the supreme patriarch of the
church and head of clerical affairs. Khiet report-
edly accepted the resignations. One of the articles
claimed that a new "steering committee" of the coun-
cil would be elected at a national Buddhist con-
gress on 21 October. Previous plans to hold the
on again - off again national extraordinary congress
reportedly dissolved when the militant bonzes
learned that moderate bonze Tam Chau had accepted
a government invitation to reoccupy the vacated na-
tional pagoda grounds. Another article said that
Thich Tri Quang, who is not a council member, also
resigned his position as the secretary general of
clerical affairs. There have been no official US
Embassy comments yet on these recent developments.
Viet Cong Call for Boycott of Vietnamese National Day
2. According to an intercepted message the
Viet Cong Liberation News Agency requested "compa-
triots, police, soldiers, and government workers in
the Saigon - Gia Dinh area to boycott" the celebra-
tions scheduled for 1 November, the third anniversary
of the overthrow of the Ngo Dinh Diem regime. The
news agency cautioned these people to stay away from
sites of the celebration "to avoid any damage that
may occur," possibly referring to Viet Cong plans to
terrorize those who assemble to watch the proceedings.
Constituent Assembly Developments
3. Four more of the Constituent Assembly depu-
ties whose seats were contested have been validated
by the credentials committee, raising the total
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working membership at present to 106 out of a pos-
sible 117. During the 12 October session of the
assembly, the deputies narrowly endorsed the con-
troversial article two of the procedural rules,
which states that the purpose of the body is to
draft and approve a constitution. In the session
on 13 October, however, a stormy debate on article
two occurred, and it was agreed to vote on whether
discussion of the article should be reopened. The
vote that followed, 71 against and 46 for reopen-
ing the discussion, was clearly irregular since
only 103 deputies were present. In the reported
confusion that followed the irregular tally, the
acting president of the assembly called for a re-
cess and later announced that article two would be
discussed later. According to a press account of
the 13 October meeting, one of the delegates called
the assembly a "council of rats."
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III. MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH VIETNAM
port.
1. There is nothing of significance to re-
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IV. OTHER COMMUNIST MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS
1. There is nothing of significance to re-
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V. COMMUNIST POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
1. There is nothing of significance to re-
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An Analysis of Recent Fighting in Binh Dinh Province
1. The long-term impact of t1e five-week-old
allied campaign in Binh Dinh Province, highlighted
by Operation IRVING, on the Communist military po-
sition in central Vietnam is not yet clear. The
series of coordinated allied search-and-destroy
operations conducted in northeastern Binh Dinh since
early September do appear to have seriously weakened
and disorganized elements of the 610th North Viet-
namese Army (NVA) Division, lodal Viet Cong regular
and paramilitary forces, and the Viet Cong infra-
structure believed to be present in the area.
2. US military authorities report that the
8,300-man 610th NVA Division has been badly hurt and
seriously disorganized. According to MACV, the com-
bat strength of its 2,600-man 12th NVA Regiment
has been reduced by 40 to 50 percent. Another of
its principal subordinates, the 2,600-man 2nd Viet
Cong Regiment, has reportedly been forced to dis-
perse to at least three widely separated areas. The
headquarters of the 610th NVADivision is believed
to have been forced to deploy northward to an area
west of Bong Son (Hoai Nhon) into the operational
zone of its third major subordinate--the 22nd NVA
Regiment. However, although the 610th Division may
have temporarily lost its capability to conduct
multiregimental operations, it still retains the
capability to attack targets in northeastern Binh
Dinh in up to reinforced regimental strength.
3. Despite the identification of major North
Vietnamese units in Binh Dinh, the bulk of enemy
troops captured thus far during the allied campaign
have been primarily Viet Cong main force and guer-
rilla troops rather than North Vietnamese regulars.
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That only 35 NVA troops have been identified from
among some 3,400 captives taken in IRVING and
earlier related operations, coupled with the dispro-
portionately low ratio between enemy personnel
losses and weapons captured, further suggests that
the guerrillas bore the brunt of the fighting. These
forces may have engaged in a determined rear guard
action to cover the withdrawal of the majority of
NVA regulars from the combat zone.
4. A press release in early October alleging
that 66 members of the 610th NVA Division had sur-
rendered to ARVN forces participating in IRVING
was erroneous. In actual fact, six, not 66 enemy
troops--unidentified as to regular or irregular
type--came into ARVN custody on that date bearing
surrender leaflets. This erroneous report has
been seized upon by at least one US commentator
as evidence that entire North Vietnamese units are
now beginning to surrender. That so few North
Vietnamese regulars were captured, however, in-
dicates either that their morale and battlefield
discipline is excellent and/or that the North
Vietnamese units were able to escape largely in-
tact.
