$77 7 _ =_.__T . ’" ~- Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C05072861 ‘ mm! nu - 3: ' " RECEI.M5?“ DLAC525' _ i959;:E323 03 '7 00 . 35¢; _ A 02 7741R 0540718 - zxzx 00 ZSL DE _ 0 2506572 ZYH _ FM 010 ' // » - T0 WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM I _ . - sso ACSI DA - '0 sso ARLINGTON HALL STATION ; AFSSO USAF - - I - _ 000 ¢-—* _ __I;.e%: _ I 13%;;/1s1c A A /IT"./"“/(13 N13 LFvru fieIQ:-~e**"*‘ DIRNSA commawn CENTER _*_ " - ***** stars (RC1) - CIA—OCI . - . zsm _ - c-0 0 F 1 0 E 0 T 1 A L ueeeew-cxrz TDCS—514/05265-68 (ADVANCE) - ' couwrav souru VIETNAM '. -‘ I - - <» - 3.3(h)(2) \ \ _ _‘ _ SUBJECT ENEMY PLANS T0 ATTACK AND OCCUPY KONTUM, PLEIKU, . u h ._ PHU BON AND DARLAC PROVINCES IN II CORPS AC9 3.3(h)(2) _ SOURCE 1 - A 1» IN NID-FEBRUARY 1968, VIET CONS (VC) INFILTRATORS IN PLEIKU CITY, PLEIKU PROVINCE, WERE INFORMED THAT ONE . , NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) DIVISIONy DESIGNATION UNKNOWN, ACCOMPANIED BY CHINESE COMMUNIST (CHICON) ADVISORS, WAS - NOVING FROM DAK TO, KONTUN PROVINCE, TO DARLAC PROVINCE IN ORDER TO ATTACK BAN NE THUOT CITY, DARLAC. ANOTHER DIVISION WAS SCATTERED IN DAK.SUT DISTRICT, KONTUN, IN ORDER TO Y BLEIKUh%mIHE.DATEJOF . ATTACK¢DAKwIO,.KONTUM.PROVINCE,.AND THE ATTACKS WAS NOT GIVEN BUT THEY WOULD BE LAUNCHED SIMULTANEOUSLY AFTER THE ATTACKS, THE DIVISION STRIKING AT ' DARLAC WOULD COMBINE WITH THE DIVISION ATTACKING KONTUN AND PLEIKU FOR THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPYING THE FOUR PROVINCES OF KONTUM, PLEIKU, PHU BON AND DARLAC. BY MID-FEBRUARY-THE VC HAD COMPLETED PREPARATIONS FOR THESE TWO DIVISIONS TO 'LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON KONTUN, PLEIKU AND PHU BON.' Q" . _ 1-’1‘°Y=3'_F§{‘0i“1‘ c°Py Xe?“ __7Apbr0ved for Release: _ _ T ' ‘ T. Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C05072861 5 Z. BEFORE ATTACKING, THE NVA PLANNED TO MORTAR THE CITIES SO THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD DIG TRENCHES WHICH THE ' NVA WOULD LATER SEIZE AND FIGHT FROM AS THEY HAD DONE IN HUE. THE ATTACKS WOULD BE STRONGER THAN THE ATTACKS IN HUE AND _DANANG, HOWEVER, BECAUSE "ONE HUNDRED SOVIET TANKS" IN PLACE ON THE VIETNAM/CAMBODIA BORDER WERE READY TO TAKE PART IN 3.3(h)(2) THE BATTLE. -THE BATTLE WOULD BE A TESTING OF THE ABILITY OF GVN AND AL IED FORCES TO DEFEND THE HIGHLANDS IN II CORPS. 3;xhH2) HAVE T A THAT VC/NVA ATTACKS ON THE CAPITALS OF THESE ' ' PROVINCES ARE THHTRRRT, BUT DATES HAVE'BEEN VARIOUS, RANGING " TRQH EARLY To LATE FEBRUARY. T HE PRESENCE OF-CHINESE ADVISORS w1TH ENEMY UNITS, HOWEVER, IS DOUBTFUL. AT LEAST, REPORTS . OF CHINESE IN souTH VIETNAM IN THE PAST HAVE NEVER BEEN ' SUBSTANTIATED. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE "CHINESE" ARE NORTH . VIETNAMESE, POSSIBLY FROM THE AREAS EORDERING CHINA. 1T IS ALso POSSIBLE THAT THR ALLEGED PRESENCE OF CHINESE HAs BEEN INSPIRED BY ENEMY PROPAGANDA. \RTPoRTzn skxhxz) THAT ON 15 FEBRUARY 1968, IN THE\ KONG cAHe AREA OF PLEIKU PROVINCE, A GUERRILLA SQUAD LEADER OF ZONE III GAVE THE . FOLLOWING PITCH To VILLAGERS WHILE RECRUITING LAsoHERs To CARRY WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION: "oua FINAL VICTORY wTLL BE wow IN THE LAsT PART OF-FEBRUARY 1968. _BESIDES THE NVA TROOPS, THE CHINESE w1LL COME To FIGHT AMERICANS". THE . 4. '[::::]n1ssEH= IFFV - -s;xhH2) CORDS 11 CORPS . SAIGON DISSEM: STATE HAcv 7TH AF CINCPAC ARPAc PACAF PACFLT - - - - GP-I _ . __ A50 ~- - . NNNN - . \ 0 .-:15 - - . _ . ‘ COPY Xerox froni Qixiek . T @;jr0ved f0r_Re|ease: 2019/O4/17 CO@2861 . 7 .