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DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD (NIXON PROJECT) DOCUMENT DOCUMENT SUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS NUMBER TYPE DATE RESTRICTION 1 Memo Laird to Kissinger 18 Mar B w/attach MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10585 1971 SANITIZED DECLASSIFIED per Hr 1/12/2012 2 Memo Laird to Kissinger 15 Mar B w/attach MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10586 1971 SANITIZED DECLASSIFIED per Hr 1/12/2012 3 Report Order of Battle '71 Mar 18 B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06 51/10587 DECLASSIFIED per Hr 12/13/2011 4 Memo Kissinger to the President February B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10588 24, 1971 5 Memo Kissinger to the President February B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/9974 26, 1971 SANITIZED 3.3(b)(1); 7/1/2010 SANITIZED par RAC 2008/06/13 6 Memo Kissinger to the President February B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUESTNLN 04-51/10589 25, 1971 DECLASSIFIED per Hr 12/13/2011 7 Telegram Gen Abrams to Adm Moorer 28 Feb 71 B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10590 DECLASSIFIED per Hr 12/13/2011 FILE GROUP TITLE BOX NUMBER National Security Council, Vietnam Subject Files 82 FOLDER TITLE 2 VIETNAM Operations in Laos and Cambodia Vol. V (Folder 2 of 3) RESTRICTION CODES A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy. E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or B. National security classified information. financial information. C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law rights. enforcement purposes. D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material. or a libel of a living person. H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION *U.S. GPO; 1989-235-084/00024 NA 14021 (4-85) Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD (NIXON PROJECT) DOCUMENT DOCUMENT SUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS TYPE DATE NUMBER RESTRICTION 8 Note Gen Al Haig 4 March B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NIN 06-51/10591 SANITIZED per Hr 1/12/2012 (b)(3): IOUSC 424;3. 3(b)(1) 9 Report Laird to Kissinger 11 Mar B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST 04-51/10592 1971 SANITIZED per Hr 10/27/2011 3.3(b)(1); 5usc 55(b)(3); 10USC 424 10 Report Laird to Kissinger 10 Mar B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10593 1971 SANITIZED per Hr 10/27/201 3.3(b)(1); 5 USC 55(b)(3); 11 Report Laird to Kissinger 10USC 424 9 Mar B 1971 MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10594 SANITIZED per Hr 10/27/2011 3.3 (b)(1); 5 USC55(b)(3); 10 USC 424 12 Memo Laird to Kissinger 8 Mar B 1971 MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10595 SANITIZED per Hr 10/27/2011 3(b)(1); 50SC (b)(3); 10USC424 13 Memo Kissinger to the President February B MANDATORY REVIEW REQUEST NLN 06-51/10596 26, 1971 SANITIZED per RAC 2008/06/13 FILE GROUP TITLE BOX NUMBER National Security Council, Vietnam Subject Files 82 FOLDER TITLE [2] VIETNAM Operations in Laos and Cambodia Vol. V (Folder 2 of 3) 2 RESTRICTION CODES A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy. E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or B. National security classified information. financial information. C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law rights. enforcement purposes. D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material. or a libel of a living person. H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION *U.S. GPO; 1989-235-084/00024 NA 14021 (4-85) Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD (NIXON PROJECT) DOCUMENT DOCUMENT SUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS DATE NUMBER RESTRICTION TYPE 1 Memo Laird to Kissinger 18 Mar B w/attach 1971 2 Memo Laird to Kissinger 15 Mar B w/attach 1971 3 Report Order of Battle '71 Mar 18 B 4 Memo Kissinger to the President February B 24, 1971 5 Memo Kissinger to the President February B 26, 1971 SANITIZED perpute 2008/06/13 6 Memo Kissinger to the President February B 25, 1971 7 Telegram Gen Abrams to Adm Moorer 28 Feb 71 B FILE GROUP TITLE BOX NUMBER National Security Council, Vietnam Subject Files 82 FOLDER TITLE VIETNAM Operations in Laos and Cambodia Vol. V (Folder 2 of 3) I RESTRICTION CODES A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy. E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or B. National security classified information. financial information. C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law rights. enforcement purposes. D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material. or a libel of a living person. H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION *U.S. GPO; 1989-235-084/00024 NA 14021 (4-85) Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD (NIXON PROJECT) DOCUMENT DOCUMENT SUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS DATE RESTRICTION NUMBER TYPE 8 Note Gen Al Haig 4 March B 9 Report Laird to Kissinger 11 Mar B 1971 10 Report Laird to Kissinger 10 Mar B 1971 11 Report Laird to Kissinger 9 Mar B 1971 12 Memo Laird to Kissinger 8 Mar B 1971 13 Memo Kissinger to the President February B 26, 1971 SANITIZED per RAC 2000/06/13 FILE GROUP TITLE BOX NUMBER National Security Council, Vietnam Subject Files 82 FOLDER TITLE VIETNAM Operations in Laos and Cambodia Vol. V (Folder 2 of 3) 2 RESTRICTION CODES A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy. E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or B. National security classified information. financial information. C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law rights. enforcement purposes. D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material. or a libel of a living person. H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION *U.S. GPO; 1989-235-084/00024 NA 14021 (4-85) Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. [82/2/1] TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE SANITIZED COPY LATIMER THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 HA19 HOWE 1 6 MAR 1971 HOLDRIDGE KENNEDY MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily report is attached as Enclosure 1. A weather fore- cast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added a.s Enclosure 2. 2 Encls '71 MAR 16 PM 30 4:30 a/s WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 By mep NARA, Date 4/27/2012 NCN 06-51/10585 per Hr 1/12/2012; Ec.3 3(b)(3) [10f 11] UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENTS THIS DOCUMENT BECOMES / 7 CONFIDENTIAL COPY OF COPIES. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE 1321 See Def Cont Nr. X SANITIZED COPY Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 16 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) Genoral: This report covers the period 150800- 160800 GMT March (151600-161600 Saigon time, 150300-160300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Current Situation: a. Combat activity remained light except for the attacks by fire at Khe Sanh and FSB LOLO. The Khe Sanh Base received approximately 186 rounds of mixed 122-mm rocket and artillery fire causing light casual- ties and resulting in minor damage to 10 helicopters (all are flyable) and four trucks. FSB LOLO was evacu- ated at 0900 hours (EST), 15 March, following an attack by fire; the 1st ARVN Infantry Regimental Command Post, and the 3d Battalion, moved southeast 3 1/2 miles to the high ground. Results of the FSB LOLO attack were four 105-mm howitzers and one 155-mm howitzer damaged beyond use by enemy fire and three 155-mmm howitzers were destroyed in place by ARVN. b. There were 20 enemy contacts and attacks by fire during the period, resulting in 204 enemy killed, while friendly forces lost 14 KIA (five US) and 37 WIA (24 US). In a. ground action, elements of the 2d Battalion, 2d ARVN Infantry, received 120 rounds of 82-mm mortar fire, and engaged an unknown-size enemy force, killing 15 enemy and capturing five individual weapons. One ARVN was killed. C. In search operations in three different areas, elements of the 2d Regiment found an enemy complex of 200 bunkers 38 enemy KBA, 10 tons of (copper/tin) wire, nine switchboards, five crew-served weapon barrels, and two crew-served weapons. Three hundred 55 gallon drums of POL, 230 barracks, and 30 tons of rice were destroyed by airstrikes. d. Air cavalry elements received automatic weapons fire and engaged the area with gunships and observed 15 large secondary explosions and a large flame which burned for 1 1/2 hours. Tactical air and artillery were employed in the same area and an additional 26 secondary explosions were observod. e. 2d Battalion, 2d ARVN Infantry Regiment, continues to attack south, load elements are approximately 3/4 of a mile from Route 914. f. The 3d ARVN Regimental Command Post, one engineer company, and the 4th Battalion, 3d Regiment, moved from field locations in Laos to Khe Sanh. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 INUN06-51/10585 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3. (TS) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 101st Airborne Division: No change in future plans since previous report. b. RVNAR forces will continue operations in assigned areas in RVN and Laos. Priority effort will be towards search operations. (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) Ist Infantry Regiment: 3/1 and 4/1 Infantry Battalions continue moving from FSB LOLO to secure high ground between LOLO and LZ BROWN. 1/1 and 2/1 Infantry will screen this movement and conduct searches in the vicinity of their night defensive positions. (b) 2d Infantry Regiment: 2/2 Infantry Battalion will attack into Objective CUA VIET, reinforced by 3/2 and 4/2 Infantry Battalions, if required. 5/2 Infantry Battalion secures LZ BROWN and LZ SOPHIA BAST. 1/2 Infantry Battalion continues security mission in the vicinity of Khe Sanh. (c) 3d Infantry Regiment: 1/3 Infantry Battalion secures FSB DELTA ONE and will pass to operational control of the 2d Infantry Regiment. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Airborne Brigade will continue search operations in the area north and northeast of FSB ALOUI. (b) 2d Airborne Brigade: 5th Airborne Battalion attacks to the west in an area 1 1/2 nautical miles north of Route 9. The 4th Composite Tank Battalion continues to secure Route 9. The remainder of the Brigade will conduct company-size operations in area and secure FSB BRAVO. (d) Armored Task Force will conduct search opera- tions west of FSB ALOUI and security of Route 9. (3) Vietnamese Marino Division: (a) 147th Marine Brigade: The 4th and 7th VNMC Battalions will continue to attack toward the south and the 2d Battalion will secure FSB DELTA. (b) 258th Marine Brigade will conduct reconnais- sance operations in force in the vicinity of Objective BARVO TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SEGRET/SENSITIVE (c) 369th Marine Brigade will conduct security operations south of Khe Sanh and one company will conduct reconnaissance in the vicinity of LZ VIC. (4) 1st Ranger Group will continue reconnaissance and security operations in vicinity of night defensive positions. C. Engineer effort: No changes in plans from previous report. Attachments 1. Map 2. DIA Assessment TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 [NCN06-51/10585 p40611] " Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 1032 151700 - 160300 EST MAR 71 OBJ BRAVO 92 1039 FSB ALOUI 1 ARMD TASK FORCE 1 ABN BDE FSB PHU LUC 91 1 RNGR GP 1/5 MECH BDE 1632 Rock Pile - H.) 92 8 = VANDEGRIFT 91 COMBAT BASE 23 III This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. FSB BRAVO 925 1 INF REGT 12 917 # Ca Lu & Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Tchesone GD K Schh a G 63 ID 16 FSB SHEPHERD S TF 4/3 INF 9 9 9 D 12.0 lang Vei FSB KILO 914 8 RVN $ E F15 1C 369 VNMC BDE FSB LOLO 926 2 ABN BDE 234 258 VNMC BDE me OBJ BRAVO LAOS OBJ GtA LAM FSB DELTA FSB HOTEL L2 BROWN 147 VNMC BOE FSB ALPHA OBJ SACH MA1 2 INF REGT 92 D FSB DELTA t OBJ ALPHA 06-51/10585 p50011] LZ SOPHIA EAST 929 OBJ CUA VIET APPENDIX 0 5 10 15 NM 99 1 92 E TOP SECRET SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 0 50 Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED MU GIA PASS TP BT 12 BAN KARAI BT 14 PASS is 1 DMZ THAILAND LAOS AT 32 BT90 BT 27 TCHEPONE 559THRT 92A HOS 9 RT 914 RT RC BT 33 REPUBLIC OF BA $04 INCNOCO-51/10585 /10585 P60B11] BT 41 BT 31 BT 42 MUONG VIETNAM NONG BT 34 BA 611 RT 92E SECRET SPOKE 16" Ld 1400 EST 16/MAR fig 68 BAN BAC SANITIZED COPY SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (s) There have been no major enemy unit relocations and the threat to friendly forces is unchanged. 2. (SS) The enemy continued his attacks on Allied rear area resupply bases on 15 March when 186 rounds of mixed 122-mm rocket and artillery fire were launched into Khe Sanh. Initial reports indicate that casualties and damage were light. Elements of the 84th NVA Artillery Regiment were probably responsible for the attack. 3. (SS) An intercepted message from the 965th Transportation Battalion of BT-33 revealed that B-52 strikes and ARVN artillery were preventing the battalion from accomplishing its mission. In a 13 March message, the battalion reported that its headquarters and parking area, located south of the junction of Route 914C/234, had been hit and it was no longer able to receive cargo due to recurring strikes. Additionally, all food. and water reportedly had been consumed. In a related item, sensors failed to detect any truck activity on Route 914C during the night of 15 March, further indicating that interdiction of the route by Allied forces has had disruptive effects. Approved by: SANITIZED per3.3.(b)(3) Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the DECLASSIFIED SANITIZED.COPY This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO OPERATION LAMSON 719 LAMSON 719 0 50 ENEMY STRENGTH Statete Miles NORTH VIETNAM 30,000 COMBAT 10,000 ADM SERVICES VC NVA VINN 4 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED U/I S4 B-5 DONG 70B H01 FRONT Itl 24 304 111 368 36 X 308 111 102 X 303 1 2 ALL 74 64 DMZ BILL 812 X 324B THAILAND LAOS 66 304 XX RT 304 ** III TCHE 6 INCN06 BANK KHE SANH REPUBLIC OF III SA 600 Bue X 324B 48 320 111 DONG 88 308 VIETNAM ISL 22 29 3248 NJ 308 141 2 BA 511 XX E2 THE 3248 E SECRET SPOKE 1400 EST 16 MAR 71 CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 170600 " 180600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 180600 - 190600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during daylight hours, ceiling 3500 feet patchy unlimited during daylight hours, visibility 4 to 7 miles in fog/haze. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during daylight hours, ceiling 3500 to 4000 feet patchy unlimited during daylight hours, visibility 3 to 7 miles in fog/haze. OUTLOOK - Little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during afternoon hours, ceiling 2000 feet lowering to 1500 feet at night and patchy unlimited during afternoon hours, visibility 5 to 7 miles in haze occasionally 2 miles in fog/haze at night and during morning hours. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during afternoon hours, ceiling 3500 feet lowering to 1000 feet AGL, in valleys at night and patchy unlimited during afternoon hours, visibility 4. to 7 miles in haze occasionally 1 to 3 miles in fog/haze at night and during morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. KHB SANH - AREA 3: Cloudy, ceiling 1000 to 1500 feet AGL lowering to 200 to 800 feet during night and morning hours, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze lowering to 1/2 to 4 miles in fog and occasional drizzle during night and morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited patchy 4000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 1/2 to 3 miles in valley fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. Enclosure 2 CONFIDENTIAL [NCNOU 51/10585 09thl1] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited occasionally 10000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 3 to 4 miles in patchy fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, excopt those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL 2 INLNOU-51/1058510100R11] JOU-51/10585 1008117 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL Ko-chiu P'u-erh 11a CHINA Giane Nan-ning Can Bang YOJIN Loo Cal N R H CHINA Talo Tuyen Lang Son Tuan Juang Phone Gloo That Nguyen Saly V E N A M Mong Cal BURMA *Dien Bien Phu Son La Muang Luong Son Hanol Nam The ay Halphong Howel Set Samnous Hai-an Ching Mekina Thanh Rel Louangphrabang Hoa GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-feng Non and A $ TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Hueng-Ifu VIENTIANE Yü-lin AREA 1 Nong Khal. Udon Thank Dong Hol Khammouane (Thakhek) Demarcation Line AREA 2 Philsenulok Séno Sendre Quang Tri Savannakhet Khen Keen fluo T H A I L A ADa Nang N D Wekhan Sawan AREA 3 Sarayana Ubon Retchathani Naklion Warth Ratchasima Chamrap Pakse Attoriou AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Burl Pleiku BANGKOK An Nhon Chechoengsan Sisoribon Sidm Roap Stone Trong Samut Songkliram C A M B D I A AREA 5 Battentbang TONER SAF Ban Me Kraflo Thuot Purset Mehong GULF OF SIAM De Lat Kompong Cham 0 SOUTH PHNOM PENH Komoong . V I E T N A M Speu Svay filends Hien Hoa Phan Thiel Kampot * SAIGON INDOCHINA My The Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyou Vinh Long Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnam) The Road Bec CIIINA Quan Lleu. Long 0 50 100 100 Milds o 50 100 150 Kilomesers CON SON SOUTH NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12.68 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment ENCNOU-51/105850110M11 I " Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. [82/2/2] TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE/ WASHINGTON D.C. 20301 '71 MAR 15 PM 4 : 36 1 5 MAR 1971 WHITE HOUSE MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER SITUATION ROOM Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily report is attached as Enclosure 1. A weather fore- cast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added as Enclosure 2. 2 Encls a/s DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 1/12/2012 NLN 06 06-51/10586 per Itr 12213 By spep NARA, Date 4/30/2012 [10612] Per &ec.3.3(b)(i);(b)(3)05c42 UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENTS THIS DOCUMENT BECOMES CONFIDENTIAL TOP SEGRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE COPY / OF 7 See Def Cont Nr. X- 1297 COPIES. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (SS) The deployment of the Headquarters, 304th NVA Division from the Dong Hoi area in North Vietnam to a location approxi- mately 10 miles south of Khe Sanh has been confirmed by Airborne Radio Direction Finding. The arrival of this Division Head- quarters in the LAMSON area provides another command element for control of units there. 2. (SS) The Headquarters, 324B NVA Division and its Forward Element are now believed to be collocated in the vicinity of western Base Area 611. This move represents a westerly reloca- tion of 36 miles and places the division headquarters in the vicinity of its major maneuver elements. 3. (SS) Photography of 13 March revealed the presence of ten PT-76 tanks and two probable PT-76's 19 miles north of the central DMZ. The tanks could be part of the additional armor elements the enemy is believed to be sending into the LAMSON 719 area. 4. (SS) The 102d NVA Regiment, 308th NVA Division was located on 14 March just south of Route 9 along the RVN-Lao border. This move places this regiment in close proximity to both the 24B and 812th NVA Regiments SANITIZED (b)(3): USC424 5. (SS) activity involving elements of the 64th NVA Regiment revealed that the regiment continues to be targeted against RVNAF forces in the Ban Dong area. ANITIZE the regiment planned to "surround" 0)(3): 10USC424 Ban Dong or pursue and attack friendly forces should they attempt to abandon the area. SANITIZED 424; 3.3(b)(1) 6. (SS) 379 tons of supplies mostly rice, weapons and gasoline, had been shipped that night. 7. (SS) Vehicle activity in the LAMSON area continues. ¡ANITIZE on 10 March, 59 vehicles had arrived and (3):10USC4244 63 vehicles had left the area. The unit reported that the enemy had attacked twice, but an undetermined number of vehicles had entered and left safely. SANITIZED (b)(3):10use 424:,3(b)(1) 8. (SS) weapons and ammunition resupply activity. BT-33 recently revealed that it SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY would continue to send ammunition and explosives to the 29th NVA Regiment, 324B NVA Division. On the 12th and 13th of March, the BT reported shipping about 25,000 rounds (30 tons) of mortar, anti-tank, artillery, and anti-aircraft ammunition to this same unit. Approved by: SANITIZED (b)(3): 10USC 424 Attachment 2 -2- SECRET SPOKE ENCNOU-51/10586 110586 p30612] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library DECLASSIFIED CANITIZED Presidential Library This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 AS OF 150300 EST MAR 71 FSB 31 OBJ BRAVO 97 LZ HOPE 1039 I ARMD TASK FSB ALOUI FORCE 1 ABN BDE FSB 30 FSB PHU LOC LZ VICTORY 1 RANGER GP 1032 1/5 MECH BDE & Rock Pile © 92 B 90: VANDEGRIFT This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 23 COMBAT BA! OBJ ALPHA OBJ HAIPHONG 925 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 917 0 Ca Lu Tch one THE FSB SOPHIA Kbe Scinh FSB SHEPHER TF 4/3 INF 9 90 FSB KII 314 8 lang Vei RVN AS LZ LIZ $ & SIE C 369 VNMC BD FSB LOLO 976 I INF REGT 2 ABN BDE 234 258 VNMC BD INCNOW 51/10586 f 40612] LAOS OBJ BRAVO OBJ. GIA LAM OBJ CUA TUNG FSB DELTA 147 VNMC BDE FSB HOTEL LZ BROWN FSB ALPHA OBJ BACH MAI A: 0 2 INF REGT FSB DELTA sear ] FSB BRAVO LZ SOPHIA EAST 3 INF REGT OBJ CUA VIET 979 LZ MOON APPENDI 0 5 10 15 NM 3: % E TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 15 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 140800-150800 GMT March (141600-151600 Saigon time, 140300-150300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Current Situation: a. Combat activity remained light to moderate with scattered small contacts and attacks by fire reported throughout the LAMSON area. An ARVN convoy en route from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha was ambushed resulting in four ARVN WIA and four trucks destroyed. Tactical airstrikes and USAF gunships destroyed eight enemy tanks. Khe Sanh, FSB LOLO, and FSB PHU LOC received attacks by fire. b. Twenty-six ground contacts/or attacks by fire occurred during the period. These contacts resulted in 152 enemy KIA/KBA, while friendly losses were 17 KIA (five US) and 67 WIA (11 US). Twenty-one enemy were killed in a contact by the 3d VNMC Battalion, while in a separate action, the 11th Airborne Battalion killed 18 enemy. C. Significant material reported destroyed or captured during the period 2,000 Bangalore torpedoes, 6,000 rounds of machinegun ammunition, 417 antitank grenades, 34 individual weapons, 227 82-mm mortar rounds, and one 75-mm recoilless rifle. In addition, air cavalry and aerial rocket artillery elements reported three trucks destroyed, one truck damaged, and 1,500 antitank and mortar rounds destroyed. d. Heavy rain has slowed repair operations on the east end of the main strip at Khe Sanh. 3. (TS) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 101st Airborne Division will give priority effort towards elimination of suspected enemy artillery positions north-northwest of Lang Vei, elimination of possible mortar and rocket positions north and east of Khe Sanh, and security of Route 9 and critical installations. b. RVNAF forces will continue operations in assigned areas in RVN and Laos. Priority effort will be towards search operations in the vicinity of Route 914 in the southern portion of the operational area and saturation search operations by company-sized units north of the Xe Pon River. TOP SCRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 [NCN 04-51/10586 p5of 12] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) 1st Infantry Regiment: 4/1 Infantry Battalion searches vicinity of Objective BACH MAI. 1/1 and 2/1 Infantry Battalions search south and southeast of FSB LOLO, while 3/1 Infantry Battalion secures FSB LOLO. (b) 2d Infantry Regiment: 2/2, 3/2, and 4/2 Infantry Battalions continued attacks toward Objective CUA VIET. 5/2 Infantry Battalion secures LZ SOPHIA EAST. 1/2 Infantry Battalion secures 1st Infantry Division Headquarters in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, (c) 3d Infantry Regiment: No change in future plans since previous report. