CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST 20 NOVEMBER 1967 - 1967/11/20

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
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Current Intelligence Digest
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South Vietnam: Communist
military activity around Dak To
'continued over the weekend and
other Communist elements expanded
their efforts to tie down allied
forces throughout the highlands.
A heavy enemy mortar effort has
accompanied the present phase of
fighting. The mortars may soon
be supplemented by large-caliber
rocket attacks.
Several sharp clashes be-
tween allied and enemy troops
were reported northeast of the
US strongpoint at Dak To. This
shifted the focus of action away
from the area southwest of Dak
To, where elements of at least
three North Vietnamese regiments
have recently engaged large Amer-
ican forces. These enemy units
have suffered more than 800
killed since the Communist cam-
paign around Dak To began early
this month.
Increased enemy activity
may soon break out in the west-
ern highlands as far south as
central Darlac Province. This
strategy may be designed to
spread out concentrations of
American forces and enable the
enemy to renew large-scale of-
fensive efforts in the western
highlands.
North Vietnam: North Viet-
nam again put up a tough and ag-
gressive air defense effort
against US air strikes in the
Hanoi and Haiphong areas over
the weekend.
GENERAL
At least ten American air-
craft were downed during strikes
on 18 and 19 November. Intensive
surface-to-air missile firings
around Hanoi accounted for five
of them.
North Vietnamese fighter air-
craft continued to display ag-
gressive combat tactics. Two
MIG-21s engaged an incoming flight
of 12 US planes on 18 November.
The MIGs retreated across the
border into Communist China after
shooting down two US aircraft with
air-to-air missiles.
Two US Navy aircraft were
lost to MIGs north of Haiphong on
19 November. The same day two
MIG-21s pursued a US photorecon-
naissance aircraft into Laos; they
fired missiles, but failed to dam-
age the US plane. 3.3(h)(2).
press reports that damage was in-
flicted on several diplomatic mis-
sions during the course of air raids
at Bac Mai airfield 17 November.
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considerable
damage was done to the diplomatic
quarter of the city. The Soviet 3 3(h)(2)
military attache's office was hit
as was the International Control
Commission building and the British
Consulate.
some of the damage may have been
from expended antiaircraft rounds
of SAMs.
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