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• 4. MILITARY REGION it OH 17 MARCH, ELEMENTS OF THE VC 215TH REGIMENT. VC ~TH DIVISION WERE RECOHHDITERING THE AREAS OF MDC HOA <IS46N 1SS55E XSS291), KIE'.'H BIHH <1S36H 1J683E XS1572>, AHD CAI TOM Cl836H llf685E XS19S732l. AH ELEMENT OF THE DIVISION'S ARTILLERY,AA REGIMENT REPORTED OH 19 MARCH THAT .AH ARTILLERY PIECE <HOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED> WAS TD BE PICKED UP ___ ~T BAU HUOC DUC < 1l39H 1S554E WT9888) JN WESTERN TAY HINH PROVINCE. (1$1~ARJ THE HO NVA 1aa REGIMENT WAS LOCATED IH THUAN TRUNG DISTRICT, PHONG DINH-PROVINCE AT WS5SS189 tlSS2H 18530E> DH 2S MARCH. THIS LOCATION PLACES THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS ABOUT 13 KM HORTH OF ITS 18 MARCH POSITION OF WR591,98- C8956N 18532E> AHO CONFIRMS EARLIER REPORTS OF THU,EJi.IM. EHT'S DEPL0'(.11EHT T~_~:THE PH91:1G DIHH PROVINCI:. AREA. EISllHIU (31'0018436-75 L__J-.14 MAR> - C9!CIU!f __ .:n•aK£ UllHR> B. GENERAL \ DEVitoPMEHTS HEWS OF HVA VICTORIES IH>soCJTH VIETNAM ,..C.DHTIHUES TD BE \ DISSEMINATED TO REAR SERVICES ELEMENTS OPERATING JN SOUTH VIETNAM. OH 29 MARCH, HQ, 5~15T STORAGE AREA REGIMENT INFORMED ITS SUBORDINATES THAT NVA FORCES HAD DESTROYED FOUR DISTRICT SEATS WHICH INCLUDED TllUAN HAH, PllU BON PROVINCE; BUOH HO, DARLAC PROVINCE; DUC LAP, QUANG DUC PROVINCE; HOA BIHit, GO CONG PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF DARLAC PROVINCE, BAH ME THUDf. -THE 1

REGIMENT ALSO STATED THAT OVER 2,SSS:PRISONEUS HAD BEEN CAPTURED, INCLUDING. ldS OFFICERS, THREE CDLONELS'AHD 11 AME~IcaH AD ISDRS. IN ADDITION, HVA FORCES . HAD COMPLETELY DECIMIAT'ED THE 43RD. 451 AHD53RD REGIMENTS OF THE ARVN 23RD DIVISION AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CIVIL GUARD AND ~ANGER UNITS. IN REGARDS.TO CAPTURED WAR MATERIAL, THE REGIMENT REPORTED THAT OVER lSSS TONS OF SUPPLIES AND WEAPONS HAD BEEN SEIZED, INCLUDING 1115-Ml't HDIJHZERS AND AT LEAST . 28 155-MM ARTILLERY WEAPONS. THE REGIMENT ALSO REPORTED THAT PH 18 MARCH, HVA FORCES ATTACKED AND LIBERATED PiEIKU AND KONTUM PROVINCES, FORCING THE ARVH ro ABAHDOH THESE AREAS, "USING ALL TYPES OF TRANSPORT." ATONE POINT, THE NVA . REPORTEDLY INTERDICTED THE ARVH RETREAT ALOHG ROUTE 7 AHD DESTROYED SEVEN VEH.lCLES, WHILE ALLOWING 3JfB OTHER VEHICLES TO FLEE DOWN ROUTE 7. THE REGIMENT

-ALSO STATED THAT CONCOMITANT WITH. TllE ABOVE ACTION IN THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS . AREA, OTHER HVA FORCES WERE OVERRUHHIHG ARVH POSITION IN AHD AROUND THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF PHU BDH PROVINCE, CHEU RED AND THE DISTRICTOF GAi RAJ IN BAC LIEU PROVINCE. REPORTEDLY THESE ATTACKS NETTED THE HVA 5Sll PRISONERS. ur TANKS, 2SS fRANSPORT VEHICLES AHD AT LEAST 2.B UJS-MM HOWITZERS. IN QUANG TRI PROVINCES, THE REGIMENT REPORTED THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE HOT ATTACKED THE ARVH HADD CDMrLETELY ABANDONED THEIR POSITIONS WITHIN THE PROVINCE, "LEAVING OUR FORCES IN COMPLETE CONTROt OF THIS AREA." FINALLY, THE REGIMENT

-:sTATED THAT THE OVERRIDING REASONS F.DR THESE GREAT VICTORIES WAS "OUR ~ECRECY . --:_.;.;::~·"'

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