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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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ANNEX A
ESTIMATED GROUND FORCE STRENGTHS AND DISPOSITIONS AS OF 1 APRIL 1953[1]
INDOCHINA
A. FRENCH UNION FORCES
| COMPONENT | TONKIN | ANNAM & PLATEAUX |
COCHIN -CHINA |
CAMBODIA | LAOS | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| Regulars[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| French Expeditionary Corps (CEF) |
91,000 | 20,000 | 45,000 | 8,000 | 7,500 | 171,500 | [3] | ||||||||||||
| Associated States Armies |
27,000 | 33,000 | 20,000 | 8,500 | 8,000 | 96,500 | |||||||||||||
| Associated States National Guards |
6,000 | 4,000 | 10,000 | 4,000 | 5,500 | 29,500 | |||||||||||||
| Semi-Military | |||||||||||||||||||
| CEF Auxiliaries | 23,000 | 6,500 | 18,000 | 3,300 | 2,400 | 53,200 | |||||||||||||
| Vietnam Auxiliaries | 8,000 | 10,000 | 34,000 | - - - - | - - - - | 52,000 | |||||||||||||
| Other Semi-Military | 27,000 | 7,000 | 30,000 | 9,000 | 6,500 | 79,500 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 182,000 | 80,500 | 157,000 | 32,800 | 29,900 | 482,200 | |||||||||||||
- ↑ These strengths and dispositions were effective before the Viet Minn invasion of Laos, Since that time French Expeditionary Corps (CEF) strength in Laos has been increased to 17,500 and CEF strength in Tonkin reduced to 81,000.
- ↑ French Union regular forces are organized into a total of 118 CEF battalions and 95 Associated States battalions. The CEF has 83 infantry, 7 parachute, 8 armored, and 19 artillery battalions and 1 AAA battalion. The Associated States have 87 infantry and 4 artillery battalions and 4 parachute battalions.
- ↑ Does not include 6,000 French personnel detached for duty with the Associated States forces as cadres and advisers. Composition of the 172,000 is as follows: French — 51,000; Foreign Legion — 19,000; African — 17,000; North African — 30,000; native Indochinese — 55,000.
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