REACTIONS TO A US COURSE OF ACTION IN VIETNAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-00181R000100050008-5
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 2, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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ACTION TAKEN OR RECOMMENDED BY RECIPIENT 6 November 1985
CIA has'reviewed the following documents which you forwarded on 11 December 1984, and
which the Department of State wants to include in the Foreign Relations of the United
States series:
1. Memorandum for the Director, from the Board of National Estimates, dated
2 December 1965, TS, Subj: "Reactions to a US Course of Action in Vietnam."
2. Memorandum for the Chairman, JCS, from the DCI, 1 July 1964, Subj: "CIA
Operations in Vietnam," 1 July 1964, S, with two attachments:
a. Letter from Chairman, JCS, to the Deputy Director, CIA, 1 July 1964, S.
b. Letter from Deputy Director, CIA, to Chairman, JCS, 2 July 1964, S.
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FRUS. We have no objection to the declassification,of 2a, the JCS item.
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Memo for the Director of Central Intelligence from Sherman Kent, Chairman
of National Estimates, CIA, Subject: Reactions to a US Course of Action
in Vietnam
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2 December 1965
SUBJECT: Reactions to a US Course of Action in Vietnam
THE PROBLEM: To estimate reactions, principally those of
the Commmists, to a stepped-up US effort in the Vietnamese
war. The measures would include further troop commitments
which would double or triple present US strength, bombing
.of DRY military and industrial targets hitherto spared, and
the mining of DRV harbors.
1. Present Communist policy Is to continue toyprosecute
the war vigorously in the South. The C xmnmiste recognize that
the US reinforcements of 1965 signify a determination to avoid
defeat. They expect more US troops and probably anticipate that
targets in the_Hanoi-H4phong area will come under air attack.
Nevertheless, they remain unwilling to dam4P down the conflict
or to move toward negotiation. They expect a long war, but they
continue to believe that time is their ally and that their own
staying power ie.superior.
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