Viet Cong Activities Summary, Bien Hoa Province, December 1967
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Q l l A -""°’*°' SUMMARY or vmr com ACTIVITIES IN” BIEN lIOA- PROVINCE I I __ ' L_ 3_8<h><2> DURING DECEMBER 1967 " ACQ SOURCE SUMMARY-- DURING DECEMBER THE VIET CONG '/VC/ SHIFTED THEIR' EMPHASIS FROM POLITICAL TO MILITARY ACTIVITY. THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE DETERIORATED AS THE‘ VC INCREASED -|I' -‘I; MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES» THE NUMBER OF RALLIERS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THE CHIEU H01; /OPEN ARMS/ CENTER DECLINED AGAIN IN DECEMBER. CAPTURED‘ENEMY-DOCUMENTS LISTED THREE PROBLEMS FACING . THE VC-- /l/ THE DEFECTION OF"YOU'I'H INTO GVN-CONTROLLED AREAS, I-IDSHIFGI . I-I5-Iflllifil QIONF T|AL N0 F 1331314 I cation dmcm con rah - ' Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C05072257 Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C05072257 "Q;-1:: ""‘ IZ "" I i 35¢» \ \ \ ,5 PAGE{2 or 6 mass 1‘: - ,,.-,m- ~ ,,¢-- ' _ >- “gm dlnemeontrola /2! A SHORTAGE OF CASH AND, /31 IRREGULARITIES AND POOR 5 ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IN THE HANDLING OF FINANCE-ECONOMY-MATTERSi A A *; END SUMMARY» 5 - - - 1--~- POLICY ... ., _ 4i 1-“. I. DURING DECEMBER THE VIET CONG IVCI CONTINUED THEIR OVERALL , POLICY OF ATTEMPTING TO DEFEAT GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM /GUN/'AND .ALLIED-MILITARY FORCES AND ASSUME GOVERNMENTAL POWER. HOWEVER, THE METHOD BY WHICH THIS POLICY IS TO BE PURSUED HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST THEE MONTHS. ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF OF A VIETNAMESE CIVIC AND POLITICAL ACTION ORGANIZATION AND COMPETENT AMERICAN ‘ OBSERVERS IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE THE VC HAVE}SHIFTED'THEIR EMPHASIS" FROM POLITICAL TO MILITARY ACTION. U.S. MILITARY OBSERVERS IN III CORPS BELIEVE THAT DURING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CURRENT VC WINTER-SPRING CAMPAIGN THE VC WILL INCREASE THEIR MILITARY ACTIVITY AS THEY PUSH FOR A MORE FAVORABLE MILITARY AND POLITICAL POSITION» . ‘ A VC NOTEBOOK CAPTURED IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE CALLED THE BIEN HOA AREA THE"'MOBILE POINT" AND "GATE'I TO SAIGON¢ 1 OPERATIONS " 2. THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE, HITH 92 INCIDENTS REPORTED IN VCL A DECEMBER, AND THE ' ' -- ->"=,-'-"._"~.'1" . -.-.. ..-.~ srzvvsn up THEIR MILITARY ACTIVITY. n-wiafiinl-G1 THEREIWEREQEHREE BATTALIONQE 1-nbafalnbql sxzso ATTA IN THE PROVINCE ounxue THE MONTH,AS comranso wxrn ~ I 0 cot au1gAn'QjgmmmfiEW Q $1 ‘ _\ _ - V ~~ ‘ \ I 5 A .,__. \ , » , ' 0 ‘ P ».$m\1m.-.'L - ‘ - , . L Q ‘ ’ ‘ - W, Approved for Release; 2019/03/29 C05072257 _ d ‘_ - ~— ' "\' _-.-.-_ .- —-—--— ';‘v\\raK'-v ‘,_ --1 ' " . \ “' Approved 2019/03/29 C05072257 In for___Re|ease: . _ 1 R ~ IN 4'; ‘ 35R: ? ‘ ‘ 1 ' ‘ » or was 3. 6 mass ‘“ ' ~ "" 1-1' ,-*"'"' T ‘I -v . 