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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.
“Headquarters”33 pages
-S-EGR'ET" - History of American presence in South Vietnam with details on units, activities and unit commanders. ' ~ War-making potential of the US and its forces both in South Vietnam and other areas where American support units and reinforcements were present. ~ Nature of coordination and cooperation between US and other Allied forces, including relationships between Allied units and ARVN. ~ Economic war-making potential of the US, including information on the war production capabilities of US industries. - Class origin of US military service personnel. - Professional background, psychological makeup and aspirations o_f_ the prisoner. ' ~ General knowledge and understanding of Americans in South Vietnam of the military, political and economic situation in South Vietnam and other countries. ' Behavior, mental attitude, and point of view of Americans under combat conditions in South Vietnam. ' - Professional background and previous assignments of other US POWs held in North Vietnam. - Effectiveness of ideological indoctrination on US POWs in North Vietnam and results of Communist enemy military proselytizing programs in South Vietnam and elsewhere. Interrogations were aimed at gaining the complete cooperation of a POW for use in antiwar propaganda activities. BCA and CNC interrogators insisted upon handwritten statements from POWs condemning American involvement in Vietnam and admitting "crimes" against the Vietnamese people. Political indoctrination was emphasized during all interrogation sessions. CNC interrogation and indoctrination results were channeled in report form through the CNC Director to the MND General Staff Department which distributed them to the MND General Political Department's CDV and Military Security Department (Cuc Bao Ve Quan Doi/CBV), the BCA General Research Service, and to the Office of the Premier. The BCA forwarded its knowledgeability briefs and interrogation reports through Party channels to the MND General Political Department and its CDV, as well as to the-Office of the Premier, where Premier and Politburo member Pham Van Dong closely reviewed BCA and MND interrogation results. The BCA General Research Service was the highest body in the DRV intelligence community for the research, analysis, and collation of intelligence information derived from US POW interrogations. BCA and MND interrogation reports were reviewed to ensure that a POW was thoroughly exploited for intelligence and operational leads in Vietnam and abroad. The BCA General Research Service drafted programs for the exploitation of US POWs abroad by the BCA's Central Intelligence Department (Cuc Tinh Bao Trung Uong/CTB). This included the CT_B _administration of letter mailing programs between US 18 < 5'E6R-ET- ~\%r\-uh \._ 5,‘, !%:2w-1: 55¢,»-an was m|‘,v= Vii“ § E l 2 a / -7mm oqonn __._ '7
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 120 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.