FRENCH STRENGTH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000200190004-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 18, 1954
• Content Type: LIST

3/18/54
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"'1 .ENCH STRENGTH
Anne Marie One Battalion (Thai)
Dominique One Bn (Algerian)
Elaine One Bn (Thai)
Claudine Two Bns (one Foreign Legion,
one Foreign Legion
Para)
Francoise One Company (suppletif)
/Suspect this may have moved
into center. /
Huguette One Bn (French Para)
Isabelle Three Bns (one Foreign Legion,
one Algerian,
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NOTE: Gabrielle had two Bns.
- one, Foreign Legion -
moved to Isabelle;
- one unaccounted for, but was
Algerian. )
Beatrice had one Foreign Legion Bn;
wiped out.
Two Para Bns. dropped in --
- one French
- one Vietnamese; unlocated.
12 BnS Suppletifs (Moroccan, tribal)
Also in garrison, believed to
total about One Bn.
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28 Infantry Battalions
4 Artillery Battalions
304 Div.
308 Div.
312 Div.
316 Div.
351 Div. (Artillery)
45 Regt. (2 Bn.)
675 Regt. (2 Bn.)
Artillery Known to Date:
20 - 105 mm guns
30 - 75 mm guns (9COO } E w l
6 - 37 mm AA guns (y5~~pphr~uu~o!J
(These French claim confirmoeY
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