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officers who had the capability of being used as key leaders in creating
desertions, defections and zmutiny during general offensives and general
uprisings; and in-city agents in major cities who used their overt legal status to
help document EMPS agent handlers'as ARVN officers.
Following the arrest of Region 5 EMPS Major Le Can in January I969, the
ARVN Military Security Service (MSS) arrested 89 civilian and military agent
assets and support personnel of the Quang Da Special Region (QDSR) EMPS
in Danang City alone. Among those arrested were penetrations of the ARVN I
Corps MSS Headquarters; the personal chauffeur of ARVN I Corps
Commanding Major General Hoang Xuan Lam; the ARVN I Corps Ranger
Headquarters; the ARVN 411th Liaison Group; the AR_VN 610th Signals
Battalion; the ARVN 10th Medical Company; the ARVN 10th Sentry Dog
Battalion; the ARVN 10th Supply Company; the ARVN 2nd Transportation
Company; the ARVN Dong Da Training Center; the VNAF 41st Air Wing;
the Danang Blood Center; and the Duy Tan Hospital in Danang.
As of April 1975, the Region 5 EMPS had a 250-man headquarters staff
which had command over 3,500 personnel down to the village level. The
Region 5 EMPS was commanded by CDV Senior Colonel Tran Van Trinh and
CDV Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thai alias Nguyen Trung Thanh. As
prescribed by the Region 5 EMPS, eight provincial EMPS had a 42-man
headquarters staff with command over 300 to 350 personnel down to the
village level. The QDSR EMPS had over 900 personnel down to the village
level. One district of the QDSR EMPS alone had 742 cadre with legal status
organized into 247» military proselytizing cells. One district of Binh» Dinh
Province had 375 cadre with legal status. Over 90 agent assetswere recruited
by the Binh Dinh EMPS during the first quarter of 1969. The Quang Nam
Province EMPS, according to a December 1969 captured document, had 150
cadre with legal status, and had the goal of recruiting 100 to 150 agents for the
year 1970. The Quang Ngai Province EMPS, according to a A1971 captured
document, had 314 agent assets. Other Region 5 Provincial EMPS had similar
recruitment successes.
Commanded by CDV Colonel Le Quang and CDV Lieutenant Colonel
Nguyen Luong Dao, the QDSR EMPS had three 30-man penetration cums
(units) with four agent handlers apiece. Its 100-man headquarters was
organized into four subsections from late 1968 onwards as follows:
1. Administrative Subsection: 45 personnel organized into correspond-
ence, courier, finance, medical, rear service, and security cells, and a
25-man food production unit. The security cell received professional
guidance from the QDSR Party Committee's Security Section.
2. Military Proselytizing Movement Subsection: 15 personnel who
supervised the activities of the Danang City and subordinate district
party committee EMPS.
3. Penetration Subsection: 100 personnel organized into a 10-man
headquarters staff and three 30-man penetration cums (units) with
four agent handlers apiece. The EMPS chief and deputy chief each
headed one penetration cum.
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