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73. Cf., Anita Lauve, Troika on Trial (MS Study for OSD/ISA) ARPA Contract, 1967), 428; and P. J. Honey, ed., North Vietnam Today, op. cit., 33.
74. Zasloff, RM-4703-ISA/ARPA, op. cit., 44–53, 159–160; U.S. Dept of State, INR, "North Viet Nam Braces Itself for Socialism" (Oct 13, 1958), op. cit.
75. Defense Intelligence Agency, Annual Review of Demographic and Government Control Composition (U) (AP-1-460-3-5 -65-INT, 1 January 1965), 41; NIS 43C, 38, 56, 59.
76. Ibid., 59.
77. NIS 43C, op. cit., 59.
78. Central Intelligence Agency, "Probable Developments in North Vietnam to July 1956," (National Intelligence Estimate 63.1–55, 19 July 1955), 7; CIA) SC09206 of 19 May 1954: the same report holds the Viet Minh disappointed in the Chinese People's Republic for lack of support, and well aware of Soviet distaste for an Asian involvement. Cf., Hammer, op. cit., 320–21.
79. Ibid., 346; also 342–344; cf., Ho on Revolution, op. cit., 276–277; and P. J. Honey, ed., North Vietnam Today, 30–32.
80. For summaries of the windings of French policy in this period see: Central Intelligence Agency, Current Intelligence Weekly Review (14 October 1954, 11 November 1954, 16 December 1954, 20 January 1955, and 5 May 1955, respectively); also, NIE 63.1-55, op. cit., 9–10.
81. Zagoria, op. cit., 27, 40–41, 100–102.
82. Ibid., Cyril E. Black and Thomas P. Thornton, Communism and Revolution (Princeton: Princeton U. Press, 1965), 271–273, 417–448.
83. Honey, ed., North Vietnam Today, op. cit., 30; Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Council Briefing for 12 July 1955; CIA, Current Intelligence Weekly Review (7 July 1955); B.S.N. Murti, Vietnam Divided (New York: Asis Publishing House, 1964), 181–184.
84. Phillipe Devillers, in P. J. Honey, ed., North Vietnam Today, op. cit., 32–33; Zagoria, op. cit., 42, 101–102.
85. P. J. Honey, Communism in North Vietnam, op. cit., 43–58.
86. Zagoria, op. cit., 19–20.
87. Fall, ed., Ho on Revolution, op.cit., 298–299.
