VIET CONG DIRECTIVE TO EXPLOIT PRESENT UNREST AND DIS-SENSION IN GOVERNMENT TO

Created: 3/29/1966

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VIET CONG DIRECTIVE TO EXPLOIT PRESENT UNREST ANDIN GOVERhKL'mr TO INCREASE VIET CONG MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY

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ONIET CONG (VC) DIRECTIVE WAS ISSUED, PRESUMABLY BY THE VC MY THO PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE (GVN OINH TUONGRDERING ALL VC ELEMENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OP CURRENT DISSENSION OVER THE OUSTERORPS COMMANDER GENERAL NGUYEN CHANH THI BY STEPPING UP BOTH MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. THE DIR-ECTIVE POINTS OUT THAT THE THI FACTION HAS REACTED STRONGLY TO THI'S REMOVAL AND HAS GIVEN ORDERS TO VN MILITARY TO PREPARE FOR MILITARY

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HOWEVER, CONTROLS THE MILITARY AND THEREONSEQUENT CONTROVERSY WITHIN GVN RANKS, ACCORDING TO THE VC DIRECTIVE.

2. TO EXPLOIT THIS SITUATION, THEREFORE, THE VC HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO "FIND EVERY MEANS OF WEARING DOWN AND ANNIHILATING THE ENEMY." THE MEANS ARE TOTEP-UP IN SABOTAGE AND ROAD INTERDICTION ACTIVITIES, AN INCREASE IN DEPLOYMENT OF GUERRILLA AND ENGINEER TROOPS FOR ATTACKS ON VEHICLES AND DESTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, CONTINUED DESTRUCTION OF STRATEGIC HAMLETS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO BREAK THE GVN'S ADMINISTRATIVE GRIP IN CERTAIN AREAS, ANDOF VC MILITARY PROSELYTING ELEMENTS INTO DISSENTING GVN

GROUPS IN ORDER TO WEAKEN THE MORALE OF THESE GROUPS AND CAMPAIGN

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