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Title:
Assessment of Viet Cong plans and capabilities of disrupting 3 September elections
Date of Creation:
August 28, 1967
Date of Declassification:
September 20, 1979
Type of Document:
Intelligence information cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
19 p.
Abstract:
Assessment of Viet Cong plans and capabilities of disrupting 3 September elections [propaganda, terrorism, harassment, and military activity are planned for before, during, and after election day; the VC see the elections as a threat, because elections would make the South Vietnamese govt. legitimate, and as an opportunity, because they might result in a period of political instability; VC efforts will probably not have a great effect on the elections except in select areas; VC planning includes pre-election kidnappings and assassinations, election day ambushes and shellings and assaults on polling places, and post-election propaganda questioning the legitimacy of the voting]. Intelligence Information Cable, TDCS-314/12922-67. Aug. 28, 1967. 19 p. Security classification not given. SANITIZED copy. Released Sept. 20, 1979. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, CIA Intelligence Information Cables, July 27-Aug. 31, 1967.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
NGUYEN CAO KY
1967 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES
DISRUPTION OF 1967 ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SOUTH VIETNAMESE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION
SPRING 1967 VILLAGE AND HAMLET ELECTIONS


Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1980-30A