JOINT CIA/DIA ASSESSMENT OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST CAPABILITIES AND INTENTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000800040017-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 1, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President
" for National Security Affairs
SUBJECT : Joint CIA/DIA Assessment of Vietnamese
Communist Capabilities and Intentions
1. Attached are five copies of a memorandum entitled "Assessment
of Communist Capabilities and Intentions in South Vietnam in Light of
North Vietnam's Actions Since the Ceasefire." This memorandum was
prepared in response to a request levied at the WSAG Meeting on 23
February 197--.
2. As requested, the attached assessment was produced jointly
by CIA and DIA (acting on behalf of the Department of Defense). The
cooperation and support of our Defense Department colleagues were out-
standing. There was only one difference of interpretation, which is
clearly noted as such in the text of the memorandum's paragraph 9.
a. The CIA believes the North Vietnamese units in
the northern portion of South Vietnam's MR 1 have already
made up most of the equipment and manpower losses these
units suffered during the heavy fighting of 1972.
b. The DIA believes that many of the Communist units
in this area are still under strength in both manpower and
armor.
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3. Copies of this memorandum are being sent to other WSAG
principals and directly concerned senior officials in the Departments
of State and Defense as indicated below.
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-~ r mes R. Schlesinger
Director
Copy No. 6 - Secretary Richardson
Copy No. 7 -
Copy No. 8 -
Copy No. 9
Copy No. 10 -
Copy No. 11 -
Deputy Secretary Clements
Admiral Moorer
General Haig
Vice Admiral de Poix
Major General Ott
Copy No. 12 - Acting Secretary Rush
Copy No. 13 - Under Secretary Porter
.Copy No. 14 - Dr. Cline
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VIETNAMESE AFFAIRS STAFF
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
DATE: 2 March 1973
Mr. Harry G. Barnes
.- Deputy Executive Secretary
FROM: Executive Secretariat
Department of State
SUBJECT: -
REMARKS:
Per your 2 March request, attached
for the Executive Secretariat's use are
two additional copies of each of the
following two memoranda:
a. The 1 March CIA memorandum
entitled "Factions Among the Khmer
Insurgents';
b. The 1 March joint CIA/DIA
memorandum entitled "Assessment of
Communist Capabilities and Near Term
Intentions in South Vietnam in The Light
of North Vietnam's Actions Since the
Ceasefire. "
George A. Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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