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RLA MOBILE GROUP CGM> 4l"SUCCESSFULLYREOCCUPIED THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF SARAVANE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 21 NOVEMJIER •. OM 41 TROOPS DROVE OUT THE NVA 20 BATTALION, 9TH REGIMENT WHICH HAD HELD THE TOWN SINCE THE lSTH. THE NVA 2D BATTALION SU.FFERED 32 CASUAL TIES IN. THE ACTION, liHILE RLA LOSSES HAD NOT YET BEEN REPORTEJ>. IN TWO EARLIER CLASHES ON 28 NOVEMBER, RLA GM 41 AtlD 42 ELEMENTS ATTEMPTING TO RETAKE SARAVANE REPORTED THEIR LOSSES AS ONE MANdtlLE~allD 111'i) WOUNDED, HHILE NVA CASUAL TIES WERE 11 KILLED AND .38 WOUNDED. 9;~P &~ T YHB THE 9TH REGIMENT, NVA 968TH DIVISION, REPORTED ON THE LOCATION OF RLA UNITS OPERATING IN SEDONE-SARAVANE PROVINCES ON 21 NOVEMBER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THERE IS ONE $ENEMY$ UNIT AT tfB 888825 U5-12N US-4'9.E), HD 918836 U5-13tl llf5~ssE>, WB 985845 Cl5-13N UJ5-54E) AND WB 915826 Cl5'.'"12N U5-85E). AS A RESUL, NVA FORCES WERE TO BE SENT TO GUARD AGAINST THIS . $ENEMY$ GROUP. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT RLA COMMANDO BATTALION 283 IS CONTINUING ACTIVITY NORTHEAST OF AN UNSPECIFIED STRATEGIC ROUTE. THE REGIMENT ALSO REVEALED THAT RLA MOBILE GROUP 481 ARRIVED AT THE LAONGAM CXB 8576 15-1SN1S5-59EJ INTERSECTION AND THAT Rl.A MOBILE GROUP 3.~ IS IN THE VICltHTY~AN LAONGAM CXC 25U 15-28N...l.f6_"'."UE>. CISHTARJ' ·C3/tHl'I.SMt:Rl35-72, 22135SZ; 2X, . (S};.ZT889-72, 2~· 4ZJ 2'1........Y.LSM!)T1583-72, 2Uff32Zf-T1589-72, 22"156Zl,, .. Tl59fJ,- ,·- 22825SZ; 3' 1SML;Tl5U.;.tz, 2lS5SSZ; Tl58 - , 2188SSZ; Tl1587-7?•, 2U822Z; Tl591-72, 22 4ZZj Tl593-7 2, 22if426ZJ 3.t00~.R288-7V. ir:~t .~.1;6Rl;:T l:nt~~A. ___ ISUJA_R_J /B:J [CHICoM-"FORCES-,' -tA-o.s···ccAF-"AAA -DIVISION- ItJ LAOS. P_OS IBL Y""'RELOCA ES .OHE .O.~ THE THO) [CH"INESE COMMUNIST/AIR. FORCE CCCAF> AAA. DIVISIONS. IN flORTHERH TAOS .HAS. POSSlJ.LY_f

,---'REUCATED. SINCE. AT LEAST 1.4 NOVEMBER~ HO COMMUNICAUONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS l '---.DIVISION, Off' ITS SEVEN SUBORDINATE AAA REGlMENTSI HAVE BEEN HOT ED, _ THIS r.:: .. ~·­

DIVISfo·N HAS PROVIDED. AIR DEFENSE FOR CHINESE FORCES IN NORTHERN"" [i\"o·s·· SINCE n·-) DEPLOYED ,THERE rn· iANUA~Y 1971. THE OT~CCAF AAA DIVISION rn·~NORTHERN LAOS .J--i:tAS .. CONTINUE,P. NORMAL .OPERATIONS. C2.IQQ · .. SK/R48-!2, 2J2i~.t;.Z>JfSE0,RET··sP~l(E"J. IV. GENERAL/ DIRECTORATE- OF REAR ·sERVIC CTIVITY GDRS SUMMARY THE . .1NOVEMBER

-IHFILTRATION TOTALS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED AND, HITH TODAY'S ADDITIO" OF FOUR HEH SPECIAL-PURPOSE ~ROUPS AND ON~~EW SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GROUP, THE TOTALS NOH STAND ATi23 INFHTRATION, 38 SPECIAL-PURPOSE, ONE WESTWARD MOVING AND THREE SPECIAL.LY DESIGANTED GROUPS. IN OTHER ACTIVITY, TRANSPORTATIOH OF CARGO CONTINUES I.N BOTH THE BINH TRAM (en ,/\18 AND\ ·er 12 AREAS. FOR LOCATIONS OF GDRS FACILlTIEs,~ SEE 2.IOOLVCJ/..147-72. ESE6~ET 9P8KP A. PERSOHHEL MOVEMENTS l. NORTH VIETNAM /THE MOVEMENT OF ICK, WOUNDED PERSONNEL AND TRANSIENTS IN THE BT 18 AREA OFOPERATlOHS HAS DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL 21 NOVEMBER REPORTS. COMMO-LIAISON -. . ·

