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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
June 25, 1965
Date of Declassification:
March 23, 1978
Type of Document:
Weekly report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
24 p., 2 maps
Abstract:
The Situation in South Vietnam [political situation: new Ky govt., its cabinet, charter, and 26-point program of military, social, and economic reforms. Military situation: Viet Cong military activities and efforts to block land lines of communication, South Vietnamese operations and increasingly defensive postures, VC and South Vietnamese casualties and weapons loss statistics, returnees under the defector program, refugee resettlement, and psychological warfare operations. Economic situation: shortages of goods, price increases, and increased hoarding resulting from intensified VC activity. Third country developments: preparations for the Afro-Asian Conference, SVN determination to break relations with France, delay in Philippine assistance. Bloc developments: construction of a fourth SA-2 missile site west northwest of Hanoi, bloc attacks on PM Wilson's peace proposals, Hanoi's maintenance of its commitment to its four-point formula for negotiations]. Directorate of Intelligence [Intelligence and Reporting Subcommittee, Weekly Report], OCI No. 0625/65. [June 25, 1965.] 23 p., maps. Annex: South Vietnam Battle Statistics, 1965. Chart. 1 p. SECRET/BACKGROUND USE ONLY/NO FOREIGN DISSEM. SANITIZED copy. Released Mar. 23, 1978. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 35.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
NGUYEN CAO KY
PHAN HUY QUAT
PHAN KHAC SUU
NGUYEN HUU CO
TRAN VAN DO
LU VAN VI
THICH TRI QUANG
VINH THO
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
HO CHI MINH
PHAM VAN DONG
HAROLD WILSON
ARMED FORCES CONGRESS
NGUYEN CAO KY GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
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
PHUOC LONG PROVINCE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
PHUOC THANH PROVINCE
WAR ZONE D
AN XUYEN PROVINCE
THUA THIEN PROVINCE
DANANG
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 21ST INFANTRY DIVISION
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
SOUTH VIETNAMESE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
ETHIOPIA
THAILAND
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
FRANCE
PHILIPPINES
COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' PEACE INITIATIVE
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM
US F-4B JET FIGHTERS
NORTH VIETNAMESE MIG-17 JET FIGHTERS
SOVIET REACTIONS TO COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' PEACE INITIATIVE
VIET CONG POSITION ON AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1979-354A