VC/PAVN LOGISTIC REQUIREMENTS CIA/DIA ESTIMATE COMPARISON

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000200100001-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2002
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VC/PAVN Logistic: Requirements
CIA/DIA Estimate Comparison
No Date Blind Memo re Comments on James Reston Article, New York
Times,.2 February 1966 (re VC/PAVN requirements)
article not attached
No Date Blind Memo re Estimate of VC and PAVN Requirements for.
Logistic Support~Needed. From Abroad
No Date. Blind Memo re Coolie Leads in VC-hel.d areas of SVN
and Loads.carried. by Infiltrating-PAVN through Laos
25X1A
29 Jun 65 to AD OCI memo re Request for Information by,
25X1A (Blind.Memo.re Capability of the Supply Lines
for'the Viet Congand"#he Effect of Interdiction Operations
attached) -- S-1558
28 Nov 65 Briefing of Secretary McNamara by Brig. Gen. Joseph
McChristian, ACofS, J2, EQ MACV, Saigon, re VC/PAVN
buildup and forecast, of enemy strength as of
25X1A 31 December 19.66
Dec 65 to DDI memo re The Various Estimates of North
Vietnamese Logistic Capabilities.and Logistic Requirements
to Support Military Activities in South Vietnam
6 Dec 65 Blind Memo re Comments on the Logistical. Situation
.23 Dec 65 Working Paper,`An Estimate of the Current Logistical
28 Feb 66
Su ort for the Communist Main Force in South Vietnam
From Abroad
Blind Memo re Logistic Requirements for Forces in.South
Vietnam (Joseph Alsop article, "Matter of Face, The
Untold Story: Panic," attached)
.Table, Estimated Supply Requirements for Viet Cong and
PAVN Forces in South Vietnam and Trucks and Gasoline
Estimated Necessary for Continuous Transport of Supplies
11 Mar 66 Blind Memo re Communist Combat Strength and Logistical
Requirements by VC Military Region Under the Current
Scale of Combat
16 Mar 66 Blind Memo re Statement on Rail Traffic to North Vietnam
16 Mar 66 Joseph Alsop article, flatter of Fact, The Northern Bombing"
18 Mar 66 Blind Memo re Computation of Trucks and Gasoline Required
for Continuous Movement of Supplies
21 Mar 66 Blind Memo re OCI/ORR Comment on General Westmoreland's
Appraisal of Infiltration.into South Vietnam
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f Logistic :~equirements
CIA/DIA Estimatu~ Comparison
(Continued)
25 Mar 66 Handwritten notes on enemy strength (DIA? report, Logistics
Requirements for the Viet Cong/North Vietnam Army and
Methodology attached)
28 Mar 66 Table,.A Comparison of the DIA.and CIA Estimates'of the
Current Logistical Resupply Requirements From Abroad for
Communist Forces in South Veitnam
25X1A
.31 Mar 66 Blind Memo re Routes'of Intervention and Rates of Movement
25X1A 1 Apr 66 Memo for Record re Information to
by Telephone (logistics, movements through Mu Gia Pass)
ll Apr 66 Blind Memo re Comments on the DIA Revised Study of Communist
Ex'cernal Logistical Requirements' in South ..Vietnam : (working
Paper, dated 11 Apr 66, re External'Logistical Resupply
Requirements for VC/NVA Forces in South Vietnam, attached)
24 Jun 66 Blind Memo re Supplies Available for South Vietnam
28 Jun 66 Table,.Daily Supply Requirements of Current and Projected
(1 January 1968) VC/NVA Forces in South Vietnam
23 Aug 66 Blind Memo re The Level of Corr at and Expenditure of
Ammunition by Communist Forces in South Vietnam
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