PROBABLE COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO CERTAIN US OR US-SPONSORED COURSES OF ACTION IN VIETNAM AND LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00904A001100010033-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 33
• Content Type: MF

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North Viet . We t this Uk Lyr if US/ON air
strikes are cca 'ixzed to targets in Leos (Category 1).
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 STANDARD FORM NO.64 Approved FQ,Release 2005/11/29: CIA-RDP79R00904A001100010033-2
offiCe Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO 8 AD/NE
SUBJECT:
Memorandum for DCI on Communist Reactions
properly alerted.
DATE: 27 July 1964
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