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1. ON THE EVENING OF 6 OANANG CITY APPEARED TO
HELD EY GOVERNMENT Cf VIETNAM (GVN) FORCES. THE CURFEW, WHICH
IS0 HOURSO, WAS BEING EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED IN DANANG BY MARINES, AND THE CITY WAS QUIET. THE GVN MOVE TO BRING DANANG BACK UNDER ITS AUTHORITY WAS EXECUTED WITH DISPATCH AND, ON THE WHOLE,
EFFICIENTLY. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE STRUGGLE FORCES WERE TAKENURPRISE, AND ON THE EVENING CFMAY THE ADVANTAGE LAY WITH THE GVN, WHEREAS IN THE MORNING IT LAY WITH THE STRUGGLERS. AFTER IN.TIAL GAINS
IN ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES IN KEY TARGETS, GVN MARINES PULLED BACK AND
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TO CAPTURE TINH HO! PAGODA, THE NEW STRUGGLEO REPORTEDLY THE PRESENT LOCATION Of DANANG MAYOR NGUYEN VAN MAN AND DANANG POLICE CHIEF LUU VAN NGO. OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE DAY SEEMED DESIGNED TO INTIMIDATE DIEHARD STRUGGLERS AND IMPRESS THOSE WHO HAD BEEN FORCED INTO THE STRUGGLE MOVEMENT WITH THE POWER OF THE GVN. TROOPS ROVED THE CITY, FLUSHING OUT STRUGGLE ADHERENTS BUT NEVER PUSHING THEIR FIREPOWER ADVANTAGE TO THE MAXIMUM. PLANES FLEW OVER THE CITY CONTINUOUSLYONSIDERABLE SHOW OF STRENGTH.
PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN CAO KY AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL POLICE LOAN WERE AT THE DANANG AIR BASE DIRECTING THE MOVES Of GOVERNMENT fORCES AND APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION SO THAT IT WILL RESULTINIMUM Of DEATHS AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT COULD CAUSE ADVERSE REACTION FROM THE PECPLE, WHILE STILL FIRMLY REASSERTING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
THE PEOPLE OF DANANG GENERALLY DO NOT SEEM GREATLY DISTURBED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE MARINES. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO OVERIT HOSTILITY TOWARD AMERICANS. THE CIVILIAN POPULACE IS GOING ABOUT ITS BUSINESS, EXCEPT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CLUSTERED AROUND VARIOUS PAGODAS, APPARENTLY AS MUCH OUT OF CURIOSITY AS ANYTHING ELSE. GVN TROOP MORALE APPEARS HIGH.
THERE HASEPORT THAT IOOO "SUICIDE YOUTH" ARE IN DANANG ARMED WITH KNIVES AND GRENADES. AT igOO THE POWER WENT OFF IN THE SECTION
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THE RADIO STATIONS AND THE BUDDHIST SCHOOL. STRUGGLERS WILL PROBABLY TRY TO REGROUP AND, IF NOTHING ELSE, HARASS GVN TROOPS. SHOULD THE STRUGGLERS ACCEPT OEFEAT IN DANANG, THEY WILL PROBABLY CARRY ON IN HUE.
ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION IN HUE SEEMS QUIET FOR THE MOMENT, THE PRESENCEILITARY POWER BASE AMONG UNITS OF THE FIRST DIVISION AND THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF THICH TRI QUANG GIVE THE STRUGGLE FORMIDABLE POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUING.
IN HOI AN, COLONEL DAM QUANG YEU IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE ANDHREAT TO CENTRAL AUTHORITY SECOND ONLY TO THOSE IN HUE. ASO ONAY HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO COERCE BUI QUANGF RCC IN QUANG NAM, TOTATEMENT TO BE USED IN LOUDSPEAKER BROADCASTS IN HOI AN SAYING SAN IS AGAINST THE GVN. YEU ALSO CONTINUES TO USE THE THEME THAT GENERAL WALT AND AMBASSADOR PORTER ARE FOR THE STRUGGLERS. HOWEVER, YEU HAS HIS HANDS FULL, AND CURRENT REPORTING INDICATES THAT ONE COMPANY OF THE
39TH RANGER BATTALION WHICH HOLDS HOI AN AIRPORT IS PRC-GVN. AT LEAST THREE OF THE TOTAL OF.FIFTEEN MlRMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS WOULD COOPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES.
THE MOMENT, THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE SEEMS TO HAVESTRUGGLERS* POTENTIAL TO REACT QUICKLY. HOWEVER, MUCH REMAINS TO
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THE MANNER IN WHICH IT USES THEAI NEDURPRISE WILL DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF THIS MOVE TO REASSERT GOVERNMENT CONTROL BY FORCE Cf ARMS.
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