US INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES TO DETECT COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO US COURSES OF ACTION IN NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R001300080002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 8, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 G?_"
8 May 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJECT US Intelligence Capabilities to
Detect Communist Reactions to US
Courses of Action. in North Vietnam
1. The attached memorandum responds to your
request of 7 May for an assessment of US intelligence
capabilities to detect Communist reactions if the
US moves to blockade or mine the port of Haiphong
and bomb land routes from China.
2. The paper focuses on reactions involving
military forces and supplies, and does not address
particular diplomatic moves that might bear on the
upcoming Presidential visit.
EDWARD W. PROCTOR
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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