5. On balance, it would appear from avail-
able information that the heavy defeat suffered
by the Communists stemmed not as much from a gen-
eral, prior deterioration in the Communist mili-
tary situation in Binh Dinh, as from the fact
that the tactical situation forced upon the Corn-
munists by Operation IRVING placed them in an
inordinately poor field position which allowed
them to become encircled.
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6. Perhaps the real significance of Operation
IRVING, aside from its dispersal of Viet Cong/NVA
main force units in the area, lies in its uprooting
of the local Viet Cong infrastructure in at least
the heavily populated districts of Phu My and Phu
Cat. The reported exodus of more than 16,000 ref-
ugees from the combat operational area gives some
indication of the extent to which Communist control
and influence over the local population has been
shaken.
How the Fighting Developed
7. The allied campaign in Binh Dinh began on
8 September when elements of the 41st ARVN Regiment
on an unnamed operation engaged a battalion of the
12th NVA Regiment (610th Division) in the vicinity
of Phu Ly Bridge astride coastal Route 1, One
hundred and forty-seven enemy troops were repo?ted
killed, as against ARVN losses of 20 killed, 2'3
wounded, and 13 missing.
8. On 13 September, five battalions of the US
1st Air Cavalry Division initiated Operation THAYER
in an area centered about 53 miles northwest of Qui
Nhon. A sixth battalion was added on 14 September,
and a seventh on 21 September; however, the opera-
tion was reduced to four battalions by 28 September
and then temporarily suspended on 1 October when
its forces were committed to Operation IRVING. In
18 days of moderate-to-heavy contact, THAYER in-
flicted enemy losses of 230 killed (mostly NVA
troops from the 12th Regiment), 66 captured (mostly
Viet Cong), 681 suspects apprehended, and 124 weap-
ons seized or destroyed. US casualties totaled 32
killed, 243 wounded, and four mssing.
9. From 14 to 27 September, elements of the
41st ARVN Regiment were tasked with road-clearing
and blocking force missions in support of US 1st
Air Cavalry Division forces. The ARVN operations
--BINH PHU 36 and 27--were conducted in the south-
ern tactical sweep area of Operation THAYER, in
flicting enemy losses of 229 killed and seven cap-
tured, in contrast to friendly losses of eight
killed and 38 wounded.
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10. On 23 September, in this same general area
--about 15 miles northwest of Qui Nhon--four bat-
talions of the South Korean (ROK) Capital Infantry
Division launched Operation MAENG HO 6 with the mis-
sion of pushing into the Communist-infested Phu Cat
Mountain area from the south. Although contact in
this operation has been primarily with small-scale
Viet Cong local and guerrilla forces, the enemy
casualty toll has been, nonetheless, heavy. From
23 to 30 September, ROK forces killed 351 Viet Cong,
captured 158, detained 267 suspects, and seized or
destroyed 131 weapons.
11. Finally, on 1 October, US/ROK/ARVN forces
operating in the Phu Cat Mountain area were Combined
into a single search-and-clear operation--IRVING--
approximately 30 miles north of Qui Nhon. The joint
allied operational forces included seven battalions
of the US 1st Air Cavalry Division (including those
detached from '1'HAYER), four ROK battalions (com-
mitted from MAENG HO 6), and four battalions of the
22nd ARVN Regiment.
12. The operational concept of IRVING called
for a three-pronged offensive against the Phu Cat
Mountain area, with the immediate enemy target
objective being the 400-man Viet Cong 50th Local
Force Battalion, in addition to any elements of the
610th NVA Division operating in the area. US and
ARVN forces were to launch a coordinated drive south-
ward and eastward toward the objective area, linking
up with ROK forces driving northward, thus forming a
cordon to encircle and compress enemy troop concen-
trations against the Hung Lac Peninsula which juts
into the South China Sea.
13. Heavy fighting erupted during the opening
phase of IRVING on 1-2 October when US forces, at-
tempting to secure an area in which three US heli-
copters had been shot down, were engaged by a Viet
Cong/NVA force initially estimated to number 300 men.
This action, in which 110 Communists were killed
against minimal US losses, established the pattern
of generally heavy fighting which continued through
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14. After the initial contact on 1-2 October,
the enemy was forced out of the Phu Cat highland
area, first into the coastal lowlands of northern
Phu Cat and southern Phu My districts, and ulti-
mately onto the Hung Lac Peninsula with their
backs to the sea. It was here that much of the
heavy fighting between US and Communist forces
occurred, much of it in caves in the hills that
fringe the western shore of the peninsula.
Identification of Major Enemy Units Contacted By
IRVING
15. As of 10 October, the following major en-
emy units had been identified in Binh Dinh: two
infantry battalions of the 12th NVA Regiment (610th
NVA Division); an engineer company of the 610th
NVA Division; recoilless rifle and mortar companies
of the 2nd Viet Gong Regiment (610th NVA Division);
and a company of the 200th Antiaircraft Battalion
(610th NVA Division). The 610th Division's re-
maining subordinate regiment--the 22nd NVA--is not
known to have been encountered during the operation.
