1. VIET MINH PREPARATIONS FOR COUNTEROFFENSIVE IN THE HANOI AREA 2. FRENCH LOSSES AT THATKE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100010008-9
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
FORMATION PORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Indochina DATE DISTR. 17 Oct. 19550
SUBJECT 1. Viet ''inh 'reparations. for Counteroffensive NO. OF PAGES 1
am' in the Hanoi :.rea
2y5?X1 Rrench Losses at Thatke
PLACE NO. OF ENCL.S.
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO,
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008 I.
C0'1'\4'F I ENTIAL
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
The full-scale Viet "inh counteroffensive in Indochina has not yot started.
It will begin about November 1950.:
The Viet '.:inh is strengthening its forces inside and in the vicinity of
Hanoi.-r:t
3. :y new anti-tank weapon, called the ST-1, now in use by the Viet. :jnh., has
proved very effective against ;French armored units.
1{. Approximately 3,000 French troops surrendered to the Viet :.:irih at Thatke.
Thi~ b1gr includes 1,200 paratroops -N**
estimates that preparations for the counteroffensive will be completed
about the end of November 19 O.
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25X1 A ;pi, ormient. Apparently, the underground is to rise in a coordinated
a ? c c with Viet :inh array forces against the French.
25X1 A Comment. the 25X1 A
Indochinese Communist Party, hitherto con, .-Dlotely clandestine, is
gradually operating more overtly in the ilanoi area. 25X1 A
25X1 A Comment. According to information available
the highest French estimates of losses at Thatke have been ,
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