1.VIET MINH LOSSES AT VINH YEN 2 PROJECTED VIET MINH ATTACK IN THE DELTA AREA

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• Publication Date: January 24, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT 1. Viet. 71inh Losses at Virile Yen
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2. Projected diet ;inh nttack in the Delta ,.rea
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Viet ?:inh troops killed during the recent fighting at Vinh Yen totalled
1,150; other casualties totalled 3,600. Fifteen thousand troops participates
in the battle. Viet ,inh forces had artillery support. Because the at-
tack was launched in order to give Viet Unh troops exparience in fighting
in the Delta area, no attempt liras made to hold ground. The Viet :3x.1 is
not discouraged by the results of the battle as French losses equalled
those of the Viet '.:inh.
2. During the next ten days, the 'Viet ?.;inh plans to out off 30 kilometers of
Route 5 from Ilanoi to liai,)houg and to stage simultaneous attacks against
Pleat Diem and Phuly, co mitting 10,000 men at each place. This attack is
pla:iried in order to frighten the French, to propagandize `Yriet : i.nli strength
among the population, and to sei;o a sup-.,-Ay of rice. Viet ; -inh forces will
not atto.:lpt to hold ground nor ill they attempt to take the Delta by the
Chinese ,Tetr Year, 6 February. The Viet :.,inh hopes to rally the people
spontaneously to their side and believes that a display of strap ;th will
prove the last straw for the )opulation, rrhoso faith and confidence in Dao
Dai and the Franco-dietncraeso a. r3eni3nts has already been weakened. `Viet
':inh agents among civil.an inhabitants of .:anoi are organizing this
uprising.
3. It is believed that lie Chi "inli has not requested Chinese Co_snunist ground
or air participation in the projectod attack. Sixty thousand viet ':inh
troops have been armed by the Chinese Coralunists. The overall Vi3t :.inh
strategy is to obtain 1.0,000 additional arias from COi:munist China to be
sent to South 'diet i:am via western routes. . ith this additionwl strength,
Viet : 'irih forces could attack :forth and South Viet an simultaneously
without active 3hinese Co iuni,t participation.
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