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

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VIETNAMESE COSTS[1] (in millions of piasters)
	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
Regular Forces:
(1) Alternative A	6,700	7,800	8,200	8,300	8,400
(2) Alternative B	6,700	7,800	9,000	10,200	11,200
Civil Guard	1,435	1,540	1,550	1,600	1,600
Local Defense Forces	322	684	684	684	684
Youth Corps	58	595	600	650	600

 

U.S. COSTS[2] (in millions of dollars)
	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
Regular Forces:
(1) Alternative A	62	120	71	66	66
(2) Alternative B	62	120	135	136	83
Civil Guard	11	20	14	14	12

7. Civic Action

One of the prerequisites of successful military action against insurgency or guerrilla attack is for the solider to convince the population that he is a brother of the people, as well as their protector. The Communists claim an

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1. Do not include military equipment, transport, or P.O.L.
2. Do not includes costs to U.S. of MAAG operations (salaries, subsistence, administrative costs) estimated at $12 million a year.