SUMMARY OF VIET CONG ACTIVITIES IN PLEIKU PROVINCE DURING DECEMBER 1967 - 1968/01/24

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• Document Creation Date: July 27, 2018

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SUBJFCT SUMMARY OF VIET CONG ACTIVITIES IN PLEIKU PROVINCE DURING
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SUMMARY. DURING DECEMBER VIET CONG NC/ ACTIVITIES IN PLEFKU
PROVINCE WERE PRIMARILY MILITARY-CRIENTED �
BATTALION-SIZE UNITS WERE MANEUVERING FOR POSITIONS FROM
WHICH TO ATTACK U.S. AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM /GVN / INSTALLATIONS
� APPARENTLY AS PART OF THE WINTER /SPRING CAMPAIGN IN THE HIGHLANDS.
THE VC CONTINUED TO DIRECT PROPAGANDA AND THREATS AT THE INHABITANTS
OF THE GVN' S EDAP ENANG RESETTLEMENT CENTER.
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VC EFFORTS TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL GUERRILLAS AND TO COLLECT RICE AD
FOOD FROM VILLAGER. FND SUMMARY.
I. PLEIKU IS ONE OF THE HIGHLAND PROVINCES WHICH THE VIET Crfl
/VC/ CLAIM IS TO BE LIBERATED DURING THE WINTER/SPRING CAMPAIGN.
DURING DECEMBER VC ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVINCE WERE PRIMARILY MILITARY-
ORIENTED WITH PLATOON- AND COMPANY-SIZED UNITS IN CONTACT WITH
GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM /GVN/ AND ALLIED FORCES. ON 27 DECEMBER TF
VC OVERRAN LE CHI OUTPOST IN LE TRUNG DISTRICT, EAST OF PLEIKU CITY.
TRAFFI ALONG THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN THE PROVINCE WAS CONTINUALLY
HARASSED, WITH SEVERAL MINING INCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY r. AS
PART OF THE VC CAMPAIGN TO DISRUPT LINES OF COMMUNICATION. INFORMANTS 0
BATTALION-SIZE UNITS NEAR
3.3(h)(2) PLEIKII CITY WERE MANEUVERING FOR POSITIONS FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH
ATTACKSON ALLIED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
COMPANY TO PATTALION-SIZE UNITS WERE ALSO SIGHTED IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE PROVINCE, WITH INDICATIONS THAT THE VC ARE PLANNING ATTACKS
SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE LE CHI OUTPOST..
2. VC PROPAGANDA DURING THE MONTH WAS AIMED AT INFLUENCING PEOPLE
.,,LIVING IN GVN-CONTROLLED AREAS TO RETURN TO VC AREAS. CONSIDERABLE
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OF THE GVN' S FDAP ENA NG RESETTLEMENT CENTER. VC PROPAGANDA LECTUT.ES
WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE USUAL RICE COLLECTIONS.
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U.S. SPECIAL FORCES REPORTED THAT THE
GIA LAI VC PROVINCE COMMITTEE INTENDS TO RECRUIT 2(41 MEN ANT) EIGHT
WOmEN FOR TWO LOCAL
GUERRILLA COMPANIES. IT IS NOT YET CLEAR
W}IFT117-:R THESE RECRUITS ARE NEEDED AS REPLACEMENTS FOR COMBAT
LOSSES OR TO FORM NEW UNITS WHICH COULD SIGNAL AN EXPANSION OF
GUERRILLA FORCES IN �THE PROVINCE.
4. THE VC DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PROBLEMS IN THE
PROVINCE. THEY ARE PROBABLY SHORT OF FOOD .SUPPLIES BUT APPARENTLY HAVE
ENOUGH TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS.
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