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Airborne Brigade: 1st Airborne Battalion, 7th Armored Cavalry Squadron, and portions of the 9th Airborne Battalion will search an area 1 to 2 nautical miles north of FSB ALOUI. The remainder of the 9th Airborne Battalion secures FSB ALOUI. The 2d and 7th Airborne Battalions will search Objective BRAVO northeast of FSB ALOUI. (b) 2d Airborne Brigade: Elements of the 5th, 6th, and 11th Airborne Battalions will conduct company-size operations in the vicinity of present locations. The 4th Composite Tank Battalion con- tinues security operations on Route 9 from FSB ALPHA to the RVN Border. (c) Armored Task Force: No change in future plans since the previous report. (3) Vietnamese Marine Division: (a) 147th Marine Brigade: 7th VNMC Battalion will relieve the 2d VNMC Battalion and the 4th and 7th VNMC Battalions will continue to attack toward Objective ALPHA. (b) 258th Marine Brigade: No change in future plans. since the previous report. (c) 369th Marine Brigade: No change in future plans since the previous report, TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 [NKN04-51/10586 pleaf12] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (4) 1st Ranger Group will move its command post and artillery elements to a new fire support base 2 1/2 nautical miles southeast of FSB PHU LOC, dependent on availability of heavy lift heli- copters and road trafficability in area. C. Engineer efforts will continue to be concentrated on repairs to the Khe Sanh airstrip and improvements to Route 9. Attachments 1. Map 2. DIA Assessment 3 Enclosure 1 TOP SBCRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. LAMSON 719 # ENEMY STRENGTH Statute Miles NOR 30,000. COMBAT 19" 10,000 AOM SERVICES VC NVA WNH 10° DECLASSIFIED 80612] a u/1 GULF OF TONKIN DONG 70B HOI FRONT 111 24 X 304 368 36 X 308 102 X 308 : X 2 IN 74 # 64 DMZ ALL 212 324B 17° THAILAND LAOS 10 66 304 XX 304: XX 111 TCHEP 8 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library KHE SANH IN REPUBLIC OF u. BA (3 & 324B 48 320 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TXKING 121 sa X 308 VIETNAM IX X 53 SM 308 X 3245 W 2 BA 511 TII RT 23 324B 16 SPOKE 1400 EST 15 MAR 71 LAMSON 719 0 50 Statute Ulles NORTH VIETNAM 19 70 18 MU GIA PASS BT 12 GULI 02 TONKIN BAN KARA ST 14 10 PASS Reproduced at the Richard Nixon, Library Presidential of ande Library DECL 8u P.9 of12] a DMZ THAILAND LAOS 17 B BT 32 BT 9 N BT 27 TCHE E 559THR 92A This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. & RT :- 3 RT 914 RT 92C BT 33 6A each REPUBLIC OF BT 41 BT 3 BT A - MUONG VIETNAM NONG BT 34 ฿ E EA 011 RT 92E IN & SECRET SPOKE 14° 66 1400 EST 19 MAR 71 BAN BAC CONF IDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 160600-170600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 170600-180600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 3500 feet occasionally 1000 feet, visibility 1-6 miles in rain/ drizzle and fog. Maximum low clouds in southern portion. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 3500 feet except occasionally 1000 feet AGL in valleys, visibility 1/2-4 miles in rain/drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK 1. Little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 3500 feet occasionally 1000 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 2 miles in rain. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 1000 feet occasionally 3500 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 1 to 3 miles in drizzle/fog and rain- showers. OUTLOOK - Decreasing clouds along coastal region. KHE SANH - ARBA 3: Between 160600 and 1200 Saigon time, Cloudy, ceiling 100 to 700 feet, visibility 1/4 to 2 miles in drizzie and fog. Between 161200 and 1800 Saigon time, cloudy, ceiling 1500 feet, visibility 6 miles in haze. Between 161800 and 170600 Saigon time, cloudy, ceiling 100 to 700 feet, visibility 1/4 to 2 miles in drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK or Little change. TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Between 160600 and 1100 Saigon time, in valleys, patchy stratus, 500 broken AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 4 CONT IDENTIAL Enclosure 2 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determine ed'to be declassified. 10 mh 12 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL miles. Between 161100 and 170600 Saigon time, partly cloudy occasionally cloudy, ceiling unlimited occasionally 4000 feet, visibility 7 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change: CHUP PLANTATION - ARBA 5: Cloudy, ceiling 10000 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 4 to 6 miles in rain/showers. OUTLOOK - Decreasing middle level clouds. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL ASISIFIEDOU 51/10586 86 Pilob12] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified CONEIDENTIAL A Ka-chu Ha CHINA Grann Nam-nine Cao Card: y Yulin Laa Cal N ORTH CHINA Tale Tuyen Lang Son Than Quang Phone Gira That Nguyen Saly V BURMA E N A M Mong Cal Dien Bion Son Phu La . Muang Loong Son Janoi " Nam The [Tay Halphong Houel Sai Samneua Hai-ah Chiang Thank Rai Lovengphrabang Hoa GULF Sala Phou Muorig Sen Khoug OF Tung-tang Nan L 7 A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksano Huang-lit VIENTIANE Yo-On AREA 1 Nong Khat Ution Thank Dong Hoi Khammoyane (Thakhck) Demorcation Line. AREA 2 Phitsanulok Seno Secone Quang Tri Savannskhel Khon Kaon Rue THAILAND Da Nang Nakhan Sawan AREA 3 Sarayane Uban Batchelltant Nakhon Ratchasima Warin Chamrap Pokso Attoneu AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Burl Pleiku BANCKOK An Nhon Chachoongsed Sisaphon Sism Reap Samut Street Treng Songhhram CAMB DIA AREA 5 Baltanbang TONIC SAF Ban Me Kratle Pursal Thuot GIVE of SIAM Metions Da Lat Kampong Change 0 SOUTH PHNOM PENH Kompong VIETNAM Speu Svay Rient Bien Hoa - Phan Thiot (*) SAIGON Kampal INDOCHINA My The Long Yung Tau WhA Xnyeu Vish Long Railroad DAD PHU QUOC Can The Road Bac CHINA Quan Licu Lonn 0 % 100 150 Miles 0 90 100 140 Knowleters CON SON SOUTH NAMED AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION ARE NOT NECESSABILY AUTHORITATIVE 53500 12-08 a 1. in Attachment Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 17Aml 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 16 March 1971 1600 EST THE JOINT STAFF MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: Military Situation Report on Operations in Laos 1. Attached are situation reports on operations in Laos and the weather forecast for the area. 2. A telephone check with MACV at 161430 EST revealed the following: Between 160603 EST and 160621 EST Khe Sanh Base received an attack by fire of 68 rounds of unknown type. Results - 2 US WIA, 2 helicopters damaged (1 major, 1 minor) and one 3/4 ton truck deştroyed. Brigadier General, USA 2 Encls Deputy Director for a/s Operations (NMCC) Distribution: WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF ASD/PA (Mr. Henkin) ASD/ISA ASD/SA/REPRO SITUATION.ROOM CJCS (6) Ih 9h:8 NJ 91 UW 12. DJS (2) J- 30 J- 32 J- 33 J - 34 J- 36 J 37 CSA SECSTATE (For Mr. Eliot or Mr. Curran EYES ONLY) CSAF NSA (For VAdm Gaylor EYES ONLY) CNO PAC DIV CMC P&A DIV DIA STRAT OPS DIV TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 16 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 152200- 160800 GMT March (160600-161600 March Saigon time, 151700- 160300 EST March) 1971. The information herein is based on available combat reports and will be revised upon receipt of more complete information. 2. (S) Summary of Current Operations: a. General Situation: (1) The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) continued operations in northern Quang Tri Province providing security for Route 9 and critical installations. Enemy activity in Quang Tri Province remained light during the reporting period. Air cavalry elements developed a large contact at an apparent enemy supply depot 3 nautical miles northwest of FSB PHU LOC. (2) RVNAF units continued search and clear operations in Laos moving toward assigned objectives. Several contacts were made with the enemy and significant air- strike BDA was developed, (3) There has been no report of activity on Route 914. b. Significant Combat Actions Reported: (1) Point 1. Organic air cavalry elements of US 1st Brigade, 5th Mechanized Division, on 16 March, while conducting visual reconnaissance, received heavy 12.7 mm fire. The area was engaged by helicopter gunships which observed 15 large secondary explosions. Elements continued to work the area and observed a large flame which burned for 1 1/2 hours. Tactical air and artillery were employed causing 26 additional secondary explosions. (2) Point 2. Late on the 15th, the 2d Battalion, 1st ARVN Airborne Brigade, contacted an unknown-size enemy force killing 11 enemy and seizing two individual and two crew-served weapons, 20 satchel charges, and 18 blocks of TNT. (3) Point 3. On 15 March, an element of the 11th Air Cavalry Squadron received a 100 mixed round attack by fire wounding one ARVN soldier. Early on the 16th in the same vicinity, five ARVN of the 8th Airborne Battalion were wounded when the battalion received an unknown number of mortar rounds. TOP SECRET / Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library 1 2 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (4) Point 4. One company of the 11th Battalion, 2d Airborne Brigade, with a platoon of tanks, reached the crash site of the OH-58A helicøpter that crashed on 6 March. No US were found. In the same vicinity on the 15th, the 11th Airborne Battalion engaged an unknown-size enemy force killing 17 and seizing two individual and two crew-served weapons, 20 shaped charges, and 18 blocks of TNT, One enemy soldier was captured. There were no ARVN casuáltics. Nearby, the bodies of 15 enemy soldiers killed by helicopter gunships were found. (5) Point 5. On 16 March, the 3d Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment, found the bodies of six enemy killed in an ARC LIGHT strike. (6) Point 6. Late on 15 March, the 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment discovered two enemy base camps which had been bombed in ARC LIGHT strikes. Materials destroyed included: 350 55 gallon drums POL 230 barracks (130 had underground bunkers) 30 tons of rice 18 KBA 4 individual weapons 2 122 mm rocket launchers 1 82 min mortar and base plate. miscellaneous documents (7) Point 7. Late 15 March, the 2d Infantry Regiment reported that gunships had destroyed five enemy trucks and caused one secondary explosion. (8) Point 8. On 15 March, the 4th Battalion, 147th VNMC Brigade, found the Bodies of 16 enemy killed by air. Two thousand 82-mm mortar rounds, four crew-served and two individual weapons, and one radio were seized. C. Progress of Friendly Forces in Achieving Objectives: (1) All objectives of the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) were accomplished. Resupply of ARVN units in Laos were completed except for Fire Support Base DELTA where 10 of 27 sorties were completed. (2) ARVN units in Laos achieved all preplanned objectives. Search and clear operations continued as they moved toward assigned objectives. The 3d Regiment Command Post and one Engineer company and the 4th Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment, were air- lifted to Khe Sanh from which the units departed by convoy for Fire Support Base SALLY near Hue, RVN. (3) Logistics: Seventeen C-130 aircraft, including five carrying JP-4 fuel, arrived at Khe Sanh during the reporting period. Three hundred and twenty tons of supp Reproduced at the Richard Nixon: library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has/been determined to be declassified. 3 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (4) Air Operations: Resupply missions were flown to all requested locations except Fire Support Base DELTA where, due to sporadic incoming fire at the landing zone, only 1/3 of the sorties were completed. One UH-1H helicopter was lost due to hostile fire west of Fire Support Base BROWN during the extraction of the 4th Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment. The crew was recovered; one was wounded. A11 aircraft damaged in the attack by fire at Khe Sanh on I5 March are flyable. (5) Engineer Effort: No change from previous report. 3. (S) Remarks: a. RVNAF troop strength in Laos for this period is 16,509. b. RVNAF battalions by type in Lads for this operation are: (1) Infantry (including airborne) 16 (2) Artillery 4 (3) Armored Cavalry Squadron 4 (4) Engineer 2 (5) VNMC 6 (6) Ranger 0 C. Results of B-52 strikes: No secondary explosions were reported for the period. For the previous period, seven additional secondary explosions were reported. d. Results of tactical dirstrikes: Two vehicles were destroyed and one was damaged, 20 meters of road were cut, and 10 barrels of POL were destroyed. Twenty- nine secondary explosions and 16 secondary fires were observed. 4. (U) Statistical data for the operation are shown in the attachments. Attachments 1. Map 2. Casualties 3. Equipment and Materiel Seized/Destroyed 4. Aircraft Losses/Casualties TOP SECRET / Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Enclosure '1 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 1 AMSON 719 151700 - 160300 EST MAR 7T 71 1037 92 A 1039 FSB ALOUI : ABN BDE 1 ARMD TASK FORCE FSB PHU LOC TF 3/5 MECH SDE 31 POINT I RNGR GP 1032 92 8 Rock Pile e VANDEGRIFT I 915 COMBAT SASE 23 POINT 2 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. I/S mech BDE UH-IH DESTROYED 925 917 POINT 3 0 Ca Lu OSJ BRAVO Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Tche one G Kbe Sanh POINT 5 POINT 4 FSB SHEPHERD H T/F 4/3 INF $ 8 92 C Lang Vei RVN FSB KILO $ POINT 6 RBS 516' 914 C 369 VNMC BDE FSB LOLO 1 INF REGT POINT 7 5 2 ABN BDE 234 POINT 8 FSB HOTEL: 258 VNMC BDE LZ BROWN 2 INF REGT FSB BRAVO LZ SOPHIA EAST LAOS OBJ GIA LAM F5B DELTA 147 VNMC BDE OBJ BACH MAI F53 ALPHA 92'0 FSB DELTA I ATTACHMENT 329 99 0 10 [5 NM TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 CASUALTIES (PERIOD 151700-160300 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA FRIENDLY US 0 4 0 101* 516% 25 RVNAF DATA NOT AVAILABLE 755 2,833 167 KIA $ KBA DET KIA $ KBA DET ENEMY 92 43 0 8,656 3,240 41 $Includes KBA. *Adjusted data. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIF fachment 2 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 EQUIPMENT AND MATERIEL SEIZED/DESTROYED (PERIOD 151700 160300 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE SEIZED DESTROYED SEIZED/DESTROYED Individual Weapons 9 4 3,843 Crew-served Weapons 8 3 1,161 Ammunition: (1) Small-Arms (Rounds) 0 0 466,136 (2) Miscellancous (Rounds) : 0 2,041 76,786*$ Vehicles 0 5 384* Tanks 0 0 99 POL (Gallons) 0 19,250 209,710 Rice/Food (Pounds) : 0 60,000 3,080,740* Communication Equipment (Radios) 1 0 83 (Telephones/KM wire) 0/0 0/0 20#/24,000 Medical Supplies 0 0 7,900 (Pounds) Documents (Pounds) 0 0 16 Miscellancous Equipment/Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 79,800 Structures 0 230 1,087 Bunkers 0 0 979 *Adjusted data $Factored #Switchboards TOP SECRET/SHNSITY Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library 3 7 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 AIRCRAFT COMBAT LOSSES (PERIOD 151700 60300 EST MAR 71) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD (RVN/LAOS) CUMULATIVE* (RVN/LAOS) US HELOS AH- 1G 0/1 1/12** UH- 1 0/1 5/32 OH- 6A 0/0 3/6 OH- 58A 0/0 1/4 CH- 47 0/0 0/2 SUB-TOTAL: 0/2 10/56 US FIXED-WING A-1 0/0 0/1 F-4 0/0 1/2 TOTAL US AIRCRAFT LOSSES: 0/2 11/59 VNAF HELOS UH- 1H 0/0 0/6 CH- 34 0/0 0/2 TOTAL: OPREP-5 0/0 0/8 *SOURCE: OPREP S **Includes one loss reported as damaged on 5 Mar 71. US PERSONNEL CASUALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AIR OPERATIONS (PERIOD 151700-160300 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA 0 1 0 37 121 19 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED TOP been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified ment 4 CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 170600 - 180600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 180600 - 190600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during daylight hours, ceiling 3500 feet patchy unlímited during daylight hours, višibility 4 to 7 miles in fog/haze. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during daylight hours, ceiling 3500 to 4000 feet patchy unlimited during daylight hours, visibility 3 to 7 miles in fog/haze. OUTLOOK - Little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during afternoon hours, ceiling 2000 feet lowering to 1500 feet at night and patchy unlimited during afternoon hours, visibility 5 to 7 miles in haze occasionally 2 miles in fog/haze at night and during morning hours. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy during afternoon hours, ceiling 3500 feet lowering to 1000 feet AGL, in valleys at night and patchy unlimited during afternoon hours, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze occasionally 1 to 3 miles in fog/haze at night and during morning hours. OUTLOQK - Little change. KHE SANH - AREA 3: Cloudy, ceiling 1000 to 1500 feet AGL lowering to 200. to 800 feet during night and morning hours, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze lowering to 1/2 to 4 miles in fog and occasional drizzle during night and morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited patchy 4000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 1/2 to 3 miles in valley fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED losure 2 9 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - ARBA 5: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited occasionally 10000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 3 to 4 miles in patchy fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK for Little change NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library 2 Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 10 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL Ko-shiu Menn-izu Flu-crh Ba CHINA Giane Nan-ning Cao Bang Yülon Lao Cai N R H CHINA lato Tuyen Lang Sout Than Giae Quans Thai Neuyen Phone ml Saly V E 7 N A M Mong Cal BURMA Dion Bien Sun Phu La Muang Loong Son Danol Nam Tha ay Haighor(s Havel Sal Samnera Hal-an Chiang Rai Virting Thanh Louangphrabang Has GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoon OF Tang-lang Nan L A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinli Paksane Huang-lis VIENTIANE Yü-lin AREA 1 Mong Khat Udon Thani Dong Hot Khammounde (Thakhek) Demarcation Lina. AREA 2 Phitsanulok Séno Sepane Quang Til Savannakhot Klion Keen Hue THAIL/AND Da Nang Nakhon Sawan AREA 3 Sarayano Ubon Ratchathani Nakhon A. Ratchasima Warin Chamrap nksh Attopou AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Duri Pieiku BANGKOR An Nhon Chachoengsaq Sisephon Stem Reap Samul Study Treng Songkhram C A M B D - A AREA 5 Buttambang TOANE SAI Ban Me Kratie Purset Thuot GULF OF STAN Making Da Lat Komoong Chan 0 SOUTH PHNOM PENH Kompong $ TEINAM Spqu Svay RICHE. Bien Hoa Nihanoukville Kampot Phan Thiot SAIGON INDOCHINA My The Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyeu Vinh Long Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnom) The Road Bac CHINA Quan Lieu Long 0 50 100 150 Miles 0 50 100 150 Kidometers CON SON SOUTH MAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRRMENTATION 106 108 ARE NOT NECESSANILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12.68 CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLAment This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. WHITE OUSE SITUATO ROOM SECRET '71 MAR 16 PM 4: 39 A NR IA DEPARTMENT OF STATE OD-SECDEF Operations Center OD-JCS H Sitroom Status Report No. 37 on Operations in Laos and Cambodia as of 1400 hours, EST, March 16, 1971 1. Diplomatic Reactions and Developments Soviet Union/Viet Cong - According to TASS, Soviet Politburo member Alexander Shelepin today (March 16) received the Viet Cong Ambassador to Moscow--at the latter's request- for "a warm and friendly" talk. The announcement gave no details of the substance of the talks. North Vietnam - The North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry issued a statement on March 15 condemning the United States "for continuing to attack the Vinh Linh area and Quang Binh Province" with bombs and artillery during the period March 8-13. Radio Hano1 broadcast on March 16 what 1t said was an "order of mobilization" of the Laotian People's Liberation Armed Forces. The "order" claimed that South Vietnamese "puppet" troops are in disarray and attempting to "flee," and it instructed Communist forces to prevent their escape. 2. Significant Foreign Public Reactions South Vietnam - A late February opinion survey in Saigon contained no suprises. Of the small sample surveyed 37 percent professed ignorance of the South Vietnamese Army operation in Laos, while the remainder indicated both pride in the Army's performance and concern over heavy casualties. North Vietnam - The army newspaper Quan Do1 Nhan Dan said in a March 16 editorial that the "victories of the lower Laotian Armed Forces and people" have not only confused the US "military scheme" in Laos, but have also caused the weakening of the Allies' strategic position "on other battlefields in Indochina. While praising the infantry, artillery, anti-aircraft, and armor branches for their "heroism," the editorial gave special recognition to engineer and transportation units for their role in moving supplies to the front line. SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET -2- Cuba are A commentator on the Havana Domestic Television Service stated that Secretary Rogers and President Nixon are deceiving the American people by making them believe that the Laotian invasion 1s not an intensi fidation of effort and does not entail risks. Despite Nixon's claim that the war 1s ending, the commentator added, it will continue indefinitely until the Indochinese people attain the victory they are determined to gain. 3. Congressional and Domestic Reactions and Developments Tuesday morning (March 16) papers have no editorials on Laos (Baltimore Sun, New York Times, Washington Post). 4. Internal South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Developments Negative. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DEP ATE Department of Sta UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TELEGRAM SECRET 5 R 161110Z MAR 71 ZFF- 1 FM AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1866 BT 5175Q SECRET VIENTIANE 1697 16 MARCH 1971 NODIS/ASHAU 15 15 Z SUMMARY: KING SUPPORTS LAMSON 719 BUT IS CONCERNED LEST GVN MISUNDERSTAND RLG'S VIEWS ON ITS NEUTRALITY AND OVERREACT TO POSSIBLE FUTURE RLG STATEMENTS RE LAMSON 719 END SUMMARY. N 1. OUTHONG SOUVANNAVONG, PRESIDENT OF KING'S COUNCIL (CLOSEST THING LAOS HAS TO A SENATE) ASKED ME TO CALL YESTERDAY. HE SAID HE WAS TAKING THIS ACTION AI KING'S REQUEST FOR LATTER WAS WORRIED THAT SOUTH VIETNAMESE DID NOT APPRECIATE LAO NEUTRALITY. THEY ACCORDINGLY MIGHT MISINTERPRET ACTION THAT LAOS OCCASIONALLY HAD TO TAKE OUT OF RESPECT FOR THIS POLICY. ACCORDING TO OUTHONG, KING HEARTILY ENDORSES LAMSON 719 AND HAD APPROVED ITS INITIATION. HE ALSO ENDORSES STATEMENT MADE BY PRIME MINISTER ON FEBRUARY 8 AFTER ARVN MOVED INTO SOUTHERN LAOS. HE WISHES LAMSON 719 WELL AND HOPES IT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE ENEMY DIFFICULTIES ALONG THE TRAIL AREA AS LONG AS MILITARY EXPERTS THINK THIS CAN BE DONE. KING WANTED USG TO KNOW THESE VIEWS AND REQUESTED THAT WE EXPLAIN TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE HIS POSITION. THE IMPLICATION OF HIS VIEWS AS REPORTED BY OUTHONG WAS THAT KING MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A PUBLIC STAND N POSSIBLY AGAINST LAMSON 719 BUT WISHES GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM TO KNOW THAT HE WAS TAKING THIS ACTION MERELY IN VIEW OF LAO NEUTRALITY. 2. I PRESSED OUTHONG AS TO PRECISELY WHAT WAS WORRYING HIS MAJESTY AND COULD GET NO FURTHER INDICATION. I WAS EQUALLY UNSUCCESSFUL IN ENDEAVORING TO ASCERTAIN WHY OUTHONG DID NOT RAISE THIS MATTER WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR THUY. ALL THAT OUTHONG WOULD SAY WAS THAT HE WAS CARRYING OUT KING'S PRECISE INSTRUCTIONS. 3. ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THE QUASI-UNIVERSAL ADVERSE REACTIONS WE ARE HEARING FROM ALL SIDES IN VIENTIANE TO GENERAL MANH'S "SECRET" MISSION (VIENTIANE 1386). FRENCH AND EVEN GOOD FRIENDS OF NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. -2- - VIENTIANE 1 7, 171110z MARCH OURS SUCH AS THE AUSTRALIANS DESCRIBE VISIT AS "CATASTROPHIC". OTHERS MERELY CITE IT AS SOUTH VIETNAMESE INEPTITUDE, WHILE SOME ALLEGE IT WAS AN EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTH VIET- NAMESE TO EMBARRASS SOUVANNA, SUPPORT THE FAR RIGHT AND DESTROY WHAT IS LEFT OF LAO NEUTRALITY. OUTHONG WAS AMONG THE MORE CHARITABLE AND REFERRED TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR AS "THAT IDIOT." 4. COMMENT: WHILE WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DEFEND N THE WAY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE HANDLED MANH'S VISIT, I CANNOT HELP BUT RECALL THAT THE MILITARY GET TOGETHER WAS SOUGHT BY THE LAO NOTWITHSTANDING OUR DOUBTS AS TO ITS WISDOM. 5. I HOPE AMEMBASSY SAIGON MIGHT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH APPROPRIATE SOUTH VIETNAMESE THE KING'S VIEWS. RECOMMEND THAT IF THE KING OR, WHAT IS MORE PROBABLE, THE RLG FEELS OBLIGED TO CRITICIZE LAMSON 719 THAT THE GVN NOT REPEAT NOT OVER REACT AND REALIZE THAT SUCH ACTION IS MERELY PART OF THE LAO NEUTRALISTIC BALANCING ACT. GP- 1. GODLEY BT N NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETA SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. [82/2/3] Samson SECRET SPOKE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM LAMSON 719 ORDER OF BATTLE Base Areas 604 and 611 '71 MAR 18 PM 12:39 October 1970 Base Area 604 and Vicinity: 4,000 - 5,000 141st NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns ) 48th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns Dual Capability: 5,000 - 6,000 812th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns 9th NVA Inf Regt (2 Bns 675B NVA Arty Regt (2 Bns ) 5th NVA Inf Bn (1 Bn) Base Area 611 and Vicinity: 6,000. - 7,000 L 324B Div Hq (0 Bns 803d NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns 29th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns 4th NVA Inf Regt (2 Bns 6th NVA Inf Regt (4 Bns) 35th NVA Arty Bn (1 Bn) 11th NVA Recon Bn (1 Bn) TOTALS: Combat (28 Bns) 15,000 -18,000 In addition, the HQ, 2d NVA Division and its subordinate 1st Regiment was believed to be in the Tchepone area. