Declassified CIA documents on the Vietnam War - University Library

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Title:

Situation in South Vietnam

Date of Creation:

August 26, 1968

Date of Declassification:

June 25, 1990

Type of Document:

Weekly report

Level of Classification:

SECRET

Status of Copy:

SANITIZED

Pagination, Illustration:

20 p.

Abstract:

Political developments: No cabinet changes; The Paris Talks and postwar planning for countering Communism; Ky discourses on Thieu; Au Truong Thanh in Paris; Supreme Court Bill passed; Militant Buddhist congress. Revolutionary development: Saigon defenses up; Civilian self-defense in I Corps. Economic situation: Currency and gold; Supermarkets in Saigon; Labor problems in American firms; Prices. Annex: Weekly retail prices in Saigon; Saigon free market gold and currency prices; South Vietnam economic indicators.

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:

1990-003026