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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
May 12, 1965
Date of Declassification:
July 26, 1978
Type of Document:
Weekly report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
18 p., 1 map
Abstract:
The Situation in South Vietnam [political situation: PM Quat has strengthened his hand by obtaining the dissolution of the AFC; retention of Gen. Thieu should mitigate Catholic alarm over a Buddhist-inspired purge of Catholics in govt., but stiff sentencing of Catholic coup plotters and an appeal for a cease-fire on Buddha's birthday may stimulate renewed Catholic plotting. Economic situation: new program for funding provincial budgets is in effect. Military situation: Viet Cong operations have increased; govt. operations have decreased slightly; casualties and weapons loss ratio favors the VC; province pacification has progressed in III and IV Corps and retrogressed in I and II Corps; US has sent a team chief to each province; 494 VC defectors have returned to govt. control under the Returnee Program. Third country developments: South Vietnam has ordered the cessation of all activities of the French cultural mission; Philippine Congress has introduced a bill to send an engineering battalion; Japan is considering a contribution towards SE Asian development; New Zealand will send a medical team. Bloc developments: USSR promises assistance to North Vietnam; China continues to attack Soviet leadership]. Directorate of Intelligence Weekly Report, OCI No. 0619/65. [May 12, 1965?] 18 p., map. SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY. SANITIZED copy. Released July 26, 1978. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 34.
Indexing Terms:
PHAN HUY QUAT
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
TRAN VAN MINH
MAXWELL TAYLOR
TRAN VAN TUYEN
PHAM NGOC THAO
LAM VAN PHAT
DUONG VAN MINH
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
YOUNG TURKS
ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
GREATER SOLIDARITY FORCES
CATHOLIC SUSPICION OF PHAN HUY QUAT GOVERNMENT
MILITARY TRIALS OF OFFICERS INVOLVED IN 19 FEBRUARY 1965 MILITARY COUP
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
CHIEU HOI PROGRAM
RETURNEE 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
LAM DONG PROVINCE
HAU NGHIA PROVINCE
LONG AN PROVINCE
LONG KHANH PROVINCE
PHUOC LONG PROVINCE
AN XUYEN PROVINCE
THUA THIEN PROVINCE
QUANG TIN PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
DARLAC PROVINCE
BINH TUY PROVINCE
BINH THUAN PROVINCE
DINH TUONG PROVINCE
MONTAGNARD AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
INDIA
FRANCE
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
PHILIPPINES
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
JAPAN
CANADA
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
NORTH VIETNAMESE MIG-15 JET FIGHTERS
CAT BI AIRFIELD
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1979-243A
Link to Full Text:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0410223007