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1. SET FORTH BFLCURAHSTATICS OF AN ANALYSIS CF THF. PRESENT SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) AS VIEWED BY THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (VC).
2. THE REVOLUTION IN SV* IS PASSING SOW DTTO TEE PREPARATORY PHASEENERAL OFFENSIVE TO LIBERATE IT (SVH) AND SETEOPLE'S UNION DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, BUT AMERICAS IATEKVENT1CN HAS POSTPONED TBAT PEASE. THE US' HALF SUCCESS IS DUE TO USE OF CCUNTEPCUERRILLA TACTICS, BUT MOPPING UP OPERATIONS WILL LEAD TO DEFFAT BECAUSE (DISCRIMINATE) KILLINGS WELL PUSH TEX PEOPLE TOWARD THE PEVOLUTICtlASY PARTY. EN TEE FUTURE THE FRONT FOR TEE LIBERATION CF SVN, WTTfl
SUUICT VIETNAMESE COMMLWIST ANALYSTS OF EFFXCT3 OF INCREASED US MILITARY AID TO GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM .
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IT AND ITS BATE-AMERICA IDEALS, WILL GETERCENT SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE. OH THE MILITARY STEE/THE US EAS USED ULTRA-MODERN MECHANIZED WEAPONS TO DESTROY ARMED UNITS EI TACTICS OF AREA PACIFICATION. THUS HARRASSED, THE VC ARE NEVER SECURE. THEIR POLICIES MUST HOW AIM AT TBE INTERNAL SITUATION AND AT UPHOLDING TEE EARESEIP-BEARING SPIRIT. MEANWETLE, VC ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT YET EXIST, 3UT TEE FECPLE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY TEE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF TEE PARTY. ECONOMICALLY, VC AGRARIAN REFORMS HAVE SOLVED TEE LAND PROBLEM FOR THE PEASANTS AND NOW CONSTITUTE THE FOOD SOURCE FOR THE TPCCPS AND CADRES. COMMENT. VC AGRARIAN REFORMS" REFER TO THE DE FACTO LAND EXPROPRIATIONS CONTACTED BY THE VIET MOTH DURING^ WAR.) FOREST AND SEA RESOURCES ARE STILL SECONDARY AND BRING HI ONLY SOME SUPPORT EN TEE FORM OF TAXES. THE VC ARE MEETING GREAT DIFFICULTIES AT THE PRESENT TIKE, BUT THE SVN PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED BY tNTERNATTONAL POLITICS AND INTERNAL MILITARY. STRONG ATTACKS. COMMENT. THE SOLUTION THROUGH "INTERNATIONAL POLITICS" REFERS TO THE BELIEF THAT, IF THE VC CAN MAINTAIN THE PRESENT RELATIVE STALEMATE LONG ENOUGH, TBE US WTLX TIRE OF THE STRUGGLE AND SEEK SOME KIND OF NEUTRALIST SOLUTION.)
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