SUMMARY OF VIET CONG ACTIVITIES IN CHUONG THIEN

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• Document Creation Date: April 26, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: December 29, 1967

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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM
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PROVINCE DURING NOVEMBER 1967
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SUMMARY. REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INDICATE THAT THE
VIET CONG /VC/ IN CHUONG THIEN PROVINCE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MOBILIZE
AS MUCH OF THE POPULATION IN THEIR AREAS AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT
THEIR WINTER-SPRING CAMPAIGN. THE VC INCIDENT RATE DURING
NOVEMBER PUADRUPLED WHEN COMPARED TO THE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN
OCTOBER. VC MILITARY UNITS CONTINUE, FOR THE MOST PART, TO OPERATE
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THEIR CONTROL OVER THE CANALS LEADING OUT OF THEIR AREAS AS A
MEASURE FOR CONTROLLING THE POPULATION AND INCREASING REVENUE.
THE EMPHASIS ON RECRUITMENT CONTINUES, WITH AT LEAST ONE
REPORTED INSTANCE OF VC ABDUCTION OF Imams FROM THEIR VILLAGE. -
VC PROBLEMS REMAIN LACK OF FUNDS AND SUPPLY AND MANPOwER SHORTAGES.
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1. DURING NOVEMBER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WINTER-SPRING
CAMPAIGN THE VIET CONG /VC/ IN CHUONG THIEN PROVINCE WERE
IMPLEMENTING CENTRAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH VIETNAM /COSVN/ DIRECTIVES
CALLING FOR THE MOBILIZATION OF ALL MANPOWER BETWEEN THE AGES OF
15 AND 35.
IN VC HONG DAN DISTRICT, VC SOC
TRANG /GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM /GVN/ BAC LIEU AND PORTIONS OF
CHUOMG THIFN AND BA KUYEN/ PROVINCE, THE VC WERE INSTRUCTING
THE POPULACE ON DIRECTIVES PASSED DOWN FROM THE VC WESTERN ZONE
COMMITTEE wNrcH CALLED FOR THE MOBILIZATION OF ALL MANPOWER
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MISSIONS AND. THAT MANPOWER NOT USED IN MILITIA/GUERRILLA OR
MAIN FORCE ums WILL BE USED IN FIELD LABOR OR REAR SERVICE
GROUPS. REPORTEDLY THE VC ARE ALSO USING PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
PEOPLE IN SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
OPERATIONS
?. DURING NOVEMBER 1967, THE VC VIGOROUSLY RENEWED OFFENSIVE
MILITARY ACTIONS AND ALSO STEPPED UP SABOTAGE AND TERRORISM.
INCIDENTS DURING THE MONTH TOTALLED 73, COMPARED WITH ONLY is3
INCIDENTS DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTH. FOR THE MOST PART THESE
ACTIONS TOOK THE FORM OF HARASSMENTS, WITH NO REPORTED ATTEMPTS
TO OVERRUN A MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLAT ION IN THE PF,,OVINCE.
AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE INSTALLATIONS IN VI THANH, THE PROVINCE
CAPITAL, WERE TARGETS OF 75MM RECOILLESS RIFLE FIRE. THE VIET-
NAMESE 3151 REGIMENT GARRISON AREA IN VI THANH WAS THE TARGET FOR
MORE THAN tr10 ROUNDS OF RECOILLESS RIFLE FIRE ON 5 NOVEMBER, THERE
wE RE OTHER SUCH INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AMERICAN PILOTS
REPORTED THAT GROUND FIRE DIRECTED AT AIRCRAFT IS INCREASING.
3. FOR THE MOST PART IT IS FELT THAT VC MILITARY UNITS'
CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN COMPANY-SIRED OR SMALLER UNITS, ALTHOUGH
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THAT A REGIONAL VC ENTERTAINMENT TEAM SHOWED MOVIES FOR 3.3(h)(2)
APPROXIMATELY 4791 MEN OF THE VC 316TH BATTALION AS A WELCOMING
GESTURE ON THEIR RETURN TO THE AREA.
4. TAX COLLECTION CONTINUES AT A RAPID PACE, IN ORDER TO
INCREASE TAX REVENUES, THE VC HAVE TIGHTENED UP CONTROL ON CANAL
TRAFFIC TO ENSURE THE COLLECTION OF MAXIMUM REVENUES. VIETNAMESE
wHO SAMPAN IN AND OUT OF VC-CONTROLLED AND CONTESTED AREAS REPORT
THAT BARRIERS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ACROSS A CANAL IN THUAN HUNG
VILLAGE, LONG MY DISTRICT, TO FACILITATE MORE POSITIVE TRAFFIC
CONTROL. OTHER TRAVELERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED ON VC TIGHTENING OF
CANAL TRAFFIC IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE PROVINCE. THESE TRAVELERS
STATE THAT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE PERMITTED TO PASS THESE CONTROL
POINTS THEY MUST GIVE REASONS ACCEPTABLE TO THE VC.
5. APPARENTLY THE VC ARE ALSO TAXING ADVANTAGE OF THE
BUSINESS SKILLS OF THE CHINESE TO. AMIRE.SUPPORT IN THE FORM
OF SUPPLIES. 3.3(h)(2)
THE 'JC vINH THUAN DONG VILLAGE PARTY CHAPTER HAD
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� INFORMATION. IN ANOTHER CASE, TWO CHINESE REPORTEDLY
PURCHASED ANIMALS IN VC-CONTROLLED AREAS, TRANSPORTED THEM TO VI
THANH CITY, HAD THEM SLAUGHTERED, AND THEN SOLD THEM TO AN ARMY
OF THE REPUBL/C OF VIETNAM REGIMENT. THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS
SALE REPORTEDLY WERE USED TO PURCHASE MEDICAL SUPPLIES wHICH
WERE THEN TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE VC.
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PARTY CHAPTERS HAVE CONSIDERABLE LATITUDE IN CHOOSING METHODS
AND TECHNIQUES FOR GAINING POPULAR SUPPORT WHEN IMPLEMENTING
MISSION DIRECTIVES FROM HIGHER ECHELONS. OFTEN, WHEN INDOCTRINA-
TION AND PROPAGANDA METHODS FAIL, COERCION IS EMPLOYED.
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SOME HAMLETS, WHEN THE PEOPLE FAILED TO REACT TO A VC APPEAL FOR
MANPOWER SUPPORT .YOUTHS SOME NOT MORE THAN 14 YEARS OLD WERE
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REqUIREMENTS, AND OFTEN THREATEN DEATH IF THEIR REOUIREMENTS ARE
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7. SOME OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR THE VC CONTINUE TO BE A
LACK OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS, THE LACK OF AN ADErHIATF.
SUPPLY AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT MOBILE. MILITARY UNITS,
AND A SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTARY RECRUITS TO CARRY OUT THEIR AMBITIOUS
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