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

CINCPAC Operation Plan 32-59 Phase III, North Viet-Nam Aggression (3 US divisions in Southeast Asia, 1 US division in support), and Phase IV, Chinese Communist Intervention (4 US divisions in Southeast Asia, 2 US divisions in support), provides for US military action to meet purposes stated in paragraph 1c.

SEATO Plan 6 and SEATO Plan 4 will provide for SEATO action against North Viet-Nam Aggression or Chinese Communist Intervention respectively. US force requirements for SEATO plans will parallel those for corresponding phases of CINCPAC Operation Plan 32-59.

It is estimated that the maximum US forces on the ground in Southeast Asia will not exceed six divisions or about 205,000 men in implementing Phase IV CINCPAC Operation Plan 32-59. Rh