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CIA-RDP78S01932A000100200018-7
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P1I932A00J?o0a18-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AbENCY
WHITE HOUSE SUPPORT STAFF
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Date 2anuary 7, 1974
It.em.No : WH #2
DIRECTOR: `WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
SUBJECT: SOUTH VIETNAM--THE MILITARY SITUATION
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Fighting remained relatively light throughout most of-th'e coun-
try over the weekend. The most significant action, consi`s'ted of
Communist ground attacks in Binh Dinh and Long Khanh provinces. There
were also several shelling attacks against South Vietnamese outposts
and population center' in Tay Ninh, Hau Nghia, and Binh Duong prov-
>mmunists plan to increase
th is type of low level harassment in western MR-3 during January
and February, in an effort to gain control'over more heavily populated
and agriculturally productive land than is now available to them.
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