1. INCREASE IN CHINESE PRESENCE IN NORTH VIETNAM IN 1969; 2. CONTINUED TENSI

Created: 2/4/1969

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SUBJECT I. INCREASE IN CHINESE PRESENCE IN NORTH VIETNAM IN* 2. CONTINUED TENSIONS PETVEEN SOVIETS AND CHINESE

OF SUGARY,

I. LIFE IS STILL DIFFICULT IN HANOI, AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION II TERMS CF THE FOOD SUPPLY HASNESS IS AVAILABLE NOW THANEAR AGO. THE MARKETS REMAIN SMALL AND CARRYOCAL PRODUCE. THERE IS NO ATTEMPT TO REOPEN THE MAIN CENTRAL MARKET * ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE EVACUATED FROM HANOI AT THE BEG INNING OF THE AMEDICAN BOMBING HAVEO MOST

OFFICIALS STILL REMAIN OUTSIDE THE CITY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO BRING BACK GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT WERE RELOCATED OUTSIDE 1 ANOI DURING THE BOEING.

ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTERIES ARE NO LONGER SEEN IN THE CITY. THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM STRATEGIC AREAS AROUND THE CITY SUBURBS AND SENT TO THE SOUTH .

THERE ARE STILL MANY AREAS IN HANOI THAT ARE RESTRICTED TO FOREIGNERS. INF TW'SE 1REAS NEAR THE MAIN ELECTRIC PLANT IS

A THREE-STORY BUILDING WITH CLOSED WINDOWS THAT WESTERNERS BELIEVE IS USEDRISON FOR CAPTURED AMERICAN PILOTS. IN JANUARY

| SAW a

FROM ONE OF THE UPPER STORY WINDOWS WHICH ARE NORMALLY CLOSED

BUT WHICH ON THIS OCCASION WERE OPEN, ONI- "EEK LATER WHILE PASSING

BY THISIECE OF PAPER

TIEDTRING OR HIRE DANGLING FROM ANOTHER UPPER

STORIED WTHDOW. WHEN HE APPROACHEO THE BUILDING, THE PAPER

WAS ABRUPTLY PULLED BACK INSIDEUARD, WHO SEEMED TO

APPEAR FROMAN UP TO HIM AND TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE

AREA .

A. IN HAIPHONG SPECIAL RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR WESTERN SEAMEN, CHIEFLY SOVIET OR POLISH, AND OTHERS FOR CHINESE SEAMEN. THESE WERE SET UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP CHINESE AND SOVIETSND TO AVERT INCIDENTS SUCH AS HAD OCCURRED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OF NEVERTHELESS, TENSION BETWEEN CHINESE AND SOVIETS CONTINUES, PARTICULARLY IN HAIPHONG ND THERE WERE SEVERAL FIST FIGHTS AND EXCHANGES OF INSULTS BETWEER SMALL GROUPS OF SOVIETS AND CHINESE DURING JANUARY. IN MID-JANUARY,CROSSING THE OOUMER

SECRET

NINH AND WAS TOLD BY SOLDIERS AT THE "OAD JUNCTION AT THE EASTERN END OF THE DOUMER BRIDGE THAT THE ROAD COULD HOT Bp USEn.

ON THE ROAD TO BAC VINH, AND ASKED HIS CHAUFFER WHY H* MS PREVENTED FROM CONTINUING. THE CHA'JFr REPLIED THAT THE SOLDIERS HAD ASSUMED HEOVIET AND THAT THEY DID NOT WANT HIM TO OBSERVE THE0 CHINESE WORJTRS WERE ENGAGED IN -EPAIRING THE DUONG 9RTJ3E.

WUMBER OF CHINESE WORKERS IN NORTH VIETNAMINCREASED SINCE THE BEGINNING OFESPITEFEAR OF LARGE RUM3*RS CF CHINESE. Al OF THENORTH OF HANOI ARE NO" CHIPESE. THEY WEAR SPECIALWORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CHINESE

CADRES

ISOOD FEELING ON THE PART OFIf GENERAL TOWARD THE FRENCH, MANY, SUCH AS DOCTORS WHO HAVE BEEN

EDUCATED IKREAT MEMBERS OF TUE FRENCH DELEGATION WITHOUT CHARGE, EVEN THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY DISCOURAGES

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