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South Vietnam. 
T..e s'~z..rJ.C::-G.own of o:L:ensiv"" r:lil:;.-~ary o::_:K:rations by Vietnamese and 
:::~:;.:ee Vf o;,,·ld .Zorces in obse;.·vancc of T:S':' came to an end at 5: 00 A . :.\l . 
ES':' this rr.ornir.g. '::.'he cease: .::.:-c pe::.:iod. z..nnounceG. by the Viet C ong is schcduleci to continue until. noon EST today. 
r~"" ...:..cre were 88 cease fire vioJ.ations by ·~:1e Viet Cong reported up to ·'"~1c: •... in1e the holiday period er.. ded. Pi.Z.cy-six of t:!:lese v;cre against 
G. S. foi-ce s, 23 against the So· .:.~n. Vie·...:~: .~:1e s e and 9 against the Koreans . 
'"..._"'o:al C<lsualties were: 6 US, 4 So·._:th Vie'1.n.amcse ;;c1d 7 Ko:reans kil ­... 1.-d; l 7 uS, 23 South "'/:'"'tname: se and 26 Koreans wounded, and 8 Koreans 
rr.... ss1ng. Fifty-nine Viet Cor~g were killed and two captured. 

As offensive ground and a1r 020rc..ti::i.ns are resurn-cd, U.S. forces are participating in four ope rations of battc..l:o:-.-s :ze or larger. 'l'he -rnis sion 0£ the lz..rgest of these (Ope:;:a1.-~on VAN ZU::..~E1T}, with five U . S., two ~<.o:rean and two South Vietnames.c battalio:.1.s, is to secure the :rice ha:rve .;t in the valley southwest of: Tuy ~-Ioa, approximately 40 mi es 
s oGth of Qui Nhon. 
'"':wo other opera~ions, BUCKSKIN and SHO~-:Z'"': FuSE, are search ar.d destroy opera:iu.ns 25 and 40 -rniles no:rth 0£ Saigon respectively. Op­eration KAMEHA.i.."Y:A is providir;.g road secu1·ity in P:eiku Province . 
.At 11: 05 A. M. EST '..:oday, 15 B-S2 1 s will attack a ::arge·~ a ... ea 40 miles east-sou'.:hcc..st of Saigon repo::.-.:cd to con'..:ain 3 Viet Cong base camps, a Viet Co:::-..g ba'..:-ca:ion and a reg:.~'Y'~ental cotnmand headquarte::rs . An hour and cwenty minu'!:es late::r 1 12 n1ore B -52 1s will attack another Viet Cong troo::::, concentration 45 miles north-nortnwest of Saio·on. 
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'lcste::.:day, 233 u. S. aircraft attacked military targets in ~aos. 
The search for the missing weapon from the B -52/ KC-135 mid-air col­lision continues
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IJECtAS IFIED White House Situation Roor._"l 

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Briefing Officer