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Title:

Situation in South Vietnam

Date of Creation:

June 27, 1966

Date of Declassification:

November 24, 1993

Type of Document:

Weekly report

Level of Classification:

SECRET

Status of Copy:

SANITIZED

Pagination, Illustration:

22 p., 2 maps

Abstract:

Political situation: Developments in I Corps; Saigon Buddhist Institute raided; Policy differences within Buddhist leadership; Ky government buoyed by success. Revolutionary development: Cadres; Status of National Priority Areas in May; Viet Cong defectors (Chieu Hoi). Economic situation: GVN economic reforms; Rationale for the reforms; Prices; Currency and gold; Rice; Port operations. Annex: Weekly retail prices in Saigon; South Vietnam economic indicators: foreign exchange reserves; commercial and military discharge: Saigon; cost of living index; money supply; rice stocks: Saigon and delta; rice deliveries: delta to Saigon.

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:

1994-001861

Link to Full Text:

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=04110136008