CIA • 1968

GENERAL GIAP'S STRATEGY FOR THE COMMUNIST GENERAL OFFENSIVE

Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C00011752 TEXT OF CIA REPORT E Tuesday, Fe truary 20,.1968 1.3(o..) 644) SUBJECT: General Gia.pts Strategy for the Communist General Offensive The following information was received from interrogation of a Viet Co-rig prisoner 7 (0-> Summary -- Plans for the VC Tet attack on Danang City were outlined to a group of select cadres on 22 January[ 3 Although the VC realized they would be outnumbered ana would be wiped out if they attempted to stay in the city, they felt they had to make the attack to carry out their part of the overall plan for the general offensive. The strategy for the offensive was devised by General Vo Nguyen Giap and approvec:..-: by the Hanoi Cabinet. The USSR later also approved the plan and speeded up delivery of arms and armor so that the "VC/NVA would be prepared before Octolper 1967...