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 SECRET SPOKE Newou-51/10587-0er/tric 12/13/2011 By Deep NARA, Date 14/30/2012 [10f7] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET SPOKE 18 March 1971 Immediate LAMSON 719 Operational Area UNIT BATTALIONS CURRENT STR 70B NVA Headquarters Unknown HQ, 2d NVA Div* 800 HQ, 308th NVA Div* 2,900 HQ, 324B NVA Div* HQ, 304th NVA Div* 24th Regt/304th D1v 102d Regt/308th Div 141st Regt/2d Div 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 2 3 0 250 2,000 1st Regt/2d Div 1,400 2,000 29th Regt/324B Div 1,200 36th Regt/308th Div 1,800 64th Regt 1,700 66th Regt/304th Div 2,000 88th Regt/308th Div 1,900 1,500 1,800 368th Arty Regt (AKA 675B Arty Regt) 1,400 803d Regt/324B Div 1,400 812th Regt/324B Div 1,250 74th Tank Bn 1 150 u/1 Tank Bn 1 150 45 25,600 48th Regt/320th Div (Southeast BA 604) 3 2,500 Eastern Base Area 619 6th Regt/MRTTH 4 1,500 11th Recon Bn 1 200 35th Arty Bn 1 200 6 1,900 Total threat to LAMSON 719 54 Bns 30,000 NOTE: # Division Headquarters contain some Command and Support personnel who are not considered to be a combat threat. However, the 2d Division has two combat battalions while the 308th and 304th Divisions have three each that are charged with security, but can be utilized in an offensive role. SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 51/10507 P2007] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 16526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET SPOKE January 1971 Base Area 604 and Vicinity 5,000 - 6,000 141st NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns) 48th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns) 1 Bn/24th NVA Inf Regt (1 Bn) Dual Capability 2,000 - 3,000 675B NVA Arty Regt (2 Bns) 5th NVA Inf Bn (1 Bn) 1 Bn, 9th NVA Inf Regt (1 Bn) Base Area 611 and Vicinity 4,000 - 5,000 324B Div Hq (- Bn) 803₫ NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns) 29th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns) 812th NVA Inf Regt (3 Bns) 35th NVA Arty Bn (1 Bn) 11th NVA Recon Bn (1 Bn) TOTALS: Combat (22 Bns) 11,000-14,000 Between October 1970 and January 1971, the following units either deployed in or out of the area: Deployed to the area: One battalion of the 24th NVA Regt/304th Division. The Regiment passed through the Tchepone area on its return from the Republic to NVN. This battalion and the Regiment's Forward Element were identified as remaining in the Tchepone area. Deployed out of the area: 4th Regiment/MRTTH to RVN 6th Regiment/MRTTH to RVN 9th Regiment/968 Front to Southern Laos SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 06-51 10587 p31877 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified, Since the operation started the enemy has deployed the following units to the LAMSON area from North Vietnam: the HQ, 308th Division and its three subordinate regiments, (36th, 88th and 102d), the HQ, 304th Division and two of its subordinate Regiments (24th and 66th) and the 64th Regiment of the 320th Division. Additionally, the enemy deployed at least two tank battalions from the North to the area. The 6th Independent NVA Regiment has relocated from the Republic of Vietnam's Military Region 1 to the vicinity of Base Area 611. The 2d NVA Division and its subordinate lst VC Regiment were identified in the LAMSON area after 7 February. These units were probably already in Laos, but their precise location was not clear. Also, a major North Vietnamese headquarters (70B Front) has now been identified in the LAMSON area. It apparently exercises tactical control over the entire area and communicates with at least three division headquarters (304th, 308th, and 320th). SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 10587 0.40f7 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified SECRET d. Capacity of Route 1016 (NVN) Answer: Data are currently not available. g. Rate of enemy consumption (classes of supplies) for LAMSON 719 Answer: Data are currently not available. h. The miles of road associated with Ho Chi Minh Trail network: Answer: : Miles of motorable road Jun 1970 1,710 Dec 1970 2,100 Current 2,200 SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 610587 p5of7] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET Second Increment of Logistics Questions from White House Situation Room 17 March 1971 1. What is the load factor for destroyed trucks? Answer: 3 tons or 75% of estimated truck load. 2. What is the estimated input to replace the NVA loss of Sihanoukville? Answer: Over an approximately three year period 23 760 short tons of supplies entered Cambodia via that port, Almost all of this was ammunition. The supplies noted moving down the trails in Laos are believed to be about 20% ammunition. The remainder of the supplies are food, POL medical supplies etc. A significant amount is consumed in transit; therefore, the amount needed to replace the Sihanoukville loss would not be in the order of a ton-for-ton replacement. 3. a. What level of supplies is needed to support NVA/VC forces engaged in opposing LAMSON 719? b. What level of input is needed to support the operational BT's (i.e., total Lao Panhandle)? Answer (a) : Although it will increase the consumption rates in (b) below, we do not have a factor. Answer (b) : Daily Requirement - Total Laos Panhandle Class I 60-90 short tons Class II & IV 8-12 short tons Class III* 25-40 short tons Class V* 10-20 short tons 103-162 short tons * Only very rough estimates of these classes (POL and ammunition) can be made. For example, antiaircraft munitions expenditures (firings at Allied strike aircraft) cannot be estimated except in very gross terms, i.e., pilot sightings of rounds fired by enemy AA personnel. 7. What is the NVA/VC supply loss to capture/destruction as a result of LAMSON 7197 Answer: Totals as of 16 Mar 71 as reported by MACV Weapons 48.2 short tons Equipment 44.9 short tons Food 1,540.4 short tons Ammunition 484.7 short tons 2,118.2 short tons CRE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 06-51/10587 P60871 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 8. What was the composition of supplies noted from COMINT in the Laos Panhandle during 1969-70, and during 1970-717 Answer: 1970-71* Food 60% Ammo and Weapons 20% POL 15% Miscellaneous 5% * Early in the dry season the major bulk of supplies have been food and POL. The latter half of season movement has tended toward weapons, ammunition and miscellaneous equipment. The composition of the 1969-70 season was essentially similar. 4. What level of supply input is needed to support the NVA in protracted war in SVN at 1969-1970 dry season level? 5. What level of supplies would be required to 'support a major offensive in a) One MR, b) two MRs, c) Tet Type (dountrywide, SVN) ? 6. What level of supplies is needed to support NVA/VC forces in Cambodia under current conditions? Answer: With respect to questions 4, 5, and 6 above, there are too many variables in the equations to provide usable data. We have recently calculated that approximately 200 tons of ammunition would support a low level of enemy activity in southern SVN and Cambodia for two months. SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIEDI0507 p7067] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE NMCC LATIMER THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER HAIS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 HOWE 0600 EST 19 March 1971 KENNEDY THE JOINT STAPF HOLDLITGE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD ANERSON Subject: Military Situation Report on Operations in Laos and Cambodia Attached are situation reports on operations in Laos and Cambodia and the weather forecast for the areas. Eohantin E. O. MARTIN Brigadier General, USAF Deputy Director for Operations, NMCC 3 Encls a/s DISTRIBUTION: WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF ASD/PA (Mr. Henkin) ASD/SA/REPRO ASD/ISA CJCS (6) DJS (2) J-3 J-32', J-33 J-34 J-36 J-37 DIA CSA CSAF (2) CNO CMC SECSTATE (For Mr. Eliot or Mr. Curran EYES ONLY) NSA (For VAdm Gayler EYES ONLY) PAC DIV P&A DIV STRAT OPS DIV TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 19 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 180800- 182200 GMT Marich (181600-190600 March Saigon time, 180300- 181700 EST March) 1971. The information herein is based on available combat reports and will be revised upon receipt of more complete information. 2. (S) Summary of Current Operations: a. General Situation: (1) The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) conducted local security operations in its assigned area of opera- tions. Units reported three minor actions and four attacks by fire (one on Quang Tri Base). (2) RVNAF forces continued operations in Laos and RVN. The 1st Infantry Regiment closed into La Vang, 2 miles southeast of Quang Tri. Upon extraction, the 4th Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment had an effective strength of 82 men. The 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment remained in the vicinity of LZs BROWN and SOPHIA EAST. b. Significant Combat Actions Reported: (1) At: Point 1, Quang Tri Base received four rounds of 122-mim rocket fire damaging five trucks. (2) At Point 2, the 1st Ranger Group was struck by a combined mortar and ground attack on the night of 17 March Saigon time. Two ARVN were killed and seven wounded. Twenty enemy soldiers were killed and seven are individual weapons were seized. (3) At Point 3, updated results for the 1st VNMC Battalion reported in NMCC MFR, same subject, dated 181600 EST March 1971 reflect 21 enemy KIA (vice nine), 100 82-mim mortar rounds (vice none), 15 handgrenades (vice none) and six individual weapons seized (vice none). Friendly casualties are unchanged. (4) At Point 4, an attack by fire on US artillery elements resulted in 16 US soldiers wounded and one 175-mm gun damaged. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Inclosure 1 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. (5) At Point 5, a VNMC reconnaissance element discovered the bodies of 16 enemy soldiers who had been killed by a B-52 strike. Three individual and one crew served weapon were also destroyed by the strike. (6) At Point 6; updated results of the 7th VNMC Battalion contact reported in NMCC MFR, same subject, dated 181600 EST March 1971, reflects 42 enemy KIA (vice 10) and seven individual weapons seized (vice none). Marine casualties were three KIA (vice one) and 10 WIA (vice three). C. Progress of Friendly Forces in Achieving Objectives: (1) A11 preplanned objectives for the 101st Air- borne Division (Airmobile) were achieved. (2) RVNAF forces achieved all preplanned objectives for the period. The 1st Infantry Regiment closed at its new location near Quang Tri at 181715 March Saigon time. (3) Logistics: Thirty-six C-130 sorties arrived at Khe Sanhi, including 16 sorties delivering JP-4 fuel. Four hundred and forty tons of supplies were delivered by truck (4) Air Operations: Eight hundred and twenty-three aircraft landed in Laos on 18 March. Seventeen US personnel debarked and were extracted. Twenty-one aircraft were hit by hostile fire on 18 March, four of which were destroyed (two AH-1 and one CH-47 previously reported one UH-1). Six other aircraft were declared non-flyable. Details on the destroyed UH-1 were not available at the time of the report. (5) Engineer Effort: The subgrade at the east end of the Khe Sanh main strip was compacted and laying of matting has begun. The subgrade on the west end of the assault strip was compacted and matting was relaid by midnight 18 March Saigon time. 3. (S) Remarks: a. RVNAF troop strength in Laos for this period is 14,519. b. RVNAF battalions by type in Laos for this operation are: (1) Infantry (including airborne) 11 (2) Artillery 4 (3) Armored Cavalry Squadron 4 (4) Engineer 2 (5) VNMC 6 (6) Ranger 0 TOP SECRET/SENSATIVE 2 Pnclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE C. Results of B-52 strikes: Five secondary explosions were reported for this period. An additional 71 secondary explosions were reported for the previous period. d. Results of tactical airstrikes: DESTROYED DAMAGED OTHER 28 vehicles 8 vehicles 626 secondary explosions 8 gunsites 6.5 secondary fires 7 bunkers 1 watercraft Updated BDA for 17 March 1971: DESTROYED DAMAGED OTHER 41 trucks 34 bunkers 669 secondary explosions 36 bunkers 11 trucks 136 KBA 9 structures 69 secondary fires 5 AAA weapons 2 machineguns 1 supply area 4. (U) Statistical data for the operation are shown in the attachments. Attachments: 1. Map 2. Casualties 3. Equipment and Materiel Seized/Destroyed 4. Air Support 5. Aircraft Losses/Casualties TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 4 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. ARMD CURRENT OPERATIONS POINT I I ABN BDE TF 3/5 MECH BDE AMSON 719 FSB PHU LOC 11 RNGR GP 80300 - 181700 EST MAR 71 Rock Pile 4 9 & FSB BRAVO 913 23 1/5 MECH BDE VANDEGRIFT 7 POINT 2 925 COMBAT BASE 92B O Ca Lu 917 G FS8 SHEPHERD Tchenone POINT 3 Khe Soft... T/F 4/3 INF 9G POINT 4 KILO ang è'ei 11 INF REGT This document been reviewed pursuant Executive Order determined declassified TTACHMENT 90 92C RVN 914P has to 13526 and has been to be R Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 9E -16)) 369 VNMC BDE 914C FSB LOLO 923 FSB HOTEL 2 ABN BDE LZ BROWN. FSB TABAT 2 INF REGT POINT 5 258 VNMC BDE OBJ BRAVO OBJ GIA LAM POINT 6 238 LAOS & FSB DELTA 147 VNMC BOE & OBJ SACH MAI FSB ALPHA LZ SOPHIA EAST 920 FSB DELTA 1 984 BY-PASS S22 23 OBJ CUA VIET 9225 99 92E 10: 5; 10 15 NM 233 5 TOP SECRET SENITIVE TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 CASUALTIES (PERIOD 180300-181700 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KTA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA FRIENDLY US 1 18 0 101 554 30 RVNAF 5:8 118 0 891 3,229 167 KIAS KBA DET KIA$ KBA DET BNEMY 106 16 2 10,786* 3,606 46 $The KIA figure includes the KBA figure. *Adjusted data 6 TOP SECRET / Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Attachment 2 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified: TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 EQUIPMENT AND MATERIED SEIZED/DESTROYED (PERIOD 180300-181700 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE SEIZED DESTROYED SEIZED/DESTROYED Individual Weapons 22 3 4,420* Crew-served Weapons 2 1 1,320* Ammunition: (1): Small-Arms (Rounds) 0 & 0 470,196* (2) Miscellaneous (Rounds) 205 0 77,376$* Vehicles 0 0 281* Tanks 0 0 108* POL (Gallons) 0 0 209,710 Rice/Food (Pounds) 0 8,000 3,160,000* Communication Equipment (Radios) 0 0 91 (Telephones/KM wire) 0/0 0/0 11/353 (Telephone Switchboards) 0 0 9 Modical Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 7,900 Documents (Pounds) 0 0 17 -Miscellaneous Equipmont/Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 79,800 Structures 0 0 1,097 Bunkers 0 0 1,069 *Adjusted Data $Factored 7 TOP SECRET/SRNSUT Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library 3 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 AIR SUPPORT US COMBAT SUPPORT SORTIES (PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD CUMULATIVE RVN A- 4 (USMC) 2 162 A- - 6 (USMC) 1 27 A- 7 (USN) 0 34 B 52 0 59 F-4: (USAF-USMC) 3 303 F- - 100 6 64 AC - 119 Gunships 0 0 AC - 130 Gunships 0 0 Helo Gunships 390 10,278 Air Cavalry -86 7,045 Helo Troop Lift 756 23,597 Helo Med Evac 90 952 C-130 Logistics 43 1,692 Helo Logistics 586 33,820 LAOS & A-1 (USAF) 0 15 A-4 (USMC-USN) 80 1,133 A-6 (USMC) 4 153 A- 7 (USN) 0 1,052 B-52 31 1,104 B-57 (USAF) 0 14 F F- vale 4 (USAF-USNC) 129 3,264 F- - 100 22 278 AC 119 Gunships 4 62 0 AC - 130 Gunships 1 123 Helo Gunships 846 13,992 Air Cavalry 100 6,288 Helo Troop Lift 576 11,315 Helo Med Evac 48 766 C-130 Logistics 0 0 Helo Logistics 199 6,623 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 4 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 AIR SUPPORT (Continued) VNAF/RAAF COMBAT SUPPORT SORTIES (PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD CUMULATIVE RVN A- - 37 6 81 B-57 (RAAF) $ 0 213 Helo Gunships 6 31 Helo Troop Lift 18 296 Helo Med Evac 0 0 Helo Logistics 10 166 LAOS A- 37 10 73 B-57 (RAAF) 0 0 Holo Gunships 0 220 Helo Troop Lift 0 637 He1o Med Evac 0 4 Nelo Logistics 0 396 TOP SBCRET/SENSITIVE 2 Attachment 4 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 AIRCRAFT COMBAT LOSSES (PERIQD-180300-181700 EST MAR 71) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD (RVN/LAOS) CUMULATIVE* (RVN/LAOS) US HELOS AH- 1G 0/0 1/14 ** UH- 1 0/1 5/34 ** OH- 6A 0/0 3/6 OH- 58A 0/0 1/4 CH- 47 0/0 0/3 ** SUB-TOTAL: 0/1 10/61 US FIXED WING A- 1 0/0 0/1 0-2 0/0 0/1 F-4 0/0 1/2 TOTAL US AIRCRAFT LOSSES: 0/1 11/65 VNAP HELOS UH 1H 0/0 0/6 CH-34 0/0 0/2 TOTAL: 0/0 0/8 *SOURCB: OPREP- 5 **Includes losses not reported in MACV LAMSON reports. US PERSONNEL CASUALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AIR OPERATIONS (PERIOD 180300-181700 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA 0 0 0 37 122 24 Appendix - Helo Combat Losses in SEASIA. 10 & TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 5 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been:determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE HELICOPTER COMBAT LOSSES IN SEASIA Total Helo losses - Combat in LAMSON 719 (1 Feb. 18Mar) R I 71 Total Helo losses - Combat in SEASIA (1 Feb: - 18Mar) - 97 Comparisons - 46 Days 1 Feb - 18 Mar 70 SEASIA (1 Year Ago) - 59 1 May - 15 Jun 70 SEASIA (Cambodian Opn) - 102 1 Feb as 18 Mar 69 SEASIA (2 Years Ago) and 77 1 Feb - 17 Mar 68 SEASIA (TET) - 104 SOURCE: OPREP-5 and OASD TABLE 350 11 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Appendix Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 19 March 1971 Subject: Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 NB 1. (U) Genemal: This report covers the period 172200- 182200 GMT March (180600-190600 March Saigon time, 171700- 181700 EST March) 1971. The information here is based on available combat reports and will be revised upon receipt of more complete information, 2. (S) Summary of Current Operations: 8. General Situation: ARVN task force locations are shown on attachment 1. No major enemy contact was re- ported in the area of operations. b. Significant Combat Actions Reported: (1) At Point 1, corrected results of the action involving the combat assault of TF 9 elements reported in NMCC MFR, same subject, dated 180600 EST March 1971 reflect one US KIA (vice three), four US WIA (vice two) and four US MIA (vice two). RVNAF casualties were two ARVN KIA and 19 ARVN and 4 VNAF WIA (vice none). Nine US UII-1H helicopters received moderate to heavy damage, Helicopter losses previously reported remain unchanged. (2) At Point 2, TP 3 elements searching the eastern portion of the Chup Plantation discovered 20 enemy bodies (NFI) C. Progress of Friendly Forces in Achieving Objectives: A11 preplanned objectives for the reporting period were accomplished. 3. (S) Remarks: a. RVNAF troop strength in Cambodia for this operation is 16,569. b. RVNAF battalions by type in Cambodia for this operation are: (1) Infantry - 18 (2) Armored Cavalry Squadron - 5 (3) Ranger - 7 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 2 12 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE C. Results of B-52 and tactical airstrikes: (1) B-52 - None for this period; however, seven secondary explosions were reported for the previous period ending 171700 EST. (2) Tactical air: DESTROYED DAMAGED OTHER 31 bunkers 20 structures 15 secondary fires 26 foxholes 2 bunkers 1 secondary explosion 18 structures 2 storage areas 3 supply storage 1 vehicle areas 2 gunsites 1 watercraft 1 trench (50 meters) Updated BDA for 17 March 1971: DESTROYED OTHER 40 structures 84 KBA 20 foxholes 3 secondary fires 5 bunkers 1 secondary explosion 1 trench 4. (U) Statistical data for the operation are shown in the attachments. Attachments: 1. Map 2. Casualties 3. Equipment and Materiel Seized/Destroyed 4. Air Support 5. Aircraft Losses TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 2 13 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified 102 106 CURRENT OPERATIONS TOAN THANG 01/7INB 13 171700 - 181700 EST MAR 71 POINT a 1. CHRLONG 18 XX 5 POINT 2 75 1 TF 9 CHUP SKOUN KAMPO SNUO 4 ANTATION CH79 7 DAMBE D This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified 12 12 TONLE TF 43 SUONG 7 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL ASSIFIED 0 LOC NINHE TF 48 KREK Do 0 MEMUT TF 5 TF 3 15 TF 52 AN LOC PHNOM PENH DOGS HEAD TF 333 0 KAMPONG krasang e PREY VENG 13 1 KOMPONG TRACH o 22 0 NEAK LUONG TF 225 TAY NINH ATTACHMENT ATT SVAY RIENG N ANGELS CHIPHU 0 1 WING 11 105 105 TOP SECRE - SENSITIVE fil, 0 10 20 30 NM TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE TOAN THANG 01/71 NB CASUALTIES PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71 ) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA FRIENDLY US 0 0 0 8* 16* 7* RVNAF $ 19 14 387* 1,953* 136 KIAS $ KBA DET KIA$ KBA DET ENEMY 69 69 0 4,150 1,022 90 $Includes KBA *Adjusted data. 15 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Attachment 2 TOP This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE TOAN THANG 01/71 NB EQUIPMENT AND MATERIEL SEIZED/DESTROYED (PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE SEIZED DESTROYED SEIZED DESTROYED Individual Weapons 0 1 456 71 Crew-served Weapons 0 0 122 2 Ammunition; (1) Small-arms Rounds 0 0 Y 4,800 4,000 (2) B-40 Rounds 0 0 291 8 (3) B-41 Rounds 0 0 1 0 (4) 75-mm Rounds 0 0 25 0 (5) 60-mm Rounds 0 0 31 0 (6) 81-mm Rounds 0 0 53 0 (7) Mines 0 0 16 0 Vehicles 0 0 - fulls, 1 POL (Gallons) 0 0 1,585 0 Rice/Food (Pounds) 0 0 124,400 65,600 Communications Equip- ment (Radios) 0 0 3 0 Medical Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 0 0 Documents (Pounds) 0 0 3.6 0 Miscellaneous Equip- ment (Pounds) 0 0 0 2,600 Structures 0 0 0 185* Bunkers 0 0 0 / 132* Base Camps 0 0 0 2 Pipelines 0 0 0 0 *Adjusted figure. 16 TOP SECRET / Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED tachment 3 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE TOAN THANG 01/71 NB AIR SUPPORT (PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71 ) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD CUMULATIVE US COMBAT SUPPORT SORTIES A - 37 16 542 B-S2 0 62 F-4 0 2 F- 100 16 435 AC - 119 Gunships 41 Helo Gunships 0 254 Air Cavalry 289 9,749 Helo Troop Lift o 212% Helo Med Evac 0 68 C-130 Logistics 0 0 Helo Logistics 0 145 VNAF COMBAT SUPPORT SORTIES A- 1 35 1,087 A- 37 0 21 F- F 5 9 544 o- 1. 0 34 AC-47 Gunships 2 71 Helo Gunships 2 255* Helo Troop Lift 11 528 Helo Med Evac 2 222* Helo Logistics 17 465 *Adjusted figure. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 4 17 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE TOAN THANG 01/71 NB AIRCRAFT LOSSES (PERIOD 171700-181700 EST MAR 71 ) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD CUMULATIVE* US AH- ** 1G 0 2 ᵃ UH-1H 0 3* OH- - 6A 0 4* VNAF UH- - 1H 0 1 *SOURCE: OPREP- 5 U.S. PERSONNEL CASUALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AIR OPERATIONS (PERIOD : 171700-181700 EST MAR 71 ) PERIOD CUMULATIVE 33 KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA US 0 0 0 8** 16** 7** **Adjusted figure. 18 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 5 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 192000-202000 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 202000-212000 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - ARBA 1: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 4000 feet; visibility 7 miles - occasionally 3 miles in fog. MOUNTAINS are Cloudy, ceiling 4000 feet lowering to 500 feet AGL in valleys during morning hours; visibility 3 to 7 miles in fog - occasionally 1 to 3 miles in fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK & Slight decrease in cloudiness. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 4000 feet - occasionally lowering to 1000 feet during morning hours; visibility 5 to 7 miles in haze - occasionally 1 to 3 miles in fog and drizzle during morning hours. MOUNTAINS side Cloudy, ceiling 200 to 1000 feet AGL; visibility 1 to 5 miles in fog improving to 5 to 7 miles in haze during afternoon hours. OUTLOOK - Little change. KHE SANH - ARBA 3: ~ Cloudy, ceiling 200 to 500 feet AGL - lifting to 1000 feet AGL during afternoon hours; visibility 1 to 5 miles in fog improving to 5 to 7 miles in haze during afternoon hours. OUTLOOK Little change. 19 CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED Enclosure 3 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL TCHEPONE in ARBA 4: " ,Cloudy, ceiling 1400 feet - occasionally 4000 feet; visibility 7 miles. In valleys, morning broken low clouds 500 feet AGL; visibility 1/2 to 3 miles in fog and haze. OUTLOOK - Little change. CHUP PLANTATION - ARBA S : - Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited - occasionally 3000 feet; visibility 3 to 7 míles in haze - occasionally 2 to 4 miles in fog during morning hours. Few nighttime showers/thunderstorms. OUTLOOK - Decreasing shower/thunderstorm activity. