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Title:
Situation report as of 1800 hours local time, 6 April 1968
Date of Creation:
April 6, 1968
Date of Declassification:
August 4, 1992
Type of Document:
Intelligence information cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
3 p.
Abstract:
In the last 24 hours there have been no significant new developments in either public opinion, or government reaction to the propects of exloratory talks with Hanoi. Ky has met several times with President Thieu today and that the two have agreed that Thieu should go on television soon to explain the new situation and the government stand to the people. A tentative agreement to call for full mobilization has also been reached, the same source reports, and Minister of Defense General Nguyen Van Vy has been charged with drawing up a detailed mobilization plan; public announcement of mobilization is not expected before the middle of next week.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1993-001247
Link to Full Text: