INDOCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000300040041-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: July 16, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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Viet Minh pressure on shrinki
perimeter increasing.
A. Troops 304th Division
harassing Dung Yen sector`.
Elements 308th Division
have probed Luc Tam area.
possible
emy move cut delta in two, thus
fastening Hanoi's fall.
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Large-scale attack from Luc
Nam and Hung Yen would prob-
ably be accompanied by 312th
Division move toward Hanoi.
312th Division probing
'Minh Yen area;
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Capabilities delta attack
Sharp lylsErengthened since
Dien BenPhu
lr ~.attaclW reports French thinking
"$cyed to departure" Tonkin delta
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neoiations now on with
~i taMinh tq grant French
,un ont,ested1,, passage from delta
Once ?cease-_f ire agreed.
Attache notes "limiting factor"
fresh water supply Haiphong
if French forced make stand
,,there.
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1. Sabotage already cut supply
by three quarters; enemy
claims it able eliminate
entire supply.
Meanwhile, Viet Minh apparently
attempting strengthen bargaining
position in Annam.
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