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A. DANANG. S~-lALL ARMS, r-ORTAR, AND t,RTI LL£RY CONT I NUEO THROUGH THt: NIGHT 0

C-F 30 A~D 31 JANUARY SOUTH Of DANANG 'CITY WHERE THE USMC AIR BASE, IN THE VICINITY OF

• f.'ARBLE !-OUITTAIN, v/AS SUBJECTED TO A SECOND CONSECUTIVE VIET CONG ROCKET ATTACK. THE V:ET 0

CONG SUSTAINED SUBST~NTJAL CASUALTl~S ON TiiE NIGHT OF 29 - 30 JANUARY WHEN SAPPERS ATTACKEu .. ,

I CORPS HQS INFLlalNC NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE TO INSTALLATIONS. THE SECOND VIET CONG GROUND 0

ATTACK AGAINST THt OANANG RIVER BRIDGE WAS EASILY REPULSED BY THE USMC. DANANG AIR BASE

51s FULLY OPERATIVE AFTER A BRIEF CLOSURE.FOR CIVILIAN TRAFFIC ON THE 1-0RNING Or 30 4 3JANUARY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO VIET CONG INSTIGATED INCIDENTS OR TERRORISM ACTS WITHIN 2 ..

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DANANG CITY ITSELF'. A DEt-ONSTRATION AND RALLY TOOK PLACE ON 30 JANUARY AT THE TIN HOA

PACOOA IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSJADE PARTICIPANTS THAT THE VIET CONG HAD WOl-J A SIGNIF"ICANT

VICTORY AND TAKEN OVER THE ~ITY. LITTLE REACTION RESULTED ANO THE GOVE'RNM£NT Of' VIETNAM

(GVN) AUTHORITIES MAD£ A NUMBER Of' ARRESTS. THE GENERAL FEELING A~NG THE MILITARY,

CORDS, AND OURSELVES IS THAT niE VIET CONG ATTACK AGAINST DANANG CITY fAILED IN ITS

INITIAL THRUST AND THEY NO,/ ONLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF HARASSMENT or MILITARY TARGETS

ttlTH r-,JRTARS AND ROCK£TS, CX>MBINEO WITH ISOLATED AND UNCOOROlNATED SAPPER-TYPE ACTIONS.

B. QUANG TRI. bN THE NIGHT OF' 30 - 31 JANUARY, QUANG TRI CITY WAS SUBJECTED

TO A LIMITED ROCKET ATTACK AND VIET CONG INrlLTRATION WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. THE

s:ruATION IS UNDER CONTROL WITH ONLY SPORADIC CONTACT NCN TAKING PLACE IN ONE AREA TO THE

WEST or THE CITY. NO DAMAGE AAS BEEN MADE•TO CAS INSTALLATIONS OR PERSONNEL. UNSATISFACTORY

COt-MJNICATIONS WITH_QUANG TRI PREVENTS A M>R£ DETAILED ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER,

SENIOR PROVINCE ADVl~R f"ELT THAT THE SITUATION IS WELL IN HANO AS Of 1200 HOURS, 31

JANUARY.

C. THUA THIEN. THERE HAS BEEN NO DIRECT REPORT f"ROM RDC/ADVISORS IN AUE AND

UNABLE iO REAOi THEM." :HOW!:VER, FRAGMENTARY AND PARTIAL REPO_RTING THROtlGH CORDS AND . . , . . '-~

MILITARY OfANNELS INDICATES THE VIET CONG OCOJPIED THE CITA _L, SEqt>R HQS, AND A NUMBER ~-._'.\ >. :

or OTHER INSTALLATIONS~ TNE SlnfATION IS UNCLEAR TO COMMAN' °ELEMENTS i-lERE IN OANANG • . -~ . ,;

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t-OST or THE DAY, . 30 JANUARY. KOREAN TROOPS COf.t.11 TTEO .

2 AREAS ANO STABILtZED tHE SITUATION B'f THE t-«>RNING or 3 1 .. ~-. s ~ ..... " ,_.· ,.,.,.

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OTHER DISTRICTS IN QUANG NAM WERE HIT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THE CXTENT or THC DAMAGE AN:,

RELATED DETAILS AR£ NOT YET IN. . .. •·,/~. .,

E. QUANG TIN. TAM KY CITY .CAti UNDER t-ORTAR, SMALL ARMS, ANI' GRoUND ATTACK

AT ~4) Houns, 31 JANUARY, BY ELEMENTS or THE 21ST NVA REGIMENT, AND 72N[> AND 74TH NVA

BATTALIONS. HO,,/EVER f IGHTING HAS NO..J Slf,.f-i(REO OOWN AND THE VIET CONG RD'ULSED WITH

co:~SIJERtG~E LOSSES. RDC/P ADVISOR REPORT~ OVER 100 PRISONERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. THE

GEN(~,\~ f£Ell NG IS THAT fHE VI ET CONG WERE UNSUCCESSfUL IN GAIN I NG OBJEC1 I VE or OCCUPY ltlG

THC CJTY ANO HAVE PAID A HEAVY PRICE.

r. QUANG NGAI. THE CITY AND 8tNH S)N1 SON TINH, AND NGHIA HANH DISTRICT HOS

COME UNDER ATTACK AT o4oo HOURS, 31 JANUARY. THE SITUATION IN THE CITY ACCORDING TO THE

~rx/J tNO PROVINCE SENIOR ADVISOR IS fLUID WITH ELEMENTS or THE 2ND ARVN DIVISION CQt,t,IITTEu.

•TWILL PROBABLY BE LATE AFTERNOON or 31 J~NUARY BEFORE THE PICTURE IS CLEAR E'NOUGH ·ro GIVE . ·. . --~- .

A VALID ASSES~1ENT. .ADVISORS STRESS THAT VIET CONG CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN HEAVY AS OPPOSED

TO LIGHT AL~IEO LOSSES.

2. THE GENERAL OPINION OF THE USMC G-2 Off ICE AND CORDS REPRES£NTATIVES IS THAT THE

VIET CONG HAVE PRETTY WELL SHOT THEIR WAD, FAILED IN OBTAINING THtlR OBJECTIVES, AND HAVE

SUSTAINED HEAVY CASUALTIES. DAMAGE TO UNltED STATES INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT IS

RELATIVELY LIGHT AND OUR WN CASUALTIES ARE SUPRISINGLY fEW. HOWEVER CONTINUED UNCOORDI-;~ ·;i, ~t

NATED GROUND AND ROCKET ATTACKS CAN BE ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 5 ~~ 1f"7I: .. 4 3. ~~DISSEM. CINCPAC ARPAC PACAf PACrLT (ALSO SENT SAIGON). 3 -~

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