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Learn more about the project: Lam, Vinh-The, and Darryl Friesen. "A Web-based Database of CIA Declassified Documents on the Vietnam War." Online 28, no. 4 (2004): 31-35.

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Title:

Militant and moderate elements in the North Vietnamese Communist Party

Date of Creation:

December 1, 1965

Date of Declassification:

January 12, 1996

Type of Document:

Memorandum

Level of Classification:

SECRET

Status of Copy:

ORIGINAL

Pagination, Illustration:

19 p.

Abstract:

Memo from Sherman Kent outlines the militant and moderate elements in the North Vietnamese Communist party. It discusses the who's who and how of policy formation in Hanoi, and to that extent provides a useful background for consideration of many questions related to the Vietnam conflict.

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:

1997-1835

Link to Full Text:

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=04107111008