16. The total casualties resulting from Opera-
tion IRVING as of 14 October were: enemy losses of
1,497 killed, the same number--1,497--captured,
3,502 suspects apprehended, and more than 400 weap-
ons seized. Allied losses totaled 39 killed (ten
US), 193 wounded (83 US), and two US missing. Fight-
ing reportedly has eased off and almost ceased dur-
ing the last several days.
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..' ~'. 11 I I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I t 1 t i I I l L,I I I I i I I I I f
Personnel Losses
(Excluding Wounded)
2074 / 2,129
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US Casualties to Date: Killed 5,412 Wounded 30,977 Captured 76 Missing 338
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Viet Cong Attacks
Viet Cong Incidents
(Excluding Attacks)
12 Propaganda
13 Sabotage
27 Terrorism
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South Vietnamese Desertions
8,352 Total
4,339
4,013
Yearly Total 36,441
Regulars 9,666
64207
10-66 CIA
73,010
113,168
76,105
21,441
47,279
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Yearly Total 5,417
Military 2,171
64206
10-66 CIA
Chieu Hoi Returnees
11,124
8,173
885 Total
13,452 through 5 Oct.
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South Vietnamese and Viet Cong Casualties and
Weapons Losses: 1962 - 30 September 1966
1. General Statistical Data:
Viet Killed Wounded
Cong in in Captured Total Weapons
,Time Inci- Action Action or Missing Casualties Losses
,Period dents GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC
1962 1825 299 1294 475 212 116 390 890 1896 - -
Jan 1963 927 453 1754 908 318 102 379 1463 2451 457 683
1964 1770 343 1223 913 - 555 240 1811 1463 917 532
1965 2206 904 2203 1938 - 471 565 3313 2768 1700 711
1966 3914 747 2648 1557 - 450 588 2754 3236 935 979
1962 1460 244 1205 300 316 124 353 668 1874 - -
Feb 1963 788 379 1082 656 303 82 292 1117 1677 253 399
1964 2078 374 1055 916 - 303 289 1593 1344 708 471
1965 1982 880 1564 1840 - 1394 309 4114 1873 2454 620
1966 3100 1015 4727 2095 - 477 508 3587 5235 1076 1219
1962 1961 523 1456 737 551 140 523 1400 2530 - -
Mar 1963 1282 410 1443 851 368 66 222 1327 2033 467 367
1964 2160 439 1456 1249 - 345 531 2033 1987 814 532
1965 2056 751 2022 1633 - 720 394 3104 2416 1442 698
1966 3670 938 5685 1961 - 466 604 3365 6289 1393 1632
1962 1933 387 1596 532 292 151 415 1070 2303 - -
Apr 1963 1331 506 1660 878 256 96 388 1440 2304 797 468
1964 2284 594 1671 1584 - 398 245 2576 1916 990 424
1965 1860 591 1909 1650 - 232 529 2473 2438 757 973
1966 3235 573 2818 1522 - 121 483 2216 3301 594 829
1962 1825 390 1756 509 352 94 524 993 2632 - -
May 1963 1208 435 1895 889 295 94 695 1418 2885 463 564
1964 2143 458 1135 987 - 202 242 1647 1377 723 281
1965 2263 1049 1975 2143 - 873 548 4065 2523 1701 831
1966 3566 661 4239 1454 - 196 652 2311 4891 493 1087
1962 1477 325 1666 613 413 77 441 1015 2520 - -
Jun 1963 1311 389 1863 772 310 90 437 1251 2609 580 394
1964 2062 494 1005 1145 - 313 230 1952 1235 718 387
1965 2597 1211 2208 1920 - 1260 189 4391 2397 2387 793
1966 3359 860 4815 1800 - 183 752 2843 5567 735 3761
1962 1564 384 1544 686 424 212 542 1282 2510 - -
Jul 1963 1368 529 1918 1071 372 306 387 1906 2677 663 374
1964 3045 900 1427 1812 - 510 219 3222 1646 1889 447
1965 2520 1160 2980 1591 - 540 580 3425 3560 1375 882
1966 2844 1592 5532 1800 - 196 444 3598 5976 744 1483
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Viet Killed Wounded
Cong in in Captured Total Weapons
Time Inci- Action Action or Missing Casualties Losses
Period dents GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC
1962 1642 377 2271 626 367 63 669 1066 3307 - -
