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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
*secm§1=- propaganda as hired US mercenary forces who had no national interest infighting a war in Vietnam.- - In April 1972, a captured Binh Dinh Province Unit courier providedunconfirmed information _on North Korean targeting of the ROK TigerDivision in the An Khe, Binh Khe, and Tuy Phuoc areas of Binh DinhProvince, and in the northern portion of Phu Yen Province. Other confirmedreports (dates unknown) had earlier provided indications of North Koreanproselytizing teams operating in Binh Dinh Province; however, they had beenasked to leave by the Region 5 headquarters which had discovered them. performing other than agreed upon propaganda activities in the area. The Thoi Target - _ Following the introduction of Royal Thai Government (RTC.). combat forces in South Vietnam in September 1967, CDV field components in -South Vietnam began developing psychological warfare programs against RTGforces. An August 1968 dated captured document confirmed the involvement of the CDV SVNLA Enemy Proselytizing Office in the printing and \ distribution of Thai-language propaganda materials against the RTC Black Panther Regiment headquartered in Phuoc Tuy Province by a subordinate enemy proselytizing field component. As of August 1968, this field component was scheduled to be reinforced with one CDV Thai-language specialist. According to another undated captured document, the Region 5 EMPS was responsible for the preparation and distribution of Thai-language propaganda materials against RTG military personnel. Foreign Communist Party Support in East Asio The CDV was indirectly assisted in its collection of information on the USantiwar movement, which was used in the reeducation of US POWs in NorthVietnam, by various pro-Soviet Communist Parties. In East Asia, the Japanese Communist Party (ICP) and the Australian Communist Party (ACP) assisted I the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP: formerly known as the Lao DongParty) in this collection effort via their International Departments. 1 In the case of Japan, close relationships were established between the1 Foreign Affairs Department of the VCP Central Committee and the ' International "Department of the ICP Central Committee. The ICPInternational Department handles official party-to-party liaison with the VCPf Foreign Affairs Department through the ICP's Representative Office in Hanoi. The ICP Permanent Representative Office in Hanoi maintains contacts with at least the BNV, although specifics concerning this relationship are notknown. The ICP Representative Office has over a 10-man staff which is responsible for Akahata (Red Flag) and Nihon Dempa News Agency journalist activities, and for the coordination of various types of support activities withthe VCP, the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association, and the Vietnam Committee for the Investigation of -US Imperialist War Crimes. ‘ The ICP International Department and the JCP United Front Depart-, ment directly supervise the activities of the JCP's Japan-Vietnam Friendship 30' .. ’5'E€R'ET- -. ~. 1 1.3 i."t'@.a I" ' ' \1-um noon“ ____ 7 79 i-~ - - - -">v'q*-———~.~-<*"_“I"_J" “" "' ' J ' r i L 1% -1» ,'1nn»s?=:2:s_;=a.w;;sée:ii7$tr¢a;innnm¢m-cars: + 1 .* '1‘ ' E r-t “J .3 . ._:- _r-» -. v. .'t.. ii?‘-' 3??- 15 ' -:8 . --1 mi ii} I :“‘a'. .;, 3 ~34" H.
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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.