INDOCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000200340005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 24, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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INDOCHINA
. paints dismal delta
A. Inevitable withdrawal French
corps.
1. Consensus 35 French
officers similar.
2. Preparations withdrawal
under way -- bulldozing
beaching points Haiphong.
3. Hanoi-Haiphong LOC open
only two to three hours
daily; evacuation Hanoi
would force abandonment
depot stocks amounting
to 600 train loads.
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II.
considers Viet Minh
capable all-out attack any time
after 1 July.
A. Thinks, however, more probable
after 15 September for following
reasons:
1. Enemy can significantly
improve its delta
position during next few
months at small cost.
2. Battle corps has replace-
ments needing training.
3. Minimum two months'
preparations usually
made before major attacks.
B. Believes, however, if enemy sees
improvement civilian morale or
probable internationalization
of war it would immediately
commit battle corps for early
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