Continue Supplying Weapons and Ammunition in Accordance with the 1973 Plan and Preparing for the 1974-1975 Plan and for the Supplemental Plan (KH-75B)

To implement the resolution of the first session of the General Technical Department’s Party Committee and to carry out the mission of supplying the South Vietnamese battlefield that was approved during the General Department’s first Political-Military Conference, the Ordnance Department shipped the remaining 4,150 tons of weapons and ammunition from the 1973 Plan. It would be necessary to have 41,674 tons of weapons and ammunition prepared to support the 1974-75 plan. The plan was to take 8,611 tons from Group 559 stockpiles, 3,970 tons from the transportation line stockpiles, and 29,093 tons from warehouses in our rear area [North Vietnam]. The Ordnance Department’s stockpile held a total of 27,031 tons (22,549 tons of which were ready for shipment and 4,482 tons of required packing for shipment). The shortfall would have to be made up for by [foreign] aid sources and from manufacturing production by the Ordnance Department.

In order to carry out the plan to manufacture additional weapons and ammunition (KH-75B), the Ordnance Department took steps to implement the plan to manufacture 100 160mm mortars, 10,000 160mm mortar rounds, 100 120mm mortars, 50,000 120mm mortar rounds, and 100 82mm recoilless rifles. To begin to implement this plan the department sent cadre out to recover ammunition and shell casings. The department assigned the Ammunition Officer responsibility for finding explosives; assigned the Anti-Aircraft Weapons Office responsibility for collecting 90mm and 88mm gun barrels; and assigned the Ground Weapons Officer responsibility for collecting field artillery barrels.