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Title:

Situation in South Vietnam

Date of Creation:

January 2, 1967

Date of Declassification:

February 8, 1993

Type of Document:

Weekly report

Level of Classification:

SECRET

Status of Copy:

SANITIZED

Pagination, Illustration:

16 p.

Abstract:

Politicial situation: Strike at Saigon port; Attempt made on life of Constituent Assembly member; Constituent Assembly activities; Directorate officially rejects assembly's request to amend its charter; GVN moving cautiously in eliminating French-run schools; GVN-FULRO negotiations; recent GVN decrees on local government. Revolutionary development: Viet Cong defectors (Chieu Hoi); The Chieu Hoi picture in I Corps; Psychological operations in I Corps zone; Improvement in education assets. Economic situation: Prices; Gold and currency; Rice policy and rice stocks; Frozen pork imports; Joint economic development study; Premier against luxury imports; US military banking facilities threatened. Annex: Weekly retail prices in Saigon; Saigon free market gold and currency prices.

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:

1993-002451

Link to Full Text:

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=04108118008