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map. 20 CONFIDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified CONFIDENTIAL Ka.chiu Meng.Ru Pu.erh Ha CHINA Giano Nan-ning Cao Bang Yü.lin Lao Cal N R H CHINA Ta-10 Twyen Lang Son Tuan Quang Phone Gian That Nguyen Sply BURMA V E N A M Mong Cal "Dien Bion Phu Son Ca Bioth Muang Luong Son Banol Nami The py Haiphong Houel Saf Semneus Hal-an Chiang Moking hanh Rel Louengphrabana Hos GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-fang Nan L A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Huang-IIU VIENTIANE YO.lin AREA 1 Nong Khal Udon Thank Dong Hol Khammouane C+ Thakhew Demorcation Line. Phitsanutos AREA 2 Séno Sepone Quang Til Savannakhei Khon Keen Hue THA L A N D Da Nang Nakhon Sawan Sarayane AREA 3 Ution Retchattion Naxtion Retchasime Worth Chamrap Pakes Attoped AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Burl, ) .) Plaiku 34 BANCKOK An Nhon Chachoengsso Samut Sisophon : Siam Roap Sturrg Treng Songktiram CAMB DIA AREA 5 Battanbang TONLE SAI Ban Me Kratis Pursat Thuot GULF OF SLAM Mekong Dalet Kampong Cham 0 S U T H PHNOM PENH Kompong TEINAM Spou Svay Rienk Blen Hoa Kampot A SAIGON Phan Thief INDOCHINA My The Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyeu Vinii $1 Long 10 Rellroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vistnam) The Road Bac CHINA Quan Lleu Long 0 50 100 150 Milea 0 CO 200 150 Milambtors CON SON & NOUTH NAMES AND COUNDARY REPRESENTATION 108 ARE NOT NECESGARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12.68 21 CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 TOTAL 19 March 1971 1600 EST THE JOINT STAFF MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: Military Situation Report on Operations in Laos 1. Attached are situation reports on operations in Laos and the weather forecast for the area. 2. A telephone check with MACV at 191405 EST revealed that 17 ACS and 7 ACS previously reported 4 km from FSB ALPHA, have arrived at FSB ALPHA. J. J. Rear S. Chrifiannen Admiral, CHRISTIANSEN USN Deputy Director for 2 Encls Operations (NMCC) a/s DISTRIBUTION WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF ASD/PA (Mr. Henkin) ASD/ISA ASD/SA/REPRO CJCS (6) DJS (2) '71 MAR 19 PM 3 30 SITUATION ROOM WHITE HOUSE J- 3 J- 32 J- 33 J- 34 J- 36 J- 37 CSA CSAF (2) CNO CMC DIA SECSTATE (For Mr. Eliot or Mr. Curran EYES ONLY) NSA (For VAdm Gayler EYES ONLY) 1 PAC DIV P&A DIV STRAT OPS DIV TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 19 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 182200- 190800 GMT March (190600-191600 March Saigon time, 181700- 190300 EST March) 1971. The information herein is based on available combat reports and will be revised upon receipt of more complete information. 2. (S) Summary of Current Operations: a. General Situation: (1) The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) con- ducted local security operations in its assigned area of operations. Units reported one minor action and two attacks by fire, one on Khe Sanh Base. (2) RVNAF forces continued operations in Laos and RVN. The 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment remained in the vicinity of LZs BROWN and SOPHIA BAST. All battalions of the 2d Regiment have been in contact with enemy forces as they continue to move toward suitable pickup zones. The move of air- borne and armored elements from FSB ALOUI east to FSB ALPHA is progressing as planned. (3) There were a total of four minor combat activities reported during the period resulting in six (five ARVN, one US) killed, six (four ARVN, two US) wounded and four vehicles damaged. b. Significant Combat Actions Reported: (1) At Point 1, FSB ALPHA received an attack by fire resulting in six ARVN soldiers wounded. The number and type rounds were not reported. (2) At Point 2, the 2d Airborne Infantry Battalion was to be extracted from field location for movement to the east. Three unsuccessful attempts were made when the effort was discontinuod due to heavy ground fire and because the unit was in contact with an onemy force. Tactical airstrikes, helicopter gunships and artillery supported. No results of the contact have been reported. At the close of the reporting period, the 2d Battalion was moving to new pickup zone locations for extraction on 20 March, Saigon time. 2 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon ibrary Presidential I ibrary DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (3) At Point 3, Khe Sanh Base received 21 rounds of unknown type indirect fire, both inside and outside the perimeter. Initial reports list one US soldier wounded and three fuel bladders damaged by shrapnel (repaired). (4) At Point 4, as airborne and armored elements moved eastward toward FSB ALPHA from FSB ALOUI, forward air controllers reported four enemy tanks (NFI) moving south. The tanks were stopped by artillery and destroyed by tactical airstrikes. (5) At Point 5, elements of the 5th Airborne Infantry Battalion found and destroyed 10,000 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition. There was no contact with the enemy. (6) At Point 6, the 3/2 Infantry Battalion engaged an enemy force and received an indirect attack by fire. Two ARVN soldiers were killed, seven were wounded and four are missing. Enemy losses are not known, (7) At Point 7, the 4/2 Infantry Battalion engaged an enemy force which employed indirect fire against the ARVN force. Thirty-three ARVN soldiers were wounded and five are missing. Enemy losses are unknown. (8) At Point 8, the 2/2 Infantry Battalion engaged an enemy force and received an indirect attack by fire. Two ARVN soldiers were killed, 23 wounded, and three are missing. Enemy losses were not reported. (9) At Point 9, the 8/369 VNMC battalion engaged an enemy force killing six enemy soldiers and seizing 4,000 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition and two individual weapons. There were no Marine casualties. (10) At Point 10, the 1/258 VNMC Battalion engaged an enemy force resulting in one Marine killed and 12 wounded. Enemy losses were 14 killed and 220 pounds of rice, 15 huts, five AK-47 rifles and two antitank grenades destroyed. (11) At Point 11, the 1/258 VNMC Battalion killed 20 enemy soldiers and destroyed 50 huts, nine shovels, nine packs, five AK- 47 rifles and two antitank grenades. There were no friendly casualties. C. Progress of Friendly Forces in Achieving Objectives: (1) All preplanned objectives for the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) were achieved. Scheduled resupply mission of RVNAF units in Laos were completed with the exception of FSB DELTA where one of the 26 requested sorties was delivered. Scheduled extraction of the 2d/ 3 TOP SHCRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Airborne Infantry Battalion was terminated due to intense fire in the landing zone area. (2) RVNAF forces achieved all preplanned objectives for the period with the exception of the extraction of the 2d Airborne Infantry Battalion. The airborne and armored elements from FSB ALOUI began the move by road to FSB ALPHA without incident. In a late update from MACV, it is reported that the 7th and 17th Armored Cavalry Squadrons closed FSB ALPHA. (3) Logistics: Nineteen C-130 sorties arrived at Khe Sanh, including eight sorties delivering JP-4 fuel. During the period, 275 tons of supplies were delivered to Khe Sanh by truck. (4) Air Operations: During the period, 10 aircraft were hit by hostile fire, seven of which were reported downed (five UH-1H, one AH-1G, one UH-1C). The status of the downed aircraft was not known at the end of the reporting period. Two US crewmembers were wounded. The crew of the UH-1C above, which was downed in the pickup zone of the 2d Airborne Infantry Battalion, is being reported as missing. All other crewmembers were extracted. Air cavalry elements report killing 25 enemy soldiers during the period. (5) Engineer Effort: The repair and curing of the epoxy cement on the assault strip at Khe Sanh has been completed and C-130s were landing on that strip on 20 March, Saigon time. 3. (S) Remarks: a. RVNAF troop strength in Laos for this period is 14,519. b. RVNAF battalions by type in Laos for this operation are: (1) Infantry (including airborne) 11 (2) Artillery 4 (3) Armored Cavalry Squadron 4 (4) Engineer 2 (5) VNMC 6 (6) Ranger 0 C. Results of B-52 strikes: None were reported for this period. An additional 12 secondary explosions were reported for the previous period. 4 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This décument has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE d. Results of tactical airstrikes: DESTROYED DAMAGED OTHER 25 crates supplies 4 gun sites 45 meters road cut 7 mortar positions 2 tanks 16 secondary fires 5 automatic weapons 5 secondary explosions sites 1 ford cut 3 tanks 2 gun sites 1 ammo cache 4. (U) Statistical data for the operation are shown in the attachments. Attachments: 1. Map 2. Casualties 3. Equipment and Materiel Seized/Destroyed 4. Aircraft Losses/Casualties 5 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 4 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. ARMD TASK FORCE FSB ALOUI CURRENT OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 I ABN BDE TF 3/5 MECH BDE FSR PHU LOC 181700 - 190300 EST MAR 71, I RNGR GP Rock Pile @ POINT 9 913 9. FSB BRAVO 23 POINT 2 1/5 MECH BDE 4 VANDEGRIFT 925 COMPAT BASE 192b T/F 4/3 INF 917 $ Ca Lu Tchepone POINT 4: * POINT 5 POINT 3 (he Sch FSB SHEPHERD au POINT 6 FSB KILO 9D This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Lang Yei INF REGT 914P 92C RVN 9E Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 914C $16)j 369 VNMC BDE 92 LZ BROWN FSB HOTEL, 2 ABN EDE N INF REGTL FSB TABAT POINT 7, 34 258 VNMC BOE POINT 8 OBJ BRAVO; 238 LAOS FSB DELTA FSB ALPHA 147 VNMC BDE LZ SOPHIA EAST 914 BY-PASS 929 FSB DELTA 1 POINT 9 POINT 10 922 23 POINT II 922S 99 92E ATTACHMENT I 0 5 10 15 NM 233 TOP SECRET SENITIVE TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 CASUALTIES (PERIOD 181700-190300 EST MAR 71) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA FRIENDLY US 1 7 4 102 561 34 RVNAF Not Available 891 3,229 167 KIA $ KBA DET KIA $ KBA DET ENEMY 73 32 0 10,859 3,638 46 $Includes KBA. 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 EQUIPMENT AND MATERIEL SEIZED/DESTROYED (PERIOD 181700-190300 EST MAR 7) PERIOD CUMULATIVE SEIZED DESTROYED SEIZED/DESTROYED Individual Weapons 12 1 4,433 Crew-served Weapons 4 0 1,324 Ammunition: (1) Small-Arms (Rounds) 4,000 10,000 484,196 (2) Miscellancous (Rounds) 0 7 77,383$* Vehicles 0 0 281 Tanks 0 0 112 POL (Gallons) 0 0 209,710 Rice/Food (Pounds) 200 8,000 3,160,200 Communication Equipment (Radios) 0 0 91 (Tolephones/KM wirc) 0/0 0/0 11/353 (Telephone Switchboards) 0 0 9 Medical Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 7,900 Documents. (Pounds) 0 0 17 Miscellaneous Equipment/Supplies (Pounds) 0 0 79,800 Structures 67 0 1,164 Bunkers 29 0 1,098 *Adjusted Data $Factored TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13546 and has determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE LAMSON 719 AIRCRAFT COMBAT LOSSES (PERIOD 181700-190300 EST MAR 71) TYPE AIRCRAFT PERIOD (RVN/LAOS) CUMULATIVE* (RVN/LAOS) US HELOS AH- 1G 0/0 1/14 UH-1 0/0 5/34 OH- 6A 0/0 3/6 OH-58A 0/0 1/4 CH-47 0/0 0/3 SUB-TOTAL: 0/0 10/61 US FIXED WING A-1 0/0 0/1 0-2 0/0 0/1 F-4 0/0 0/1 TOTAL US AIRCRAFT LOSSES: 0/0 11/65 VNAF HELOS UH-1H 0/0 0/6 CH- 34 0/0 0/2 TOTAL: 0/0 0/8 SOURCE: OPREP-5 US PERSONNEL CASUALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AIR OPERATIONS (PERIOD 181700-190300 EST MAR 71 ) PERIOD CUMULATIVE KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA 0 2 4 37 124 28 9 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Attachment 4 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORBCAST FORECAST: 200600-210600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 210600-220600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE ARBA 1: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 4,000 feet; visibility 7 miles - occasionally 3 miles in fog. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 4,000 feet lowering to 500 feet AGL in valleys during morning hours; visibility 3 to 7 miles in fog - occasionally 1. to 3 miles in fog during morning hours. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in cloudiness. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 4,000 feet - occasionally lowering to 1,000 feet during morning hours: visibility 5 to 7 miles in haze - occasionally I to 3 miles in fog and drizzle during morning hours. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 200 to 1,000 feet AGL; visibility 3 to 7 miles in fog/haze. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in clouds. KHE SANH in; AREA 3: - Cloudy, ceiling 100 to 300 feet AGL - lifting to 800 to 1,400 feet AGL during afternoon hours; visibility 1/8 to 2, miles in fog - improving to 5 to 6 miles in haze during afternoon hours. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in clouds. TCHEPONE - ARBA 4: - Cloudy, ceiling 14,000 feet occasionally 4,000 feet; visibility 7 miles. In valleys, morning broken low clouds 500 feet AGL; visibility 1/2 to 3 miles in fog and haze. OUTLOOK - Little change. 10 CONFIDENTIAL Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon ibrary Presidential ibrary DECL ASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: - Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited - occasionally 3,000 feet; visibility 3 to 7 miles in haze - occasionally 2 to 4 miles in fog during morning hours. Few nightime showers/thunder- storms. OUTLOOK - Decreasing shower/thunderstorm activity. NOTE: A11 cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED closure 2 This document has been reviewed to Executive Order 13526 and has determined to be declassified CONFIDENTIAL Rechiu Mean tru Plu-orth Fia CHINA Grang Can Bang Nan-ning Ya-lin Lao Call N R H KAY CHINA Ta.lo A Juyen Lang Son Tuan Quang Phong Glaa Thai Nguyon Saly BURMA y E N A M Mong Cal Dien Bien Phu Son Lo BUT Musilg Luong Son Hanol Nam The Tay Halphong Ilousl Sal Samheua Hal-aff Chiang Thank Rai Louangphrabang Hoa GELF Sale Phon Muong Sen Khoun > OF Tung-fang Nan L A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksene. Huang-lfu VIENTIANE Yü.lin AREA 1 Nong Khai Udon Thank Dong Hal Khammousne & (Thakhok) Demorcation Line Philteanulak AREA 2 Séno Sepone Quang Trl Savannakhet Khon Keen Hue, THAIL A N D 3a Nang Nakhon Sawan Saravane AREA 3 Ubon Ratchathant Nakhon Ratchasima Warin Chamrap Pekse Attorieu Kontum AREA 4 Prachin Burl Piolka * BANGKOK An Nhon Chacheengses Samut Sisophon Slem Reap Stung Trens Songkhrant CAMB DIA AREA 5 Sattembang TONLD SA/ Ban Me Kratie Pursat Thuot GULF OF MAV Menting Da Lat Kompong Chan 0 SOUTH PHNOM PENK Kompong VIETNAM Sneu Svay Rieng Bien Hoa sihanaukville SAIGON Phan Thiet Kempot INDOCHINA My The Long Yung Tau SPA Xuyeu Vinh Long Refireed DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vistnam) The Road Bac CHENA Quan Lieu Long o 50 100 150 Miles 0 50 00 150 Knometers CON SON NOUTH NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION A.O.F. NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12.68 12 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP PRESISITIVE HAK'D NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER SITUATE HOUSEM WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 THE 22 March 1971 STATES OF 0255 EST 22 AM 3:20 THE JOINT STAFF MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD HAIG HOWE Subject FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA KENNEDY 1. This is report #4 on air strikes in NVN on 21 March. 2. Scheduled H-Hour was 0.500Z 21 March 1971 (2400 EST 20 March). a. The first reported time over the target (TOT) was 0502Z (0002 EST). b. The last TOT for strike aircraft was 1310Z (0810 EST) C. Final egress from enemy territory was 1320Z (0820 EST) 3. Sorties Scheduled (OPREP-1): 315. 7AF TF-77 Strike 110 142 *Support 26 37 Total: 136 179 *Support = FAC, Photo, Escort, IRON HAND, Combat Air Patrol, ECM, AEW, AAR. 4. Sorties Flown: 296** a. 7AF (OPREP-5) : STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL 98 24 122 b. TF-77: STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL 110** 64** 1.7.4* **Latest update. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DE ASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP 5. TF- 77 Pilot Reported BDA: DESTROYED/DAMAGED Trucks 13/6** SAMs 5/0 Buildings 16/5** Bridges 2/2** Storage Area 0/1** Depot Ariea 0/1 AAA Sites 1/0** POL Barrels 50/0** Boxes of Supplies 20/0** Causeway Cut 1** Road Cuts 16 Track Cuts 1** RR Line Cuts 2** Explosions 149** Fires 39** RR Tunnel and Train therein 0/1 **Latest update. 6. 7AF Reported BDA: a. PILOT REPORTS: b. PHOTO CONFIRMED: DESTROYED/DAMAGED DESTROYED/DAMAGED Trucks 18/5** 1/3** Structures 13/0** 40/2** SAM 1/0 1/1 SAM Launcher 1/0 2/2 Bridge 0/1 Secondary Explosions 116** Large Explosions 3 Medium Explosions 6 Sustained Fires 85** Medium Fires 3 Small Fires 35** KBA 100 Roads/Trails Hit 2 2** Stacks of Supplies 1/15** FAWSONG Radar 0/1 Support Vans 0/4** Control Vans 0/2** POL Barrels Burned 6 **Latest update. 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library This document has been reviewed, pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP: CRETA ENSITIVE 7. Friendly Losses: None. 8. This information is based on the final OPREP- - 5 for 21 March 1971 FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA air operations. V W. P. ANDERSON Brigadier General, USAF Deputy Director for Oporations (NMCC) Distribution: WHISR SECDEP DEPSECDEF CJCS DJS J-30 3 CUITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon ibrary Presidential I ibrary DECI ASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 21 March 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA (U) 1. This is the initial report of air strikes in NVN. 2. Timing: Scheduled H-Hour was 0500Z, 21 March 1971. The first reported time over the target (TOT) was 0502Z. 3, Sorties Scheduled (OPREP-1) ha 315. 7AP TF-77 Strike 110 142 *Support 26 37 136 179 * Support FAC, Photo, Escort, IRON HAND, Combat Air Patrol. 4. Sorties Flown: a. 7AF (OPREP-5) STR ARREG SUPPORT TOTAL 68 32 24 124 b. TF-77*: STR SUPPORT TOTAL '71 MAR 21 AM 8:26 26 HOUSE BLIHM 36 14 50 "Based OIL preliminary reports. OPREP-5 not yet available. 5. Preliminary BDA: a. AF strike on missile site off Route 101, 13 NM north of DMZ resulted in at least one missile and one launcher destroyed with one large and 50 small to medium secondary explosions and numerous large fires. TOP S ENTE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOPISS 1/SENSITIVE b. Navy strike on missile site on Route 101, 13 NM from Mu Gia Pass resulted in 20 large, 10 medium, and 20 small secondary explosions; 6 large secondary fires with dense red smoke. One large fire with smoke to 14,000 fect also reported. Target estimated 50% destroyed. C. Navy also, reported 17 trucks destroyed, 9 trucks damaged, one rail line cut, and 9 buildings destroyèd/damaged] in Route 15 area. 6. Complete results will be provided upon receipt of summary OPREP - 5. Christians - PA J.S. CHRISTIANSEN Rear Admiral, USN Deputy Director for DISTRIBUTION: Operations (NMCC) SECDEP 21:(1 - Mr, Packard) (1 - For White House) CJCS 1 DJS 1 J-3 1 2 TOP ST Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOPIS! NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 Ate OF 21 March 1971 THE JOINT STAFF 1520 EST MBMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA 1. This is report #3 on air strikes in NVN. 2. Scheduled H-Hour was 0500Z 21 March 1971 (2400 EST 20 March). a. The first reported time over the target (TOT) was 0502Z (0002 EST). b. The last TOT for strike aircraft was 1310Z (0810 EST). C. Final cgress from enemy territory was 1320Z (0820 BST). 3. Sorties Scheduled (OPREP-1): 315. 7AF TF-77 Strike 110 142 *Support 26 37 Total: 136 179 *Support = FAC, Photo, Escort, IRON HAND, Combat Air Patrol 4. Sorties Flown: 281 a. 7AF (OPREP-5) : STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL 98** 24 1.22** b. TF-77: '71 MAR 21 PM 4:01 01 SITUATION ROOM WHITE HOUSE STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL # 111 48 159 ** Latest update TOP SEC THIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon ibrary Presidential 1 ibrary DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. IVE 5. Total Pilot Reported BDA from TF-77: 4. SAH2 missiles on transporters destroyed 34 large explosions (10 of which were SAM associated) 76 other explosions 1 RR tunnol and train therein damaged by multiple, violent explosions 1 RR depot damaged 3 bridges dropped 22 trucks destroyed 29 trucks damaged 14 sustained, large fires 2 large buildings burning 9 buildings destroyed/damaged in supply/storage area 7 structures destroyed/damagcd 1 railroad cut 16 road cuts 6. 7AF reported BDA: a. Pilot Reports: b. Photo Confirmed BDA: Destroy/Damage Trucks 13/0 16 stock supp dam. Roads/Trails Hit 2 3 sust fires KBA 100 25 structures dest. Secondary Explosions 115 1 structure burning Small Fires 10 2 SAM launchers dest. Sustained Fires 35 2 SAM launchers dam. Bridge 0/1 1 SAM dest. Medium Fires 3 1 SAM dam. Large Explosions 3 1 FANSONG dam. Medium Explosions 6 6 support vans dam. Missile 1/0 3 trucks dam. SAM Launcher 1/0 5 structures dest. 6 POL barrels burning 7. At the Hung Trung SAM Support Facility, pilots reported four SA-2 missiles burning and snaking along the ground. Only one SAM was observed launched against the strike force near SAM Site VN 409 on Route 15. 8. A total of 12 SHRIKE and 1 STANDARD ARM were fired against SAM, AAA and GCI radars. Results were not observed. However, pilots report probable hits on 1 FANSONG and 1. GCI radar. 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon ibrary Presidential I ibrary DECI ASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. YOP 9. Strike effort was concentrated in three general areas: a. SAM Site VN 409 near Route 15, 20 NM north of Mu Gia Pass. b. Hung Trung SAM Support Facility on Route 101, 11 NM east of Mu Gia Pass. C. SAM Site VN 412, near the junction of Routes 101 and 103, 13 NM north of the DMZ. 10. Friendly Losses: None. 11. Following is a comparison of sorties flown on protective reaction strikes in NVN since November 1968: DATE STRIKE SORTIES SUPPORT SORTIES TOTAL 27-28 Mar 1970 139 89 228 19 Apr 1970 40 54 94 I-4 May 1970 483 225 708 21 Nov 1970 228 109 337 20-21 Feb 1971 52 - 52 28 Feb 1971 15 - 15 12. Complete results will be provided upon receipt of final OPRER- 5. Ja Bear Admiral, USN 00 Christianson S. CHRISTIANSEN Deputy Director for Operations (NMCC) Distribution: WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF CJCS DJS J-30 3 WSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be déclassified. TOP CTIVE STEEL NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 STATE STATE 21 March 1971 1225 EST THE JOINT STAFF MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA '71 MAR 21 PM 12: 47 SITUATION ROOM HOUSE 311HM 1. This is report #2 on airstrikes in NVN. 2. Scheduled H-Hour was 0500Z 21 March 1971 (2400 EST 20 March). a. The first reported time over the target (TOT) was 0502Z (0002 EST) b. The last TOT for strike aircraft was 1310Z (0810 EST). C. Final egress from enemy territory was 1320Z (0820 EST). 3. Sorties Šcheduled (OPREP-1) : 315. 7AF TF-77 Strike 110 142 *Support 26 37 Total: 136 179 *Support = FAC, Photo, Escort, IRON HAND, Combat Air Patrol. 4. Sorties Flown: a. 7AF (OPREP-5) : STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL 100 24 124 b. TF-77: STRIKE SUPPORT TOTAL 111 48 159 from SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified TOP SECRETISENSHIVE| 5. Significant Preliminary BDA: a. AF strike on missile site off Route 101, 13 nautical miles north of DMZ resulted in at least one missile and one launcher destroyed with one large and 50 smal1-to-medium secondary explosions and numerous large fires (soe attached map, Point 1). b, Navy strike on missile site on Route 101, 13 nautical miles from Mu Già Pass resulted in 20 large, 10 medium, and 20 small secondary explosions; six large secondary fires with dense red smoke. One large fire with smoke to 14,000 feet also was reported. Target estimated 50 percent destroyed (see attached map, Point 2), 6. Total Pilot Reported BDA from TF-77: 4. SA-2 missiles on transporters destroyed 34 large explosions (10 of which were SAM associated) 76 other explosions 1 RR tunnel and train therein damaged by multiple, violent explosions 1 RR depot damaged 3 bridges dropped 22 trucks destroyed 29 trucks damaged 14 sustained, large fires 2 large buildings burning 9 buildings destroyed/damaged in supply/storage area 7 structures destroyed/damaged 1 railroad cut 16 road cuts 7. Friendly Losses: None. 8. Initial reports indicate at least three SHRIKEs were fired, two at a GCI radar (see attached map, Point 3) and another at a SAM radar (sec attached map, Point 4), several AAA Fire Control Radars were also reported active against strike aircraft. One SAM was launched against Navy aircraft attacking at Point 2 on the attached map and detonated 1,000 feet above the strike air- craft. 9. Complete results will be provided upon receipt of final OPREP-5. J. S. CHRISTIANSEN Rear Admiral, USN 1 Attachment Deputy Director for a/s Operations (NMCC) Distribution: (See Page 3) TOP /SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Distribution: WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF CJCS DJS J- - 30 TOP SECR T/SENSITIVE 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL ASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. ATTACHMENT 20 18° -17° 103" SOUTH VIETNAM 108° GULF OF TONKIN VN34 804CT DEMILITARIZED ZONE 107* Cam Lo.C. 107* Dong Hoi 0 - Id 100' NORTH VIETNAM C PT 3 106° 2 Id Thanh Hoa PT 4 so Nautical miles 103° 105° or LAOS LAOS THAILAND 20 20° 18 17° Attachment Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Cloudy, ceiling 8000 feet occasionally 4000 feet, visibility 6 miles in haze. Between 0500 and 1000 Saigon time, in valleys, patchy broken stratus, 500 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2-3 miles. Isolated late afternoon/evening showers/thunderstorms. OUTLOOK - Decreasing shower/thunderstorm activity, otherwise little change. CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: Cloudy, 10000 feet occasionally 3000 feet, visibility 5 to 7 miles in haze. Few afternoon/night showers/thunderstorms. Between 0500 and 1100 Saigon time, patchy broken stratus, 1000 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2-3 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE DUND N-M-C-C HIRIDGE THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER HAKID WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 22 March 1971 0620 EST THE JOINT STAFF MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: FRACTURE CROSS ALPHA (U) 1. This is report #: 1 on air strikes in NVN on 22 March 1971. 