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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE R BRIEFING NOTE GIST: South Viet Nam: Current Situation in the Delta TO: The Director, INR DATE: 7 June 1968 TIME: 1430 SOURCE(S) TDCS DB 315/01982 5 June 1968 CLASS./CONTROL(S) The GVN's position has improved under Gen. Thang. There have been fundamental improvements in ARVN, and the initiative in IV Corps appears to be in the hands of the GVN rather than the VC. The VC military position is deteriorating; he has serious morale and supply problems, and attrition and desertion rates are heavy. The VC still can and do interdict LOCs, harass outposts and RD teams, and mortar airfields and cities. But they follow economy-of-force tactics and are taking heavy casualties. There is little evidence that the new VC revolutionary committees have taken root. As long as Gen. Thang is in command, the VC position will continue a slow but steady deterioration and the GVN position will improve. However, the VC organizational structure in IV Corps is still effective and largely intact in the countryside, and there will be no mass VC defections. LIMDIS - BACKGROUND USE ONLY
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