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Intelligence and Security Operations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of National Defense

Central Intelligence Agency · 1979-12-01 · 120 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is a December 1979 Central Intelligence Agency study published by the Directorate of Operations Counterintelligence Staff. It describes the Enemy Proselytizing Department (Cuc Dich Van) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of National Defense. The study traces the department's origins from 1941 through the French and Vietnam wars. It covers psychological warfare, fifth column penetration of ARVN and allied forces, the handling of US and allied prisoners of war, and the postwar reeducation of former ARVN personnel. It contains no material on UFOs.

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  • p. 21 …The CDV Policy Office maintained a central master listing of all US military POW's detained…
  • p. 23 …The CNC also maintained a master listing of all US military POWs captured in North Vietnam…
  • p. 65 …on 17 and18 August. ~ “Puppet aspirants and master, sergeants of the riverine police andmilitary police. . . must…
  • p. 66 …on 19 and 20 August. ~ “Aspirants and master sergeants of the 'Loi Hoi 81' ranger, military…
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 120 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.