2. Scheduled H-Hour was 0500Z, 21 March 1971 (2400 EST 20 March). The first time over target on 22 March was 0440Z (2340 EST 21 March). 3. General. Rapidly deteriorating weather seriously interfered With air operations. 4. Sorties Scheduled (OPREP-1) a Total 307. 7AF TF-77 Strike 96 140 Support* 34 37 130 177 *Support = FAC, Photo; Escort, IRON HAND, Combat Air Patrol, ECM, AEW 5. Sorties Flown (OPREP-5) in NVN - Total 72. 7AP* TF-77** Strike 56 0 Support 16 0 72 0 N 24 strike aircraft initially diverted to Laos. ** A11 aircraft diverted to Laos. 6. BDA* (7AF OPREP-5): 1 SA42 missile destroyed 41 explosions 6 trucks destroyed (includes 5 burning) 2 trucks damaged 54 fires (includes 2 POL/2 ammo fires) A Results of 24. PAVE PHANTOM strikes not included (not observed). TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 7. Friendly Losses: One 7AF F4D was struck and downed by one of four SAMs fired at his flight. Two good para- chutes were observed and SAR in progress. The aircraft was downed 10.5 NM southwest of Dong Hoi and 28 NM from southern limit of DMZ. 8. 24 aircraft used LORAN all-weather (PAVE PHANTOM) delivery tactics against Xuan Son Transshipment Point. Results were not observed. This was the first strike of the type in NVN. 9. Complete results of the 22 March operations will be provided upon receipt of summary OPREP-5. W. P. ANDERSON Brigadier General, USAF Deputy Director for Operations (NMCC) Distribution: WHSR SECDEF DEPSECDEF CJCS DJS J-30 2 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified OIA Ren THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON, D. C. 20301 CM-648-71 216 FEB 1971 TOP SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Subj: Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (U) Reference is made to your request for my comments on MACV 2512002 February 1971. 2. (TS) In my view, the ARVN plan to reinforce LAMSON 719 forces in MRI and in Laos is militarily sound and offers the following advantages: a. A stronger force is employed in the critical area North of Route 9 in that the two VNMC brigades are con- sidered to have greater staying power and are fresher than the airborne elements in that sector. b. The airborne brigades from their screening positions South of Route 9 will be ideally located to provide a quick reaction force to exploit local successes, to reinforce as necessary, and to screen the withdrawal through Base Area 611. C. The most seasoned units, the 1st and 3rd ARVN Regiments, in concert with the Armored Brigade, are now assigned the assault mission along the high ground South of Route 92 and astride Route 914. d. A strong reserve consisting of the VNMC Brigade from MR-4 and the five battalions of the 2d Regiment, 1st ARVN Division is available to reinforce the assault or exploit as the situation develops. 3. (TS) Although this latest plan, which is strongly sup- ported by GEN Abrams, alters to some degree the original scheme of maneuver, it only reflects the ARVN's adaptation to the developing battlefield situation. The changes noted therein, I feel, will permit the ARVN to more satisfactorily accomplish their mission in LAMSON 719. The move of the VNMC brigade from MR-4 merely represents the commitment of TOP SECRET TOP SECRET cy of GROUP 1 copies Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. FOR SECRET TOP SECRET the RVNAF strategic reserve to MR-1 and LAMSON 719. This, in turn, permits the employment of the Airborne Division to capitalize on its rapid assault capability for either exploitation or reinforcement. I believe these changes will enhance the ability of the RVNAF force in accomplishing its mission. Further, failure to make these modifications to the force and scheme of maneuver could result in a stale- mate situation with attendant increased casualties and only a partial attainment of the objective. 4. (TS) The plan outlined in the referenced message will have no adverse effect on Vietnamization. While withdrawal of helicopter assets from PRAIRIE FIRE will cause a temporary disruption in intelligence producing capability, LAMSON 719 itself and concurrent SGU activity offsets to a great degree the need for such operations during this time frame. The reallocation of 16 CH-47 helicopters from MR-2 represents only 15% of MR-2 CHINOOK assets. The 29 Cobras from MR-3 and MR-4 equate to approximately 12% of the combined gunship capability in those Regions. With the current low activity levels being experienced throughout SVN and the availability of US assets to rapidly reinforce if necessary, the impact of these moves relative to the enemy threat in these areas is minimal. 5. (TS) The enemy threat within MR-2 has remained fairly constant throughout 1970 with the heaviest concentration in the less populated central highlands. In MR-3 there has been a declining threat since the start of Allied cross-border operations into Cambodia from approximately 35,000 enemy combat troops to about 26,000, of which an estimated 45 percent are operating in Cambodia. Enemy combat strength in MR-4 has also decreased from a level of about 21,000 to 17,000 for the same period. ARVN forces currently operating in MR-4 and in Cambodia are fully capable of handling this threat without the VNMC brigade which has been in strategic reserve status. 6. (TS) I am particularly gratified and impressed by the flexibility and ability of the RVN forces to adapt to a changing military situation. The modified plan exploits the enemy's decision to engage in large unit actions which makes him more vulnerable to both air and ground attacks. It also provides an opportunity for additional ARVN forces to gain valuable battlefield experience, particularly in the area of unit leadership. I feel confident that this change will help us realize more fully our primary objective of buying time for our allies with which both the FANK and the RVNAF can become self-sufficient. T.H.Moner T. H. MOORER TOP SECRET Chairman TOP SECRET Joint Chiefs of Staff Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT DOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD ITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER A RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED AND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY NUMBER 4 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD (GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 14021) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET (GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85) Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 25X1 No Objection To Declassification 2008/06/13 : NLN-NSC-82-2-5-7 Ed MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 26, 1971 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN CONTAINS CODEWORD A MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER HK SUBJECT: Southeast Asian Operational Status Laos Operation LAM SON 719: The enemy continued to maintain pressure through ground and fire attacks. -- North of Route 9, enemy forces supported by a number of tanks penetrated a Fire Support Base manned by ARVN airborne troops during the evening of February 25-26 (see map). -- ARVN elements remain in the area, however, and reinforcements are moving to the scene. Casualty reports are not available, although eight enemy tanks were reported destroyed in the area. -- A few miles to the east, a second ARVN fire support base came under heavy enemy fire on February 26 and also reported a number of enemy tanks in the vicinity (see map). Tactical aircraft are on station in support of the ARVN position. -- South of Route 9 elements of the ARVN 3rd Regiment repulsed an enemy ground attack on February 25, killing 45 without sustaining any losses (see map). An additional ARVN battalion has now reinforced this position. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY REVIEW OF NSC ARMY Review Completed TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE EQUITIES IS REQUIRED CONTAINS CODEWORD This 93526 and has been dete Pto be declassified. ttai itnta Library DECLASSIFIED No Objection To Declassification 2008/06/13 : NLN-NSC-82-2-5-7 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD -2- -- The North Vietnamese not only have moved substan- tial forces into the area, but they also seem to have selved the cautious, economical style of fighting that has been the hallmark of Communist forces for most of the past two years. -- Recent enemy frontal attacks leave little doubt that Hanoi is willing to commit large numbers of regular forces to battle even though the Communists realize the costs will be high. -- Cumulative enemy KIA's are 2,561; ARVN KIA 278 and U.S. KIA 67. Cambodia Operation Toan Thang 01/71: ARVN forces engaged the enemy in one sharp clash while carrying out scheduled sweep operations. -- ARVN Rangers killed 87 enemy east of the Chup plan- tation without sustaining any losses. -- Two other minor clashes resulted in six ARVN and 10 enemy KIA. Cumulative KIA total 204 ARVN and 1,814 enemy. -- Some 17,900 ARVN troops are now participating in the Cambodian operation. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD This document No Obje has been reviewed 10 pursuant to Executive 13526 and has been determined to be declassified: Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED [82/2/6] Ed MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 25, 1971 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER K SUBJECT: Southeast Asian Operational Status Laos Operation LAM SON 719: -- There has been a sharp increase in enemy ground activity during the reporting period. -- An ARVN airborne unit north of Route 9 was reported to be under an enemy tank/infantry attack. Accord- ing to unconfirmed reports, several enemy tanks have been destroyed. -- ARVN infantry elements have made contact with enemy forces along Route 92 and south of Route 9. Tactical air supported ARVN resulted in 17 enemy KIA. -- Repositioning of ARVN units in preparation for future operations continues. -- Significant enemy losses from B-52 strikes are being reported. Ninety-two enemy dead were found at the scene of one B-52 strike. -- Several recent intercepted messages indicate supply activity in the Panhandle is continuing although being hampered by Allied positions. -- KIA during the period were 101 enemy, no U.S. and no ARVN (ARVN casualties for the second half of the period are not available.) Cumulative enemy KIA are now 2, 328; ARVN KIA 283; and U.S. KIA 65. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE -51/10589 : Peritr 12/13/2011 CONTAINS CODEWORD By naip NARA, Date 4/30/2012 [1062] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD -2- Cambodia Operation Toan Thang: -- ARVN search and security operations continued accord- ing to plan with only a small number of enemy contacts reported. -- In an apparent effort to delay and impede the advance of ARVN Task Forces in the vicinity of Route 75, there has been a noticeable increase in the enemy's em- ployment of mines. -- KIA during the period were 23 enemy and no ARVN. Cumulative enemy KIA are 1,709 and ARVN KIA 196. Diplomatic -- The Soviet Union has issued an official government statement on Laos, which is noteworthy not so much for what it says as for the fact that is has formally been issued. -- At today's Paris meeting, Xuan Thuy repeated his assertion of last week that the extension of the ground war in Southeast Asia "is a threat to China and other Asian countries. " TOP SECRET / SENSITIVE CONTAINS CODEWORD This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 020623 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON SECRET / SENSITIVE MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER SUBJECT: Significant Enemy Losses in Laotian and Chup Operations as of February Laos (LAMSON 719) Cumulative hour change Individual weapons 1,332 +17 Crew-served weapons 249 +7 Small arms ammunition (rounds) 144,340 +340 Other assorted ammunition 246,200 +22,000 (pounds) Food (pounds) 784,400 +87,000 Vehicles 120 +1 Petroleum (gallons) 134,360 -- Structures destroyed 693 -- Bunkers destroyed 372 +125 Enemy KIA 2,328 +41 U.S. KIA 65 -- ARVN KIA 283 +13 Miscellaneous Equipment & supplies (pounds) 74,760 -- Medical supplies 7,400 -- Cambodia (Toan Thang 1/71) Individual weapons 402 +10 Crew-served weapons 85 +2 Small arms ammunition 8,800 +4,000 Small rocket E mortar ammunition (rounds) 341 -- Food (pounds) 83,600 --- Structures destroyed 10 -- Bunkers destroyed 32 -- Enemy KIA 1,709 +33 ARVN KIA 196 +2 SECRET/SENSITIVE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. [82/2/7] DISTRIBUTION PER CJCS ACT INFO GEN D. different Y VAL GEN RYAN, CSAP X ADM ZUMWAIT, CNO X EYES ONLY: 40 GEN CHAPMAN, CMC X I/TG VOGT, DJS X LTG ZAIS, X VADM WEINEL, DJ-5 LTG BENNETT, DJ-2 /A LTG PHILPOTT, DEP/J2 X LTG 0'keefe, [N]=4 MO SHTOGREN, DJ-6 BG WATSON, DJ-1 BG BRATTON, SJCS BG MANOR, SACSA HON MR. LAIRD, SECDEF X HON MR PACKARD DEPSEC X HON MR. NUTTER, ISA DR KISSINGER WHITE HSE X MR ROGERS STATE DEPT IMMEDIATE : MR HELMS, CIA X MR. HENKIN, ACD/PA 18 FEB 71 DR. TUCKER, ASD/SA LTG ALLISON, ACSAN 3 25C410Z ZYH ZFF-4 ZFF-1 0.00 NMCE X DISTRIBUTION PER DIAD ACT INFO PM GEN ABRAMS COMUSMACV ADM MOORER, CJCS MG STEWART, DIADI TO ADM MODRER CJCS RADM SHOWERS, DIACS - MR. HUGHES, DIADC NOM MOCAIN CINCPAC BG GRAHAM, DADE CAPT BURNETT. DIAAA EEM : 1518 500 X SCRET SPOKE MAD 02109 EYES ONLY SUBJECT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENEMY SITUATION (U) Q 16 THIS SUMMARY UPDATES DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENEMY SITUATION IN LAOS, SOUTHERN NVN AND NORTHERN MILITARY REGION 1. 0 COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE: (1) AN INTERCEPTED MESSAGE FROM THE 64TH NVA REGIMENT, THE UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON FIRE CUPPORT DASE 31, STATED "A NUMBER OF PERSONNEL ARE STILL IN THE TUNNEL. WE WILL FINISH CAPTURING THEM". <2D IN OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE 64TH NVA REGIMENT, A COORDINATED ATTACK AGAINST BAN DONG (XD 51 39) WAS FORECAST, USING AT LEAST ONE INFANTRY BATTALION AND ONE T=34 TANK COMPANY. THE HOI CHANH FROM THE 24TH NVA REGIMENT, KHO RALLIED ON 18 FEBRUARY, HAD INDICATED THAT THE TANK ELEMENT OF THE 708 CORPS INCLUDED T-54 TANKS. thread DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 NCN06-51/10590; perttr 12/13/2011 EYES ONLY By MUS NARA, Date 4/30/2012 [1063] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Hand Il EYES ONLY BINH TRAM 33 PROVIDED FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THIS ATTACK IN COMMUNICATIONS ON 27 FEBRUARY, WHEN THEY INDICATED THAT NVA ELEMENTS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ENCIRCLING BAN DONG CKD 51 39). (5) IN A 27 FEBRUARY MESSAGE BETWEEN BINH TRAM 33 AND ITS SUBORDINATE 1ST INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACK PLANS KERE REVEALED. THE BINH TRAM DIRECTED THE 1ST BATTALION TO BE PREPARED TO ATTACK AT 0600 HRS ON 28 FEBRUARY AGAINST HIGHPOINTS 660 (XD 495 362), AND 651 (XD 495 367). THE ATTACK WAS TO BE WITH 122MM ROCKETS. THE BATTALION HAS EARLIER REQUESTED CLARIFICATION OF FIRING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE DINH TRAM, AND WAS APPARENTLY EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE FIRING POSITION, PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OF 23 AND 24 FEBRUARY HAD REVEALED THAT THE 1ST BATTALION WAS TARGETTING FRIENDLY FORCES AT THESE LOCATIONS. D. THE UNIDENTIFIED MAJOR NVA HEADQUARTERS (B 77 28) A CORRELATION OF SIGINT AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION HAS FURTHER IDENTIFIED THE UNIDENTIFIED MAJOR NVA HEAD- QUARTERS <B 77 28) AS THE PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS, 70TH NVA FRONT. ACCORDING TO A HO1 CHANH WHO RALLIED ON 18 FEBRUARY FROM THE 24B NVA REGIMENT, 304TH NVA DIVISION, 3 ARMY CORPS WERE ORGANIZED IN NVN IN OCTOBER 1970 AND DESIGNATED AS 6CD, 701 AND 708. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REFERENCES IN SIGINT TO A MILITARY CORPS AUTHORITY IN THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST COMMAND STRUCTURE, AND A TACTICAL UNIT ECHELON OF THIS LEVEL IS NOT KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE NVA. THE TIMING OF THE REPORTED ORGANIZATION OF THESE UNITS DOES COINCIDE; MOREVER, WITH THE EMERGENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS OF THE UNIDENTIFIED MAJOR NVA HEADQUARTERS (B 77 28) IN THE DONG FOI AREA. 11 li - Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED ONLY This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. EYES ONLY WHILE THE UNIDENTIFIED MAJOR HEADQUARTERS REMAINED IN THE DONG HOI AREA, THE COMMUNICATIONS OF UNITS LOCATED NEARBY (QUANG BINH PROV UNIT AND ELEMENTS OF THE 320TH NVA DIVISION) REFERRED TO "HEADQUARTERS 70", "B70" AND GROUP 70." LATER, WHEN THE UNIDENTIFIED MAJOR NVA HEAD- QUARTERS RELOCATED TO WEST OF THE OMZ, A BATTALION OF THE 6753 ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN EASTERN SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE MENTIONED "HEADQUARTERS 70" IN A MESSAGE STATING THAT "HEADQUARTERS 70" HAD ISSUED ORDERS TO FIRE ON ENEMY FORCES. COLLATERAL INFORMATION HAS IDENTIFIED THE AREA DE OPERATION OF THE "70B CORPS" AS EXTENDING FROM KHE SANH INTO SOUTHERN LAOS AND INDICATED THAT THE CORPS ORGANIZA- TION INCLUDES THE 320TH, 304TH AND 308TH NVA DIVISIONS. THE INIDENTIFIED MAJOR NVA HEADQUARTERS IS SERVED BY A COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE CLOSELY PARALLELING THAT OF THE REPORTED "708 CORPS", BOTH IN TERMS OF MAJOR SUBORDINATE UNITS AND ITS REPORTED AREA OF OPERATION. ALTHOUGH THE TERM "FRONT" HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS RELATIVE TO THIS HEADQUARTERS, THE ASSIGNMENT OF THIS DESIGNATER IS BASED ON ITS FORCE STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS BEHAVIOR. THE PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS, 70TH NVA FRONT WAS LAST XEO ON 26 FEBRUARY (XD 611 604) APPROXIMATELY 4 NAUTICAL HLES SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERN DMZ. C. ENEMY DISPOSITION: THE DISPOSITION OF MAJOR ENEMY ELEMENTS IN THE AREA OF SOUTHERN NVN, LAOS AND NORTHERN MILITARY REGION 1 EFLECTS NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DEVELOPMENTS. 2, WE BILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND KEEP YOU INFORMED. so NOTE: PRECEDENCE FOR TRANSMISSION ONLY DELIVER DURING DUTY HOURS Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library ASSIFIED 30f3] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SANITIZED COPY [82/2/8] Other Copy To Gen Haig HOWE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 4 mad - Memo For Gen ae Hig / the is the list info we have at this time. mr have again strongly recommends against specifies and thanks up should strik to : 1 Dismption of logistic few. - Effect will be evident in months ahead - Too early to discribe me h toow from intellegence specific psults - but reports that operation is am disrugating his plana. DECLASSIFIED NCN04-51/10591 ) Per Hr 12/12/2012 E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 By MUD NARA. Date 4/30/2012 [p10f2] Per See. (b)(3) :10 USC 424; 3.3(b)(1) SANITIZED COPY Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidentiaf Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SPET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Southbound Traffic Along Ho Chi Minh Trail Since Initiation of LAMSON 719 1, (S) Commencing 10 February, a sharp increase in southbound truck movement was noted along the major routes leading south from the Tchopone area as the NVA attempted to move supplies southward prior to ARVN's disruption of its lines of communications, During the period 10-16 February, southbound truck movement: increased fifty- eight percent (5,8%) over the previous seven day period. 2. (S) The following week, 17-23 February, southbound traffic continued to rise as the enemy's crash logistic program got into full swing. During this week, southward movement increased seven percent (7%) over the 10-16 February period. 3. (S) During the next seven days, 24 February-2 March, however, a sharp drop in sputhbound traffic occurred. Southbound truck movement during this period decreased fifty-four percent (54%) from the week of 17-23 February. 4. (SS) The sharp decline in southbound traffic during the last week in February can be attributed 1n part to a combination of the following factors: a. During the last few days in February, legistic program had been completed. this phase of the crash SANITIZED (b)(3) : 10 USC 424; b. ARVN was successful in stopping traffic on routes 9G and 3.3(b)(1) 92C. C. Concentrated B-52 and Tac Air strikes in support of ARVN affected traffic flow. d. Interdiction of the POL pipeline is beginning to be reflected in POL shortages further south in the panhandle. Approved by: SITUATION ROOM WHITE HOUSE SANITIZED '71 MAR 16 (b)(3) :10 USC424 SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined 1/1059 to be declassified Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 2] Hudele silt silta U.S. HELICOPTER LOSSES DUE TO COMBAT PR people 1. In the first 24 days of the operations in northern South Vietnam JO use and Laos (Lan Som 719) there have been 24 combat losses of U.S. helicopters. CO - - These losses are less than half the helicopter losses in Southeast Asia during the comparable period while the Cambodian operations were in progress last May (24 versus 52). - - These losses are slightly less than losses throughout Southeast Asia during the comparable period in 1970 and 1969 (24 versus 25 and 29) and about half the losses during an equivalent period in February 1968 (24 versus 45). 2. There have been 31 U.S. helicopter losses due to combat throughout Southeast Asia during this month. -- These losses are only slightly greater than losses in the comparable period in 1970 and 1969 and are much less than losses in the first 24 days of February 1968 (31 versus 25, 29 and 45). -- These losses are 40% lower than losses throughout Southeast Asia during a comparable period while the Cambodian operations were in progress (31 versus 52). Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. REPORT #7 SECRET 25 FEB 71 HELICOPTER LOSSES (COMBAT-AIRBORNE) IN SEASIA TOTAL HELO LOSSES - - COMBAT IN LAMSON 719 (24 FEB) 20 24 TOTAL HELO LOSSES - COMBAT IN SEASIA (24 FEB) 31 (INCLUDES LAMSON) TOTAL HELO LOSSES FEB 70 - SEASIA 29 TOTAL HELO LOSSES MAY 70 - SEASIA 67 (HELOS LOST IN CAMBODIA - 18) TOTAL HELO LOSSES MAY 69 (A SHAU CAMPAIGN) 55 TOTAL HELO LOSSES IN FEB 68 (TET) - SEASIA 54 COMPARISONS 24 DAYS Corlard FEB 71 LAMSON 719 19 DEWEY canyon 20 aslip FEB 70 SEASIA (1 YEAR AGO) 25 MAY 70 SEASIA (CAMBODIA OPN) 52 FEB 69 SEASIA (2 YEARS AGO) 29 FEB 68 SEASIA (TET) 45 NOTE: ALL FIGURES IN THIS REPORT EXCLUDE GROUND AND OPERATIONAL LOSSES, IN ADDITION TO THE 20 LAMSON AIR LOSSES, THERE ARE 2 GROUND AND 5 OPERATIONAL LOSSES, THUS, TOTAL U. S, LAMSON HELO LOSSES ARE 27, DISTRIBUTION CJCS J-31 J-34 DPD DJS J-32 J-37 PACDIV SOURCE: JCS DATA BASE J-30 J-33 DDO PREPARED BY: P&AD, J-3 SECRET Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Department of State UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TELEGRAM SECRET 419: S PAGE 01 STATE 034658 03 45 ORIGIN SS=45 ANDERSON INFO OCT-01 SSO-00 NSCE-00 1046 R BEHR BERGSTEN 66604 CHAPIN DRAFTED BY:EA/LC*BENNETT HOLDRIDOR APPROVED BY:UNDERSECRETARY JOHNSON KENNEDY JT STAFF/J-5OWENS SUBS bill LEHMAN EA:WILSON NACHMAROFE WHITEHOUSE:HAIG SUBS ROBINSON OASD/ISA:COOK SUBS RONDON S/S:CURRAN SAUNDERS EA/LC:CORCORAN SMITH 081641 SMYSER 0 021748Z MAR 71 ZFF4 SONNENFELDT FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO CINCPAC AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH IMMEDIATE! Ca.Raherts Ex. SECRE T STATE 034658 EXDIS SUBJ: LON NOL! CONVALESCENCE REF: (A) CINCPAC 0203202 MAR 71: (B) PHNOM PENHI 975 DTG 011030Z MAR 71 (PASEP): (C) CINCPAC 262229Z FEB 71. 1. WE ARE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH ANALYSIS REFI (B) OF THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR LON NOLI CONVALESCENCE. 2. FOR CINCPAC: SUGGEST YOU DISCOURAGE ANY SUGGESTION V FOR CONVALESCENCE IN CONUS. POLITICALI CLIMATE WOULD BEI POOR AT THIS TIME IN VIEW OF ACTIVE OPERATIONS: IN PROGRESS: IN BOTH CAMBODIA AND LAOS, AND WE WOULD BEI CONCERNEDI OVER STRAIN OF ADDITIONAL TRAVEL LACK OFI CONTINUITY IN MEDICALI ATTENTION, ETC. WE SHARE PHNOM PENH'S VIEW THAT CONVALESCENCE IN HONOLULU WOULD BE PREFERABLE. SHOULD LON NOLI MAKE A DIRECT REQUEST, PLEASE TELL ONLY THAT YOU WILLIREFER S MATTER TO WASHINGTON. NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE SECRET AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1 # * Department of State UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TELEGRAM SECRET S PAGE 02 STATE 034658 EM FOR PHNOM PENH PLEASE FOLLOW A SIMILARI LINE WHENEVER QUESTION ARISES IN YOUR CONTACTS WITH GKR ROGERS EXPIRE EXPIRE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THEHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 29 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Ed MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN February 25, 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER HK SUBJECT: Significant Enemy Losses in Laotian and Chup Operations as of February 24, 1971 Laos (LAMSON 719) Cumulative 24-hour change Individual weapons *1315 +8 Crew-served weapons *242 +5 Small arms ammunition (rounds) 144,000 : Other assorted ammunition *224,200 +168,760 (pounds) Food (pounds) *697,400 +27,400 Vehicles *119 +1 Petroleum (gallons) 134,360 : Structures destroyed 693 -- Bunkers destroyed 247 +7 Enemy KIA 2,287 +96 U.S. KIA 65 +11 ARVN KIA 283 +7 Miscellaneous Equipment & supplies (pounds) 74,760 -- Medical supplies 7,400 -- Cambodia (Toan Thang 1/71) Individual weapons 392 +18 Crew-served weapons 83 +5 Small arms ammunition 4,800 -- Small rocket & mortar 341 -- ammunition (rounds) Food (pounds) 83,600 -- Structures destroyed 10 -- Bunkers destroyed 32 -- Enemy KIA 1,676 +53 ARVN KIA 194 +10 SECRET/SENSITIVE * Represents Adjustments Based on Updated Information Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE [82/2/9] THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 11 MAR 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos and Cambodia 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily reports are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2. A weather forecast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added as Enclosure 3. 