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Title:
Case for higher guerrilla strengths based on shortcomings in the MACV RITZ Reporting System
Date of Creation:
May 2, 1968
Date of Declassification:
July 16, 1975
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
5 p.
Abstract:
The Case for Higher Guerrilla Strengths Based on Shortcomings in the MACV RITZ Reporting System, August and September 1967 [number of guerrillas estimated in several provinces was too low; on basis of the omissions, it is possible that the overall study, which estimated 65,000 guerrillas in South Vietnam in mid-1967, was short by 24,300 and probably many more]. Memorandum for the Record, Samuel A. Adams. May 2, 1968. 5 p. CONFIDENTIAL. Declassified July 16, 1975.
Indexing Terms:
VIET CONG IRREGULAR FORCES
VIET CONG GUERRILLA FORCES
COMMUNIST ORDER OF BATTLE
MACV
RITZ REPORTING SYSTEM
QUANG NAM PROVINCE
CAN THO PROVINCE
VINH LONG PROVINCE
TAY NINH PROVINCE
LONG AN PROVINCE
GO CONG PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
AN GIANG PROVINCE
DINH TUONG PROVINCE
KIEN GIANG PROVINCE
BA XUYEN PROVINCE

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1975-250B