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1. UMMARY -FORTY DISTRICT AND REGION LEVEL CADRES
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MERE ARRESTED IH VIET CONG/VC/ MILITARY REGIONETWEEN 31 AND 31 FOUR OF THESE WERE MEMBERS OF THEARTY COMMITTEE, TWO WEREF THE DI AN DISTRICT" PARTY COMMITTEE, AND ONEEMBER OF THE THU DUC DISTRICT PARTY COMMITTEE. FUNCTIONALLY^ THECONOMIC-FINANCE SECTION HAS LOST ITS CHIEF AND FOUR OTHER CADRES, AND THE WORKERS'PROSELYTING SECTION HAS LOST '
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ITS CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF, AND FOUR OTHER CADRES. IH SAIGON, THE MARKET PARTY COMMITTEE HAS LOST THREE CAORES. IN ADDITION, FRONT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH'.AS THE LIBERATION WOMEN'SAND TKE VIETNAM HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER'S ORGANIZATION HAVE SUFFERED ITH THE LATTER PROBABLY CRIPPLED. THE ELIMINATION OF THESE CADRES FROM THENFRASTRUCTURE HASEVERE CRIMP IN VC POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF CIVILIAN PROSELYTING. FEW OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF CADRES. OPERATIONS IN THE SAIGON-CHOLON TfiBAN AREA HAVE BEEN HARD HIT AND, ALTHOUGH RURAL VC ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL RELATIVELY INTACT AND THE VC STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR SABOTAGE, ASSASSINATION AND SMALL-SCALE ATTACKS, IT IS PR03ABLE THAT MANY VCLANS7 HAVE HAD TO BE POSTPONED OR CANCELLED./
2. FORTY DISTRICT AND REGION LEVEL VIETAORe'frCW VC MILITARY REGION /MR/ERE ARRESTED"" FROM
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VIETNAM /GVN/. /FIELD COMMENT - VC MR 4 COMPRISES SAlGON-CKOLON AND THE DISTRICTS OF BINH TAN, CU CHI, DI AN, GO MOW, NGA BE AND THU DUG*/ SINCE MANY OF THOSE CADRES ARRESTED HELD SEVERAL, INTERRELATED POSITIONS,THEIR LOSS TO THE MR 4 INFRASTRUCTURE IS EVEN MORE SERIOUS. /FIELD COMMENT -MKMY HAD POSITIONS IN BOTH THE PARTY AND FRONT. SEVEN WERE OFFICIALS OF TKE FRONT ONLY./ FOUR OF THOSE ARRESTED, LE TK1 RIENG, TRAN QUANG TINH, LE VAN TU, AND HUYNH MINK TUAN, HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF THEARTY COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO OTHER POSITIONS. TWO MEMBERS OF THE DI AN DISTRICT COMMITTEE, NGUYEN NGU DANG AND NGUYEN VAN TR AN HO, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE THU DUC DISTRICT COMMITTEE, TRAN VAN TAW, WERE INCLUDED IN THE ARRESTS. THE ECONOMIC-FINANCE SECTION OF THEOMMITTEE HAS LOST LE GUANG KIEN, TRAN DINH LONG, NGUYEN VAN MUOI, WHO HAS BEEN DESCRIBEDEADER IN THE SECTION, NGUYEN THANH TOT, AND LE CANG TANHQ, THE CHIEF OF THE SECTION. THE INTELLECTUALS* rROSETYT'NG UNITS OF THEOMMITTEE HAS LOST NGUYEN THI CHONE5F, LE NGOC LAN, TRAN KHIEM NINH, AND TRAN VAN TAM.
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CHIEF, LAM UAH HUONG, NGUYEN VAN HAH, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE STRATEGIC ENTERPRISESGUYEN THI PHUNG, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE LIBERATION LABOR ASSOCIATION IN THE KHANH HOI AREA OFE VAN TU, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THEUYNH MINHADRE IN THE STRATEGIC ENTERPRISESND TRAN VAN HOA. IN SAIGON, THEARXET PARTY COMMITTEE HAS LOST THREEU OM, NGUYEN VAN THANH AND NGUYEN THI TUYET.
A. OTAL OF THIRTEEN KEY MEMBERS OF SEVERAL VC FROST ORGANIZATIONS WERE ALSO ARRESTED. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOST ONE MEMBER, THE LIBERATION LABOR ASSOCIATION LOST TWO MEMBERS, THE LIBERATION WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION LOST THREE MEMBERS, AND THE VIETNAM HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNION LOST SEVEN MEMBERS, INCLUDING ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL, NGUYEN VAS, AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
5. ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT OF THE ARRESTED CADRES IS LENG, WHO HASARTY MEMBERB Sll OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM /NFLSV/ SHE HASEADER IN THE FIELD OF WOMEN'S PROSELYTING SINCE
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VIET KINK DAYS. ANOTHER ARRESTED CADRE IS NGUYEN THI CHON,EADER IN WOMEN'S PROSELYTING AND THE WIFE OF TRAM BACH DANG, WHO IS BELIEVED TO STILLN CHARGE OF PROPAGANDA AND TRAINING FOR THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF SOUTH VIETNAM /COSVN/. HIRD DETAINEE, NGUYEN HUU QUE, AN INTELLECTUALS' PROSELYTING CADRE, REPORTEDLY WORKED FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE IN HANOI PRIORND TRAM OJANG TINH, WHO WAS ARRESTED ONEPORTEDLY WAS ALSO AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN HANOI. CONCLUSION
7. THE ELIMINATION OF THESE FORTY DISTRICT- AND -REGION-LEVEL CADRES FROM THETRUCTURE WILL UNDOUBTEDLYEVERE CRIMP INTO THE VC'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OPERATIONS IN THE SAIGON AREA, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF CIVILIAN PROSELYTING. THIS IS DUE NOT ONLY TO THE LOSS OF THESE CADRES, SOME OF THEM WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO TO THE PRESENT SHORTAGE OF VC REPLACEMENT CADRES INREA. LE THI RIEHGTATED AFTER HER ARREST THAT SHE DOUBTS SHE WILL BE REPLACED
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SS ASSUKSDHE REMAINING MEMBERS OF HER SECTION AND HER IMMEDIATE SUPERIORS. THIS SITUATION IS ALSO TRUE OF OTHER PARTY ORGANIZATIONS IN MR 4.
OPERATIONS WITHIN THE SAIGON-CHOLON URBAN COMPLEX HAVE BEEN HIT PARTICULARLY HARD, AND IT WILL BE SOMETIME BEFORE THE VC WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER. HOWEVER, THE RURAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL BASICALLY INTACT, AND, WHATEVER THEIR SHORTCOMINGS AND WEAKNESSES, STILL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATIONAL BASE FROM WHICH TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE.
IN ADDITION, THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION WITHINTILL MAINTAINS THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT SABOTAGE, ASSASSINATIONS, AND SMALL SCALE ATTACKS, WHICH CAN KEEP THE URBAN AREA UNSETTLED. THUS IT ISSI3LE TO SAY THAT THE VC THREAT TO MR 4, OR EVEN TO SAIGON, HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. THE THREAT HAS, HOWEVER, CEEN SERIOUSLY DETERREDHE LOSS OF THESE CADRES, AND IT IS LI KELY THE VC HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL MANY OF7 PLANS. KAKES. POSITION. DATES Or ARREST
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