THE SITUATION IN INDOCHINA (AS OF 1600 EST)

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-559-25-1-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 4, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

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CEN'T'RAL ZNTELLXnENCE ACEUCY
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4 April 1975
iT :LLXC NC 4EMOR ND JM
The Situation in Indochina
(As of 1600 SST)
No. 2
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today abnounced that. he had accepted the rasigna~ti.c)n- of ?. ,;,.i. ??c
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1. In a 70-minute public address, Presi4ent Thiett
Now Cabinet, in S,ti on-
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baxgora estanXISned under tine ceasefire agreGm1411t. ? _
backs on a variety of aauaen---the lack c US
Z. Thioui a address blared- recent (::Dvert-znent '.Bat-. : ; -
as called fvr in the ease-fire A reemoAt.
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gave>.rnment would Do willing to resume ct3.scuasians iii p
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coalition govdrn1nont 1;C dad sa h
Mt rt de any secret de .l with the cornnuniatt and to uah
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trators among the refugees. He maintained that he had
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Lary commanders, panicky civL1ian$, and Viet Cvnq ingil<
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3. Thieu arP0a1ed to the poop7.e tg ral y beh r~ ~h~-..
gatrcrtlrnnt and maxnt,ined that lie w
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6 speech comes in the Wake of eadit Ina. .
apex' t:s thin morning of ? indiViduale charged with 00? p
plotting. The 'only person among the nine
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'Van? Tram and teinera1? t4guycrl Caao Ky to force TIlieu fr ,m office.
as a warning to of hers Who might be~enteztainit7g s~- i 8 a terry
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North Vietnamese military moves
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.,ng in the northern part of Military Region I arid are ?prcab~> r4:r:
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active in South Vietnam's two northern provinces for nora
than a year, has also begun shirting farther south.' This
- -.I. __ - ~t,rca. ir-fintrv divisions-the 304th,
rth viratnamana 2nd Corps, which han been
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...._ _ , _....1 R +r,mmYin{Jit military action tontinUdl
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d$#4nse could Collapse wltha.n c u s. ti,
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strong communist attacks because they uspe y,,
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now less. confident thAt their ' orcea Va of that mcrra ~ gat
about the communist. threat to can T710 City. Ccmn-an er
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r~vunt~.n far Can Tho Cit ?? " ? ? ? ? - ~" ~~~,~;
c4~~ce~ x t ~ .'. ~.
11. Mgt-4 officials are bccom rn ncreeLaingly
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northeast of the Kier i;,ang- Province Gap a r~ ,
;ext to the bridue. The ConuitUi7 a s ~a' it 1 f Yaah G
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;.ttack and caur 3 heavy c .~iila.rs &I C a]s+Cy CUt thy ixcaci'
.a 200-900t br -dge x tiiereny cavk~xily L.... ..~,a... .., ....._.-a - ----
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A ~C1L~~xcund mortar barrages preceded the. '_s
si>xh prav~.nCe. 14- oe iri the
thi cos e ,mn th- rea Tonal co=ander
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1? Because a trig strops . to build the confidence of Can ThQ' 13
losd to the to ritor ial
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is trying to instill the Conviction t1 t MR-4' will be
defended well. and su4ceSafully.. On April 4, a regi>6entel
co wander was relieved for lack of aggressiveness.
.4 c Ho City Threatened
13, In addition to the Current threats to Cth Tho lied:
r1y Tho cities, regional commanders are now antici 7atitag
Major attack against; Mac nca, the Capital of K3en 'uon g
provi oe Three regimentu of the North Vietnamese 5th 1 i
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mien may 'he in place to attack the city. Government Offi-
r;;3ai N a vHp6cira nq an attack an the night= of April a
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14. Moments of the South Vietnamese 9th Division,
supported by armor, are defending Moc Hon. Of the 50 air
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directed 30 to the 9th Division. This is a marked depar-
ture from the mid-March edict that air support would not
be' i'lo 'Ye wKeTT 'tlmr-detrrger from SA-7 missiles is rreat,
15. Regional officials feel there is good xeaavri to
overnment forces defending Moc tcoe will
believe that tho
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1%01d, but they quickly point out that - If ' they clo trot, the
. 9th Division could bucorme ineffective as a -fighting unit. ?
the rho C.
A defeat of this division could seriously undermine. IT.:
confidence- of othe' government units in the delta.
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CAMBOT? XA
The TaotS:cal Situation
1. Government units on April 4 (Phnom Penh time)
.abandoricd a vat11ago four miles northwest of Pochexitong,
Airport giving t.ho Cormuni8ts a second poaitioh w~thin
easy rocket and artillery rango Of the airp+o~:t.
2. Coverrmont units la9t night repulsed fresh in-
surg(tnt a,iiack near this dike five rnilos north of the
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