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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2009/12/07: LOC-HAK-23-1-4-0
117FOri'k.r i.TTC N
April 24, 1972
FOR: T}-7, PRESIDENT
FROM: HENRY A. 1'1SSINCrER
SUBJECT: North Vietnamese Forces Outside I' VD
Currently, some 229, 000 to Z73, 000 NVA personnel are estimated
to be outside North Vietnam. Of these:
120, 000.135, 000 are in South Vietnam.
34, 000-33, 000 are in Cambodia.
75, 000-100, 000 are in Laos.
I will provide you, in the near future, with ah- estimate of how many
of these are new troops associated with the offensive.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2009/12/07: LOC-HAK-23-1-4-0