CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
 21 October 1967
 SUBJECT: NIE 14.3-67: CAPABILITIES OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS
 FOR FIGHTING IN SOUTH VIETNAM
 NOTE
 This estimate supersedes NIE 14.3-66, "North Vietnamese
 Military Potential for Fighting in South Vietnam," dated 7 July 1966,
 TOP SECRET
 THE PROBLEM
 To estimate the capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists to
 conduct military operations in South Vietnam over the next year or
 so.*
 * The figures in this estimate are current as of 1 October 1967.
 
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 TS 186035-t
 Approved for Release
 Date 20 MAY 1985
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 downgrading and
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 Review of this document by CIA has
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 CIA has no objection to declass
 It contains information of CIA
 Interest that must remain
 classified at TS S O
 Authority: HR 70-2
 If contains nothing of CIA interest
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 CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS S C
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 AUTH: HR 70-2
 DATE 12 MAY 85 REVIEWER: 103430
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