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Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for fighting in South Vietnam. Miscellaneous. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. TOP SECRET. Issue Date: Oct 21, 1967. Date Declassified: May 29, 1985. Unsanitized. Complete. 54 page(s).
TABLE 1
ESTIMATED NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMED FORCES
1 October 1967
SUMMARY
Army 447,500
Air Force 4,500
Navy 2,500
Armed Public Security Forces 16,500
TOTAL Armed Forces 471,000
North Vietnamese Army Breakdown
Out-of-Country
South Vietnam 54,000
Laos 18,000
TOTAL 72,000
In-Country
Infantry 171,500
Air Defense a 93,000
Other b 111,000
TOTAL 375,500
a This includes only regular army personnel in AAA units, radar, and
SAM battalions. It does not include part time air defense personnel
such as militia, or logistical troops supporting air defense.
b Includes artillery, armor, high command, logistics, engineers, and
transportation.
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Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for fighting in South Vietnam. Miscellaneous. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. TOP SECRET. Issue Date: Oct 21, 1967. Date Declassified: May 29, 1985. Unsanitized. Complete. 54 page(s). Reproduced in Declassified Documents Reference System. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008.
Document Number: CK3100205691
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