CIA • 1965

STRENGTH OF VIET CONG MILITARY FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/10: CIA-RDP79T00472A000400030014-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/10: CIA-RDP79T00472A000400030014-0 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/10: CIA-RDP79T00472A000400030014-0 1124 A1tLI A OCI No. 0937/65 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence 15 March 1965 INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM Strength of Viet Cong Military Forces in South Vietnam Summary 1. Official US estimates of the strength of Viet Cong military forces in South Vietnam are based on a conservative procedure requiring specific identifi- cation by at least two "hard" sources before accept- ing the existence of a Viet Cong unit...