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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-EI about seven US POWs as of April 1970; one US POW died of malaria in October 1969. Camp 4A held one US” Negro deserter, his Vietnamese/Khmer wife, and two children from different fathers under a loose form of house arrest. An unknown number of US POWs were detained in Camp IA/20 as of April 1970. In April 1970, Interunit A was reorganized into two 25-man detention camps for US/Allied civilian and military personnel. b. POW Interunit B: Established in May 1969 with la 25-man headquarters staff, it had three 25-man detention camps for ARVN POWs. In April 1970, Interunit_B was reorganized into one 25-man detention camp for ARVN POWs. c. POW Interunit C: Established i.n May 1968 with a 25-man headquarters staff, it had three 25-man detention camps for US/ Allied civilian and military personnel. In April 1970; In_terunit C was reorganized into one and possibly two 25-man detention camps. There is no information available on the number of US/Allied prisoners held in the POW Interunit C camp system. The Region 5 Enemy Military Proselytizing Section (EMPS) Region 5 Enemy Military Proselytizing Section (EMPS) operations against US military personnel emphasized the recruitment of Vietnamese interpreter/ translators, as well as the preparation and distribution of English- language psychological warfare leaflets and pamphlets to subordinate provincial-level EMPS. The Region 5 EMPS organized intelligence teams to collect information on US/ Allied sweep operations; promoted antiwar sentiments in US combat units; and supervised the administration, detention, indoctrination, and interrogation of captured US / Allied and ARVN personnel. According to an undated captured document, the Region 5 EMPS targeted ARVN, Australian, Filipino, ROK, Thai, and US military personnel with the objective of creating and exploiting friction between them in order to reduce their combat effectiveness and to induce increased desertions and acts of mutiny against participation in combat actions. Allied forces of the US were branded‘ in EMPS propaganda as hired US mercenary forces who had no national interest in fighting a war in Vietnam. Two subordinate components of the Region 5 EMPS were involved in operations against the American target. They were the Region 5 EMPS Propaganda Subsection, and the Interrogation and Detention Camp Subsec- tion. Its subordinate Quang Da Special Region (QDSR) EMPS was similarly organized against the American target. Eight other subordinate provincial EMPS had enemy military proselytizing subsections involved in operations against the American target. The Propaganda Subsections of the Region 5 and QDSR EMPS each had 25 personnel“ organized into research and printing, armed propaganda, and propaganda proselytizing cells. The research and printing cell was headed by a CDV English linguist who monitored US Armed Forces Radio, British Broadcasting Corporation, and Voice of America broadcasts to. gather background information which was used to prepare English-language 24 SE-GRE1’ .u.._._....__.___ .t ...i. .. ---nu.»-_.,.v._..__, _ \'r\'rr\ aaonn ___ ., '1
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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.