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Title:
Situation in Vietnam
Date of Creation:
February 28, 1965
Date of Declassification:
November 30, 1976
Type of Document:
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
5 p.
Abstract:
The Situation in Vietnam [update on political
and military activities. Communist political
developments: North Vietnamese, Chinese, and
Soviet reaction to recent discovery of a
North Vietnamese arms shipment to the Viet
Cong; North Vietnamese protest to the ICC
that the dispatch of South Korean troops to
South Vietnam is in violation of Geneva
accords. Communist military developments: no
reported Chinese or North Vietnamese
deployments; Hanoi broadcast on military
preparedness and possible US seaborne
invasion. Political activity in South
Vietnam; cabinet action against civil
servants who called for a negotiated
settlement of the war; probable power
struggle within the armed forces; Dai Viet
claim to support Quat govt. Viet Cong
military activity: VC seaborne infiltration
of Kien Hoa and Vinh Binh Provinces]. Office
of Current Intelligence Memorandum, SC No.
03261/65. Feb. 28, 1965. 5 p. Security
classification not given. SANITIZED copy.
Released Nov. 30, 1976.
Indexing Terms:
PHAN HUY QUAT
NGUYEN CHANH THI
LE NGUYEN KHANG
NGUYEN KHANH
THICH TAM CHAU
THICH TRI QUANG
ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
CAPITAL LIBERATION FORCES
DAI VIET PARTY
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
19 FEBRUARY 1965 MILITARY COUP
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
VINH BINH PROVINCE
BINH THUAN PROVINCE
BAN ME THUOT
QUI NHON
PLEIKU PROVINCE
KONTUM PROVINCE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
SINKING OF COMMUNIST SHIP OFF KIEN HOA COAST
NGUYEN CHANH THI
LE NGUYEN KHANG
NGUYEN KHANH
THICH TAM CHAU
THICH TRI QUANG
ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
CAPITAL LIBERATION FORCES
DAI VIET PARTY
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
19 FEBRUARY 1965 MILITARY COUP
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
VINH BINH PROVINCE
BINH THUAN PROVINCE
BAN ME THUOT
QUI NHON
PLEIKU PROVINCE
KONTUM PROVINCE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
SINKING OF COMMUNIST SHIP OFF KIEN HOA COAST
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-31C
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