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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
A. 5-EGRET Office 959 had four major advisory groups to the LPLA under its command. These advisory groups were assigned to the Supreme LPLA Headquarters, and to the three LPLA military region headquarters for north, central, and south Laos. Initially, four-man advisory teams were assigned to each LPLA province unit headquarters. Each team consisted of a military adviser who was responsible for the collection of military intelligence, a political adviser responsible for military security and enemy proselytizing affairs, a code clerk, and a radio operator. By 1963, 100-man advisory groups were attached to each of the three LPLA military region headquarters.‘ The Office 959 central advisory group to the Supreme LPLA Headquarters was responsible for north Laos with subordinate advisory groups responsible for Louangphrabang and Oudomsai Province (Group 95), and Xiangkhoang and Vientiane Provinces (group designation unknown). Two subordinate advisory groups operated in central and south Laos. One (designation unlénown) was responsible for the provinces of Khammouan and Savannakhet, and Group 768 was responsible for the remaining provinces in south Laos. The three military region advisorygroups were responsible for the assignment of PAVN military and politicaladvisers at the province (khoueng) and district (muong) unit levels. CDV advisers were represented in these advisory groups. In 1965, Office 959 strengthened and reorganized its advisory system to the LPLA. The two advisory groups in central and south Laos were merged in May 1965 to form PAVN Advisory Group 565, which was attached to the LPLA South Laos Military Region (SLMR). Group 565 was staffed with 300 personnel. Advisory groups to the LPLA North and Central Laos Military Regions also had 300 personnel. Over 100 advisers were assigned to the Office 959 forward command advisory group at the Supreme LPLA Headquarters. Each was organized into military, political, and rear service (logistics) staffs. Their political staffs had an enemy proselytizing section (ban dich van) staffed by CDV officers. An estimated 1,000 PAVN advisers were assigned to the LPLA as of 1970. Of this number, about 200 represented the combined total of PAVN intelligence and security service advisers, including an estimated 40 CDV advisers. The organization, personnel, and activities of PAVN Advisory Group 565 provide hard evidence of the degree of control and direction it exerted over the LPLA SLMR intelligence and security services in the past and now over the LPLA Military Region 3 and 4 services. Twelve CDV advisers were assigned to the SLMR Political Staff's Enemy Military Proselytizing Section (Suan Sua Ka Sua). CDV advisers controlled and directed the operations of the SLMR EnemyMilitary Proselytizing Section headed by a CDV-trained LPLA officer. The section interrogated all Royal Lao defectors, refugees and POWs captured in the SLMR. Interrogations were conducted for the collection of military, political and economic intelligence in coordination with the SLMR Political Staff's Military Security Section advised by PAVN Military Security Department (CBV) staff officers and with the SLMR Special Operations (Dac Cong) Reconnaissance (Military Intelligence) Section advised by PAVN 34 _SECR‘E1'* ‘ . '1 ...... . 1 . ‘ji--. _,. 4 u 7iZ‘)‘;~""i‘ .-.. vs’ 1 1 1 r 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.