Aug 1963 1349 411 1685 804 237 352 482 1567 2404 637 428
1964 2580 721 1449 1612 - 478 282 2811 1731 1106 619
1965 2498 808 3624 1945 - 287 606 3040 4230 705 1074
1966 2401 722 5857 1491 - 209 924 2422 6781 654 1298
1962 1375 419 2218 646 365 59 446 1124 3029 - -
Sep 1963 1763 672 1982 1155 234 566 347 2393 2563 878 389
1964 3091 819 1187 1759 - 737 230 3315 1417 1465 525
1965 2473 655 3485 1724 - 266 838 2645 4323 778 838
1966 2864 566 4447 1554 - 185 839 2305 5286 426 -
1962 1357 365 1967 619 286 64 373 1048 2626 - -
Oct 1963 1422 428 1520 989 244 398 236 1815 2000 753 330
1964 2827 739 1617 1583 - 693 576 3015 2193 1510 482
1965 3330 961 3874 2416 - 225 660 3602 4534 762 1013
1962 1311 410 1982 834 368 92 561 1336 2911 - -
Nov 1963 3182 664 2333 1554 373 665 252 2883 2958 1595 455
1964 1982 574 1747 1404 - 410 570 2388 2317 1104 515
1965 3638 1034 5516 2056 - 520 592 3610 6108 1126 2164
1962 1346 294 2203 618 289 78 463 990 2955 - -
Dec 1963 1921 389 1440 961 191 320 190 1670 1821 724 546
1964 2504 1002 1813 2053 - 1092 503 4147 2316 2111 666
1965 4106 1239 4076 2262 - 926 516 4427 4592 1728 1158
Composite Annual Totals
VC
Time Inci- KIA WIA
Period dents GVN VC GVN VC
1962 19076 4417 21158 7195
1963 17852 5665 20575 11488
?1964 28526 7457 16785 17017
1965 31529 11243 35436 23118
**1966 28953 6942 40768 15072
Captured Total Weapons
or Missing Casualties Losses
GVN VC GVN VC GVN VC
4235 1270 5700 12882 31093 5195 4049*
3501 3137 4307 20290 28383 8267 5397
- 6036 4157 30510 20942 14055 5881
- 7848 6326 42209 41762 16915 11755
- 2529 5794 24543 46562 7090 -
*Monthly data unavailable for 1962 Weapons Losses.
**Through 30 September 1966
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A T T A C K S
Time
Period
Viet Cong
Incidents
Small-
Scale
Bn. Size
Co. Size) or Larger
Total
Harassment &
Terrorism
Sabotage
Propa- Anti-
ganda Aircraft
1962 1825
Jan 1963 927
1964 1770
1965 2206
1966 3914
528
242
218
57
42
21
8
2
5
23
839
447
1244
1489
2490
180
49
129
272
312
257
179
174
170
299
212
743
1962 1460 480 20 0 500 613 137 210 -
Feb 1963 788 181 13 1 195 433 69 91 -
1964 2078 211 3 3 217 1389 210 271 -
1965 1982 73 6 3 82 1411 267 91 131
1966 3100 50 10 9 69 1829 201 172 829
1962 1961 561 27 0 588 660 290 423 -
Mar 1963 1282 333 11 0 344 653 131 154 -
1964 2160 198 4 1 203 1632 158 167 -
1965 2056 80 3 3 86 1476 240 90 164
1966 3670 32 10 10 52 2332 212 154 920
1962 1933 470 27 0 497 1024 220 192 -
Apr 1963 1331 371 9 3 383 688 105 155 -
1964 2284 211 6 3 220 1738 169 157 -
1965 1860 38 1 4 43 1407 149 96 165
1966 3235 61 7 9 77 2238 252 110 513
1962 1825 490 28 0 528 892 154 251 -
May 1963 1208 344 13 0 357 608 93 150 -
1964 2143 170 3 2 175 418 217 140 193
1965 2263 40 7 11 58 1558 365 115 170
1966 3566 37 9 7 53 2552 295 106 560
1962 1477 339 23
Jun 1963 1311 398 11
1964 2062 128 10
1965 2597 62 1
1966 3359 47 10
0
1
2
6
11
549
252
223
63
70
362 736 157 222 -
410 652 107 142 -
140 1390 176 162 194
69 1784 469 103 172
68 2382 211 110 588
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Viet Cong
Small-
Bn. Size
Harassment &
Propa-
Anti-
Period
Incidents
I
Scale
Co. Size
I
and Larger
Total
Terrorism
Sa
botage
ganda
Aircraft
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
1966
2401 59
10
5
74
1752
113 87
385
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
1966
2864 86
6
0
86
1972
90 115
601
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 6
5465 8875
2060 2676 No Data
1963 17852 4354 121 15
4490 9805
1396 2161 No Data
1964 28526 1732 60 41
1833 19556
3178 2080 1879
1965 31529 531 81 73
685 20730
4132 1974 4008
*1966 28953 505 67 74
630 19498
1886 1239 5700
*Through 30 September 1966
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