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Title:
Reassessment of the number of North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
1968
Date of Declassification:
May 7, 1984
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
2 p.
Abstract:
Memo from Richard Helms, DCI, to Walt W. Rostow, Special Assistant to the President, informs that the CIA and the DIA have arrived at an agreed estimate of 140,000 - 160,000 North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam as of the end of August 1968.
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1986-000629