COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF INDOCHINA SETTLEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-538-2-4-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 23, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/28: LOC-HAK-538-2-4-8
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
The CIAA/DIArs weekly report (August 14-20 at Tab A) of Indochina
cease-fire violations states that based on satellite photography, North
Vietnam may have received more military imports and that, for the
first time in almost a month, two new combat infiltration groups were
detected in the pipeline destined for southern Laos. Also detected for
the first time were 15 special purpose groups (total of 400 personnel) Ir- X4
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almost 7, 000 North Vietnamese personnel have been observed entering
the infiltration system.
Other notable developments reported by the CIA/DLA are:
-- The DIA believes that two concentrations of t'anks' and artillery in
North Vietnam recently photographed by satellites represent new military
imports while CIA claims only that this equipment could have recently
arrived in country. %
-- Logistics activity in the DRV panhandle remains moderate and is
very light in Laos, but movements on the "western supply corridor" in
northern South Vietnam are still quite high.
-- Localized fighting continues in the southeastern Cambodian border
area between insurgents and North Vietnamese regulars. NVA operations
to protect these rear service areas against the KI are being directly controlled
by the 1st Division headquarters. The report spedulates that North Vietnamese
capabilities in GVN MR-3 and 4 could be significantly diminished if more
NVA units are diverted from the South to secure the contested border area.
DIA, NGA, review
completed.
TOP SECRET XGDS
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TOP SECRET (CONTAINS CODEWORD)
-- North Vietnam announced in rriid-August that despite the cease-fire,
military conscription will continue. Although the draft rates apparently
have been sharply reduced in 1973 from the high 1972 levels, the up-coming
fall induction program will provide a key indication of North Vietnamese
intentions for 1974. Any plans for major sustained offensive operations
should be accompanied by an upsurge in September inductions which would
provide troops in time for an early spring campaign.
TOP SECRET
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Top Secret
No Foreign Dissem
Twenty-Sixth Report
COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF THE VIETNAM AND LAOS
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND RELATED DEVELOPMENTS
(This report covers the period from
14 August through 20 August 1973)
This memorandum has been prepared jointly by the
Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense.
Handle via
.Talent-Keyhole-Comint
Channels Jointly
T o Secret
21 August 1973
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/03/28: LOC-HAK-538-2-4-8