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Title:
Captured Viet Cong documents reveal the importance of Cambodian and Loatian refuges
Date of Creation:
May 21, 1964
Date of Declassification:
April 28, 1976
Type of Document:
CIA telegram
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
1 p.
Abstract:
Captured Viet Cong documents reveal the importance of Cambodian and Laotian refuges: "an armed struggle should have a rear area in which to raise troops and
where attack or defense is to our advantage. The rear area is also the location of our key agencies.") CIA Telegram No. 22708, to State Department, for Sullivan. May 21, 1964. 1 p. SECRET/LIM DIS. SANITIZED copy. Released Apr. 28, 1976. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 9, Cables.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1976-150B