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Title:
Bombing North Vietnam : an appraisal of economic and political effects
Date of Creation:
October 1966
Type of Document:
Rand Corporation draft report for the CIA
Level of Classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
36 p.
Abstract:
Bombing North Vietnam : an appraisal of economic and political effects (U) [assessment of US bombings, their effects on North Vietnam's political and economic organization and on infiltration levels, their role as an inducement to negotiations, and the implications of further escalations. Discussion of Hanoi's understanding of US statement that its threat to the DRV is a limited one, North Vietnam's defense and evacuation capabilities, agricultural production, resettlement program, manpower diversion, domestic propaganda, aid from the USSR and China, and morale]. Rand Corporation Draft Report for the CIA. Oct. 1966. 33 p. App: Evacuation and Dispersal after June 29 Attacks [evacuation of personnel and dispersal of industry]. 3 p. CONFIDENTIAL. Declassified date not given. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Rand Report, Bombing North Vietnam : An Appraisal of Economic and Political Effects (U).
Indexing Terms:
US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
ASSESSMENT OF US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
US BOMBING AS INDUCEMENT TO NEGOTIATIONS
NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
NORTH VIETNAMESE EVACUATION CAPABILITIES
NORTH VIETNAMESE POPULATION MORALE
NORTH VIETNAMESE PROPAGANDA
SOVIET MILITARY AID TO NORTH VIETNAM
COMMUNIST CHINESE MILITARY AID TO NORTH VIETNAM
NORTH VIETNAMESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-37A