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EHPSZ-0029832 2.IDD.1-,V_C.YR133-72 :.AV..:H.,_ALA;.AY·Sl'H:[G_H:-:G-H.,MTRt:-Y/._l,_B,~. DAILY GENERAL D!RECTORATE OF REAR SERVICES SUMMARY NUMBER f89, 29 MARCH 1972 xx cc

THE FOLLOWING NORTHWARD PERSOHHEL MOVEMENTS WERE RElPRTED BYT-9 OF BT 14, 25 MARCH, DISPATCHED -- 15 DESERTERS REMAINING -- 6 PERSOHHEL CONSISTING OF 3 CHILDREN, 2 SICK AHD WOUHDED AND 1 UNIDENTIFIED TYPE 26 MARCH, RECEIVED -- 11 PERSONNEL, CONSISTING OF 7 SICK AND WOUNDED, 3 CHILDREN/AND ONE STRTCHER CASE DISPATCHED -- IS PERSONNEL, CONSISTING OF 4 SICK AHD WOUNDED; 3 BLIND; 2 CHILDREN AND WOMAN C. GENERAL A FURTHER REFERENCE T0$27S,$ AN UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT, WAS COHTAIHED IN A 24 MARCH REPORT FROM THE~TIAN PANHANDLE. THE HIGHLY FRAGMENTED REPORT MENTIONED VEHICLES WITH.$SPECIAL WEAPONS WHICH BELONG TO GROUP lfl2 OF 278.$ THE REPORT FURTHER STATED THAT $HUMBER 176 IS CARRYING SPECIAL WEAPONS OF 27S.$ ON g MARCH. BT 35 REPORTED THAT $A FORCE OF 27S$ WAS GOIHG OH FOOT, $ALONG WITH 461$ TO THE GROU~ 471 AREA CDGDRSS HR. 7S, lS MARCH>. THE IDENTITY OF Sl2 AND 278 CAHHOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME; HOWEVER, GROUP ~61 IS A PROBABLE ELEMENT OF THE HVA 2D DIVISION. III. GENERAL DEVi,.,OPMENTS -- LAOS A. T~E .,,_SSIS_TAHT_POLITICAL OFFICER OF THE 16TH_ AAA. , BATTALION ·PASSED IHFDRMATIQ.N ABOU.T T.HE SHOOTD..D.WN OF A C-13S IN A 29· MARCH . . ... / . ,. . . . REPORT TD BT 32. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JEEN REPORTEDLY DOWNED AT THE 591ST AAA REGIMENT'S OLD VEHICLE PARK AT-Kl1 HOWEVER, THE.16TH BATTALIOH OFFICER WAS NDT SURE THAT THIS WAS CORRECT. THEAIR- CRAFT DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OVER A ONE-ACRE AREA, AHD ONLY THE TAILPIECE,/TWO METERS BY ONE METER, REMAINED INTACT. THE ~~MAIHDER WAS IN BURNED ~RAGMEHTS. AH INSIGNIA WAS PICKED UP, BEARING THE FOLLOWING LEGEND, MOB ORO lALI LE FIL CFFR ClAA3) OBAR PN8Sl NllSl PB&l59 CSSl FFFRl APR RS 94998 338855 TSS2 PAH 115 VSR CG 499S 33PS 85 169SS3. THE 16TH BATTAlIOH SEHT TWO TE~S TO SEARCH FOR THE SPOT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN, AND THE 'BATTALION ST.AFF OFFICER PROMISED TO REPORT TO BT 32 WHEN THE LOCATION HAD BEEN DETERMINED AHD ~LOTTED. ACCORDING TD COLLATERAL IHFORMATIOH, AH AMERIQ1.H Cl3S AIR~ CRAFT WAS DDWHED BY PROBABLY A SAM IN AN AREA SOUTH OF TCHEPOH~. me ESCORT AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT All CREWMEMBERS HAD BEEN KILLED WHEN A PROBAB~E SAM PENETRATED THE·FUSELAGE AND IGNITED THE AMMUNITION OH BOAR!l. CZL]l":V.C:J./T48S-7-2, 29119lSZ> B. BINH TRAM 45 DISCUSSED FOOD AMD MEDICAL SUPPLY SHORTAGES IN A 27 MARCH CONVERSATION WITH GROUP 472. THE BIHH TRAM

-REPORTED TH~T THE FOODSTUFF SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY CRITICAL, WARRANTING THE DECLARATION OF A LEVEL l ALERT. THE STORAGE AREA WA$ OUT OF MEAT AHD OTHER FOODSTUFFS, AND NEARLY OUT OF COOKING OIL. THE 52D TRANSPORTATION BATTALION HAD BEEN DRAWING GOODS FROM THE STORAGE AREA, SIHCE THEY HAD ALREADY EXCEEDED THE TOTAL THEY WERE PERMITTED TO DRAW FROM BT 32 DURING MARCH. THE LEVEL 1 ALERT

,_ALSO APPLIED TO MEDtCAL SUPPLIES, ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION DID HOT APPEAR TO BE

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AS CRITICAL. BIHH TRAM 45 REQUESTED THAT OHE VEHICLE OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND ONE OF FOODSTUFFS BE DISPATCHED, STATING THAT IF THESE J,I.E,MS WERE NOT PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE SITUATION WOULD $EXPLODE.$ C2L..J'-Y-CJ/nn-12, 2Sll38ZJ IV. MATERIEL A. HORTH VIETNAM OH 27 MARCH AH UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT OF BT 18 REPORTED OH THE DISPOSITION OF THE FOLLOWING CARGO, SENDER RECIPIENT CARGO AMOUNT C31 711 12.7-l'IM AMMUNITION 31,581 KG (1125 CASES) C3 711 117-MM ROCKETS 25,568 KG C82 CASES) KSI AMMUNITION 18,72f KG C51S CASES> 82-MM MORTAR AMMUHITIOH 16,SSS KG C4SI CASES> REMAINING AT U/I 12.7-MJll AMMUNITION 425 CASES LOCATION U/I CARGO 73,Sll KG B. LAOS ON 29 MARCH BT 37 ISSUED THE FOLLOWING CARGO REPORT FOR AN UNSPECIFIED PERIOD, SENDER RECIPIENT CARGO XXHH 9SS 18732 HHHN

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