4 . O_ OONFI IAL no:-"onmmx an - ~1~~@-'L=@~¢r@1-L - _E'"‘°'!) _ A---~ J -~ ~--E» > ___... I - --+-- TWO ounxus NOVEMBER. ‘THE most SPECTACULAR vc ACTION AND THE ems E THAT UNDOUBTEDLY MOST IMPRESSED THE LOCAL POPULATION WAS THE ' M’ 1 SUCCESSFUL 21 DECEMBER ATTACK ON THE REGIONAL/PROVINCIAL CHIEU HOI /OPEN ARMSI CENTER. ONE GVN PROPAGANDA WORKER WAS KILLED , DURING THE ATTACK AND_EIGHT OTHERS WERE,WOUNDED- OTHER SIGNIFICANT; ' I : MILITARY ACTIONS BY THE VC INCLUDED ATTACKS ON THREE DISTRICT TOWNS 1 AND AN ATTACK ON THE THAI REGIMENT IN NHON TRACH DISTRICT‘ y 3. ATTACKS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM AGAINST GVN WORKERS AND 1 ' N OFFICIALS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL DECLINE IN THE SECURITY SITUATION. ON SDECEMBER THE VC ATTACKED THE REGIONAL FORCES MEI T COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN BIEN HOA CITY, KILLING 5 RF TROOPS AND at-‘J WOUNDING 3 OTHERS. TWO MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE MILITARY SECURITY SERVICE WERE ASSASSINATED IN BIEN HOA CITY, ONE OF THEM BY A FEMALE VC TERRORIST. ACCORDING TO A U-S. PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISER, THE VC MADE A NUMBER OF THREATS DURING THE MONTH AGAINST CENSUS GRIEVANCE WORKERS AND, ACCORDING TO CENSUS GRIEVANCE RECORDS, ONE OF ITS WORKERS WAS ASSASSINATED BY THE VC DURING DECEMBER. ‘ 4-A THE VC PROPAGANDA TARGET SHIFTED AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME _.... .--.~_---»._-._ .. _ ___ _ _ IN AS MANY MONTHS» IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER_IT WAS THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS-IN NOVEMBER TH ATTACK CENTERED ON _ "X ""'l§\'aI|hGl'l THE NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT, WHICH WAS CALLED A "TOOL OE THE J-lI\IfiI|hO'I ‘ AMERICANS". nzcr-zmarsn vc mom NDAZEROED 1» 051 rm: Pnoposan 9 OONF EN!I.‘IAI:NOFO- SID! tau din m 1| ro ______L L _ ______fi_L_ M ,__L___ ___ ,_____‘ ' - l - . Approved for Re|ease:72019/03/29 . C0507225Z i 7 Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C05072257 .\ Tr " 1 '." &. -35¢; \~ \ I ' PAGE 4 or 6 moss 4 . ‘< ‘ 1 \ .,_‘ - . hd _ ‘ _ 00NFI:::fIALlNF cnmwm Y cation diucm control: - evn DRAFT LAW, wuxcn WOULD LOWER THE DRAFT AGE T0 Ts. THE cnxar or ; POLITICAL ACTION GROUP IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE FEELS - A CIVIC AND 2 k ‘ THAT THE PROPAGANDA MAY BE HAVING SOME EFFECT AMONG STUDENTS. H I . - \ THAT vc PROPAGANDA ALSO SAID THAT INFORMATION REACHING HIM suesssrs 5 1 \ ‘ls MORE EFFECTIVE 1n RURAL AREAS THAN IN THE uasau AREAS. as ‘E .. .. - _,_ ...__.._ __ - ......_._.. VI . ‘I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE_EACT THAT§RURAL AREAS ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO“m'1 THE VC AND THAT PEOPLE IN RURAL OR REMOTE AREAS MAY FEEL THAT THE VC ARE GAINING¢ I 5. VC TAX COLLECTION ACTIVITIES INCREASED DURING DECEMBER. VNORMAL RICE HARVEST ACTIVITIES AND THE NEED FOR EXTRA FOOD AND FUNDS 1FOR THE TET CELEBRATIONS PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR PART OF THE INCREASE- HOWEVER, INCREASED VC MILITARY ACTIVITY, WHICH REQUIRED MORE FUNDS AND FOOD, PROBABLY WAS THE_MAJOR REASON FOR INCREASED TAXATION¢ ORGANIZATION A -~ ~6-' A CAPTURED VC PERSONNEL REPORT REVEALED THAT IN MID~l967 THE VC THU DAU MOT PROVINCE /GVN BINH DUONG AND PART OF BIEN HOA PROVINCESI CLAIMED AHPROVINCIML HEADQUARTERS STRENGTH OF I32-PERSONS. ANOTHER 388 PERSONS wonxzu IN AUXILIARY sznvrcss AND suv PERSONS wane LOCATED in TAN uvsn nrsrnrcr, BIEN uoa PROVINCE. /THE LATTER rxeuns 5 INCLUDED TWO-VC DISTRICT COMPANIES/. THE STRENGTH OF THE 4 3 PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS AND ITS SUBORDINATE OFFICES ILLUSTRATES THE 0-nbafinh-GI’! 2 . IMPORTANT MILITARY ND SUPPLY FUNCTIONS OF THIS ORGANIZATION. I I . cour m1AnjmmmfE$m' I .' o . A ,_ M I 2 L -7-mm - Approved for Release: 2019/O3/29 C05072257 _ A j t I mm __ "'___,_,v_,_,_€______V . .- - - —~~1.~' ._ 7 . av -A Approved for 2019/03/29 C05072257 ,_,._. Re|ease_: _ v - nu -A. V I‘, 35¢; _ _ PAGE 5 QF6 PAGE5 A? conrxn IALNO I _ mummm A c din m control: . ' _ PROBLEMS ' - a - I K/“T 7. A CAPTURED REPORT OF THE PEOPLES’ REVOLUTIONARY PARTY vPRP/ 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VC BA BIEN PROVINCE COMMITTEE STATED THAT i I IN EARLY AND MID-I967 ALLIED MILITARY OPERATIONS HAD HINDERED 1 " nzcnuxrmsur xuro PARTY onsnwxznrxous. THE oocumzwr STATED THAT IN JULY, AUGUST AND szvrzmssn somz znn msmasns or LOCAL vc YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS HAD DEFECTED TO GVN~CONTROLLED AREAS. THIS INFORMATION N SUGGESTS THAT NOT ALL RALQIERS END UP IN CHIEU HOI CENTERS. RATHER, / IT SEEMS THAT MANY SUCH PEOPLE JUST RESUME UNOBTRUSIVE ROLES IN T THEIR HOME AREAS. IN DECEMBER THERE WERE ONLY FOUR RALLIERS, A ‘I I I FURTHER DECLINE FROM THE YEAR'S PREVIOUS LON OF ll IN NOVEMBER. 8. A CAPTURED BA BIENPROVINCET1NANCE~ECONOMY CIRCULAR|GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SECTION. THE CIRCULAR_ STATED THAT PROGRESS IN FINANCIAL MATTERS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE PROVINCE_IN EARLY 1967. IT ADMITTED, nownvnn, THAT NUMEROUS . “FINANCIAL DEFICIENOIESTSTILL EXISTEDTAND INCLODED THE IMPROPER REQUISITIONING OF FOOD, MERCHANDISE AND EQUIPMENT, WHICH FOSTERED ABUSE AND CORRUPTION, THE COLLECTION OF GOODS AND MONEY FROM HEALTHY SOURCES WHILE NEGLECTING POOR CONTRIBUTORS, THE LACK OF "CONTROL IN THE CONFISCATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE LACK OF FREQUENT INSPECTIONS, INVENTORIES AND TAXATION REPORTS I v-inc»:-luv wuumm 9. TO __ ACCORDING A VIETNAMESE CIVIC AND POLITICAL ACTION ISIS Ii§flTEAM_ -- ~ 0 courtffnmxhn mimnm+mfiF;IIITI. clan dluum ro_h ‘ ' ' ' - - for Release: 2019/03/29 - - _Approved 005072257 \ _ Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C05072257 - /-‘» . IN \ .1‘; 35¢» ' Q A A A 1; PAGE 6 OF G PAGES 4.: I M » . 0 13$ .5.’ conr nm1ALm&mmmrm$m _ n dumn mnlrnh - ____L_, 2 __,_,,__,_ 2,____,_ 1,_,,_,,_,,L_ T REPORT THE vc ARE not FACING A CRITICAL FOOD SHORTAGE IN BIEN non § Rggyxucz. THEY pp, nowsvsn, EXPERIENCE DIFFIQULTIES IN PROCUREMENT .- OF FOOD SUPPLIES BECAU§E OF ALLIED OPERATIONS. A CAPTURED DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE VC BA BIEN FINANCE-ECONOMY SECTION STATED T1[1\'1‘ 1151.