THE MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM

I Approved For Rel CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence 18 November 1963 SUBJECT: The Military Situation in South Vietnam SUMMARY The prolonged crisis in Saigon has tended to obscure the fact that the Viet Cong, by July 1963, had adjusted to the challenge of the stepped-up US-Vietnamese efforts of 1962 and were prepared to continue the struggle at a more intensive level. It is now evident that the Viet Cong have adapted their tactics to cope with the new government pro- gra...