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Title:
War in Vietnam
Date of Creation:
January 9, 1967
Date of Declassification:
November 23, 1977
Type of Document:
Office of National Estimates memoradum
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
24 p.
Abstract:
The War in Vietnam [discussion of North
Vietnamese political and military progress,
stability of the South Vietnamese govt.,
pacification program, and capabilities of the
South Vietnamese army, with emphasis on the
Communist will to win the war; strength of
the North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong;
Communist tactics and strategy, including the
role of guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and
assassination; North Vietnamese manpower
problems; Viet Cong morale; effects of US
bombing of North Vietnam; Hanoi's, Peking's
and Moscow's policy on negotiations]. Office
of National Estimates Memorandum, to the
Dir., CIA. Jan. 9, 1967. 24 p. SECRET.
Declassified Nov. 23, 1977.
Indexing Terms:
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CAPABILITIES
VIET CONG FORCES
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MORALE
NORTH VIETNAMESE INFILTRATION INTO SOUTH VIETNAM
US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
SOVIET POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
COMMUNIST CHINESE POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
NORTH VIETNAMESE POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY CAPABILITIES
VIET CONG FORCES
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MORALE
NORTH VIETNAMESE INFILTRATION INTO SOUTH VIETNAM
US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
SOVIET POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
COMMUNIST CHINESE POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
NORTH VIETNAMESE POSITION ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-37B