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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
October 20, 1965
Date of Declassification:
August 24, 1993
Type of Document:
Weekly report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
22 p., 2 maps
Abstract:
The surface calm of the South Vietnamese political situation was ruffled during the past week only by public complaints of the Saigon Students Union over alleged slights from the Ky government, and by further mumblings of dissatisfaction in both Buddhist and labor circles. Although there continue to be no indications of any serious threat to the government, those criticisms do serve to point up Premier Ky's difficulties in generating positive support for his regime even though the populace increasingly appears to be ruling out a Viet Cong military victory. Ky, meanwhile, has inaugurated a series of "fireside chats," addressing himself specifically to such problems as war benefits, war dislocations, and rising prices, all of which have been occupying greater public attention. Reports on the recent government-sponsored conference of provincial officials indicate that it portended no major breakthrough, but that it served to endorse the planning concepts of the new secretary of rural construction. The almost complete lack of public response to the Viet Cong appeal for a one-hour strike in cities and towns on 15 October, the opening day of a month-long Liberation Front "hate America" campaign, sharply demonstrated the weakness of the Communists in uban areas. In the military sphere, the Viet Cong are sustaining a high rate of guerrilla activity throughout the country, while generally avoiding large-scale engagements with government and allied troops. The Communists, however, continue to conduct isolated attacks in battalion strength against targets of opportunity. They retain the capability to harass military installations and populated towns, although they appear at present to be concentrating on obtaining rice supplies from harvesting in the northern provinces and on securing corridors connecting their base areas in the southern part of the country. US and South Vietnamese troops, meanwhile, are keeping up pressure through aggressive search-and-destroy operations, and may have temporarily weakend Viet Cong units north of Saigon where substantial guerrilla supplies have been captured or destroyed.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN CAO KY
NGUYEN CHANH THI
THICH TRI QUANG
THICH TAM CHAU
PHAN QUANG DAN
HOANG CO BINH
NGUYEN DUC THANG
LE DUAN
NGUYEN DUY LIEN
TRAN VAN DO
PHAN VAN THINH
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SAIGON UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION
SAIGON STUDENT ACTIVITIES
BUDDHIST POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
BUDDHIST INSTITUTE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE DHARMA
UNIFIED BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION
VIETNAMESE CONFEDERATION OF LABOR
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
RETAIL PRICES IN SAIGON
GOLD PRICES IN SAIGON
CURRENCY PRICES IN SAIGON
RUBBER PRODUCTION
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG CASUALTIES
VIET CONG WEAPON LOSSES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CASUALTIES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE WEAPON LOSSES
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
CHIEU HOI PROGRAM
RETURNEE PROGRAM
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
DAU TIENG RUBBER PLANTATION
QUANG TRI PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
QUANG DUC PROVINCE
PLEIKU PROVINCE
PLEI ME
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
TAY NINH PROVINCE
WAR ZONE C
US B-52 STRIKES IN SOUTH VIETNAM
US 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 22ND INFANTRY DIVISION
PHONG DINH PROVINCE
US 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
US 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
CAMBODIA
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SINO-VIETNAMESE ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE
SPAIN
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM
NGUYEN CHANH THI
THICH TRI QUANG
THICH TAM CHAU
PHAN QUANG DAN
HOANG CO BINH
NGUYEN DUC THANG
LE DUAN
NGUYEN DUY LIEN
TRAN VAN DO
PHAN VAN THINH
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SAIGON UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION
SAIGON STUDENT ACTIVITIES
BUDDHIST POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
BUDDHIST INSTITUTE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE DHARMA
UNIFIED BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION
VIETNAMESE CONFEDERATION OF LABOR
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
RETAIL PRICES IN SAIGON
GOLD PRICES IN SAIGON
CURRENCY PRICES IN SAIGON
RUBBER PRODUCTION
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG CASUALTIES
VIET CONG WEAPON LOSSES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CASUALTIES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE WEAPON LOSSES
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
CHIEU HOI PROGRAM
RETURNEE PROGRAM
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
DAU TIENG RUBBER PLANTATION
QUANG TRI PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
QUANG DUC PROVINCE
PLEIKU PROVINCE
PLEI ME
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
TAY NINH PROVINCE
WAR ZONE C
US B-52 STRIKES IN SOUTH VIETNAM
US 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 22ND INFANTRY DIVISION
PHONG DINH PROVINCE
US 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
US 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
CAMBODIA
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SINO-VIETNAMESE ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE
SPAIN
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1996-0032
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