THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 19, 1967
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
The Situation in Vietnam
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Information as of 1600
19 July 1967
Communist units attacked a US patrol north of
Saigon near War Zone "D" and a Vietnamese Civilian
Irregular Defense Group in Binh Long Province on 18
July.
I. The Military Situation in South Vietnam:
Two sharp enemy contacts were reported on 18 July
along the southern fringes of War Zone "D" and in
Binh Long Province (Paras. 1-4). The Weekly Review
of South Vietnam Battle Statistics (Para. 5).
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support the Thieu-Ky campaign (Paras. 4-5). Premier
Ky has announced he will abolish political press
censorship (Para. 6).
being established for the "front" group which will
A provisional central committee is
III. Military Developments in North Vietnam:
There is nothing of significance to report.
IV. Other Communist Military Developments:
There is nothing of significance to report.
V. Communist Political Developments: There
is nothing of significance to report.
South Vietnam Battle Statistics from 1963
Through 9-15 July 1967
-Weapons and Personnel Losses
-Viet Cong Attacks and Incidents
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1. No significant contact with the enemy,;,was
reported on 19 July in the'37 ground operations of
battalion-size or larger now under way in South'
Vietnam.
2. Two sharp encounters, however, took'place
on 18 July. In one of these'actions., seven soldiers
from the US 1st Infantry Division were killed and
29 were wounded. The division was engaged in a
follow-up.,sweep of the target area of a.B-52.strike
along the fringes of War Zone "D," some 20 miles
north of Saigon. One 1st Division company, hit by
enemy Claymore mines and small-arms fire,,'was sup-
ported by artillery and reinforced by two additional
companies. The Communist force broke contact after
approximately two hours. There has been no infor-
mation on enemy casualties, but the US troops reported
that the B-52 strikes had severely damaged a large
enemy base camp with direct hits on bunkers and
other fortifications.
3.
The
other action was in Binh Long Province,
in the
same
area where. elements of the North Viet-
namese
Army
(NVA) 7th Division had made a heavy
assault
on 11 July. There, a Civilian Irregular
Defense
Group.(CIDG) company engaged an enemy force
estimated at two battalions in a five-hour battle.
One member of the CIDG force was killed and 31 CIDG
and two US advisers were-wounded. There was no
report on enemy losses.
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Weekly Review of South Vietnam Battle Statistics
5. The week of 9-15 July compared with the
week of 2-8 July
I. Viet Cong Incidents
2-8 July 9-15 July
Attacks 44 55
Battalion or larger ............ 1 ........ 2
Small Unit ............... .....43 ....... 53
Harassment 362 376
Terrorism 12 46
Sabotage 45 21
Propaganda 14 12
Antiaircraft 201 280
VC/NVA GVN
2-8 July 9-15 July 2-8 July 9-15 July
Killed 2,114 1,877 144 2.02
Wounded ----- ----- 383 543
Missing/
Captured ----- ----- 29 34
TOTALS 2,114 1,877 556 779
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Killed 282 175 23
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Wounded 1,170 1,443 25
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Captured ----- ----- --
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TOTALS 1,452 1,618 48
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III. Weapons Captured
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VC/NVA
2-8 July
9-15 July
2-8 July
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Individual
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Not
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114
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Thieu-Ky Front Group
4. A provisional central committee is to be
established by 22 July for the political "front"
group being formed to support the Thieu-Ky campaign,
The front is
separate from the campaign organization recently
established by active supporters of both Chief of
State Thieu and Premier Ky, and its central com-
mittee will be composed of approximately 12 persons
representing the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao, VNQDD (Nationalist
Party), and the Union of Young Democrats (UYD), a
group of young professionals. This committee--
chosen from among men who will not be upper or
lower house candidates--will act as the front's
formal leadership and will issue invitations to
front members throughout the country to attend a
national convention on 3 August. The committee now
envisions a convention with some 100 to 300 front
members attending.
5. The convention will be asked to approve
three upper house slates, each a. mixture of Cao Dai,
Hoa Hao, VNQDD, and UYD members, and will decide
on lower house candidates to support. Front leaders
have been considering asking Vietnamese Confederation
of Labor President Tran Quoc Buu, as well as retired
general Tran Van Don and Saigon politician Dang Van
Sung, to joint the front, but no decision has yet
been made.
Political Press Censorship Abolished
6. Premier Ky, according to press reports,
announced on 19 June that he would sign a decree
that same day abolishing censorship of political
news. The decree will not, however, affect military
censorship imposed for reasons of national security.
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Weapons Losses
Personnel Losses
(Killed only)*
Viet Cong/N VA
GVN/US/other Free World
1963
MAY JUN JUL
1967
US Casualties to Date: Killed 11,991 Wounded 72,483 Captured 185 Missing 489
*Due to a change in the reporting of personnel losses, beginning 72 February 7967, the weekly and monthly
figure will represent only personnel killed.
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645 Viet Cong Attacks
MAY I
Viet Cong Incidents
(Excluding Attagks)
MAY
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MAY JUN JUL
1967
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