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MR. ACHESON:
I would bet a great deal that it would not. Well, I think you might
do something through the UN after you have worleed out the troubles that
you have now between the principal allies. But A think if you throw
that into the UN with the Asian block tending to shy off from any U.S.
attitude, with the Latinos very doubtful, with the Dritish, Fronch, and
others think you would have an auful mess. I would straighten
out, first of all, that you can do with the Asian Commonwealth people,
and the British and the Fronch. And once you get that worked out then
I think you might do sonething with the UN.
MR. HATRIMAN:
Yes, I agree with Dean on thnt. May I say this also that I have
utterly no military intelligence as to vhat the strenghb is there but cer-
tainly Navarre underestimited it, and does anybody have any military
knowledge as to what the potential streingth there is?
VOICE:
I think the military situation
MR. NITZE:
I think 30, yos, they know pretty woll what the potentiol strength is, and
I think they Inou what the political troubles are with the Vietnan
forces.
MR. HARRIMAN:
Do you know?
MR. NITZE:
Yes, I think they have got six organized divisions, plus X number of
in
army
Italiansgri the Vietminh, I think they'v got something like 200,000
mon altogether.
TRUMAN
(confused)
ARCHIVEN & NATIONAL REAY/RUS ADMINT
forces of
MR. HARRIMAN:
......the French and Vietnamese?
MR. NITZE:
I think they aggregate something in the order of 270,000. In other
vords something in excess of what the Vietminh have. But the Vietnam (?)
section of that is low in morale, and the battalions defect on you
from time to time.
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