Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005
O R 251000Z OCT 73
FM AMEMBASSY SAIGON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8387
INFO AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
PART VI: MR-4
- SECURITY SITUATION:
(A) OVERALL ACTIVITY: MILITARY ACTIVITY
DURING THE WEEK INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. MR 4 REPORTED A TOTAL
OF 343 VC/NVA – INITIATED INCIDENTS, AS OPPOSED TO 242 THE
PRECEDING WEEK. GVN CASUALTIES DOUBLED: 246 KILLED (COMPARED WITH
115) AND 897 WOUNDED (COMPARED WITH 500). THE GVN ALSO LOST 57
TROOPS MISSING IN ACTION, ONE CREW-SERVED WEAPON, AND 136
INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS. VC/NVA LOSSES WERE ALSO UP: 760 KILLED, 19
PRISONERS AND SUSPECTS, AND 30 CREW-SERVED AND 189 INDIVIDUAL
WEAPONS SEIZED.