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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
September 2, 1964
Date of Declassification:
June 9, 1978
Type of Document:
Weekly report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
16 p., 1 map
Abstract:
The Situation in South Vietnam [discussion of formation in leadership resulting from Khanh's attempt to reorganize the govt., threat of possible coup by Dai Viets and Col. Pham Ngoc Thao, and rioting in Saigon and Da Nang. Military situation: Viet Cong-South Vietnamese military confrontations, casualty and weapons loss ratios. Economic situation: availability of food, price stability. Third country developments: Cambodian reaction to South Vietnamese claim to Cambodian islands in the Gulf of Siam and actions re border disagreements with South Vietnam; Japanese, Philippine, and Korean medical teams for South Vietnam. Bloc developments: North Vietnamese reaction to political disturbances in South Vietnam and claim to 12-mile territorial waters]. Directorate of Intelligence, Intelligence and Reporting Subcommittee of the Interagency Vietnam Coordinating Committee, Weekly Report, OCI No. 1295/64. Sept. 2, 1964. 16 p., map. SECRET/BACKGROUND USE ONLY/NO FOREIGN DISSEM. SANITIZED copy. Released June 9, 1978. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 17.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN KHANH
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
DUONG VAN MINH
NGUYEN XUAN OANH
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
NGUYEN TON HOAN
PHAM NGOC THAO
NORODOM SIHANOUK
NGUYEN HUU CHAU
TRAN VAN HUU
HUOT SAMBATH
ADLAI STEVENSON
VUNG TAU CHARTER
DAI VIET PARTY
RIOTING IN SAIGON
RIOTING IN DANANG
NATIONAL UNITY COMMITTEE
MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL
MILITARY COUP PLOT
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 5TH ARMORED SQUADRON
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
DIPLOMATIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CASUALTIES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY WEAPON LOSSES
VIET CONG CASUALTIES
VIET CONG WEAPON LOSSES
TIEN GIANG TACTICAL AREA
PHUOC THANH PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
CAMBODIA
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
PHILIPPINES
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1979-21A