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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011

82. 

TRIM Briefing, in "Report of Visit of Lt. General Bruce C. Clarke, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific to Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, 6–29 September 1955," (S). JCS History.

83. 

The theme of diversion of the VNA from training by combat runs throughout the period. The reduction of French participation in TRIM is revealed by the following table: TRIM Officer Strengths, March 1955–March 1956 [Source: "Study on Army Aspects of the Military Assistance Program in Vietnam," U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1 June 1960, (S)].

	U.S. Officers	French Officers
3/55	68	209
5/55	121	225
7/55	124	108
9/55	125	66
11/55	142	58
1/56	149	53
3/56	189	0

84. 

Msg, CHMAAG Indochina to CINCPAC, 091330Z, August 1955 (TS). JCS History.

85. 

Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Revised Force Base for Vietnam," 19 August 1955 (TS). In his memorandum of 29 July 1955 to the JCS requesting JCS evaluation of the 150,000 force basis, Actg ASD(ISA) questioned the inclusion of the mission "to check external aggression," insisting that circumstances if it is to be acceptable to U.S. Government authorities." (TS) Subsequent DOD approval of this force level constituted, in effect, approval of the counter-aggression mission.

86. 

JCS History.

87. 

Actual Strengths of Vietnamese forces was as follows: [Source: "Study on Army Aspects...," U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1 June 1960, p. C-5 (S)].

	Army	Navy	Air Force
1/55	170,000	1,500	3,500
1/56	152,000	4,200	3,400
1/57	138,600	4,900	3,500
1/58	131,500	4,900	3,500
1/59	135,500	5,000	4,600
12/59	132,000	5,000	4,800