CREATION OF EASTERN AND WESTERN INTERSECTORS IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400420008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

l as been reorganized as the 303 Nobil.e ilrtil.1er?y tall1on commanded
llaang Thap Regiments, with headquarters in the village of Binh Ck anh
(1064,5, 11-.02). The 303 Regiment, formerly cor anded by bibangTho,
The principal military forces of this intersector are the.. Dong_`N i and
by Trrynh Van flac and is an integral pert of the Dank; Nal Regiment. The
e t eet h of the 303 Battal ion is 500 men equipped with one 40 men cannon
r TO vi ht 80 a mortars in addition to regatl.a r arms
tern Intese~aor,
The ~ r i nci i -military force of this intersector is the Tay Do Regiment,
T Land base has boon transferred to the Canaau region of Bac Lieu
Province from the Plaines des Jones, As a result the radio transmitting
,tat:ion and the offices of the General staff of South Vletna are now .In
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
,;;JEJEC1 C cation of aster z and Western Intersectors
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:., AAg a r?eault of recent changes made in the organization of Ilemocratio
R-et uh1:ic of Vietnam (1 RV) ,forces in South Vietump the area.has. been
divided Into two - zones, an east anl a west intersoctor separated b r. the
Mekong River. The east encompasses the provinces of Bariaq Bien Hoa,
Thu Dau Mot, My I+tinh, Gia. Dinh, Cholon, Tan An, T th.aBentre an
Tong Xuyen, Mau Doe, Ha Tien, Rae Gia, Can '1"x,0, ..Sol; Tram and Bach .,Lj6ti4
Go Conk;; the west includes the provinces of Vinh Long, 'T ra 'znh, $adeaD
the Camau region. 1.V ar3nament factories are at Beau S en near
Tan TAWet (105.10, 08-56); the Security Sei*vlce is at Ba,'Thong (sic'
rear Rau (103-14, 11-05); the administrative of+`lces are at ,Cal Rang:
(105-.45, 10-M); ani the prison camps and military tribuxia . are at
Sao Luol (sic) near Camau (105-08, 09-11)"
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reor ani2ation in the south.,
a recent report on nay military
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