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STATION CT>-9 REPORTED THAT 37 TRANSIENTS HAD DEPARTED AND THAT THERE WERE 62 REMAINING AT BT ZS. IN ADDITION T-7 REPORTED THAT 253 PERSONNEL HOULD DEPART THAT DAY FOR BT lff. OF THIS NUMBER, THERE WERE 127 WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE, 16 IMMOBILIZED WOUNDED, lJJ STRETCHER CASES AND lS TRANSIENTS. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF SICK AND WOUNDED PERSONNEL REMAINING AT WORKCAMP 128 WAS REPORTED AS SSS. XXHH 98J 1896S NNNN

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HM SOUTH VIETNAM ELEMENTS OF BT 12 HAVE REPORTED THAT NEARLY 381f TONS OF CARGO HERE RECEIVED DURING THE FIRST 28 DAY~OF NOVEMBER. ON 21 NOVEMBER, AN ELEMENT OF BT 12 FILED THE FOLLOWING WRAP-UP CARGO REPORT FOR THE FIRST 28 DAYS OF THE MOtlTH, RECEIVED FROM COMPOUND S CUHlOCATED> - RICE - 29.6 TONS 82-MM MORTAR AMMUNITION - .4.8 TONS RECEIVED FROM BT 17 RICE - 154.6 TONS 122~MM ROCKETS -S. 8 TONS 11J7-MM ROCKETS - 1. 5 TONS GRENADES - if. 2 TONS K56 AMMUNITION - 5. 5 TOHS 85-MM ANTITANK AMMUNITION -/6 .1 TONS 138-MM FIELD GUN AMMUNITION - 19. 2 TONS 57-MM AAA AMMUNITION - 1. 2. TONS 16S-MM MORTAR AMMUNITION - 1. 3 TONS 14.5-MM AA AMMUNITION - 14.7 TONS 12.7-MM MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION - 1 TON 23-MM AAA AMM.UNITIOH - 1.1 TONS PRIMER - 2 TONS RECEIVED FROM AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION - UNSPECIFIED CARGO - 55 TONS GRENADES - 5 TOHS IN AN EARLY 21 NOVEMBER REPORT, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF BT 12 REPURTED THAT THREE TRUCKLOADS OF 87-MM AMMUNITION AND SIX TRUCK LOADS OF RICE HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM BT 17. ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THEE WERE 288 TONS OF CARGO REMAINING IN STORAGE AT AN UNSPECIF.IED LOCATION. (SE6RET SPBKE> C. GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS NORTHERN LAOS ON 19 NOVEMBER AN UHIDENTI .. FIED ASSOCIATE OF BT 13, OPERATING .WEST OF BAN BAN ON ROUTE 7 IN XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE, REPORTED THAT-B-s2rs HAD STRUCK IN THE AREA OF THE TROOPS, RESULTING IN ONE KILLED AND AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF HOUNDED. ESE£RET SPBKE> V. "ORTH VIETNAM A. GROUND FORCES 1. MILITARY REGION 4 ON 22 NOVEMBER, AN UNIDEN.TIFIED ELEMENT REPORTED THAT FORCES AT THANH HOA CHO 8189, 19-48N ll,-46E> SHOT DOWN AN AIRCRAFT SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY, BUT THE PILOT HAS RESCUED AT SEA. I~ NGHE AN PROVINCE 0~21 NOVEMBER, AN U"IDENTIFIED OBSERVATION STATION HAS ORDERED TO SUBMIT ACCURATE AND SPECIFIC REPORTS CONCERNING THE DROPPING OF MAG.NET MltlES BY U.S. AIRCRAFT. <ISHTAR> ON 21 NOVEMBER, AN UNIDENTIFIED ENTITY IN SOUTHERN NORTH VIETNAM REPORTED THAT A C-138 AIRCRAFT HAD DROPPED C.OUNTER- FEIT VIETNAMESE CURRENCY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARFARE PAMPHLETS INTHE AREA OF VINH THUY CXE7223 17-23N 186-37E> AT 8345(G) THE PREVIOUS DA¥. A SECOND REPORT, ALSO FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED ENTITY, STATED THAT

-SIMILAR ACTlVITY OCCURRED IN NGHE AN PROVINCE AT VAN KY CUNLOCATED). PREVIOUS REFERENCES TO ECONOMIC WARFARE HERE NOTED ON 27 OCTOBER WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLlC/OF VIETNAM ACCUSED THE U.S. OF DROPPING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY TO DEST~THE E. CONOMY OF NORTH VIETNAM. C2/00/VCM/J436-72, IN PREPARATIONJ 3/00 R272-72> E5EeRET 5f'8KE> 2. GENERA[ ON 2 NOVEMBER, AN UNIDENTIFIED ELEM N NORTH VIETNAM REPORTED THAT THO B-52 RAIDS HAD BOMBED NORTHWEST OF

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