CIA • 1973

COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF THE VIETNAM AND LAOS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

Approved For Release 2009/04/08 :CIA-RDP78T02095R000700080034-1 Secret NSA review completed srnres ~ Eighteenth Report COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF THE VIETNAM AND LAOS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS (This report covers the week from 15 June through 21 June 1973) This memorandum has been prepared jointly by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense Secret ~. fl~ 22 June 1973 DIA Review Completed Approved For Release 2009/04/08 :CIA-RDP78T02095R000700080034-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2009/04/08 :CIA-RDP78T02095R000700080034-1 Approved For Release 2009/04/08 :CIA-RDP78T02095R000700080034-1 Approved For Release 2009/04/08: CIA-RDP78T02095R000700080034-1 22 June 1973 Eighteenth Report COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF THE VIETNAM AND LAOS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS* (This report covers the week from 15 June through 21 June 1973) The Key Points A group of North Vietnamese artillery personnel totalling an estimated 200 to 250 men was ob- served beginning the infiltration trip toward southern Laos during the week. While the group's departure had apparently been delayed for some reason, it clearly will leave North Vietnam well after the l5 June effective date of the Paris "Communique." Communist logistic activity remains at very low, rainy-season levels in southern Laos, but has increased in northern South Vietnam and in the North Vietnamese Panhandle...