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MEMORANDUM TO GENERAL SMITH, DCI

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP84-00022R000200160010-5
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 21, 2012
Sequence Number: 
10
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
November 16, 1950
Content Type: 
FORM
File: 
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/21 : CIA-RDP84-00022R000200160010-5 v ypflL l ("non F1 J led In) T~"T THQ Tndochi na China ORGANIZATION CIA LAO litary (ILitell) (aid ORE Communist infiltration DENTI/ICATION Of DOCUMENT (author, form-, addrRaa?a, title & length) r ?=-r Memorandum to General Smith, DCI This paper is an estimate of the situation in'Vietnam on 5 September.1950 stating that the French probably cannot hold northern Indochina for more than a year and a half y and that the Chinese Communists will probably not launch a military attack in 1950 though they will continue to furnish assistance to Ho Chi Minh. (Handwritten)Comments) by DCI Smith stated "Our view should be corrected to indicate, that the contingency is a probability. It is by no means a military certainity. *BS. FORM 2523 ottI TotIOMtr?t PRtvleut fs ? HISTORICAL STAFF SOURCE INDEX SEET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/21 : CIA-RDP84-00022R000200160010-5
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