REACTIONS TO THE TET OFFENSIVE IN PHNOM PENH AND HANOI

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SPECIALCOLLECTION [1]

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Tet Declassified [2]

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06787093

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RIPPUB

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Document Creation Date:

April 27, 2019

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April 30, 2019

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Publication Date:

February 16, 1968

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Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C06787093 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Intelligence Information Cable � PRIORITY IN 52571 PAGE 1 OF 2 PAGES STATE/INR4, DIA Nmcc/mc (SECOEF JOS ARMY NAVY AIR) CIA/NM= NIG NSA 500 DD/I EXO OER FBIS DOS IRS This material contains Information affecting the National Defenia. Of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.O. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmisson or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law. NO FOREIGN uisbrrl THIS IS A IORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. CITE ONE ,Garr Mp USIA SE-C-RET-- COUNTRY: POI: SUBJECT: 161558 Z NORTH VIETNAM/CAMBODIA WWI liadwded I.. ...."*". 4w1 doved . i.od DIST 16 FEBRUARY 1968 CI� V2 5/- c21 REACTIONS TO THE TET OFFENSIVE IN PHNOM PENH AND HAroi ACO: VIETNAM, SAIGON (16 FEBRUARY 1968) SOURCE: 1. ON 10 FEBRUARY 1366 THE GIA LAM AIRPORT HAD THE ATMOSPHERE OF A VICTORY CELEBRATION WITH MUSIC PLAYING AND JUBILANT CROWDS. ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE WERE INFORMED THAT THE SITUATION IN SAIGON WAS PRACTICALLY NORMAL, THAT THERE WAS LIMITED DAMAGE AND NO VIET cor3 VICTOPY,'THE PEOPLE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE NEWS INITIALLY. UPON Ff!RIXER GUESTIONING, THEY DECAME smur AND APPEARED TO gCCEPT THE FACT THAT THE VIET CONG HAD NOT ACHIEVED A MAJOR VICTORY. 2. IN PHNOM PENH THE CAMBODIAN RADIO FOLLOWED THE LINE OF ffia: N'AFI6jVAL-FRON'T-FOR-THi LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM AID-F-ORE-14N-B+54tnt. Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C06787093 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) lirE0e="Fr:E=r (olassfilcaioti) (easier's iontrols) Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C06787093 1413�FGREittirlingF1 PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES (NFLSV.) IT WAS ANNOUNCED CONTINUOUSLY THAT THE NFLSV CONTROLLED SAIGON AND THAT THE VIET CONG FLAG WAS FLYING IN THE SAIGON MARKET PLACE. MANY FRENCH AND CAMBODIANS ATTEMPTED TO LISTEN TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES RADIO, BUT THE ANNOUNCERS SPOKE TOO RAPIDLY FOR THEIR LOW LEVEL OF ENGLISH COMPREHENSION. REPORT CLASS: SECIPFT/m0 FOREICN DISSEM GRoUP 1 Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C06787093