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128. (S//SI) 2!OjVCMjR36-68, 27200gZJanuary
1968; Follow-up 1 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
129. (~//~I) 2jOjVCMjR38-68, 281902Z January
1968; Follow-up 3 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
130. (1'S//~I) 3jODR17-68, 19 January 1968
SEA SIGSDM, 17-68.
131. ef~//~I) B62 CTR 33-67 Supplement 1,
Appendix, 8.
132. (~//SI) 2jOjVCMjR32-68, 252332Z January
1968.
133. (S//SI) 2jOjVCMjR44-68, Follow-up 9 to
2jOjVCMjR32-68, 300726Z January 1968.
134. (S//8I) 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
135. (S//~I) 2jOjVCMjR43-68, 292320Z.January
1968; Follow-up 8 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
136. (8//~I) 2jOjVCMjR41-68, 290532Z January
1968; Follow-up 6 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
137. (S//Sl) 2jOjVCMjR32-68, 25 January 1968
2332Z; CD) MACV was split over when the communist
Tet offensive would begin. General Davidson thought
it would start before the Tet holiday; General
Westmoreland believed it would start after the holiday.
One of the "surprises" was the timing of the
attacks during Tet. See Davidson, 479 and CS) Palmer,
55.
138. (S//Sl) 2jOjVCMjR40-68, 28 January 1968
0028Z, Follow-up 5 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
139. (8//81) 2jOjVCMjR39-68, 28 January 1968
2120Z, Follow-up 4 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
140. CD) Harold Ford, 115,115n.
141. (1'S//SI) Interim Report, "Intelligence
Warning ofthe Tet Offensive in South Vietnam," SC­
09340-68,5 April 1968, 3.
142. CD) Harold Ford, 117.
143. (S//SI) GeneralWestmpreland to General
Wheeler, 291044Z January 1968.
144. (S//SI) Lukacs, 58. CSj lSI) An earlier message
of 27 January from MACW "The Weekly
Intelligence Estimate Update," ~o:\ 04-68, 270230Z
January 1968, carried a long review of communist
preparations in .all four CTZs. The \final evaluation
contained this/sentence: "N-Day" is the designator
used to refer to the date for commencement of offensive
activities. These activities may \be coordinated
with the planned offensive in the Northern 1 CTZ."
145.(D) Wirtz, 223.
146. (1'S//SI) DIRJ."\JSA Messages, 1965-1968, CCH
SeriesVLHH.6.5-6.8; NOG Summaries,I I
DCNSAPAC), November 1967 through February
!968, CCH Series VI.HH.6.114.
147. cg//gI) Oral History Interview.j I
conducted by Sharon Maneki and Robert Hanyok, OH
1999'clOSi28 December 1999.
148;. (S;'/SI) George Howe, Technical Research
Ships, 25; George Howe, draft manuscript, Vietnam,
ASA and NSG Operations, 1965-1967, Chapter,
"TechnicalResearch Ships," undated, circa 1971, CCH
Series XII.HI-t:V.B.L
149. (S//SI)DIRNSA tal
24 January 1968, 1807Z,CCHL..,-"S,...er ... l-es"""\ ....TI ....... H....H....6.,...,.11"..,0,...--
150. (5//gn DIRNSA t~ ~3 February
1968, 2305Z, CCH Series\'1.HH.6.110.
151. (S//SI) DIRNSA t~ ~9 February
1968, 1751Z, CCH Series VI.HH.6.110.
152. CD) Davidson, 474-475.
153.1:St Palmer, 55.
154. CD) Ronnie Ford, Tet, 126.
155. CD) Ibid., 127.
156. CD) Ibid., 128.
158.
1968,0940Z.
159. (S//Sl) 2jOjVCMjR37-68, 28 January 1968,
1615Z, Follow-up 2, and 2jOjVCMjR40-68, 28
January 1968 0028Z, Follow up 5 to 2/0jVCMjR32­
68.
160. (S//SI) 2jOjVCMjR55-68, 01 February 1968,
2117Z, Follow-up 16 to 2jOjVCMjR32-68.
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