SOUTH VIETNAMESE REPORTEDLY ABANDON RANGER BASE

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: September 22, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES HAVE APPARENTLY ABANDONED GIA VUC,
AN ISOLATED OUTPOST NEAR THE KONTUM - QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
BORDER WHICH CAME UNDER INTENSE COMMUNIST GROUND AND
ARTILLERY ATTACK LATE LAST WEEK. HELICOPTER RESCUE OPERA-
TIONS ARE PLANNED TO PICK UP SURVIVORS OF THE GARRISON'S
387-MAN-RANGER BATTALION DEFENSE FORCE.Y
THE ABANDONMENT OF GIA VUC HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION
SINCE NEARBY MINH LONG DISTRICT TOWN FELL INTO COMMUNIST
HANDS IN MID-AUGUST. THE CAMP'S CIVILIAN DEPENDENTS WERE
EVACUATED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IN ANTICIPATION OF MAJOR
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COMMUNIST ATTACKS. THE ELIMINATION OF GIA VUC WILL HELP THE
COMMUNISTS SECURE THEIR HIGHLAND INFILTRATION CORRIDORS AND
PROVIDE THEM WITH GREATER ACCESS TO THE RICE-RICH COASTAL
LOWLANDS REGION?Y
ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES, SOUTH VIETNAMESE
MARINES THIS WEEKEND REPULSED A BATTALION-SIZED NORTH VIETNAMESE
GROUND ATTACK NORTHWEST OF HUE NEAR THE THUA THIEN - QUANG TRI
PROVINCE BORDER. BOTH SIDES WERE SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, AND MORTAR FIRE. THE MARINES CLAIM TO
HAVE KILLED 247 COMMUNISTS WHILE SUSTAINING ONLY RELATIVELY
LIGHT CASUALTIES THEMSELVES. HEAVY GROUND FIGHTING WAS ALSO
REPORTED BY ARVN AIRBORNE AND INFANTRY UNITS IN QUANG NAM
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DATE; SEP 22, 1974
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