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In Preparation for their general offensive and general
uprising, the Viet Cong started revarnping their structure and reforrn-
ing their activities as early as in the second haU of 196?' This included
re"organization of rnilitary areas, redeployrnent of cornbat units'
incrJased in{iltration of rnen and weapons, rnodernization of armament
and special trai.ning on street f ightl'ng '

A. - REORGANIZATION OF MILITARY AREAS
Before the Tet Mau Than offensive C ornrnunist rnilitary
areas in South Vietnarn were divided into 8 Zones and l Special Zone

as follows :
- Zone Tri-Thien-Hue comprising Quang Tri and
Thua Thien Pr ovince;
- Zone 5 including the provinces of Quang Da' Quang
Narn, Konturn, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai (Pleiku), Binh Dinh' Dak Lak
(Darlac), Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa'
- Zone 6 cornposed of Tuyen Duc' Ninh Thuan' Binh
Thuan and Lam Dong Provinces'
- Zone 10 with Quang Duc, Phuoc Long and Binh Long

pr ovince s.
- Z,one I cornprising Tay Ninh, Thu Dau Mot and Ba
Bien (Ba Ria and Bien Hoa).
- Zone 4 including Saigon - Cholon and Gia Dinh
province and parts of Bien Hoa, Hau Nghia, Long An and Binh Duong
pr ovinc e s.
- rRung Satt Special Zone consisting of the Rung Sat
f ore st.
- Zone Z rnade uP bY the pr ovinc e s of An Giang, Kien
Phong, Kien Tuong, Long An, MY Tho and Ben Tre.
- Zone 3 with Rach Gia' .Vinh Long, Can Tho, Tra
Vinh, Soc Trang and Ca Mau Provinces (1)

(l) Several narnes of provinces are not rnentioned in the Viet Cong
.rr'ititaty zones as one VC province often is cornprised of 2 RVN
pro.rirr."". For exarnple :1he C <jrnrnunistsr An Giang province includes
Chau Doc, Binh Thuan province includes Binh Tuy, while both their
Can Tho and Rach Gia include our Chuong Thien'

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