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arrest of Unit Chief Tran Van Thinh in March 1974, 14 penetrations
surfaced. “
Unit 5: 15 personnel, including three agent handlers. Unit 5 targeted
the ARVN 7th Infantry Division.
Unit 6: 115 personnel, including three agent handlers. Unit 6 targeted
the ARVN 25th Infantry Division.
Unit 7: 15 personnel, including three agent handlers. Headed by a
female agent handler, Unit 7 targeted the ARVN Ouang Trung
Training Center and other ARVN training facilities in the Saigon and
Bien Hoa areas. '
Unit 8/800C: 15 personnel, including three agent handlers. Estab-
lished in November 1972, Unit 8 targeted ARVN officer and NCO
‘personnel and their dependents in An Xuyen, Bac Lieu, Ba Xuyen,
and Vinh Binh Provinces in the southern delta area. It received
support, personnel, and agent assets from the Region 8 MPS.
Unit 9: 15 personnel, including four agent handlers. Unit 9 targeted
the ARVN Armored Cavalry Brigade.
Units 10 through 12: 15 personnel each, including four agent
handlers apiece. One of these units was responsible for targeting the
ARVN Joint General Staff, the RVN Presidential Office, and the
National Police Command in Saigon. Another unit targeted the Saigon
Capital Military District, while another targetedithe ARVN Military
Security Service and the RVN Central Intelligence Organization in
Saigon.
The Region 2 MPS had a 160-man staff which directed the activities of
1,200 personnel throughout the region down to the village level. The Region 2
MPS headquarters staff was organized into a:
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Administrative Subsection: 30 personnel, who were assigned to
correspondence, courier, finance, radio, medical, rear services (logis-
tics), and security guard cells. The security guard cell received
professional guidance from the Region 2 Party Committee's Security
Section.
Propaganda and Training Subsection: 10 personnel who prepared
demoralizing propaganda against ARVN personnel, their families, and
the ethnic Khmer community in Region 2.
F-7 Penetration Operations Cum (Unit): 70 personnel organized into a
10-man headquarters staff and six 10-man operational units. Each of
the six units had three agent handlers apiece. Three units targeted
regiments of the ARVN 7th Infantry Division. Other units targeted the
ARVN 12th Artillery and Armored Regiment; the Hung Vuong
Training Center; and ARVN ranger and naval riverine units. Border
Area Proselytizing Unit 74 was responsible for operations along the
Vietnam/Kampuchea border. In October 1972, the deputy chief of
Unit 115 was arrested and provided the names of 40 penetrations in the
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