TERMS OF REFERENCE : USIB STUDY ON LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR COMMUNIST FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000100170012-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 17, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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C E N T R A L I N T E L L I G E N C E A G E N C Y
17 August 1965
SUBJECT: TERMS OF REFERENCE: USIB STUDY ON LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR
COMMUNIST FORCES IN SOUTH VIETNAM
To assess the nature and amount of the support being provided
to the Communist forces in South Vietnam, including the manner in
which supplies are provided both from inside and from outside South
Vietnam by land, and by water.
QUESTIONS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM
I. What logistical support for the Communist military forces
in South Vietnam, identified by the following categories, is pro-
vided by internal sources and what support is provided from external
sources:
B. Clothing and individual equipment, including medical
supplies
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E. Weapons, explosives, and ammunition.
II. What are the initial sources of externally provided supplies?
Who are the intermediary handlers? Who are the intermediary consignees?
In what form are supplies and items packaged and transported? From
what locations are items transported immediately prior to crossing
the border of South Vietnam?
III. What military supplies, by type and quantity, enter South
Vietnam by land and by water from Cambodia? What modes of transporta-
tion are employed? What border crossing points are used? To what
extent is the Cambodian government involved?
IV. What military supplies,; by type and quantity, enter South
Vietnam by land infiltration routes from North Vietnam either via
Laos or the DMZ? What border crossing points are used?
V. What military supplies, by type and quantity, enter South
Vietnam from the Gulf of Siam, the delta of the Mekong River, and
the eastern sea coast? What ports of entry are used?
VI. With respect to paragraphs III-V above, what are the recep-
tion points for supplies, the storage areas, and the redistribution
routes to Viet tong forces within South Vietnam?
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