COMMUNIST CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-558-15-6-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 30, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM 3040
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ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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SUBJECT: Communist Cease-Fire Violations
INFORMATION
May 30, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. KISSINGER
FROM: WILLIAM L. STEARMAN
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The CIA/DIA have submitted their weekly report (May 18-24) of Com-
munist violations of the Vietnam and Laos cease-fire agreements (Tab A).
The report notes the following developments.
-- Five new regular infiltration groups (total of 3, 000 personnel)
were detected starting south, probably for northern MR-1. Gaps in the
numbering system indicate that two additional groups (1, 000 troops) also
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at 49, 000, including 24, 000 who started south after January 27.
-- Recent evidence" suggests that the North Vietnamese have been
temporarily rotating a number of units (e. g., elements of the 304 and
320B divisions) out of Quang T ri Province for rest and refitting.
-- Although NVA supply activity has diminished in the Lao
Panhandle as a result of heavy rains (e. g., only 43 southbound vehicles
transited the Ban Karai Pass during the week), heavy traffic continues
in the tri-border area, in northern MR I and in the North Vietnamese
Panhandle, where large rail shipments of ammunition were noted.
-- Additionally, the headquarters of two major NVA logistics
command authorities in the Laos Panhandle /northeastern Cambodia
area shifted eastward into South Vietnam. The significance of this
move is unclear, but it could be related to Communist plans -- at least
during the Lao rainy season -- to carry out most resupply via South
Vietnam rather than Laos.
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-- In combat violations in South Vietnam, the GVN reported
a marked decrease in major Communist-initiated incidents (down to
48 from 82 last week), but the minor incidents changed little (489 versus
485 last week). In Laos, military activity remains low.
SECRET
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Fourteenth Report
COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF
THE VIETNAM AND LAOS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
(This report covers the week from
18 May through 24 May 1973)
This memorandum has been prepared jointly by the
Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense
Secret
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