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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000200080011-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: LIST

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I Viet Minh forces involved in present offensive in Central
Laos believed to total about 9 battalions or 7,200 men.
II The Viet Minh reached Thakhek on the Mekong River on 26
December after three French companies evacuated that post.
IV Navarre has acted swiftly to counter enemy thrust in
Central Laos.
V The major Viet Minh military threat is still posed by four
enemy divisions located in Tonkin.
VI French counter movements to reinforce threatened posts can
be made only by depleting their delta reserves or forces
in South Vietnam.
VII The immediate political advantages of the Viet Minh attack
on Laos seem greater than the military.
VIII A major Viet Minh campaign now may be connected with Ho
Chi Minh's recent peace feeler.
IX Prime Minister of Laos has appealed to free world for
support in resisting aggression.
X Viet Minh forces have made no attempt to enter Thailand
and there is no indication they will.
XI State of emergency declared by Bangkok was precautionary
measure to screen refugees crossing the Mekong.
XII Simultaneous with Viet Minh advance last week Moscow radio
attacked Thailand as a base for American supplies to Indo-
china. Chinese Communist radio has now followed with
similar charges.
XIII Threat from Communist China always hangs over Indochina.
XIV Chinese Communist'air capabilities.
XV No evidence of Chinese Communist military preparations
for large-scale intervention in Indochina at this time.
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