SUMMARY OF VIET CONG ACTIVITIES IN DARLAC PROVINCE DURING NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/12/28

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DIST 28 DECEMBER 1967
PROVINCE DURING NOVEMBER 1967
ACQ VIETNAM, NBA TRANG (16 DEC 1967) FIELD NO.
SOURCE. THIS IS A VIETNAM SITUATION REPORT PREPARED AS OF 30 NOVEMBER
1967 BY A CAS OFFICER IN DARLACA3ROVINCE BASED ON ALL
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO HIM, INCLUDING VIETNAMESE INTELLIGENCE
AND SECURITY FIELD OFFICE REPORTS, AND ON PERSONAL OBSERVATION.
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AMMARY. DURING NOVEMBER THE VIET CONG /VC/ INCREASED THEIR
REQUISITIONING OF FOODSTUFFS IN DARLAC PROVINCE, IN SPITE OF SOME
RESISTANCE FROM VILLAGERS. THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD TO THE VC WAS ALSO
EVIDENT IN REPORTS OF FOOD PURCHASES AND INSTANCES OF FORCED LABOR TO
GROW CROPS. INFORMATION REPORTS DESCRIBED YC INDOCTRINATION, MILITARY
TRAINING AND THOUGHT REFORM COURSES. A SUCCESSFUL PROPAGANDA TEAM
OPERATED IN BAN ME THUOT AND THE VC HAVE REORGANIZED BUONS /VILLAGES/,
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1. DUR INS NOVEMBER, THE VIE.T CON( /VC/ INCREASED THEIR EFFORTS
TO LEVY R ICE AND FOOD REOUIREME.NTS ON VILLAGERS OF nARLAc PROVINCE.
ACCORDING TO A VIETNAMESE SECURITY SERVICE FIELD REPORT, 'VILLAGERS
OF TU CUNG L ND DEVELOPMENT CENTER /Lilo/ WERE ORDERED TO COINTR ITITE
59i PERCENT OF THEIR PRODUCE AND SOmE. FARM UTENSILS. IN A ,TO INT
THE VILLAGERS ASKED THAT THE CONTRIBUT ION OF UTENSILS
7:DROPPEDANT) THAT THE RICE CONTR MUT ION BE REDUCED TO 30i PERCENT.
THE VC REFUSED THEIR Ftr.nuF,T . OTHER REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE
VILLAGERS HAD REJECTED VC FOOD REnUISIT IONS WHILE FACED WITH
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THREATS OF THEIR HAMLETS BEING BURNT AND OF BEING ASSIGNED TO
THOUGHT REFORM COURSES.
9.. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME LOCAL RESISTANCE TO FOOD
RET)UISITIO, THE WERE VEIL SBCCESSFUL I)! R TOG THE MONTH.
VIETNAMESE SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FIELD REPORTS IND ICATF.0
THAT LARGE AMOUNTS WERE COLLECTED. ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
ESTIMATE THE TOTAL AMOUNT, ONE REPORT STATED THAT 34 ELEPHANTS
WERE REOUIF?E.0 TO TRANSPORT CORN AND RICE FROM ONE LDC TO A CACHE,
WITH A LOAD OF FOUR 119-KILO BAGS ON EACH ELEPHANT.
3. THE VC DO NOT ALWAYS 'CONFISCATE RICE FROM VILLAGERS.
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VILLAGE RgcTivr..n NtIN 5011 AND P.,(4/1 PIASTRE, BILLS FROM THE in TO
PURCHASE SALT FISH SAUCE, DRI) FISH AND TOBA .00 IN BAN ME THII0T.
SPLIT1IW INTO ROUP OF FOUR OR FIVE MEN,
FARMS TO HELP flARVST' CROPS IN AN EFFORT
SOME VC COMPANIES, AFTER
WERE DISPERSED TO VARIOUS
TO GAIN POPULAR SUPPORT.
4. IN ONE AREA OF DARLAC.,', THE VC FORCED 129J VILI-AGERS FROM
THREE DIFFERENT HAMLETS
RICE TM AN ABANDONED
LDC. A VIETNAMESE /NTELL/MENCE SERVICE souRpT REPORTED THAT THE
AREA OS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS'- A 4 HECTARE .PQUARE AREA RESERVED
FOR SOLDIERS OF THE H-4 DISTRICT COMMITTEE, A 2-HECTARE SDUARE
AREA RESERVED FOR VILLAGERS WHO HARVESTED THE CROPS, AND A 4.-HECTARE
SCWARE AREA RESERVED� FOR. THE H-4 DISTP ICT, COMMITTEE. AT HARVEST
TIM F: ADD IT TONAL VILLAGERS WERE ORDERED TO HELP ;'ITP THE CROPS.
5. VC CHECKF10rNTS, POPULATION CONTROL AND TAX COLLECT ION
ST AT IONS AP ARE!) FREc)UF.NTLY ON NATIONAL ROUTE 14 Nn 2 DURING
NOVEMBER ALTHOUGH THEY WERE HARASSED BY -11.E. AIRCRAFT, OBSERVATION
PLANES AND VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCES TAXES LEVIED ON TRAVELLERS
WERE IN DIFFERENT FORMS '--MONEY, �PRODUCE, AND LIVESTOCK.
6. THE VC REMA /NED ACTIVE 'IN IN6OCTRIMATION MILITARY
.VIETNAMESE SECURITY SERVIC.F.
ORDER ."1) ALL BUONS /VILLAGES(
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IN ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITYHTO SEND TWO YOUTHS TO A 15-DAY MILITARY
TRAINING COURSE. THI3 ORDER WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE VILLAGE
AUTONOMOUS ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD. FORTY VILLAGERS FROM ON' BJON
mERT FORCTD TO ATTEND A 'MILITARY TRAINING COPRSF WITH SPTCIAL
INSTRUCTION ON WEAPONS AND IN OTHER INSTANCES VILLAGERS WERT USED
A$ FORCED LABORERS IN HELPING THF VC PRFPART 1RIDGE DEST0UCTION
OPERATIONS, ROAD AMBUSHES AND A VIF,TNarvic.SF,
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE REPORTED THAT THE F-4 DISTRICT COMMITTT,T.
INSTRUCTED ITS CADRES IN THE FOLLOWING T ASKS-- TO uRPF, PEOPLE TO
RF.SIS'T T HT GOVERNMF:NT OF VIETNAM TO ST IMUL AT T YOUTH TO FOI.,.LOm
THE VC TO MOTIVATE PT.OPLE TO PRODUCT FOOD FOR THE VC, TO APPEAL FOR
CONTR 'BUT /ONS AND TO URGE PFOPI,..T TO WORK FOR THE VC AS LABORTRS.
7, VIET NAMTSF SECUR IT Y SERVICE SOURCES HAVE REPOpTE,D ON A
NT.W PROPAGANDA TEAM OPERATING. IN BAN ME THUOT CITY. THE TRAM
IS TARGETED AGAINST ARMY OF
JtTNAM /ARVNt
PERSONNEL AND HAS HAD
SOME SUCCESS. AT LEAST 14 MILITARY DESERTIONS HAVE BEEN
4TTRIBUTEO TO THE INFLUENCEOF THIS TEAM ALTHOUGH ARVM OFFICIALS
HAVE MOT CONFIRMED THIS ALLEGATION.
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