THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A001600010059-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: February 12, 1967
• Content Type: MEMO

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Top Secret
MEMORANDUM
DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
The Situation in Vietnam
Top Secret
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12 February 1967
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Information as 1600
12 February 1967
North Vietnam accomplished a major resupply
effort along the Demilitarized Zone and the south-
ern areas of the DRV during the Tet truce. Hanoi
radio on 11 February responded negatively to sug-
gestions that the Tet truce be extended.
I. The Military Situation in South Vietnam:
Allied forces have resumed 28 large-scale ground
operations in South Vietnam, but without signifi-
cant enemy contact (Para. 1). A total of 346
Communist truce violations, including 148 major
and 198 minor incidents, were reported during the
96-hour Tet truce period, which ended at 6 p..m.
EST on 11 February (Paras. 2-4). Multibattalion
US Army units have successfully terminated Opera-
tion THAYER II after nearly four months in north-
eastern Binh Dinh Province (Para. 5). Operation
PERSHING was launched on 11 February as part of
the continuing allied spoiling campaign in north-
east Binh Dinh Province (Para. 6).
II. Political Developments in South Vietnam:
There is nothing of significance to report.
III. Military Developments in North Vietnam:
North Vietnam appears to have taken advantage
of the Tet bombing standdown by engaging in a sub-
stantial logistics resupply effort in the south-
ern DRV/DMZ area (Paras. 1-5). It is also possible
that the.North Vietnamese may have used the bomb-
ing lull to deploy SA-2 missiles in the DMZ (Para. 6).
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IV. Other Communist Military Developments:
There is nothing of significance to report.
V. Communist Political Developments: Hanoi
radio has responded negatively to suggestions for
extending the Tet cease-fire (Paras. 1-2). An
Izvestia article has called for the US "alone"
to to signal a reversal of the escalation of the
Vietnam war (Paras. 3-4).
12 February 1967
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