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Title:
North Vietnamese crisis
Date of Creation:
August 10, 1964
Date of Declassification:
November 8, 1977
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
TOP SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
8 p.
Abstract:
The North Vietnamese Crisis [military activity: US De
Soto patrols will not be resumed; North
Vietnam may have received boats to replace
damaged units; Chinese deployments to North
Vietnam are unconfirmed. World reaction: in
view of US "armed aggression," Peking may be
prepared to admit publicly to military aid
provided North Vietnam; stating that only the
signers of the 1954 Geneva agreements are
competent to examine the facts, North Vietnam
denies the right of the UNSC to consider the
situation]. Memorandum, SC No. 10120/64. Aug.
10, 1964. 8 p. TOP SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM.
SANITIZED copy. Released Nov. 8, 1977.
Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam,
Southeast Asia, Special Intelligence
Material.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-344B
Link to Full Text: