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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
January 26, 1966
Date of Declassification:
June 10, 1991
Type of Document:
Weekly report
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
20 p., 2 maps
Abstract:
Activity initiated by the Viet Cong fell sharply during the four-day period of their announced Tet cease-fire, but more than 100 Communist-initiated incidents were nevertheless reported. Viet Cong activity for the week ending 22 January, however, showed a slight increase over the previous week in both the number and intensity of actions reported, reflecting a pre-Tet upsurge. Viet Cong activity since the end of the cease-fire period is reverting toward more normal levels, although no large-scale actions have yet been reported. South Vietnamese and allied operations, prior to the Tet stand-down, reported no major contacts with the enemy, but continued to record cumulative results of some significance. The lunar new year holidays effectively quashed pre-Tet coup rumors, but there continues to be some evidence of minor friction among the ruling generals in Saigon. A Tet appeal for negotiations to end the war by a ranking Buddhist monk, and a prayer-for-peace ceremony in Hue at the end of Tet, raise the possibility that the Buddhists may be gearing up for a possible peace campaign.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
NGUYEN CAO KY
HENRY CABOT LODGE
TRAN VAN DON
BUI DIEM
NGUYEN HUU CO
VINH LOC
THICH TAM CHAU
THICH TINH KHIET
NGUYEN CHANH THI
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MONTAGNARD SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
BUDDHIST POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
UNIFIED BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
RETAIL PRICES IN SAIGON
GOLD PRICES IN SAIGON
CURRENCY PRICES IN SAIGON
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG CASUALTIES
VIET CONG WEAPON LOSSES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CASUALTIES
SOUTH VIETNAMESE WEAPON LOSSES
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
CHIEU HOI PROGRAM
RETURNEE PROGRAM
QUANG NAM PROVINCE
DANANG
HUE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
TAM KY
BINH DINH PROVINCE
BINH LONG PROVINCE
LONG KHANH PROVINCE
KIEN TUONG PROVINCE
CAN THO
NATIONAL ROUTE 1
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
JAPAN
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS


Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1992-003133
Link to Full Text:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0410694003