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Title:
North Vietnamese crisis
Date of Creation:
August 12, 1964
Date of Declassification:
November 8, 1977
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
TOP SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
6 p.
Abstract:
The North Vietnamese Crisis [military activity: US Yankee Team reconnaissance planes are authorized to arm for air-to-air combat; air strikes against North Vietnam have been effective; North Vietnam has resumed coastal patrols; no major troop deployments have taken place in China, except for the movement of the 7th air army headquarters to Nanning, near the North Vietnamese border]. Memorandum, SC No. 10443/64. Aug. 12, 1964. 6 p. TOP SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM. SANITIZED copy. Released Nov. 8, 1977. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Special Intelligence Material.
Indexing Terms:
GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENTS
YANKEE TEAM RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
NORTH VIETNAMESE ACTIVITIES
NORTH VIETNAMESE NAVY
COMMUNIST CHINESE ACTIVITIES
COMMUNIST BLOC REACTIONS
QUANG KHE
VINH
DONG HOI
HAI PHONG
KUNMING MILITARY REGION
NANNING
CANTON MILITARY REGION
CHANGSHA
HAINAN ISLAND
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-344C
Link to Full Text:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0410109005