SHARP FIGHTING EXPECTED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100080010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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ITEM NO: 1 DATE: AUG 7, B974
T: SHARP FIGHTING EXPECTED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTH
VIETNAM
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RECENT NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOP DEPLOYMENTSI
POINT TOWARD A NEW ROUND OF SHARP FIGHTING IN SEVERAL SECTORS OF
SOUTH VIETNAM.
THE MOST INTENSE ACTION PROBABLY WILL OCCUR IN THE EXTREME
NORTHERN PROVINCES OF QUANG TRI AND THUA THIEN? THE THREE
COMMUNIST DIVISIONS THERE ARE ALL SHOWING SIGNS OF PREPARING TO
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ICOMMUNIST FORCES NORTH AND WEST OF SAIGON ALSO
MAY BE GETTING READY TO INTENSIFY THE ACTION. MOREOVER, COMMUNIST
LOGISTIC UNITS 11296HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MOVING-UNUSUALLY LARGE
AMOUNTS OF SUPPLIES TO THE COSVN AREA.
IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF QUANG NAM, WHERE THE HEAVIEST
FIGHTING HAS OCCURRED IN RECENT WEEKS, THE GONVERNMENT ON AUGUST
7 ABANDONED ITS LAST OUTPOST NEAR THUONG DUC AND THE DISTRICT
CAPITAL IS NOW IN COMMUNIST HANDS. NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS ARE
MAINTAINING = PRESSURE ON SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICT CAPITALS IN
THE PROVINCE. THE GOVERNIIE.NT HAS MOVED IN REINFORCEMENTS, INCLUDING
AN AIRBORNE BRIGADE FROM SAIGON AND AN INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM THE
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