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Title:
Possible Communist reactions to certain US or US-sponsored courses of action in Vietnam and Laos
Date of Creation:
July 28, 1964
Date of Declassification:
March 31, 1977
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
TOP SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
4 p.
Abstract:
Possible Communist reactions to certain US or US-sponsored courses of action in Vietnam and Laos [probable local Communist military or semi-military reactions to South Vietnamese air raids, to cross-border raids by GVN battalions, perhaps accompanied by US advisors, against supply centers in the Laos panhandle, and to limited air strikes against North Vietnam by unmarked planes flown by non-US crews]. Memorandum, TS No. 185752-b, John McCone, Dir. of Central Intelligence, to the President. [1962 ?] 4 p. TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE. SANITIZED copy. Released Mar. 31, 1977. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 14.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-343A