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CD) Although all of these categories<br />

may seem academic, the Allied <strong>in</strong>telligence<br />

agencies <strong>in</strong> Vietnam took them<br />

seriously and, depend<strong>in</strong>g upon their<br />

<strong>in</strong>stitutional bias or political pressure<br />

exerted from command authorities,<br />

would espouse whatever countfs) <strong>in</strong> their<br />

order of battle COB) estimates that suited<br />

them. The practical result of such<br />

"soft" <strong>in</strong>filtration figures was that<br />

Westmoreland's <strong>in</strong>telligence office,<br />

MACV J-2, the CIA, and other <strong>in</strong>telligence<br />

organs could not determ<strong>in</strong>e the<br />

overall communist troop strength; not<br />

know<strong>in</strong>g how many troops were com<strong>in</strong>g<br />

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