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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000800030004-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 30, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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COULD NOT BOLD NEW POSITIONS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FIRE SUPPORT.
E SAME NMCC MEMO SAID ELEMENTS OF TWO ARVN AIRBORNE
BATTALIONS WERE UNDER ATTACK THREE NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF
QUANG TRI, TWO ENEMY BATTALIONS WERE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
TI-L^-iCI-I HAN RIVER AND SITUATION WAS TENUOUS,
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