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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
March 30, 1966
Date of Declassification:
March 13, 1980
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: government/Buddhist confrontation over transition to civilian rule continues with mass demonstrations and Viet Cong political agitation. Economic situation: the government plans to raise taxes on rents and luxury items but feels it can go no further to comply with the Honolulu agreements; the government increase in rice prices will upset the US Mission plan of lowering and stabilizing prices before increasing the government purchase price; the price of gold has increased and price of the dollar has fallen. Military situation: Viet Cong incidents have increased as have South Vietnamese and US operations; casualty ratios favor US-SVN. Province pacification: An Giang has become a priority area; the returnee (Chieu Hoi) rate and the number of refugees have increased. Bloc developments: DRV is continuing its carefully balanced political support of Peking and Moscow despite Hanoi's participation in the Soviet party congress. Third-country developments: Cambodia has taken steps to prevent the VC from establishing hospitals and settlements in Cambodia but has given the VC rice; the Israeli press has reacted violently to the possibility of Israel's establishing diplomatic relations and providing aid to SVN; New Zealand will increase personnel sent to SVN]. Intelligence and Reporting Subcommittee of the Interagency Vietnam Coordinating Committee Weekly Report, OCI No. 0367/66. Mar. 30, 1966. 24 p., maps. Annex: South Vietnam Battle Statistics [from Mar. 19-26]. 2 p. SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY. SANITIZED copy. Released Mar. 13, 1980. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 49.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
NGUYEN CAO KY
THICH TRI QUANG
THICH TAM CHAU
PHAM VAN LIEU
LE DUAN
CHOU EN-LAI
NORODOM SIHANOUK
VU VAN THAI
DEAN RUSK
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT IN I CORPS
ANTI-US DEMONSTRATIONS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT 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
THUA THIEN PROVINCE
DARLAC PROVINCE
BAN ME THUOT
QUANG DUC PROVINCE
OPERATION SILVER CITY
WAR ZONE D
KIEN TUONG PROVINCE
BA XUYEN PROVINCE
VINH BINH PROVINCE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
BINH THUAN PROVINCE
CAM LY AIRFIELD IN DALAT
BINH TUY PROVINCE
HAU NGHIA PROVINCE
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
PHONG DINH PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
PHU YEN PROVINCE
KHANH HOA PROVINCE
NINH THUAN PROVINCE
LONG KHANH PROVINCE
KONTUM PROVINCE
PLEIKU PROVINCE
PHUOC LONG PROVINCE
QUANG TRI PROVINCE
SOC TRANG PROVINCE
TUYEN DUC PROVINCE
QUANG NAM PROVINCE
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
CAMBODIA
TA KEO PROVINCE
ISRAEL
ARGENTINA
NEW ZEALAND
WEST GERMANY
INTERNATIONAL CONTROL COMMISSION
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1980-353A