NET STRENGTHS OF COMMUNIST FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 1, 1968
• Content Type: MEMO

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i August 1968
ME OLANDUM
SU 3JECT: Not Strength* of Communist Forces in South Vietnam
1. ' net strengths of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Main -
and Local Force units in. South Vietnam. as reported by CCMUSMACV.
have *valved an follows since early this year:
Before Tat
(31 Jae 68)
Before Second
offensive (31 Apr 68)
Current
( i Jul
NVA
51,435
72.313
79,744
VC
59,622
50, 128
49, 647
Total
111,057 5
122,441
129.391
2. The above represent J-Z MACV's accepted Order of Battle
holdings, and do not necessarily reflect the full impact of recent
infiltration. All threw totals may be retroactively adjusted by MACV
on, the basis of now data acquired in the future.
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