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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Pacifica thelGerald-RBordPresidential Library\nSECRET SPOKE\nI\nTHE DETAILS\n1. Over the past month there has been a fairly high level\nof Communist military activity in South Vietnam, particularly in\nthe northernmost military region MR 1) . More recently, there\nhave been several indicators pointing toward increased action.\nThe most important of these are:\na. On August 6,\n25X1\n25X1\nantlaircrart units to prevent\nenemy\" aircraft from entering the area so that artil-\nlery units could support infantry operations. Reference\nwas made to an \"open fire time for action\" (not further\ndefined) being \"K-hour, D-day plus two.\nb.\nThe NVA 304th Division may be deploying from MR: l's\nQuang Tri Province to the Quang Nam battlefield. For\nhis part, the South Vietnamese MR 1 commander is calling\nback the 1st Airborne Brigade from Saigon to MR 1 and\nhas directed that the 3rd Airborne Brigade move from\nHue to the Da Nang area.\nC.\nIn the MR 2 highlands, the major Communist tactical\ncommand authority -- the B-3 Front (see map) -- has\nmoved from the South Vietnamese-Laotian-Cambodian\nborder area to a position between the cities of Kontum\nand Pleiku. The headquarters of the two major NVA\nlogistic units in the area have also moved eastward\nfrom the border area in recent weeks. Moves of this\nnature usually have indicated major increases in\nfighting.\nd. In MR 3 north and northwest of Saigon, another major\nCommunist military headquarters has expanded communi-\ncations with its subordinate regiments, suggesting\nthat these units may increase military activity in the\nnear future.\n2. There are other developments over the past nine months\nwhich could relate to a decision by Hanoi to step-up its military\nactivity at some point. For example:\n- 1 -\nSECRET SPOKE\nFORD\nApproved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-30-14-2-1\none"
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