3 Encls a/s Upon removal of attachments this document becomes CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 New 06 -51/10592; Per 1tr 10/27/2011 By mep NARA, Date 4/30/2011 [plof16] COPY / OF 7 COPIES. Per Sec. 3.3(b)(1); (b)(3) 10 USC 424 1232 Sec Def Cont Nr. X- TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 11 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 100800- 110800 GMT March (101600-111600 Saigon time, 100300-110300 EST) March 1971, 2. (TS) Summary of Current Situation: a. Reported combat activity remained light to moderate during the period with ARVN units continuing search operations as they moved toward assigned objectives. The period was highlighted by the BDA of previous B-52 strikes which revealed significant enemy losses. Of further interest was the reported ground interdiction of Route 914 approximately 10 miles southeast of Tchepone. b. Twelve ground contacts and/or attacks by fire occurred during the period. These resulted in enemy losses of 124 KIA, while friendly forces lost 13 KIA and 52 WIA. This includes US casualties of three KIA and 14 WIA. Additionally, four US UH-1H helicopters were destroyed. The enemy/friendly kill ratio for the operation remains a favorable 10 to one. Some of the above listed casualties have not as yet been picked up in the attached statistical tables. C. The most significant event of the period was the BDA of an ARC LIGHT strike approximately 8 miles south- east of Tchepone. In addition to finding 391 enemy dead, ARVN units reported that eight trucks, eight tracked vehicles, 644 AK-47s, thirty 82-mm mortars, 64 CHICOM radios, and 8 tons of mixed ammo and other equipment had been destroyed by the strike. Five enemy soldiers were also captured in the area. Other BDA reports for the period accounted for some 316 enemy KBA, while a Vietnamese Marine battalion killed 72 enemy in a contact south of FSB HOTEL. d. The 2d Regiment of the 1st ARVN Division has begun moving by air to the southeast with lead elements having landed at LZ BROWN. The 4th composite tank battalion, consisting of two tank troops and a squadron headquarters (34-M-41 tanks), moved from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh without incident during the period. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has beendetermined to be declassified? 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3. (TS) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) will continue operations in assigned area with the emphasis on location of possible enemy mortar and rocket positions north and east of Khe Sanh. The reconnaissance effort will continue in the area south of Lang Vei. b. RVNAF units will continue operations in RVN and Laos with emphasis directed toward search operations. (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) 1st Infantry Regiment will conduct security operations vicinity FSB LOLO continuing to expand the secure zone around the base. Two battalions will contin- ue to attack to the west and southwest to cut Route 914 (OBJ GIA LAM and OBJ BACH MAI). (b) 2nd Infantry Regiment. 3/2 Infantry battalion continues to secure LZ LIZ and 4/2 Infantry battalion continues to secure FSB SOPHIA and prepares to move to LZ LIZ. (c) 3d Infantry Regiment continues to secure FSB DELTA ONE and LZ BROWN and conduct search operations in the area between. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Airborne Brigade will continue searches in present location and continue to attack to the north- west with one battalion. (b) 2d Airborne Brigade will continue to secure Route 9 in zone, secure land clearing operations along Route 9, and conduct company-size operations in vicin- ity of present location. (c) 4th Composite Tank Battalion (4th ACS Hq with 1/3 and 1/8 tank troops attached) are preparing to move from Khe Sanh to FSB ALPHA on 12 March. (3) Armored Task Force: (a) The 11th Armored Cavalry Squadron and the 8th Airborne Battalion (-) will continue to attack to the west. (b) The 17th Armored Cavalry Squadron reinforced with one infantry company and one reconnaissance company will continue to secure Route 9 from FSB ALOUI to FSB ALPHA. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determinedito be declassfied R TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (4) Vietnamese Marine Division: (a) 147th Brigade will secure FSB DELTA with one battalion and continue to attack to the south with two battalions. (b) 258th Brigade will continue to attack to the south with two battalions, conduct reconnaissance in force, and secure FSB HOTEL and conduct searches in that vicinity. (c) 369th Brigade will continue security operations south of Khe Sanh with two battalions. (5) The 1st Ranger Group will continue operations in the vicinity of FSB PHU LOC. The 21st Ranger Battalion (-) and the 64th Artillery Battalion Headquarters will move to a position 2 miles southeast of FSB PHU LOC when weather permits. The Group Headquarters and one 155-mm artillery battery will be prepared to move to FSB PHU LOC on 12 March. (6) Engineer priority effort will be on the repair of the Khe Sanh assault strip. Completion of work on the sub-base of the main strip will be delayed until the weather becomes favorable. Work continues on the upgrading of the sub-base at the end of the main strip with the estimated completion date of 11 March. The penepriming of the Lang Vei rearm/refuel pad continues. Attachment 1. Map 2. DIA Assessment TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 1037 AS OF 110300 EST MAR 71 FSB 31 OBJ BRAVO 92 A LZ HOPE 1039 I ARMD TASK FSB ALOUI FORCE I ABN BDE FSB 30 LZ VICTORY FSB PHU LOC TF 3/5 CAV 91 RANGER GP 1032 1/5 MECH BDE This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been dete be 92 8 Rock Pile W 23 913 vandegrif COMBAT BA Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED OBJ HAIPHONG 925 Hand 917 W Ca a Lu Tche one 3 STEP FSB SOPHIA $3 Kbe Schh 120 2 INF REGT FSB SHEPHE 9 D TF 4/3 INF 9 2H 914 B 92 Lang Vei LZ LIZ RVN FSB KI 9 ¿E 914 C 516 FSB LOLO 369 VNMC BC 926 I INF REGT 2 ABN BDE 234 5. 258 VNMC BD 1238 LAOS OBJ GIA LAM FSB delta OBJ BACH MAI 147 VNMC BDE LZ BROWN FSB ALPHA 97 0 FSB HOTEL FSB DELTA I FSB BRAVO LZ HERCULES 3 INF REGT 50h 16 16] ATTACHMENT 4.. '929 0 5 10 15 NM 99 I 92 E TOP SECRET sensitive SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (SS) The Headquarters, 64th NVA Regiment, was located seven miles northeast of Tchepone on 10 March, a move of ten miles from its 4 March position. 2. (SS) There are tenuous indications that the 270th NVA Regiment may be moving to western Quang Tri Province from its former positions north of the eastern DMZ. Since 1 March, MRDF fixes have reflected the possible presence of this unit in the south central DMZ. 3. (SS) the 803₫ SANITIZED NVA Regiment, 324B NVA Division, is preparing to relocate, b)(3) possibly to the vicinity of western Base Area 611 where the 29th and 812th Regiments of that Division are currently located. 4. (C) The enemy launched another attack against Vandegrift Combat Base on 10 March, again emphasizing the enemy's intentions to target supply installations supporting LAMSON 719. 5. (SS) In logistic activity, local supply shortages in the LAMSON 719 area. According to one report, units subordinate to BT-33 "do not have meat, it sugar, milk and eggs. All the foodstuffs are ANITIZED finished. (B):10USC 424;3.3(6)(1) the 64th NVA Regiment reported that all the 12.7-mm machine- gun ammunition was expended in two attacks and if we are attacked again, we will not be able to utilize the 12.7-mm machinegun. 6. (SS) units of BT 41 will soon be subordinatedto BT 33. stated all the forces of BT 41 remaining ANITIZED to the east (were) to be controlled by BT 33, including the )(3): IOUSC 424;3.3(b)(1) road and the engineers from the 3-way intersection at La Hap. " Three weeks ago the Headquarters, BT 41 relocated west to the vicinity of BT 33 as a probable reaction to the LAMSON opera- tion. Approved by: SANITIZED (b)(3).60 use Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library tial Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO OPERATION LAMSON 719 106° 107° LAMSON 719 0 50 ENEMY STRENGTH Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 30,000 COMBAT 19° 10,000 ADM SERVICES VC NVA VINH This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has-been-determined to be-declassified - Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED III 102 308 18° U/I GULF OF TONKIN DONG 70B Hoi FRONT 270 E 368 36 308 1 2 24 304 7 64 DMZ III 17° 812 THAILAND 324B X 2 RT 6 VANDEGRIET 66 304 TOHE SAN 803 324B DONG FSB 31 REPUBLIC OF 48 320 B 604 88 308 muong NONG VIETNAM XX 1 308 29 324B 141 2 RT 23 BA 611 XX 324B 16° 0 SECRET SPOKE 1400 EST/11 mar 71 LAMSON 719 106° 107° 0 50 Statute Miles NORTH N VIETNAM 19° 18° GULF OF TONKIN BT 12 BT 14 DMZ Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 17° THAILAND LAOS BT 32 BT 9 BT 27 559TH HQS This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TCHEPONE R 914 REPUBLIC OF BT 33 BA 604 BT 41 HAP BT 31 BT 34 BT 42 MUONG VIETNAM NONG 922 BA 611 RT 92E SECRET SPOKE 16° o 1400 est 1 MAR 07 . lines. n8thling C TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 11 March 1971 Subject: Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 NB 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 100800-110800 GMT March (101600-111600 Saigon time, 100300-110300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Situation: a. The level of activity in the TOAN THANG area of operations continued to be very light during the reporting period with only one incident reported. Ten miles north of Snoul a US Cobra gunship received eight hits of 51 caliber fire. The aircraft made a precautionary landing but was later flown to its home station. b. Task Force 3 continues moving north and northwest searching an area southwest of Dambe. Task Force 43 and Task Force 48 conducted limited reconnaissance and local security operations north of Highway 7. Task Force 225 continues to search the area southwest of Kompong Trach while Task Force 9 conducts operations in the vicinity of the Snoul Rubber Plantation. Highway 7 is being secured from Krek to the vicinity of Ton Le Bet by Task Forces 5 and 333. Task Force 52 secures Highway 78 from Krek to the RVN border. C. Eleven FANK battalions are now assisting in securing the major LOCs and conducting pacification operations in support of the ARVN forces; seven FANK battalions being employed along Route 7 between Krek and the Mekong River and 4 along Route 1 between the RVN border and Kompong Trabek. d. One NVA Division Headquarters and a subordinate regiment are reported to have moved from the vicinity of Dambe to Base Area 711, northwest of Mimot. The moves were probably for the purpose of resupplying, refitting and avoiding ARVN operations. 3. (TS) Plans for Future Operations: a. 18th Infantry Division: (1) TF 3 will continue attack to the north toward Dambe. (2) TF 43 and 48 will continue local security operations and be prepared to move on order. (3) TF 5, 52, and 333 will continue route security along Route 7 and Route 78. b. 5th Infantry Division: TF 9 will continue operations west, northwest, and south of the Snoul Rubber Plantation. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been dete mine MB be declassified! a only] TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE C. 25th Infantry Division: TF 225 will continue combined arms reconnaissance in force operations west and southwest of Kompong Trach and conduct route security. Attachments: 1. Map 2. DIA Assessment TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined be declassified. DD SECRET SENSITIVE 106 FUTURE OPERATIONS TOAN THANG OI/7INB 13 AS OF 110300 EST MAR 71 CHHLONG 18 XX 5 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been detérminethto bedeofasified.! An 160 1 75 TF9 skoun 0 KAMPONG CHUP SNUOL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED CHAM PLANTATION 7 DAMBE 0 12 TF 3 12 TONLE BETIG suong 7 krek LOC ninh TF 5 3,0 © memut TF 43 TF 48 15 AN LOC PHNOM penh DOGS head TF 333 NE TF 52 kampong krasang PREY veng 13 22 1 kompong TRACH TF 225 SEAL neak LUONG TAY NINH svay rieng S ANGELS Chiphu - WING ATTACHMENT 105 106 TOP $ SECRET-SENSITIVE 0 10 20 30 NM SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 (U) 1. (SS) On 9 March, the Headquarters, 7th NVA Division, and its subordinate, the Headquarters, 209th NVA Regiment, were located 22 miles east of their last fixed positions near Route 75. The moves place both headquarters in Base Area 711. These relocations were probably made to avoid ARVN operations along Route 75, and for the purpose of resupplying and refitting. 2. (SS) On 10 March, the Headquarters, 174th NVA Regiment, 5th VC Division, was immediately north of the Chup Plantation, 17 miles south- west of its 8 March location. This deployment may have been in response to ARVN operations in the Chup Plantation, which the enemy believes are about to take place. 3. (SS) These enemy moves, if valid, indicate the enemy has broken up the concentration of his forces in the Dambe/Route 75 area. Six days ago, there were six regiments and two division headquarters in that area. Currently, the communists have four regiments in the vicinity of Chup, two in the Dambe/Route 75 area and three in the vicinity of Snuol and the Fishhook. Approved by: SANITIZED (6)(3):10USC 424 Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard SANITIZED Nixon Presidential Library.DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determine be declassified. 17Ah 16] 105° 106° TOAN THANG 01/71 13 XX 5 ENEMY STRENGTH 13,000-15,000 COMBAT 15,000-20,000 ADM SERVICES MEKONG RIVER 0 CHHLONG 6 E III 165 E6 5 174 5 XX 271 III XX 55 III 141 7 7 272 X 9 95€ 9 75 SNUOL This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been deter to 10592 be declassined. 16 1 12° 208 69 12° 41 kompong CHAM dambe 6 ON 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DE DECLASSIFIED 41 RT 0 7 BASE AREA 71 96 69 209 KREK MIMOT 1531 271 9 52 24 FISHHOOK 153 1541 CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH 2 3 1541 PREY veng 2 kompong TRACH 3 152 0 88 X MR 2 EAK LUONG REPUBLIC OF 2 107 34 3 109 241 I VIETNAM THAILAND LAOS 30 101 102 11° PARROT'S BEAK CAMBODIA REPUBLIC 0 VC OF SECRET SPOKE VIETNAM NVA 1400 EST ⑉ 11 MAR 71 25 105 STATUTE MILES 106 CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 120600-130600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 130600-140600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Overcast, ceiling 3500 feet patchy 1000 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 3 miles in rain/drizzle. Between 0600-1100 and 1700-0600 Saigon time, ceiling 1000 feet, visibility 1 to 3 miles in rain/drizzle and fog. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 3500 feet patchy 1000 feet, visibility 6 miles occasionally 1 mile in rain/drizzle and fog. Between 0600-1100 and 1700-0600 Saigon time, ceiling 1000 feet AGL, visibility 1 to 3 miles in rain/drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK - Little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 3000 feet occasionally 1000 feet, visibility 6 miles occasionally 1 mile in Rain/drizzle and fog. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally overcast, ceiling 1000 feet AGL patchy 4000 feet, visibility 6 miles ocasionally 3/4 mile in drizzle and fog. Between 0600-1100 and 1800-0600 Saigon time, visibility 1/2 to 3 miles in rain/drizzle and fog; patchy stratus, ceiling surface to 300 feet AGL and visibility 1/8 mile in drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK - Increasing clouds and precipitation north of 15° N. KHE SANH - AREA 3: Cloudy, ceiling 1000 to 1200 feet, visibility 5 to 6 miles in haze. between 0600-1100 and 1800-0600 Saigon time, ceiling 300 to 400 feet, visibility 1 to 2 miles in fog and occasional drizzle. (All cloud heights are AGL). OUTLOOK - Increasing clouds and precipitation. CONFIDENTIAL Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined Yo D 14 16] CONF IDENTIAL TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Partly cloudy patchy cloudy, ceiling unlimited patchy 4000 feet, visibility 7 miles. Between 0600-1100 and 0500-0600 Saigon time, in valleys, patchy broken stratus, 500 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 4 miles. OUTLOOK- - Increasing low clouds. CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: Cloudy, ceiling 10000 feet, visibility 7 miles. Between 0600 and 1000 Saigon time, patchy broken stratus, 1000 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 3 miles. CUTLOOK - Little change. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONFIDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has beendeter mined to be declassified! 110 CONFIDENTIAL Ko-chiu Meng-tzu P'u-erh Ha CHINA Giang Cao Bang Nan-ning Yü-lin Lao Cai N R T H C H I N A Ta-lo Tuan Invoice Tuyen Lang Son Quang Phong Giao Thai Nguyen 3 Saly V I BURMA E N A M Mong Cai *Dien Bien Son Phu La . Bluck Muang Luong Nam Tha RELIVER Son Hanoi Tay Haiphong Houei Sai Samneua Hai-an Chiang Mekong Thanh Rai Louangphrabang Hoa GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-fang Nan L A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Huang-liu VIENTIANE Yü-lin 13 AREA 1 Nong Khai / Udon Thani Dong Hoi Khammouane (Thakhek) Demarcation Line. Phitsanulok AREA 2 Séno Sepone Quang Tri Savannakhet Khon Kaen Hue THAIL A N D Da Nang Nakhon Sawan Saravane AREA 3 Ubon Ratchathani Nakhon Ratchasima Warin Chamrap Paksé Attopeu AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Buri Pleiku 14 BANGKOK An Nhon Chachoengsao Samut Sisophon Siem Reap Stung Treng Songkhram CAMB D I A AREA 5 Battambang 0 TONLE SAP Ban Me Kratie Pursat Thuot GULF OF SIAM Mekong Kampong Da Lat Cham 0 S U T H PHNOM PENH * Kompong . Speu I E I N A M Svay Rieng Bien Hoa Sihanoukville Phan Thiet Kampot * SAIGON INDOCHINA My Tho Long Vung Tau Xuyeu Vinh SEA Long 10 Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnam) Tho Road Bac CHINA Quan Lieu Long o 50 100 150 Miles o 50 100 150 Kilometers CON SON G SOUTH 104 NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION 108 ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12-68 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been 010 determined toble declassified. 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE [82/2/10] THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 1 0 MAR 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos and Cambodia 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily reports are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2. A weather forecast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added as Enclosure 3. 3 Encls a/s Upon removal of attachments this document becomes DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 CONFIDENTIAL NCN NOU 51/10593; Per Itr 10/27/2011 By neep NARA, Date 4/30/2012 / [10615] COPY OF 7 Per Sec. (b)(3):10 USC 424; 3.3(b)(1) COPIES TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE 1204 Sec Def Cont Nr. X- Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 10 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 090800- 100800 GMT March (091600-101600 Saigon time, 090300-100300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Current Situation: a. Contact with the enemy was moderate during the period. ARVN units continued search operations as they moved toward assigned objectives. Intensity of contacts was light to moderate. Enemy bodies, equipment, and material resulting from B-52 and tactical air strikes continue to be discovered. A significant B-52 air strike discovery was made in the vicinity of LZ HOTEL ONE, approximately 4 miles south of Route 9. There were 144 enemy bodies, four trucks, one hundred 122-mm rocket rounds, one tank, and two 37 mm guns found. b. There were 17 minor ground contacts and attacks by fire during the period. As a consequence, there were 34 enemy losses compared to six friendly forces killed and 37 wounded. Six 105-mm howitzers were damaged and 13 ARVN wounded as a result of an enemy attack by fire on FSB SOPHIA. One hundred and twenty rounds of 82-mm and 122-mm mortar were received. The friendly/enemy kill ratio for the operation todate is 10 to one. C. The most significant contact during the period occurred in the vicinity of FSB HOTEL. A Vietnamese Marine battalion was attacked by an unknown-size enemy force which resulted in 15 enemy losses and three Vietnamese Marines killed and six wounded. d. Enemy tanks, believed to be T-34s were observed approximately 6 miles east of Tchepone along Route 9 by ARVN ground forces. Artillery was employed which destroyed three enemy tanks and damaged two. All five were seen to be burning. Another five tanks and several trucks were observed moving south in the vicinity of LZ LIZ and engaged by tactical air. The results were not reported. e. At Khe Sanh, C-130 aircraft will utilize the 3,200 feet of the main aircraft runway that is operational, weather permitting. Two alternatives are being considered with regard to repairing the assault runway damaged by a C-130 on 9 March: repair of moderately damaged panels and supplement with re- placement panels; or disassemble the assault runway and recon- struct. Adverse weather conditions, primarily fog at Khe Sanh, precluded scheduled helicopter operations. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3. (TS) Plans for Future Operations: a. (TS) The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) will con- tinue operations in assigned area with the priority of effort toward an enemy bunker complex approximately 5 miles west of Vandegrift and suspected enemy rocket firing positions. The 1st Brigade, 5th Division (Mechanized), will continue a major reconnaissance effort in the area south of Lang Vei. b. (TS) RVNAF units will continue operations in RVN and Laos with emphasis directed toward search operations. (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) 1st Infantry Regiment will conduct security operations vicinity FSB LOLO continuing to expand the secure zone around the base. Two battalions will attack to the west and southwest to cut Route 914 (OBJ GIA LAM and OBJ BACH MAI). (b) 2d Infantry Regiment will secure FSB SOPHIA and conduct search operations to the west of the FSB. Two battalions will search the area south and southwest of the Xe Pon River. (c) 3d Infantry Regiment will secure FSB DELTA ONE and conduct search operations west of the FSB and in the vicinity of LZ BROWN. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Airborne Brigade will continue searches in present location and continue to attack to the northwest with one battalion. (b) 2d Airborne Brigade will continue to secure Route 9 in zone, secure land clearing operations along Route 9, and conduct company-size operations in vicinity of present location. (3) Armored Task Force: (a) The 11th Armored Cavalry Squadron and the 8th Airborne Battalion (-) will continue to attack to the west. (b) The 17th Armored Cavalry Squadron reinforced with one infantry company and one reconnaissance company will continue to secure Route 9 from FSB ALOUI to FSB ALPHA. (4) Vietnamese Marine Division: (a) 147th Brigade will secure FSB DELTA with one battalion and continue to attack to the south with two battalions. (b) 258th Brigade will continue to attack to the south with two battalions, conduct reconnaissance in force, and secure FSB HOTEL. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to bemeclassified 157 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (c) 369th Brigade will continue security operations south of Khe Sanh with two battalions. (5) The 1st Ranger Group will continue operations in the vicinity of FSB PHU LOC. The 21st Ranger Battalion (-) and the 64th Artillery Battalion Headquarters will move to a position 2 miles southeast of FSB PHU LOC (Point 1, Appendix). (6) Engineer priority effort will be on the repair of the Khe Sanh assault strip. Completion of work on the sub-base of the main strip will be delayed until the weather becomes favorable. Work continues on the upgrading of the sub-base at the end of the main strip with the estimated completion date of 11 March. The penepriming of the Lang Vei rearm/refuel pad continues. If USAF C-130 aircraft use a portion of the main strip, work on the main strip will be suspended during daylight hours. Attachment Map TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined BeldeclassiNed 3 4 TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 1032 AS OF: 100300 EST MAR 71 FSB 31 OBJ BRAVO 92 A LZ HOPE 1039 I ARMD TASK FSB ALOUi FORCE I ABN BDE FSB 30 FSB PHU LOC TF 3/5 CAV LZ VICTORY 91 I RANGER GP 1032 1/5 MECH BDE Rock Pile ® 92\B This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been 151 913 VANDEGRIFT 23 COMBAT BAS Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 925 917 @ Ca Lu 9.03 THE Tche Done OF FSB SOPHIA AM NW Kbe Schh a FSB SHEPHER 2 INF REGT & TF 4/3 INF 9 9 D 92 , C lang Vei FSB KIL 914 B RVN LZ LIZ 9 816 914 C 369 VNMC BDE FSB LOLO 926 I INF REGT 2 ABN BDE 234 258 VNMC BDE OBJ HAIPHONG 1238 LAOS OBJ GIA LAM FSB DELTA OBJ BACH MAI 147 VNMC BDE LZ BROWN FSB ALPHA 92 0 FSB HOTEL FSB DELTA I FSB BRAVO 3 INF REGT 4.'.' 