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UNCLASSIFIED -2- 060723Z July from COMUSMACV FLWG INCIDENTS BY CORPS: THIS WK LAST WK DECREASING ORDER OF MAGNITUED (A) I CORPS .93 103 T/P/S/- II CORPS 130 150 TAP/S/A III CORPS 130 120 T/PSA EQUAL CMD . 10 10 I/N/1- TG (7TH DIV) TA 170 180 TASAAP IV CORPS 110 220 TAS/A/P (A) T-TERRORISM, S-SABOTAGE, P-PROPAGANDA. D. PERSONNEL LOSSES KIA WIA MIA/CPTD U. S./HOSTILE FIRE 5(B) 19 0 RVN 510 145(C) 310 55 VC 320 255 (C) 65 (B) THREE IN LONG AN, ONE IN HAU NGHIA AND ONE IN BINH DUONG. (C) KILL RATIO: 1.8:1 IN FAVOR OF RVN. E. SUMMARY: ACTIVITIES INITIATED BY VC DECLINED CONSIDERABLY THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REMAINED ABOVE TKE PRE-JULY WEEKLY AVERAGE FOR 1964. THERE WAS A SHARP DROP IN OVERALL VC ACTIV IN IV CORPS. PAGE 4 RUNSMA 502H UNCLAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MIL EVENTS DURING THE WEEK OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF BEN CAT. OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD THERE WAS A SERIES OF REACTION OPNS BY FRD FORCES AS RESULT OF VC AMBUSHES. THE PATTERN AND TEMPO OF AIR OPNS GENERALLY KEPT PACE WITH THAT OF PREV WEEK, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS DRQP IN NR OF SORTIES. FLARESHIPS AND FIGHTER-BOMBERS WERE QUITE ACTIVE IN SPT OF POSTS AND HAMLETS UNDER VC NIGHT ATK. 2. ANALYSIS OF MIL ACTIVITIES IN RVN DURING JULY BY BRIG GEN DEPUY, MACV J-3, SCHEDULED FOR 061600H AUG. HOWEVER, DUE TO PRESSING COMMITTMENTS OF GEN DEPUY AND POSSIBLY OF MEDIA REPS IT MAY BE CANCELLED. WILL ADVISE BT CONFIDENTIAL

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