May offensive research notes

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May offensive research notes

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Research notes for Keever's May Offensive articles

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(W? [Westmoreland?]) SD [Sa Đéc province] VC [Viet Cong] change SD province in now 5 slices of a pie with Saigon in center Special zone Saigon colon- SD word [?] called military zone 4 of [?] 1960 to end 1964- [?] of activity was not military. main purpose political economic-social objectives. When [?] not phone of entrust [?] in military zone of S C[?] southwest- 1965 military zone stated training 6 months southwest twisted training in Dec/’65 some of recruits called it military zone M[?] of US buildup from 1965 A regiment.- Capital military Regiment [?] called F-100- U.S. foiled offensive in '65 and regiment changed capital zone as military zone 4. Since ‘65- Nov '67 [?] change it- same channel of command [?] 6 districts (both VC) SVN [South Vietnam] 6 districts in Southwest and 1 district [?] - 1966 [?] around 2 districts [?] R[?]/SVt [South Vietnam?] [?] as a special zone. In Nov '67 all military-political zone were ordered to integrate into 1 [?] zone under district command of Companies VN [Vietnam]- Supreme political-economic-military NLF [National Liberation Front, i.e. Viet Cong] command. Nov '67 T-700 Codename- new [?] province [?] district surrounding former military zone 4 (Sm[?]-Ch[?]-SD) [?] Nov. They divide zone into 6 sub-commands and 6 TAOR [Tactical area of responsibility]- [?] Central VC. High command [?] down to direct 6 TAOR. [?] command of En.[?] Sub-zone is [?] at first 1 representative [?]. 2 districts [?] B During and 7 part of zone C are East zone of North Ambo.[?] TAOR 1- territorial command of T-700- includes [?]tiary district of B Built (used to part of zone C). Now part system SD. Ben Cat [Bến Cát] [?] 2 districts cut out [?] integrated into [?] one- all of Cu Chi [Củ Chi] district [?] 1/2 of Cu Chi- [?] especially [?] was [?] shower CE[?] part of southwest 25 miles north of Saigon- South VAp[?] [?] HM[?] of SD prov. Now in TAOR 1- SVN district 4 onto mobile battalions of Regiment 165A. These 4 battalions are [?] A number of unidentified Huy [Hue?] [?] units and NVA (North Vietnamese Arny) elements. ([?] into TSN [Tan Son Nhut Air Base] area) 4 battalions Main Force Beside [?] VC system forms [?] co. gln syd.[?] plate supper But these 4 Battalions and 7 border Saigon. SD command MR-4 [Military Region 4]-now inside district command of Communist North Sub-Command T-700 TAOR 2 B Chanh [Bình Chánh] town B district of SD- and 2 district of HN [Hậu Nghĩa] Duc Hoa [Đức Hòa district] and [?] 1 battalion of 165A regiment 1 battalion of Heavy weapons 3 battalion of VC 9 division 1 regiment 1 battalion of report formally of SD district 6 battalion [?] local recruits ended training in '65- played main role of guiding [?] battalions [?] Heavy weapons- new elements [?] sent in so alert of [?] because area 199 Brigade. TAOR 3 Military N Be [Ninh Bình province?] of southwest and 3 districts of L An [Long An province] Can Sivoc[?], Can Duoc [Cần Đước District], Tan Tru [Tân Trụ]- part 15 upper Long An Eastern South of Saigon L An #1 priority N Be in a lot of infiltration 506 Battalion- [?] known battalion. military defeated [?] used [?] LA [Long An province] battalion. 4 main battalion, 1/2 [?] LA, 1/2 NVA 508 battalion and [?] L An. 2 full battalion of NVA- 2 with elements of VC, but use none of Phu Loi battalion- looks [?] of old P Loi [Phu Loi]. Used [?] in B Duong [Bình Dương province]- Dong Ngui[?] 3- no longer. 1 Dong Ngui VN looks [?] BH [Biên Hòa] but actually NVA with [?] VC to deal with local people. Gla[?] into Company- Sapper units 506 [?] 508 used under command of P Loi of [?] command- central zone of Nam Bo [Nam Bộ]. TAOR 4 1) Thu Dui [Thủ Đức] of southwest 2) all of Long Khonh [Long Khánh] province 3) P Tuy [Phước Tuy] province 4) Long Tranh [Long Thành District] of BH 70 km East 55 miles East [?] Southeast 1) only 1 battalion of 165A Regiment- US guide 2) 2 Companies of NVA 3) 1 battalion of 274th Regiment, 5th Division. Are [?] on 2 companies. Heavy Weapons Probable but not continued Several regional district companies. [?] 6 companies of Eng.[?]- (sabotage build roads- build bunkers) results tunnels. [?] 6 Eng[?] or sapper companies. unit 3 companies of river specialists- [?] river fighting- by news 3 to fight on sapper 3 river Small units of troops out to support [?] 5) TAOR 5- (now number BH) 1) whole P. Thanh [Phước Thành] province (now part of BH. US 1st [?] over) 2) North B Duong [Bình Dương province] 3) city of BH City of BH has a special sub-[?] called V-1 mile of ambre[?] Long Bott[?]- U1 To ARVN [Army of the Republic of Vietnam] in TAOR 5 has a special command of U1 to help T-700 1) 1 Dong Ngui reg 3-4 battalions 2) 1 P Loi battalion end VC battalion (Phu Loi 1) 3) TAOR 6 Saigon colon proper all 9 permits of Saigon and SD city TSN A/B in [?] VC Saigon capital command [?] capital command Urban Area Has 3 sub-commands 1) 1 special in colon all colon prevents 2) 1 Saigon proper 3) 1 SD Under capital command F-100 battalion- now called battalion #10 subtype sapper attack on Embassy [?] divided into squads plot highly compartmentalized- 1 plot per precinct. En.[?] Command has 1 company of armed propaganda better coordinate both All unit in En. TAOR under En TAOR company- promoted in effort to ARVN [?] keep c.o. of TAOR or depart so send [?] ARVN to take over [?] a number of ARVN [?] down to [?] 8 is those who deserve [?] promoted are ARVN- those not capable are deputy Main purpose- 1) Better coordination future attack 2) swift heat- direct control of [?] first in SVN zones. 3) Any [?] after Tet can [?] on spot [?] two red type 4) Cut out zone command- internal zone- non direct 5) [?] cadre feel [?] same [?] to [?] harder- promotion automatic [?] or shifted. Advantages [?] fight around cities. Continuous attack- fifty around cities. 6 can shift units [?] TAOR to another port mobile VC NVA units now Reason shift of strategy to city-fighter 7 Shift only top command small units still review order [?] former commands. district only with new [?] on top. Not [?] Chy[?] [?] VN echelon down or on political echelon. only 1 company is [?] central ARVN [?] support Csn[?] local echelon. No [?] of shooting en. [?] of they both command MARN[?] forward ARVN forward Military report Another to I Corps Direct political comfort with [?] in Saigon number. Documents interrogation of POW [Prisoner of War]- piecing together. '65 pushed out- now since Tet pushed in Not command structure change other zones [?] almost same but using Can Tho [Cần Thơ] zone 3. [?] military region close to Can Tho. Used to [?] under command of province command in military zone 3. Now military 3 has a forward command Can Tho. All took part in attack on Saigon [?] Tet.

Date

1968

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam; Strategy; Military roads; Research

Location

South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6297

Size

19 x 31 cm

Container

B32, F7

Format

research notes

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

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Language

English