929 ATTACHMENT 0 5 10 15 NM 99 92 E TOP SECRET SENSITIVE SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (SS) The Headquarters, 308th NVA Division while in communićations with the Headquarters, 70B Front on 9 March, was located 5 miles southeast of Ban Dong, 11 miles south- west of its 8 March location. This move, if valid, would indicate that this division may be shifting its attention to the defense of the Route 9 corridor. 2. (SS) The Forward Element, 324B NVA Division and two battalions from its 812th NVA Regiment, have relocated from southwest of Lang Vei to a position near the western part of Base Area 611. These moves indicate that the 324B NVA Division is repositioning to defend against possible ARVN incursions into this base area. 3. (SS) Preliminary information indicates that the Head- quarters, 304th NVA Division may have deployed from south of Dong Hoi to the LAMSON operational area. Additionally, tenuous evidence indicates that the 9th NVA Regiment of that same division is also en route or already in the LAMSON area. 4. (SS) the 64th ANITIZED NVA Regiment is no longer subordinate to the Headquarters, 3) :10USC424; 320th NVA Division. The 64th NVA Regiment will be carried as 3.3(b)(1) an independent regiment. 5. (SS) Enemy units in the LAMSON 719 area may be receiving the 64th NVA Regiment was replacements. directed to send cadre to a location 8 miles north of Ban Dong to pick up 70 recruits for the regiment. Binh Tram-33 had "20 comrades as replacements ANITIZED for a subordinate company, and that they were at an unlocated (3):10USC4241 commo-liaison station. 6. (SS) Reflections of ammunition shipments within the Binh Tram-33 area unidentified amounts of anti-tank rockets, ANITIZED 60-mm and 82-mm mortar ammunition, 122-mm rockets and small (3):10USC arms ammunition were being shipped to the 1st Battalion of Binh Tram-33. This probably reflects resupply for this unit which has reported supply shortages in the past. SANITIZED (b)(3):10 USC 424 SECRET SPOKE Attachment 2 Reproduced at the Richard SANITIZED LICORDECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO OPERATION LAMSON 719 106° 107° LAMSON 719 0 50 ENEMY STRENGTH Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 30,000 COMBAT 19° 10,000 ADM SERVICES VC 0 nva VINH This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determine 0706157 157 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED III 102 308 18° 0 in 9 304 U/I X 304 GULF OF TONKIN DONG 70B HOI FRONT 64 III 368 III 36 X 308 1 2 III 24 X 304 74 0 DMZ 111 17° THAILAND 812 324B XX 2 III X 6 TCHEPON KHE SANH 66 304 803 LANG X 324B VEI REPUBLIC OF BA 604 48 320 III 88 308 muong NONG VIETNAM XX 141 2 RT 23 29 308 324B BA 611 324B 16° 0 SECRET SPOKE 1400 EST 10 MAR 71 LAMSON 719 106° 107° 0 50 Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 19° This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined 10593 p8of p Bofis] P 15] Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 18° BT 12 GULF OF TONKIN BT 14 0 DMZ 17° THAILAND LAOS BT 32 BT 9 BT I 27 559TH HQS TCHEPONE RT 914 BT 33 RT 936 REPUBLIC OF BA 604 BT 41 92 BT 31 BT 34 BT 42 MUONG VIETNAM NONG BA 611 SECRET SPOKE 16° 1400 EST 10 MAR " TOP SECRET / SENSITIVE 10 March 1971 Subject: Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 NB 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 090800- 100800 GMT March (091600-101600 Saigon time, 090300-100300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Situation: a. The level of activity in Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 remained light during the reporting period. Air strikes about 10 nautical miles north-northwest of Snuol killed eight enemy and destroyed 15 bunkers, three huts and a bridge. Pilots also reported that 300-400 mortar rounds and 50 truck tires were sighted in the area. Later, a US OH-6A helicopter was downed in the same area killing three US aircrew members. No contacts were reported by Task Force 9 elements which were conducting search and route security operations. Task Force 225, operating north of the Parrot's Beak, reported two con- tacts. A convoy on Highway 243 detonated three mines, killing one ARVN soldier, wounding five, destroying one 2 1/2-ton truck and damaging two others. In another engagement 10 miles southwest of Kampong Trach, 10 ARVN soldiers were WIA while nine enemy were KIA, and two rocket launchers, one AK-47 and one mine, were captured. Another element of Task Force 225 found 11 tons of rice in good condition 4 miles southwest of Kampong Trach. ; b. After B-52 and tactical air strikes, Task Force 3, followed by TF 43, attacked to the north. Advance elements of the task force have reached the area of one of the B-52 strikes. However, no results of the strike and no contacts have been reported. 3. (S) Plans for Future Operations: a. 18th Infantry Division: (1) TF 3 will continue attack to the north toward Dambe. (2) TF 43 and TF 48 will follow and support TF 3. (3) TF 5, 52, and 333 will continue route security along main supply routes. b. 5th Infantry Division: TF 9 will continue operations west, northwest, and south of the Snuol Rubber Plantation. C. 25th Infantry Division: TF 225 will continue combined arms reconnaissance in force operations in the vicinity of Kompong Trach and conduct route security in assigned areas. Attachment Map TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been 105 SENSITIVE 106 FUTURE OPERATIONS TOAN THANG 01/7INB 13 AS OF: 100300 EST MAR 71 CHHLONG 18 XX 5 75 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined torbe declassified. Ain skoun CHUP TF 9 o KAMPONG PLANTATION W SNUOL CHAN 7 DAMBE TF 3 12 OF 12 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED TONLE BETIG suong 7 krek LOC NINH TF 5 memut TF 43 TF 48 15 AN LOC phnom penh DOGS head TF 333 in TF 52 kampong KRASANG PREY veng 13 22 1 kompong TRACH TF 225 e NEAK LUONG TAY NINH SVAY rieng E S angels CHIPHU 1 WING ATT TTACHMENT 105 106 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE o 10 20 30 NM SANITIZED COPY SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 (U) 1. (SS) There were no significant enemy relocations during the past 24 hours. The 9th VC Division remains concentrated in the Chup Plantation area; the 7th NVA Division in the Dambe area; and the 5th VC Division's two regiments disposed in the Snuol area and southwest of Chhlong respectively. The enemy disposition has remained generally static since the southward movement of the three ARVN Task Forces to the Route 7 area on 4 March. The enemy probably anticipates the renewal of ARVN operations in the Chup-Dambe areas. SANITIZED 2. (S/NFD) It is probable that the enemy will continue to resist ARVN operations in the TOAN THANG area. According to (b)(3): five prisoners from the 9th VC Division, captured near Suong on 8 March, COSVN has directed main forces to keep the resupply corridor open through the TOAN THANG area of operations. SANITIZED 3. (SS) A COSVN message, on 8 March, discussed ARVN plans for forthcoming TOAN THANG operations. The message ,)(3) : 10 USC 424 reported that TF's 3, 5, and 333 were completing the reposition- ing of their forces and that TF 43 is planning to "sally forth' to the Chup. Approved by: SANITIZED (b)(3) : 10USC 424 Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined.to be declassified) = ah 157 105° 106° TOAN THANG 01/71 RT 13 XX X 5 enemy STRENGTH 13,000-15,000 COMBAT III 15,000-20,000 ADM SERVIC 174 5 MEKONG RIVER HHLONG 6 111 TAPAO 72 plantation 165 E6 X 5 SL XX 271 III 7 272 X 9 9 RT SNUOL This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be.declassified 75 141 7 12° dambe 208 69 12° 41 KOMPONG GHAM 6 LANTATION 95C 9 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED SUONG 41 0 III 209 7 69 <d krek MIMOT 1531 271 9 52 FISHHOOK 24 153 1541 CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH 2 3 PREY VENG 1541 15 kompong TRACH 2 3 152 88 MR 2 EAK LUONG REPUBLIC OF 2 107 34 3 109 R 241 VIETNAM THAILAND LAOS 30 101 102 11° PARROT'S BEAK CAMBODIA REPUBLIC VC 0 OF SECRET SPOKE > VIETNAM NVA 1400 EST 10 MAR 71 LIT) 0 25 105 STATUTE MILES 106 CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 11/0600-12/0600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 12/0600-13/0600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Overcast, ceiling 1,000 feet patchy 3,500 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 3 miles in rain/ drizzle. Between' 0600-1100 and 0200-0600 Saigon time, rain/fog, visibility 1 to 3 miles. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 3,500 feet patchy 500 feet AGL in valleys, visibility 1 to 7 miles in rain/drizzle/ fog. OUTLOOK - Decreasing stratus. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 1,000 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 2 miles in rain/drizzle. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy occasionally overcast, ceiling 500 feet AGL patchy 4,000 feet, visibility 3/4 to 7 miles in rain/drizzle/fog. Between 0600-1000 and 2100-0600 Saigon time, patchy stratus, ceiling surface to 500 feet AGL, and drizzle/fog, visibility 1/8 mile. OUTLOOK - Decreasing cloudiness. KHE SANH - AREA 3: Overcast, ceiling 500 feet AGL, visibility 2 miles in fog. Between 2000-1200 Saigon time, ceiling 100 to 200 feet AGL, and fog/drizzle, visibility 1/8 mile. OUTLOOK - Decreasing cloudiness. TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited patchy 4,000 feet, visibility 7 miles. Between 0600-1100 and 0500- 0600 Saigon time, in valleys, patchy stratus, ceiling 500 feet AGL, and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 4 miles. OUTLOOK in Decreasing cloudiness. CONFIDENTIAL Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL ASSIFIED 01309 15] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited, visibility 7 miles. Between 0600-1000 Saigon time, patchy stratus, ceiling 1,000 feet AGL, and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 3 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Seal Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). ATTACHMENT Map CONF IDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined,to be declassified CONFIDENTIAL Ko-chiu Meng-tzu P'u-erh Ha CHINA Giang Nan-ning Cao Bang Yü-lin Lao Cai N ORTH CHINA Ta-lo Tuyen Lang Son Tuan Quang . Phong Giao Thai Nguyen Saly V E N A M Mong Cai BURMA Dien Bien Son Phu La Bluck . Muang Luong Son Hanoi Nam Tha Tay Haiphong Samneua Houei Sai Hai-añ Chiang Mekong hanh Rai Louangphrabang Hoa CULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-fang Nan L A O S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Huang-liu VIENTIANE Yü-lin AREA 1 Nong Khai Udon Thani Dong Hoi Khammouane (Thakhek) Demarcation Line AREA 2 Phitsanulok Séno Sepone Quang Tri Savannakhet Khon Kaen Hue THAILAND Da Nang Nakhon Sawan AREA 3 Saravane Ubon Ratchathani Nakhon Warin Ratchasima Chamrap Paksé Attopeu AREA 4 Kontum Prachin Buri Pleiku BANGKOK An Nhon Chachoengsao Sisophon Siem Reap Samut Stung Treng Songkhram CAMB ODIA AREA 5 Battambang TONLE c SAP Ban Me Kratie Pursat Thuot Mekong GULF OF SLAM Da Lat Kompong Cham 0 SOUTH PHNOM PENH Kompong VIEINAM Speu Svay Rieng Bien Hoa Sihanoukville Kampot Phan Thiet SAIGON INDOCHINA My Tho Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyeu Vinh Long Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnam) Tho Road Bac CHINA Quan Lieu Long 0 50 100 150 Miles o 50 100 150 Kilometers CON SON B SOUTH NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION 104 ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12-68 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE SANITIZED COPY [82/2/11] THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 9 MAR 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos and Cambodia 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily reports are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2. A weather forecast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added as Enclosure 3. 3 Encls a/s DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 NLN 06-51/10594; per Hr 10/27/2011 per sec. (b)(3) 10 use 424; By new NARA, Date 5/1/2012 3.3(b)(1) UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENTS THIS DOCUMENT BECOMES [1af 16] [106 16] CONFIDENTIAL 1176 Sec Def Cont Nr. X- TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE COPY / OF 7 COPIES. Reproduced the Riorard Nixon Library Presidentian at Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed Jursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 9 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 080800- 090800 GMT (081600-091600 Saigon time, 080300-090300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Situation: a. With the successful combat assault on 6 March into the Tchepone area by two battalions of the 2d Regiment, 1st ARVN Division, all initial objectives of LAMSON 719 were secured. Extensive patrolling by company-sized units to locate and destroy principal supply depots as well as the destruction of enemy land lines of communication remain to be accomplished. These operations are being conducted under an umbrella of established ARVN fire support bases, reinforced by US heavy artillery from positions within SVN. Massive tactical air support is overhead day and night, providing ARVN forces immediate and effective fire support. The logistical posture of ARVN forces is excellent. b. The level of activity in Laos is moderate; however, the intensity of individual contacts generally continues to be light with an occasional moderate to heavy contact or in- direct fire attack. A contact which resulted in 19 enemy losses and no friendly casualties to a battalion of the 3d Infantry Regiment occurred on 8 March in the vicinity LZ BROWN. A relatively significant engagement was fought by an ARVN air- borne battalion south of FSB-30 just north of Route 9. The battalion was supported by tactical aircraft which accounted for 55 of the 78 enemy losses. A 75-mm recoilless rifle was destroyed and 5,000 rounds of machinegun ammunition seized along with other arms and ammunition. The ARVN airborne bat- talion experienced 12 wounded. In the Vietnamese Marine Division area of operations in Laos, 23 enemy were killed and 4,000 rounds of mixed mortar and rocket ammunition destroyed in two separate contacts; there were no friendly casualties reported in these actions. C. There were 18 minor contacts and attacks by fire in RVN and Laos which resulted in 32 enemy killed and two observed to have been wounded. Friendly casualties were three killed and 10 wounded. Three caches containing rockets, mortars and food were found. d. Friendly air strikes continue to account for enemy casualties and the loss of vehicles and equipment. Fifty-nine enemy bodies, two tanks, two trucks, 1,000-55 gallon fuel drums, 200 60-mm mortar rounds, and additional small quantities of arms and ammunition were discovered by ARVN ground forces during search operations. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has beendetermined.t be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE e. In an update of the Vietnamese Marine Battalion con- tact near FSB DELTA, referred to in yesterday's Status Report, enemy losses were 250 vice the 100 reported. Vietnamese Marine losses remain 17 killed and 50 wounded. f. Adverse weather conditions precluded all scheduled heavy lift resupply and most of the tactical air missions. Limited helicopter resupply was accomplished. In addition, at 0900 hours (Saigon time) on 9 March, an axle on a landing C-130 failed causing a tear of varying severity that extended intermittently some 2,700 feet down the center of the runway at Ham Nghi. A total of 395 MX19 matting panels were damaged, 225 severely. It is estimated that the airstrip will be in- operative for from 3-10 days for repairs. However, 3,200 feet of main strip is usable. Air Force representatives are con- sidering the possibility of using the operational portion of the main strip for C-130 operations. 3. (S) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) will continue operations in assigned area with the priority of effort toward an enemy bunker complex approximately 5 miles west of Vandegrift and suspected enemy rocket firing positions. b. The 1st Brigade, 5th Division (Mechanized), will con- tinue a major reconnaissance effort in the area south of Lang Vei. C. RVNAF units will continue operations in RVN and Laos with emphasis remaining on conduct of planned search operations. (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) 1st Infantry Regiment will conduct security operations vicinity FSB LOLO expanding the secure zone around the base. Two battalions will attack to the west and southwest to cut Route 914 (OBJ GIA LAM and OBJ BACH MAI). (b) 2d Infantry Regiment will secure FSB SOPHIA and conduct search operations vicinity of Tchepone and south of the river. (c) 3d Infantry Regiment will secure FSB DELTA ONE and conduct search operations west of the FSB and in the vicinity of LZ BROWN. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Airborne Brigade will continue searches in present location and continue to attack to the northwest with one battalion. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be/declassiffed. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (b) 2d Airborne Brigade will continue to secure Route 9 in zone, secure land clearing operations along Route 9, and conduct company-size operations in vicinity of present location. (3) Armored Task Force: (a) The 11th Armored Cavalry Squadron and the 8th Airborne Battalion (-) will continue to attack to the west toward an objective 3 miles west of FSB ALOUI. (b) The 17th Armored Cavalry Squadron reinforced with one infantry company and one reconnaissance company will continue to secure Route 9 from FSB ALOUI to FSB ALPHA. (4) Vietnamese Marine Division: (a) 147th Brigade will secure FSB DELTA with one battalion and continue to attack to the south with two battalions. (b) 258th Brigade will continue to attack to the south, conduct reconnaissance in force, and secure FSB HOTEL. (c) 369th Brigade will continue security operations south of Khe Sanh with two battalions. (5) The 1st Ranger Group will continue operations in the vicinity of FSB PHU LOC. (6) Engineer priority effort will be on the repair of the Khe Sanh assault strip. Completion of work on the sub-base of the main strip will be delayed until the weather becomes favorable. The penepriming of the 2/17 Air Cavalry Squadron helicopter parking area is expected to be completed on 10 March. The penepriming of the Lang Vei rearm/refuel pad continues with an estimated completion date of 12 March. Attachment Map TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to 51/10594 be declassified. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 04 0816] TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 1032 AS OF: 090300 EST MAR 71 92 A 1039 91 1632 C FSB PHU LOC 92 B Rock Pile @ ranger GP This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to 1/10594 be declassified 16] 23 LZ HOPE [VANDEGRIF] FSB 31 COMBAT BAS Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DEC ASSIFIED FSB 30 FSB SOPHIA LZ VICTORY 925 TF 3/187 917 1/5 MECH BDE 2 INF REGT I ARMD TASK Tche R on 5 FORCE FSB ALOUI FSB BRAVO FSB shepherd LZ LIZ 6 Kbe Sanh TF 4/3 Hillo I ABN BDE FSB LOLO 2 ABN BDE LZ BROWN 9 D I INF REGT y FSB HOTEL FSB DELTA 1. till X 369 VNMC BDE 914 OBJ haiphong OF B 3 INF REGT 92.C FSB ALPHA Lang Vei RVN 9 44 E PM VNMC DIV OBJ OBJ GIA LAM 258 VNMC BDE FSB DELTA OBJ BACH MAI 914 C 616 926 147 VNMC BDE 234 238 LAOS 92 D ATTACHMENT 929 0 5 10 I5 NM 99 92 E TOP SECRET SENSITIVE SECRET SPOKE SANITIZED COPY DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (SS) The Headquarters, 141st NVA Regiment, 2d NVA Division was located on 7 March ten miles southwest of Ban Dong. This places the headquarters seven miles northwest of its 23 February location and tends to negate the 4 March fix that positioned it just south of, Route 9 along the Lao-RVN border. 2. (SS) The Headquarters, 29th NVA Regiment, 324B NVA Division moved nine miles northwest to a position just north of Muong Nong on 8 March. This relocation was probably in response to a recent BT-33 message which directed the unit to protect the Muong Nong area. 3. (SS) In logistic activity, the North Vietnamese continue to move substantial quantities of supplies into Laos. In the ANITIZED Mu Gia Pass area, 65 vehicles transporting about 260 tons of 3) 3):100sc 424;3.3(b)(1) supplies had arrived. These supplies will probably be shipped south as part of the current transportation general offensive. 11 On 4 March, the 282d AAA Regiment revealed the movement of 66 vehicles probably along routes west of the DMZ in Laos. 4. (SS) On 2 and 3 March, the Headquarters, BT-33 reported it had been under ground attack and as a result had planned to relocate. Current direction finding, however, indicates this relocation has not yet been accomplished. Approved by: SANITIZED (10)3):10 USC 424 Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Library sidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant Executive Order 3526 and has been determined to be declassified. ole oR:4] COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO OPERATION LAMSON 719 106° 107° LAMSON 719 0 50 enemy STRENGTH Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 30,000 COMBAT 19° 10,000 ADM services VC NVA WINH This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined tabe to ded declassified. 51/10994 p7of16] XX Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 308 De III 102 308 18° U/I GULF OF TONK IN DONG 70B HOI FRONT 64 320 III 368 36 X 308 1 2 III 24 304 74 DMZ m 812 324B 17° THAILAND << XX 2 III 6 TCHEPON R 92 66 304 RT AN 803 m X 324B DONG E REPUBLIC OF BA 604 48 320 III 88 308 muong NONG VIETNAM RT 23 29 324B 141 2 BA 611 324B 16° 0 SECRET SPOKE 1400 EST 9 MAR 71 LAMSON 719 106° 1071 0 50 Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 19° This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED NOV 110594 p80616] 16] 18° MU GIA PASS SM BT 12 GULF OF TONKIN BA T 14 282 559 DMZ THAILAND 17° LAOS BT 32 BT 9 BY 27 559TH HQS TCHEPONE RT 914 BT 33 BA 604 RT 92,6 REPUBLIC OF BT 41 92 BT 31 B T 34 BT 42 MUONG VIETNAM NONG BA 611 SECRET SPOKE 16° o 1400 EST 9 MAR 7P TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 9 March 1971 Subject: Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 NB 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 080800- 090800 GMT (081600-091600 Saigon time, 080300-090300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Situation: a. The level of activity in the TOAN THANG Operation continued to be light during the reporting period with one attack by fire and destruction of the center span of a bridge reported. The supply area of Task Force 9, in the vicinity of Snuol, was struck with sixty 82-mm mortar rounds killing one ARVN soldier and wounding three and damaging one 1/4-ton truck. In addition, 165,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, 1,580 rounds of mortar munitions, and 2,160 grenades were destroyed. An enemy force of unknown size destroyed the center span of the bridge on Route 7 near Tonle Bet. A usable bypass has been established northeast of the bridge. b. Task Forces 5 and 333 began route security operations along Route 7. Task Force 9 continued search operations west and south of the Snuol Rubber Plantation. Task Forces 43 and 48 continued with preparation for offensive operations. Task Force 225 continued search operations south and west of Kompong Trach. Task Force 52 continued security operations along the main supply route. 3. (S) Plans for Future Operations: a. 18th Infantry Division: (1) TF 3 will spearhead the 18th Infantry Division's drive into the Dambe area on 10 March. TF 3 will exploit tactical air strikes and two B-52 strikes north of Route 7 astride Route 75. First phase of the attack will be to seize objectives southwest of Dambe and then proceed north. The second phase will be to turn west into the Chup Rubber Plantation. (2) TF 43 and 48 will follow and support TF 3. TF 43 and TF 48 will be committed when TF 3 makes contact with the enemy. TF 48 will be prepared to attack into the Chup Rubber Plantation. (3) TF 5, TF 52, and TF 333 will continue route security along main supply routes. b. 5th Infantry Division: TF 9 will conduct operations west and south of the Snuol Rubber Plantation. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE C. 25th Infantry Division: TF 225 will continue combined arms reconnaissance in force operations in the vicinity of Kompong Trach and to the southwest. Attachment Map TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 06-51/10594 P 10mg 16 ] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. SECRET SENSITIVE 106 FUTURE OPERATIONS TOAN THANG 01/7INB 13 AS OF: 090300 EST MAR 71 CHHLONG 18 XX 5 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 75 skoun KAMPONG CHUP o SNUOL CHAM PLANTATION 7 DAMBE TF 9 12 TF 3 12 TONLE BETTO suong TF 48 7 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL SSIELEROU 51/10594 P110610] TF 333 TF 5 KREK LOC NINH TF 43 memut TF 52 15 AN LOC phnom penh dogs head kampong krasang PREY veng 13 22 1 kompong TRACH TF 225 neak LUONG SW TAY NINH svay rieng OF angels CHIPHU 1 wing 11 ATTACHMENT 105 106 TOP SECRET-SENSITIVE 0 10 20 30 NM SANITIZED COPY SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 (U) 1. (SS) On 8 March, the Headquarters, 9th VC Division was located on the northern edge of the Chup Plantation, four miles southwest of its 7 March position. SANITIZED 2. (SS) the 96th NVA Artillery Regiment, 69th Artillery Group, have b)(3):10 USC424 provide its 33rd Battalion (located in 3.3(b)(1) the Chup Plantation area) with a 120-mm mortar capability. On 7 March, the 33rd Battalion discussed the formation of an element to be equipped with three such mortars and more than 100 rounds of ammunition. The 96th Regiment, which is known to have 60-mm and 82-mm mortars, and 107-mm and 122-mm rockets, has not been previously credited with having this weapon. If valid, this would increase the indirect fire support capability of the 33rd, particularly in close combat situations. This battalion is presently supporting the 9th VC Division. 