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01ST 24 JANUARY 19(/ ·

SOUTH VIETNAM

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SUM~ARY OF VIET CONG ACTIVITIES IN PLEIKU PROVINCE DURING

DECEMBER 1967

SUMMARY. DURING DECEMBER VIET CONG /VC / ACTIVITIES IN PLE I'KU

PROVINCE WERE PRIMARILY MILITARY-CRIENTED. 3.3(h)(2)

~----~ BATTALION-S_IZE UNITS WERE MANEUVERING FOR POSITIONS FROM

WHICH TO ATTACK U.S. AND GOVERNMENT OF' VIETNAM /rNN/ INSTALLATIONS, ,,. ',,_

·APPAREllTLY AS PART1.0r THE WINTER/SPRING CAMPAIGN IN THE HIGHLANDS.

THE VC CONTINUED TO DIRECT PROPAGANDA AND THREATS AT THE INHABITANTS 5

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VC fFFORTS TO RE~RUIT ADDITIONAL GUERRILLAS AND TO COLLECT RICF A 0

FOOD FROM VILLAGEfh. FtlD SUMMARY.

I • PLEIKU IS ONE OF THE HI"GHLAND PROVINCES WHICH THE VIfT er (j i

/VC/ CLAIM IS TO BE LIBERATED DURING THE WINTER /SPRING CAMPAIGN.

DURING DECEMBER VC ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVINCE WERE PRIMARILY MILJTARY­

ORIENTEO WITH PLATOOM- AND COMPANY-SIZED UNITS IN CONTACT WITH

GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM /GVN/ AND ALLIED FORCES. ON 27 DECEMBER THI-.

VC OVERRAN LE CHI OUTPOST IN LE TRUNG DISTRICT, EAST OF PLEI KU Cl1·y.

TRAFF! ALONG THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN THE PROVINCE WAS CONTINUALLY

HARASSED, WITH SEVERAL MINING INCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 1'1, AS

PART OF THE VC CAMPAIGN TO DISRUPT LINES OF COMMUNICATION. INFOH~IANTS 0 ,,.··

BATTAL10N-SIZE UNITS N~AR ~-------------------_J

Pl.FIim CITY WERE MANEUVERING FOR POSITIONS FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH

ATTACKSON ALLIED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY • . COMPANY TO eATTALION-SIZE UNITS WERE ALSO SIGHTED IN OTHER PARTS OF

THE PROVINCE, WITH INDICATIONS THAT THE \JC ARE PLANNING ATTACKS

SI~ILAR TO THE ONE ON THE LE CHI OUTPOST.

2. VC PROPAGANDA DURING THE MONTH WAS AIMED AT INFLUENCING PEOPLF

LIVING IN GVN•CONTROLLED AREAS TO RETURN TO VC AREAS. CONSIDERABLE ~ . . ~

5 PROPAGANDA AND. THREATS OF' REP'iUSAL;; WERE DIRECTED AT THE INHABITA !HS 4 3 2 1

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OF THF GVN' SF.OAP ENA NG RESETTLEMENT CENTER. VC PROPAGANDA LECTUU:~

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3. u.s. SPECIAL FoqcE~ REPORTED THAT THr

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GI/\ LAI VC PROVINCE COMMITTEE INTENDS TO RECRUIT 2A~ MEN Af.11) EIGHT

t·.1CWn! FOR TvlO LOCAL GI.IERRitLA COff1PANIES. IT IS NOT YET CL FAR

i·J1:r.11i'."::H THESE RECRUITS ARE fJEEDED AS REPLACEMENTS FOR COl\113AT

LOSSES OR TO FORM NEW UNITS WHICH COULD SIGNAL AN EXPANSION OF

GUERRILLA FORCES IN -THE PROVINCE • . 4. THE VC DO NOT ~PPEAR TO HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PROBLEMS IN THE

FRC\JH'CE. THEY ARE PROBABLY SHORT OF FOOD SUPPLIES BUT APPARENTLY HAVE

ENOUGH TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS. I

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