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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 .

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ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IN THE HANDLING OF FINANCE-ECONOMY-MATTERSi

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- - - 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¢

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2. THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE CONTINUED TO

DETERIORATE, HITH 92 INCIDENTS REPORTED IN VCL A DECEMBER, AND THE

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~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

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.. .. - _,_ ...__.._ __ - ...... _._.. 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

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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

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.- 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.. J I

LATE 1967 MEMBERS OF VC UNITS RECEIVED l5 LITERS "OF RICE, ALONG '

WITH SOME NATION MONEY TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL RICE» THE DOCUMENT DID NOT

WAS,--.BU'I-‘A DID.-INDICATE i STATE WHAT THE OLD RATION-ALLOTMENT. IT TIIAT . i

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES HAD NECESSITATED THE ISSUANCE OF A REVISED

ALLOWANCE. THE onotk ALSO SUSPENDED POCKET MONEY AND ADDITIONAL

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