INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 14, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04 : LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
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AREAS, MI1.1TARY AL..ATIONs s o' co JIcArtuN I THE.
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OH,EDULEO STRIKES AOAINST TAqi:Ts NoR A T Atio 6oul.sitzsi,
AtqOI WERE CANCELI.ED DUEL TO POOR WEATHER uNDIT -.'2,t* Tiitler
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SORTIES WERE FLOWN NORTH'VIETOAn? /ACie A
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AVY ENEMY SHILLINO , $ I QuAtio Tin CiTY s
SUS1OiZ$OMEWMAT, POSSIBLY AS A R,$UL1 oF TACTICAL AIR AND
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KLLD AND 56 wOUNDED IN SEVERAL ATTAcKs-eY-YIHE0 GROUND CONTACTS
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Rt$ULT1N IN 28 ENEMY KILLED AND ONE TANK DESTROYED* ARVN LOSSE
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,1TARY REGIoN I, ENEMY SWELLING WAS LIGHT FOR THE ?:)'ECOND col*
TIVEDAY IN THE AREA ARt)U,ND HUE, WHILE 41 XNEMY et:RE KILLED
TACTS NCR FIR UPPORT BASE ROSS,
LITARY'REGION 24 THE
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04: LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04 : LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
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A D,SOUTHOF AIG0N SUGGESTS THAT'FitIDLY INSTALLATIoNS NEAR tit
,PITAL MAY ALSO COME UNDER TTACK. ARvN roPoES, 4QWVR# ARE
'4 Ha MOVED TO CoRE wITH.THt POSSII? IHEAT.
tTELTAP-FRIENDLY GRoUND opERAt100s, soppotiTED Dy R
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TA-Hy RtgioN 40 44imy- LogSES YESTERDAY WFRE t:PORTED &S 19 U
AND 2 DETAINED,
14ENCE. ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT ADDITIONAL LP1EtTS OF TR
A Z12TH DIVISIos, POSSIBLY THE 209TI REfi1mENT4 MAY )4/VE
1,T)'(41> AOOss TH13 Dt!'1E AD MAY SOON BE COMPIITTED /N THE :BAT
FQR 'QVAN(i TR I 'CITY, ONO: OTHER REGIfIENT' OF -THE -HAS SI;
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ALONG ROUTE I A ULIU GoLumN HAS ALMOST' REAOHeD THt go RN N'
OATTALIONS THAT PUSHED OUT ,or xotiPoNG TRA84K LAST WEEK. C.Ams4
BODIAN 4ANDES IN T4E AREA REPORT THAT ,LKIRE NthISER4 OF QOM,'
nuN45T TRUCXS HAVE BEEN movINci BOUTH'AOR014 ROUTE,Is 11113 LES
ME WL1Wt TO SpEoGLATIQN THAT THX ommuNtSt:,ATrACKB IN TRASt.X
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04 : LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04 : LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8
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col mtivIsTs'ARE,CoNTINUIN4 TO HARASS -THIT: 6'000 AN CAMSODIAN'FO
UGHIN NEAR:THE'ANGKOW WATCOMPLEXt WHILE OTHER COMMO.NIST UNIT
VE ,OUT ROUTE 6 WEST oF SIEM AP CITYAT LAST REPORT, FIG
ING AS CONTINUING AT POUR, A TOWN SITUATED ON RouTE 6 ADouT,T
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HEK HAS EN HOsPITALIEED. ACCORDING To A RELIAt4E SOORO
H 4-YEAR OLD PREsIDENT wAS $TH10KEN BY THE FLU ASOOT TWO W
AGO, H RESULTED IN HIS HOSpITALIZATIoN O. ApausT 4 WITh A
DI*osis OF. BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA4!
AXIXSTAN -aML.ADLsH LTIQNSPRSXDT RHUTTO, W TH THE
I T '014 S,ATTEMPTI GI TO ImPt1DVE .HS AR3A,
UN A-VZ ALADEH. AND TO PUT ADDITION
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ARLIER FLAN To USE THE FOKTHC
F HIS NATIONAL A IELY AS A CONVENIENT DEVICE
HE ECOGNITION Or BANGALDESH WITHOUT TAKING THE ONUS PRSoN$LY,
I3tUTTO HAs-NoW sHELvED THE RECOGNITION ISSUE FOR THE TIM IN
AND WITH THE CHINEsz vET0 (?t,) BANGLADESH UN mEMBERSHIP, I IND'
ELY pRESAURIN4 MUJIB To NEGOTIATE THE RETURN OF THE pAK TANI
POWs, ' UNTIL NOW. BHUTTO HAS HAD ONLY TWO ImPORTANT CHIPS TO PLAY
,q N4GoT/ATIoN WITH 111UJI3 -- RECOGNITION AND TN K RETo#N or D
GALIS DETAINED IN PAKISTAN -- BUT NOW THE APPARENT CHINES Wfl4.
_eNESs TO VETO BANGLADESH UN mEMIIERSHIP UNTIL THE POWS Aft fl
TURNED GIVES HINv A THIRD.
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THE PROsPECTS FOR AN EARLY RESoLUTION of THE PAKISTAN A
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PpORT (THEY -HOLb THE POWS) Is ARLE To BLoOK THE
POwS UNTIL PAKISTANI RECOGNITION AND TRE RET0RN
THE DETAINED BENGALIS, SHUTT() AND mUJIB MAY Now sImPLY WAIT
EA0H OTHER OUT, tikUT ShuTTO WOULD APPzAR TO EIF, IN A WEAKER POSI-
T/04 SE0AUsE OF DOMESTIC PREssuR FOR THz u THE POWS*
ND1A', FOOD SITUATIONI LESS THAN NORMAL HAI
EA LY mONso PtRlop IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SUStANflAL
(ABOUT 12 NILLIoN TONS) 114 THE pRoDOCTIoN op FOoD
cRIS, BUT OUR *MaAsSY'4.sT;MATEE THAT IF AvERAGE WEATHER CO
T oNs PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OROO YEAR THE INDIANS
CA oPE.W1TH THE SHORTFALL-wITHOUT OUTsIDE ASsIsTANcE,4 THANKS
PART TO' PAST L-4?P - ASSISTANCI#, THE ';NDIANS HAVE, BUILT up
oVER ?NC PAST SEVERAL YEARS A SUBSTANTIAL FOOD GRAIN 'STOCKPI
(ABOUT S'05 MILLION TONS). 'IND THEY ARE TA?ING sl*iiONG MEASURES
TO ET Tft TWIN PROBLEMS or ?XSTRIuTtOt D PlQ. PR4SSUREsi
SHOULD TH,Ij RAINS FALTEli.DUHINIA
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/04: LOC-HAK-548-2-3-8