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Title:

Situation in South Vietnam

Date of Creation:

August 27, 1964

Date of Declassification:

October 6, 1977

Type of Document:

Weekly report

Level of Classification:

SECRET

Status of Copy:

ORIGINAL

Pagination, Illustration:

14 p., 1 map

Abstract:

The Situation in South Vietnam [political situation: Khanh has resigned as president due to pressures from student and Buddhist demonstrators; Military Revolutionary Council will select a new chief executive and then dissolve itself; Buddhists state that Khanh is acceptable if he divorces himself from military and civilian remnants of Diem's Can Lao Party. Military situation: Viet Cong terrorism has increased; govt. operations have increased slightly; casualty and weapons loss ratio favors the Viet Cong; province pacification has made little progress; details of military activities and progress in pacification of crucial provinces ]. Directorate of Intelligence, Intelligence and Reporting Subcommittee of the Interagency Vietnam Coordinating Committee Weekly Report, OCI No. 1294/64. Aug. 27, 1964. 14 p., map, tables. SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY. Declassified Oct. 6, 1977. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 16.

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:

1978-232A

Link to Full Text:

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0410213003