TET OFFENSIVE

VIET CONG/NORTH VIETNAMESE TACTICS AND STRATEGY FOR THE TET GENERAL OFFENSIVE

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Document #i& Tuesday, February 20, 1968
TEXT OF CIA REPORT
SUBJECT: Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Tactics and Strategy for the Tet
General Offensive
The following information was received from interrogation of a
Viet Cong prisoner
He was captured
in Danang. 1.3(04)
Summary: According to Ho Phuoc, political officer of Viet Cong
Quang Da-Danang Special Zore, General Nguyen Chi Thanh was recalled

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VIEWS OF ONE VIET CONG AND TWO NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY PRISONERS CONCERNIN G THE PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TET OFFENSIVE AND POPULAR SUPPORT FROM THE SO UTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DURING THE OFFENSIVE

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*DOI: 27 JANUARY 1963 - 4 FEBRUARY 1963
SUBJECT: VIEWS OF ONE VIET COW AND TO NORTH VIETNAMESE
ARMY PRISONERS CONCERNING THE PLANS AND OBJECTIVES
OF THE TET OFFENSIVE AND POPULAR SUPPORT FROM THE
SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DURING THE OFFENSIVE.
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THE INTELLIGENCE BACKGROUND OF THE CURRENT COMMUNIST OFFENSIVE

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15 February 1968
The Intelligence Background of the
Current Communist Offensive
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Evidence has been building up for the past several
weeks that the Communists intended to launch a major
and widespread offensive in South Vistnam in connec-
tion with the Tet season. Indications of this were
plentiful in the 1st and IInd Corps areas along the
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Evidence of enemy-offensive preparations was also

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SITUATION REPORT AS OF 24 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 10 FEBRUARY 1968

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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST AID TO NORTH VIETNAM

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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST AID TO NORTH VIETNAM
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INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
International Communist Aid to North Vietnam
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SITUATION REPORT AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL TIME W/WHITE HOUSE TRANSMITTAL MEMO

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SITUATION APPRAISAL: ANALYSIS OF VIET CONG TET OFFENSIVE

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COMMENTS (DELETED) ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SAIGON

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A. THE WORST OF THE CRISIS IS OVER. SAIGON
IS QUIET AND TI-E SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL. CLEARING
OPERATIONS WILL BE CONTINUED TO ELIMATE SINGLETON

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INFILTRATION OF NVA BATTALION 4, REGIMENT 812, DIVISION 324B; PARTICIPATION IN TET OFFENSIVE IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE

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NIC REPORT NO : 212/68
NIC CASE NO : FET
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