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5. Communist forces deployed in the northern coastal regionorps continue to be frustrated by their inability toustained military effort against allied targets from Hue to Quang Tri city.
Allied spoiling operations have probably been the principal problem for the enemy in this sector. ocument captured onugust near the district capital of Phu Loc in Thua Thien Province, for example, reveals that the morale andof the North Vietnamese 5th Regiment hassharply because of combat losses, allied air strikes, and sickness, significantly, thewas written prior to an allied operation ofugust which overran the regimental headquarters and inflicted further heavy losses on its subordinate battalions.
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ritical food shortages, due in part torice denial operations, also continue to plague enemy forces in the northern provinces. ecent
based west of Hue has stated that his unit had been forced to redeploy to base areas inhau Valley in order to get rice because none was available in the usually plentiful eastern coastal lowlands. captured documents indicate that theh Regiment and other front line combat units of theront are encountering similar food problems in the Quang Tri city area.
B. The damaging effect of "Typhoon Bess" has further complicated the enemy's already critical rice problem, not only in the northern coastalbut also along the eastern DMZ.
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Hue in the Laotian infiltration corridor. This marks the westernmost position the headquarters has even been known to occupy and further reduces the likelihood of major enemy attacks in the coastal lowlands in the near future.
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