3. (SS) The enemy continues his efforts to reduce the effectiveness of ARVN operations in Cambodia through the employment of attacks by fire. One such attack in the vicinity of Snuol resulted in the loss of substantial quantities of ARVN ammunition. Approved by: SANITIZED (b)(3):10 USC 424 3.3 (b)(1) Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has Repro been viewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 105° 106° TOAN THANG 01/71 RT 13 XX 5 enemy STRENGTH 13,000-15,000 COMBAT III 15,000-20,000 ADM services 174 5 MEKONG RIVER CHHLONG 6 III tapao 72 165 7 E6 5 PLANTATION 75 XX 271 III XX X 7 272 X 9 9 18 75 III SNUOL This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 141 7 12° 208 69 dambe 12° 41 kompong CHAM 6 95C 9 CHUP PLANTATION 41 0 7 209 7 69 Yd Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECL ASSIFIED 10594 P130f16] krek 1531 MIMOT 271 9 32 24 fishhook 153 1541 CAMBODIA 0 PHNOM PENH 2 4 1541 PRE veng 15 2 KOMPONG TRACH 152 3 88 MR 2 NEAK LUONG REPUBLIC OF 2 107 34 3 109 241 RT VIETNAM THAILAND LAOS 30 101 102 11° PARROT'S beak CAMBODIA REPUBLIC 0 VC OF SECRET SPOKE VIETNAM nva 1400 EST 9 MAR 71 o 25 105 STATUTE MILES 106 CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 10/0600-11/0600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 11/0600-12/0600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Overcast, ceiling 1,000 feet patchy, 3,000 feet, visibility 2 to 5 miles in rain/drizzle and fog. Minimum stratus in northern portion. MOUNTAINS - Overcast, ceiling 500 feet AGL patchy 3,500 feet, visibility 1 to 5 miles in rain/drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in stratus along coast. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 1,000 feet, visibility 7 miles occasionally 2 miles in rain/drizzle. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling surface to 500 feet AGL patchy 3,500 feet, visibility 1/8 to 5 miles in rain/ drizzle/fog. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in stratus late in period. KHE SANH - AREA 3: Overcast, ceiling 400 to 800 feet, visibility 1 to 3 miles in occasional rain/drizzle and fog during daylight hours. Between 1800 and 1000 Saigon time, ceiling surface to 400 feet, visibility 1/8 mile in drizzle and fog. OUTLOOK - Little change. TCHEPONE - AREA 4: Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy, ceiling 4,000 feet patchy unlimited, visibility 7 miles. Between 0500 and 1100 Saigon time, patchy broken stratus, 500 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 4 miles. OUTLOOK - Slight decrease in clouds. CONFIDENTIAL Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Librar VIDECLASSIPIE $10594 p1408 10] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONF IDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5: Partly cloudy, ceiling 10,000 feet, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze. Between 0600 and 1000 Saigon time, patchy broken status, 1,000 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 3 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONF IDENTIAL 2 Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library P15af10] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFDENTIAL Ko-chiu Meng-tzu P'u-erh Ha CHINA Giang Cao Bang Nan-ning Yü-lin Lao Cai N ORTH Pay CHINA . Ta-lo Tuyen Lang Son Tuan Quang Phong Giaq Thai Nguyen Saly V BURMA E N A M Mong Cai Dien Bien Son Phu La Black . Muang Luong Son Hanoi Nam Tha Tay Haiphong Houei Sai Samneua Hai-an Chiang Rai Mekong Thanh Louangphrabang Hoa GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-fang Nan L A S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Huang-liu VIENTIANE Yü-lin 18 18 AREA 1 Nong Khai Udon Thani Dong Hoi Khammouane (Thakhek) Demarcation Line. Phitsanulok AREA 2 Séno Sepone Quang Tri Savannakhet Khon Kaen Hue THAILAND Da Nang Nakhon Sawan Saravane AREA 3 Ubon Ratchathani Nakhon Ratchasima Warin Chamrap Pakse Attopeu Kontum AREA 4 Prachin Buri Pleiku 14 BANGKOK An Nhon Chachoengsao Samut Sisophon Siem Reap Stung Treng Songkhram CAMB DIA AREA 5 Battambang TONLE SAP Ban Me Kratie Pursat Thuot GULF OF SIAM Mekong Da Lat Kompong Cham 0 S U T H PHNOM PENH Kompong . I E I N A M Speu Svay Rieng Bien Hoa Sihanoukville Kampot * SAIGON Phan Thiet INDOCHINA My Tho Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyeu Vinh Long 10 Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnam) Tho Road Bac CHINA Quan Lieu Long 0 50 100 150 Miles o 50 100 150 Kilometers CON SON B SOUTH 104 NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 108 59546 12-68 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library ASSIBEP10594 plu of ic] This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE SANITIZED COPY [82/2/12] THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301 8 MAR 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER Subject: Status Report on Operations in Laos and Cambodia 1. (C) Reference is made to your memorandum, dated 11 February 1971, subject as above. 2. (C) In accordance with your request, the 1600 hour daily reports are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2. A weather forecast covering particular areas of interest in Southeast Asia has been added as Enclosure 3. 3 Encls a/s DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 NLNOU -51/10595; per 10/27/2011 By mup NARA, Date 5/1/2012 [p10616] Lp Per Sec. 3.3(b)(1); (b)(3) 10 use 424 / 7 Copy of Copies UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENTS THIS DOCUMENT BECOMES CONFIDENTIAL Page / of / Pages TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE/SPOKE Sec Def Cont Nr. X- 1157 Reproduced at the Richard DECLASSIFIED SANITIZED.COPY This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 8 March 1971 Subject: Operation LAMSON 719 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 070800- 080800 GMT (071600-081600 Saigon time, 070300-080300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Current Situation: a. During the period an increase in enemy indirect fire attacks (rocket, artillery, mortar) against military bases and population centers was noted as well as attacks against lines of communication. Friendly losses, as a result of these attacks, in personnel, materiel, and equipment were light, except for a sapper attack at a forward support area (Vandegrift). In the early morning hours (Saigon time) of 8 March, sappers succeeded in igniting 40,000 gallons of jet engine fuel. b. The period also was characterized by a series of contacts in northern Military Region 1 in RVN and in the LAMSON area in Laos. Generally, the contacts were of short duration with both friendly and enemy casualties reported as light. However, a Vietnamese Marine battalion engaged an estimated two enemy companies in the vicinity of FSB DELTA. The result of this protracted contact was 100 enemy killed at a cost of 17 Vietnamese Marines killed and 50 wounded. C. US artillery reported the destruction of one enemy tank and two enemy trucks. Helicopter gunships accounted for the destruction of one enemy tank and four enemy trucks. In both instances, locations were indefinite. Total enemy tanks destroyed now number 93. d. ARVN units operating in Laos continued to find evidence of substantial enemy equipment and personnel losses resulting from tactical air and B-52 strikes. In the past 24 hours, 207 enemy bodies, .15 destroyed tunnels, and assorted arms and ammunition have been discovered. A battalion of the 2d Regiment, operating in the vicinity of Tchepone, observed over 500 secondary explosions on 7 March, following a B-52 strike, and on 8 March forward air controllers observed 1,600 secondary explosions in the same area as a result of tactical air strikes. The exact location of these strikes was undetermined. Also on 7 March, approximately 1 mile northeast of Tchepone, 2,000 122-mm rockets destroyed by a B-52 strike were found. e. The 2d ARVN Regiment reported that an enemy convoy was observed under attack approximately 3 1/2 miles southwest of LZ SOPHIA. The coordinates given for the location of the convoy place it on Route 914. It was not clear from the report whether the enemy convoy was being engaged by friendly air or ground units, nor was the size or composition of the enemy convoy indi- cated. However, one enemy truck was reported burning and 11 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined tobe declassified. 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE others damaged. f. The 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment, reported that its command post was in the town of Tchepone. The time given was 1653 hours (EST), 7 March. 3. (S) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) will continue operations in assigned area with priority of effort toward an enemy bunker complex approximately 5 miles west of Vandergrift and suspected enemy rocket firing positions. b. The 1st Brigade, 5th Division (Mech), will continue a major reconnaissance effort in the area south of Lang Vei. C. RVNAF units will emphasize saturation search operations by company-size patrols to locate and destroy enemy supply caches and to cut lines of communication. (1) 1st Infantry Division: (a) 1st Regiment will conduct search operations toward Objective Bach Mai, secure FSB LOLO, and secure LZ LIZ. (b) 2d Regiment will conduct search operations in the vicinity of Tchepone, secure FSB SOPHIA and search in that vicinity. (c) 3d Regiment will secure FSB DELTA ONE and conduct search operations in that vicinity and around LZ BROWN. (2) 1st Airborne Division: (a) 1st Brigade will conduct saturation searches in current locations and attack in a northwesterly direction with elements of one battalion. (b) 2d Brigade will continue to search in present location and secure Route 9 from the Laotian border to FSB BRAVO. (3) Armored Task Force: (a) The 11th Armored Cavalry Squadron and the 8th Airborne Battalion (-) will attack to the west toward an objective 3 miles west of FSB ALOUI. (b) The 17th Armored Cavalry Squadron reinforced with one airborne infantry company and one airborne reconnais- sance company will secure Route 9 from FSB ALOUI to FSB ALPHA. TOP SECREF/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 95 P 306 100 1 TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE (4) Vietnamese Marine Division: (a) 147th Brigade will secure FSB DELTA with one battalion and continue its attack in present area with two battalion. (b) 258th Brigade will continue its attack to the south and will continue to secure FSB HOTEL. (c) 369th Brigade will continue security operations south of Khe Sanh with two battalions. (5) The 1st Ranger Group will continue operations in the vicinity of FSB PHU LOC. (6) Engineer effort will continue on Route 9 and Red Devil Road from the Rockpile to Khe Sanh. The matting work on the airfield at Khe Sanh is expected to be completed on 8 March. Attachment Map TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 3 Enclosure 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassitied.4 1 TOP SECRET. - SENSITIVE FUTURE OPERATIONS LAMSON 719 1032 AS OF: 080300 EST MAR 71 92 A 1039 91 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined 1032 FSB PHU LOC 92 B I ranger GP Rock Pile ® 23 LZ HOPE VANDEGRIFT FSB 31 COMBAT BASE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED FSB SOPHIA LZ VICTORY FSB 30 925 TF 3/ 917 2 INF REGT 1/5 mech BDE a 1 I ARMD TASK Tche STATE on FORCE FSB ALOUI FSB BRAVO FSB SHEPHERD LZ LIZ D SE the I ABN BDE Kbe Sanh TF 4/3 FSB LOLO 2 ABN BDE LZ BROWN 147 VNMC BDE 90 I INF REGT 1 y FSB HOTEL FSB DELTA I 5 369 VNMC BDE 914 B 3 INF REGT 92 FSB ALPHA & C Land Vei 9 E OBJ HAIPHONG OF RVN VNMC DIV OBJ 258 VNMC BDE FSB DELTA OBJ BACH MAI 914 C 616 926 234 1238 LAOS 97 D 929 APPENDIX 0 5 10 15 NM 99 97 E TOP SECRET SENSITIVE SANITIZED COPY SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation LAMSON 719 (U) 1. (S) There have been no major enemy unit relocations and the threat to Allied forces is unchanged. SANITIZED 2. (SS) the 0)(3) : 10USC 424 3.3(b)(1) enemy is determined to protect the Muong Nong area. The 29th NVA Regiment, 324B NVA Division was to provide one infantry battalion for that purpose and it was to be supported by two antiaircraft battalions and one engineer battalion. These units were instructed to coordinate to "defeat and destroy the enemy probes or landings, shoot down many helicopters, and destroy many armored vehicles". 3. (SS) the movement of SANITIZED supplies in the vicinity of Operation LAMSON. On 5 March, Binh Tram x3):10USC424 32 reported 23 vehicles, possibly carrying 92 tons of supplies, at a 3.3(b)(1) storage facility located along Route 914. Personnel reportedly were unloading new cargo. Approved by: 'SANITIZED (b)(3):10USC424 Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library P esidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and hasbeen determined to be-declassified COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO OPERATION LAMSON 719 106° 107° LAMSON 719 0 50 enemy STRENGTH Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 30,000 combat 19° 10,000 ADM SERVICES VC NVA VINH This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. XX X 308 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DEOLA / 10595 p7of16] E 102 308 18° III 1 X 2 U/I GULF OF TONKIN DONG 70B HOI FRONT m 64 320 E 368 36 X 308 un 24 X 304 74 DMZ E THAILAND 812 LAOS X 324B 17° XX 2 m X 6 TCHEPONE 92 66 304 ILL 803 BAN X 324B DONG BA 604 REPUBLIC OF 48 320 m 88 X 308 MUONG NONG VIETNAM RT 23 29 324B 141 2 BA 611 324B 16° 0 SECRE SPOKE 1400 EST 8 MAR 71 LAMSON 719 106° 107° 0 50 Statute Miles NORTH VIETNAM 19° This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLA NEW 10595 80616] 18° B T 12 GULF OF TONKIN B T 14 DMZ THAILAND LAOS 17° BT 32 BT9 RT27 559TH HQS TCHEPONE RT 914 REPUBLIC OF BT 33 BA 604 926 BT 41 92 BT 31 BT 34 BT 42 MUONG VIETNAM NONG BA 611 SECRET SPOKE 1400 EST 8 MAR 16° Subject: Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 NB 1. (U) General: This report covers the period 070800- 080800 GMT (071600-081600 Saigon time, 070300-080300 EST) March 1971. 2. (TS) Summary of Situation: a. The level of activity in the TOAN THANG Operation was low during the early part of this reporting period. An OH-6A helicopter was hit by AA fire and made a forced landing just north of Snoul. The crew was extracted and the aircraft was destroyed in place. Activity increased during the latter part of the period with three coordinated attacks by fire against ARVN units along Highway 7. One attack by fire was followed by a ground attack which resulted in three ARVN KIA, 32 ARVN WIA, 80 enemy KIA and five enemy detained. Three automatic rifles, four rocket launchers and 14 AK-47s were captured. b. Operational control of all ARVN forces engaged in TOAN THANG 01/71 was passed to the 5th, 18th and 25th ARVN Divisions at 1700 EST on the 7th. C. The 3d, 43d, and 48th Task Forces continued prepara- tions for operations in the areas of the Chup Plantation, Dambe and Krek. The 52d and 333d Task Forces continued route security operations and other force elements continued operations in their assigned areas. TF-5's assumption of route security operations was delayed by fighting along Route 2. d. During this period, there were 92 enemy and eight RVNAF personnel killed in this 'operation. 3. (S) Plans for Future Operations: a. The 18th Infantry Division will conduct operations in the Dambe/Chup/Krek area with the following task forces: 3, 5, 43, 48, 52, and 333. Task Forces 5 and 333 will, on order, revert to III Corps control and constitute the Corps reserve. (1) Task Forces 5 and 333 will continue to position units along Route 7 to assume the route security operations. (2) Task Forces 3, 43, and 48 will continue to pre- pare for future operations. (3) Task Force 52 will continue route security from Krek to the RVN border. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 1/10595 p9 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE b. The 5th Infantry Division assumed operational control of Task Force 9 which will continue operations in the vicinity of Snuol. C. The 25th Infantry Division assumed operational control of Task Force 225 which will continue operations in the vicinity of Kompong Trach. Attachment Map TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE 2 Enclosure 2 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined 100614] 106 FUTURE OPERATIONS TOAN THANG 01/7INB 13 AS OF: 080300 EST MAR 71 CHHLONG 75 18 XX 5 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to bedecla OIL skoun CHUP KAMPONG CHAM ? SNUOL PLANTATION DAMBE @ 7 TF 9 12 $ TF 333 12 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED TONLE BET suong 7 TF 48 TF 43 krek $ LOC NINH TF 5 memut TF 3 TF 52 15 SEAL AN LOC PHNOM penh DOGS HEAD KAMPONG krasang E PREY veng 13 22 1 KOMPONG TRACH TF 225 s W neak LUONG TAY NINH SVAY rieng e ANGELS chiphu 1 wing 11 APPENDIX 105 106 BALLISNES 174070 JOL ohical o 10 20 30 NM SANITIZED COPY SECRET SPOKE DIA INTELLIGENCE APPRAISAL Enemy Reactions to Operation TOAN THANG 01/71 (U) 1. (SS) On 7 March, the Headquarters, 9th VC Division was detected north of the Chup Plantation, some seven miles north- east of its 5 March location on the western side of the plantation. On the same day, the Headquarters, 174th NVA Regiment, 5th VC Division was located ten miles southwest of Chhlong -- about ten miles north of its 4 March position west of Dambe. These deployments do not appear to have any signif- icant tactical importance but could be related to resupply and refitting activities. Approved by: SANITIZED (b)(3):418 10 USC 424 Attachment 2 SECRET SPOKE Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 105° 106° TOAN THANG 01/71 RT 13 XX X 5., enemy STRENGTH 13,000-15,000 COMBAT III 15,000-20,000 ADM SERVICES 174 5 MEKONG RIVER 52 CHHLONG 6 tapao m E 72 PLANTATION 165 X 7 E6 X 5 XX 5. XX 271 ur X 9 X 7 272 X 9 RT This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 75 EL 141 X 7 NUOL 12° dambe 208 69 12° 41 KOMPONG'HAM E 6 9 S CHUP PLANTATION 95C 41 0 III 1 7 209 69 X 7 RT Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DE ECLASSIFIEDS / 10595 P 130614] ] III KREK 1531 271 mimot 9 52 24 fishhook 153 1541 CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH 2 4 3 PREY VENG 1541 15 2 kompong TRACH 3 152 88 X MR 2 eak LUONG\ REPUBLIC OF 2 107 34 3 109 241 RT VIETNAM THAILAND LAOS 30 101 102 11° 11° PARROT'S BEAK CAMBODIA 0 REPUBLIC VC OF SECRET SPOKE VIETNAM nva 1400 EST 8 MAR 71 o 25 105 STATUTE MILES 106° CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 09/0600-10/0600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 10/0600-11/0600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1 COASTAL - Cloudy patchy partly cloudy, ceiling 1,000 feet patchy 3,000 feet, visibility 2 to 5 miles in haze/ rain/drizzle. Minimum clouds between 1200 and 1700 Saigon time. Maximum rain/drizzle north of 17.5N. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 3,500 feet, visibility 2 to 5 miles in haze and occasional rain/drizzle/fog. Patchy broken stratus, 1,000 feet AGL in valleys. OUTLOOK - Little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2 COASTAL - Cloudy occasionally partly cloudy, ceiling 2,500 feet occasionally unlimited, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze. Between 0001 and 1000 Saigon time, patchy broken stratus, 1,000 feet ANG fog, visi- bility 3 miles. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy patchy partly cloudy, ceiling 3,500 feet patchy unlimited. Visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze. Between 1800 and 1200 Saigon time, patchy broken stratus 400 feet AGL and fog/haze, occasional drizzle, visibility 1/4 to 3 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. KHE SANH - AREA 3 Cloudy, ceiling 1,400 to 2,000 feet AGL, visibility 6 to 7 miles in light haze. Between 2000 and 1000 Saigon time, ceiling 400 to 1,200 feet AGL, visi- bility 2 to 6 miles in fog/haze. OUTLOOK - Little change. TCHEPONE - AREA 4 Partly cloudy patchy cloudy, ceiling unlimited patchy 4,000 feet, visibility 3 to 7 miles in haze. Top of haze layer 12,000 feet. Between 0500 and 1100 Saigon time, in valleys, patchy broken stratus, 500 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 4 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. CONFIDENTIAL Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined be declassified 0140616] CONF IDENTIAL CHUP PLANTATION - AREA 5 Partly cloudy, ceiling unlimited occasionally 10,000 feet, visibility 4 to 7 miles in haze. Between 0600 and 1000 Saigon time, broken stratus 1,000 feet AGL and fog/haze, visibility 1/2 to 3 miles. OUTLOOK - Little change. NOTE: All cloud heights are given in feet Above Mean Sea Level, except those indicating AGL (Above Ground Level). Attachment Map CONF IDENT IAL 2 Enclosure 3 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED 50616] CONFIDENTIAL Ko-chiu Meng-tzu P'u-erh Ha CHINA Giang Cao Bang Nan-ning Yü-lin Lao Cai N ORTH CHINA Ta-lo Tuyen Lang Son Tuan Quang Phong Giaq Thai Nguyen Saly V I BURMA E I N A M Mong Cai Dien Bien Son Phu La . Muang Luong CRAIN Son Hanoi Nam Tha Tay Haiphong Houei Sai Samneua Hai-an Chiang Rai Mekong Thanh Louangphrabang Hoa GULF Sala Phou Muong Sen Khoun OF Tung-fang Nan L A O S TONKIN HAINAN Vinh Paksane Huang-liu VIENTIANE Yü-lin AREA 1 Nong Khai / Udon Thani Dong Hoi Khammouage (Thakhek) Demarcation Line. Phitsanulok AREA 2 Séno Sepone Quang Tri Savannakhet Khon Kaen Hue THAILAND Da Nang Nakhon Sawan Saravane AREA 3 Ubon Ratchathani Nakhon Ratchasima Warin Chamrap Pakse Attopeu Kontum AREA 4 Prachin Buri Pleiku BANGKOK An Nhon Chachoengsao Samut Sisophon Siem Reap Stung Treng Songkhram CAMB D I A AREA 5 Battambang TONLE c SAP Ban Me Kratie Pursat Thuot GULF OF SIAM Mekong Kompong Da Lat Cham S. U T H PHNOM PENH Kompong . Speu VIEINAM Svay Rieng Bien Hoa Sihanoukville Kampot SAIGON Phan Thiet INDOCHINA My Tho Long Vung Tau SEA Xuyeu Vinh Long Railroad DAO PHU QUOC Can (Vietnam) Tho Road Bac CHINA Quan Lieu Long 0 50 100 150 Miles 0 50 100 150 Kilometers CON SON SOUTH NAMES AND BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION ARE NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE 59546 12.68 CONFIDENTIAL Attachment 1 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. CONFIDENTIAL WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST: 27/0600-28/0600 Saigon time OUTLOOK: 28/0600-29/0600 Saigon time NVN PANHANDLE - AREA 1: COASTAL - Overcast, ceiling 4500 feet occasionally 1000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 5 miles in rain/drizzle. Minimum low clouds between 1300 and 1700 Saigon time. Between 1700 and 2000 Saigon time, isolated showers/ thundershowers. MOUNTAINS - Overcast, ceiling 4000 feet, visibility 7 miles except occasionally 3 to 4 miles in rain/drizzle. Scattered afternoon/night showers/thunderstorms. Between 2300 and 1100 Saigon time, in valleys, broken stratus, 500 feet AGL and fog, visibility 1/2-2 miles. OUTLOOK - Decreasing middle level clouds, otherwise little change. NORTHERN SOUTH VIETNAM - AREA 2: COASTAL - Cloudy, ceiling 8000 feet occasionally 2500 feet, visibility 7 miles. Between 2100 and 1100 Saigon time, patchy scattered stratus, 500 feet and fog, visibility 1/4-3 miles. Isolated late afternoon/evening showers/ thundershowers. MOUNTAINS - Cloudy, ceiling 500 feet AGL, visibility 1/4 to 3 miles in fog/haze. Between 1200 and 2000 Saigon time, ceiling 8000 feet occasionally 4500 feet, visibility 7 miles, occasional rain. Isolated late afternoon/ evening showers/thunderstorms. OUTLOOK - Decreasing middle level clouds, otherwise little change. KHE SANH - AREA 3: Cloudy, ceiling 6000 feet AGL, visibility 6 miles in haze. Between 2100 and 1100 Saigon time, stratus, ceiling 200 to 500 feet AGL and fog, visibility 1/4 to 3 miles. Isolated afternoon/evening showers, ceiling 1000 feet AGL in vicinity of showers. OUTLOOK - Little change. CONFIDENTIAL Enclosure 3 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. No Objection To Declassification 2008/06/13 : NLN-NSC-82-2-13-8 /2/13] Ed MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE ARMY Review WASHINGTON Completed SECRET / SENSITIVE February 26, 1971 THE PRESIDENT HAS S N MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRES DENT FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER HK SUBJECT: Significant Enemy Losses in Laotian and Chup Operations as of February 26, 1971 Laos (LAMSON 719) Cumulative 24-hour change Individual weapons 1,356 +24 Crew-served weapons 276 +27 Small arms ammunition (rounds) 144,340 -- Other assorted ammunition 254,240 +8,040 (pounds) Food (pounds) 703,200 -81,200* Vehicles 127 +7 Petroleum (gallons) 134,360 -- Structures destroyed 694 +1 Bunkers destroyed 337 -35% Enemy KIA 2,561 +233 U.S. KIA 67 +2 ARVN KIA 278 -5* Miscellaneous Equipment & supplies (pounds) 75,760 +1,000 Medical supplies 7,400 -- Cambodia (Toan Thang 1/71) Individual weapons 405 +3 Crew-served weapons 86 +1 Small arms ammunition 8,800 -- Small rocket & mortar ammunition (rounds) 342 +1 Food (pounds) 83,600 -- Structures destroyed 10 -- Bunkers destroyed 32 -- Enemy KIA 1,814 +105 ARVN KIA 204 +8 * Adjusted figure based on updated information PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY REVIEW OF SECRET/SENSITIVE NSC EQUITIES IS REQUIRED No Obiecio Library DECLASSIFIED 3-8 This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. 25X1 No Objection To Declassification 2008/06/13 : NLN-NSC-82-2-13-8 Denied Page Library Presidential, Library DECL ASSIFIED This 080633 and has been determined to be declassified 13-8

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