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Title:
Soviet military personnel and air defense operations in North Vietnam
Date of Creation:
October 21, 1965
Date of Declassification:
January 16, 1978
Type of Document:
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
9 p., ill.
Abstract:
Soviet military personnel and air defense operations in North Vietnam [there is no evidence of an increase
in Soviet military personnel since Sept., but
construction of SAM sites continues in groups
of alternating firing position; of the 1,500
Soviet personnel in North Vietnam, 1,000 are
working with air-to-air missile operations
and 500 are in flight training and
administration; missiles committed against
the US, from the more than thirty sites in
North Vietnam, have been less effective since
Aug.]. Directorate of Intelligence, Office of
Current Intelligence Memorandum, SC No.
10520/65. Oct. 21, 1965. 9 p., il. Security
classification not given. SANITIZED copy.
Released Jan. 16, 1978. Johnson Library, NSF,
NSC History, Countries, Vietnam, Southeast
Asia, Special Intelligence Material, Vol. 7.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1979-355A
Link to Full Text: