THE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM

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CIA-RDP78S01932A000100170064-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 16, 2016
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September 20, 2004
Sequence Number: 
64
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Publication Date: 
October 25, 1974
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REPORT
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25X1 Appro 25X1 ClA~aei~u~M/~cvH q lobs 1.)1 `rHE_C lop, : WHITE HOUSE SITUAT ION (i K).N.. TUJE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM 25X1 25X1 Overall action is light throughout the country. Most of the fighting has occurred in Thua Thien Province where South Vietnamese forces are readying an assault on a Com- munist hill-top position overlooking the Phu Bai air base. Because of bad weather and North Vietnamese counterattacks against supporting government units , the main assault was canceled until Saturday. General Truong, government coin- mander for the region, reportedly was. furious when he learned of the delay.- He is concerned that the Communists will now be able to concentrate their forces against the government's Cont'd Approved For Release 2004/10/08 : CIA-RDP78S01932A000100170064-0 J Approved For Release 2004/10/08 : CIA-RDP78S01932A000100170064-0 main assault units and prevent the South Vietnamese from re- taking the position. Government spokesmen announced at a press conference that Communist terrorists attacked local South Vietnamese security forces five miles from Saigon on October 23. Rockets also were fired into a hamlet west of the city. The incidents are the closest Communist action to the capi- tal in several months. Approved For Release 2004/10/08 : CIA-RDP78S01932AQ1 QtQ017006 0 2