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    "ocrText": "INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State\n42\nUNCEASSIFEED\nAction EUB225TED451\nSVN\nPP RUEHC\nDE RUMSMA 552H 07/0805Z\nZNR\nInfo\nP 073 7192\nSS\nFM COMUSMACV\nG\nTO RUNLHQ/CINCPAC\nFE\nRUEPDA/OASD PA\n6341\nRUAPDT/OIC PAC STARS AND STRIPES\nP\n1964 AUGUST 7 PM, 10:41\nZEN/AMEMB PA SAIGON\nUSIA ZEN/USIS SAIGON\nINR\nRUEKDA/JCS\nP R I o R I.T Y\nRMA\nRUEHC/STATE DEPT WASH\nBT\nUNCLAS MAC OI 7523 FINAL SEC OF II\nMONTHS AGO IN PONG AN?\n804\nA. GENERALLY SPEAKING, POP FORCES IN THE DELTA HAVE/ BEEN\nTORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY HAVE FOUGHT\nBRAVELY AND TENACIOUSLY. THERE, ARE NO PLACES IN RVN\nWHERE THERE IS A CRISIS IN THE MORALE OR TRAINING OF THE\nPOP FORCES.\nQ. LAST MONTH YOU SAID THAT THE PACIFICATION EFFORT AROUND\nSAIGON COULD NOT SEEM TO GET OFF: THE) GROUND. H'OW DOES IT\nSTAND NOW?\nA. IT IS CLOSER TO BEING OFF THE GROUND. YOU MUST REALIZE\nTHAT PACIFICATION PLANNING .IS ABOUT, M,OST COMPLICATED AREA\nFOR PLANNERS. INV OLVES so MANY FACTORS, SUCH AS CALORIES\n(WPNS, FERTILIZER AND SCHOOLS. IS MASSIVE PLANNING JOB.\nAS HAS BEEN STATED, GVN. IS SHORT OF HIGHLY TRAINED AND\nSKILLED-ADMINISTRATORS.\nD. HAVE, YOU RECD ANY INF 0. IN LAST SEVERAL DAYS ABOUT\nPENDING COUP D'ETAT?\nA. I HAVE NOT.\nQ. ANY IDEA AS TO HOW SOON VC COULD L'AUNCH ANOTHER\nINTENSIFIED EFFORT?\nA. THEIR LAST EFFORT INVOLVED ONLY - HANDFUL OF BN SIZE\nATTACKS. WOULD THINK THEY COULD M,OUNT SIMILAR' EFFORT\nON FAIRLY SHORT) NOTICE'\ne. IS AMMO THEIR\\ PROBLEM?\nA. NO. THINK THEIR MAIN PROBLEM IS, PL'ANNING. THEIR MODUS\nOPERANDI CALLS FORT ASSEMBLING FORCES OVER PERIOD OF TIME\nATTACKING VIOLENTLY, FINISHING AT DAYBREAK AND GETTING\nOUT. THIS TAKES LOT OF DETAILED PLANNING. ESTIMATE THAT\nA VC BN PROBABLY CARRIES OUT SUCH AN ACTION NO MORE\nFREQUENTLY THAN ONCE. A MONTH. PERHAPS NOT THAT FREQUENTLY\nAS AN AVERAGE OVER LONG PERIOD.\nREPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS\nUNCLASSIFIED\nPROHIBITED UNLESS \"UNCLASSIFIED\""
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