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Title:
Strength of Viet Cong "Main Force Support Personnel"
Date of Creation:
December 2, 1966
Date of Declassification:
July 16, 1975
Type of Document:
Information paper
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
5 p.
Abstract:
The Strength of Viet Cong "Main Force Support
Personnel" [evidence in captured documents
and POW reports indicates VC "Main Force
Support Personnel" are carried at a strength
far below their actual numbers, probably as
high as 100,000. Strength of VC irregulars
also considerably underestimated].
Memorandum, Samuel A. Adams, for Chief,
Indochina Division. Dec. 2, 1966. 5 p. Att:
Information Paper, Forces in South Vietnam.
Nov. 28, 1966 [not attached]. SECRET.
Declassified July 16, 1975.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1975-249C
Link to Full Text: