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THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES DEVELOPMENTS NOTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA AVAILABLE TO llSA AS OF 29 MAY 1973. ALL INFORMATIOH IN THIS REPORT IS RASED EHTIRELY ON SIGIIH EXCEPT l-IHERE OTHERl-IISE SPECIFICALLY INDICATED. SITUATION SUMMARY THE HQ, UVA 388TH DIVISIOtt HAS LOCATED IN QUANG TRI PROVIHCE, THE FIRST LOCATIOH ON

~~AIM~~~?Q~c:T~~snl3~~fo~E~~~g~~~c~~ ~Xr~g ~?~h :~3~IU~~ts~L¥~E~I~ArFA~~~vl¥~. PROBABLY IllVOLVIllG ELEMEllTS OF THE 2D Mrn 12'fli REGIMEIHS, HVA 3U DIVISIOll IS INCREASING. ARTILLERY ELEMENTS OF THE NVA lSTH DIVISIOH EllGAGED ARVN ARTILLERY IN AH ALL-DAY DUEL. C ISllTARt" AN AMERICAN f__ll_O__!: CAPTURED IN NORTHERN LAOS IN EARLY MAY MAY BE IN NORTH VIETNAM ACCURDI~ THE COMBAT OPERATIONS SECTION, MILITARY REGIOtl 959. THE COMMAUD POST, llVA 42D ARTILLEl~Y BATTALION INSTRUCTED AN ASSOCIATE TO ACCOMPANY THE $COMHAllDrSTAFF$ OF THE PROBABLE 785TH PL INFANTRY BATTALION l-ltlEREEVER IT GOES. C~Ef:KEJ ~l"'CH<E> I. CEASE-FIRE REFLECTIONS SOUTH VIETHAM ENEMY-UIITIATED CEASE-FIRE-VIOLAt·I.oNS THROUGHOUT SOUTH VIETNAM FOR THE 96-HOUR PERIOD ENDillG AT 22BS HOURS OH 27 MAY TOTALLEU 297 ACCORDlflG TO THE JOIHT GENERAL STAFF Itl SAIGOll. TllIS TOTAL INCLUUED 38 ATTACKS, 165 SHELLitlGS, 71 HARASSMENTS, 19 TERRORIST ACTS, OllE Rl\ID AND THREE ACTS OF SABOTAGE. FRIEllDLY LOSSES FOR THE SAME PERIOD INCLUDED 69 KILLED, 218 HOUNDED, AND 11 MISSING; THE 'EHEMY LOST 149 KILLED AHD THREE' CAPTURED. ACCORDING TO ~HE JGS, EUEMY-INITIATED INCIDENTS SINCE 28 JANUARY HON TOTAL 14,895. TOTAL FRIENDLY LOSSES DURltlG THE PERIOD AMDUHT 10 5, 392 KILL ED, 25, 8S4 HOUNDED, AND l, 331

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_REGIMEtHAL ASSOCIATE·.C:El1-5f3,)~~ COMMUNICATIONS DEn~EEI~ TllE REGIMEllTAL · .. HEADQUARTERS AtlD ITS 'FORWARD ELEMEHT HERE NOTED BETWEEN 14.AND 25 APRIL. ON 27 MAY, THE HQ, NVA 84TH ARTILLERY· REGIMENT. l.JAS LOCATED MITHtll i"S 1·11\'QTICl\T:Mfl..'ES ~

'-0f'_5YD 8559 Cl6-48M 186-55E> rn CENTRAL QUANG TRI PROV HICE. THE REGIMEIHAL . HEADQUARTERS HAS LAST FIRMLY LOCATED ABOUT lS KM-llORTHHEST OF DONG HA -011 lZ DECEMBER 1972. ON 28 MAY, All UVA 3248 DIVISION ASSOCIATE ISSUED A ROUTINE . RECONllAISSAl~CE REPORT ON ARVN VEHICLE AllD AIRCRAF;T ACTIVITY l~EST OF HUE. Ef511TAIO SUSPECTED ELEMENTS OF THE llVA 6758 ARTILLERY REGIMENT CotHIIWED TO

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