CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 14 NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/11/14

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GENERAL
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(Information as of 1200 EST)
Situation Report.
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Allied troops fought again
with North Vietnamese regulars
around Dak To in the central
highlands on 12-13 November.
Communist forces in this
sector appear to be operating
in battalion-size units. They
have been trying to ambush
smaller US patrols from dug-in
positions.
There are indications,
meanwhile, that the Communists
intend to broaden their offen-
sive activity in the highlands
by launching attacks in Darlac
Province. Captured notes based
on a combat plan prepared by an
element of the North Vietnamese
33rd Regiment reveal that the
regiment will try to draw allied
units into good terrain for
ambushes. This is to mark the
opening of the regiment's "win-
ter-spring campaign."
In southern II Corps, Com-
munist military activity has
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increased, and it has been di-
rected for the most part against
vital lines of communications in
an effort to erode government
security in the area. On 12 No-
vember, a Communist force de-
stroyed a bridge on strategic
Route 20 some 25 miles east of
Bao Lac and then ambushed a South
Vietnamese reaction force sent
to the scene. Simultaneously,
another enemy force attacked
South Vietnamese military com-
pounds at nearby Di Linh. As a
result, traffic between Bao Lac
and Da Lat in Tuyen Duc Province
via Route 20 has been suspended.
This road has been secured by
South Vietnamese forces for sev-
eral months, thus denying the
Communists between $8,000 and
$16,000 a day in estimated tax
booty collected at former road-
blocks along the route. The
recent enemy military action has
also served to draw friendly
forces out of southwestern Lam
Dong Province where most of the
tax collection points were lo-
cated.
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