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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.
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.._ V _._.- , .._ .-.. . iSE€R'E‘fi and mechanics from Binh Thuy to other airbases at Danang, Pleiku, Phu Cat, or Nha Trang. VNAF personnel at Camp Davis, Tan Son Nhut, were similarly assigned duties with the PAVN‘ Air Force at Tan Son Nhut. In February 1976, VNAF 3rd Air Division personnel were released from the Lai Khe Reeducation Camp for limited service with the PAVN Air Force in Central Vietnam. Following the March 1976 escape of a former VNAF pilot by air to Thailand from the Binh Thuy Airbase, the planned integration of VNAF personnel into the PAVN Air Force was canceled. All formereVNAF personnel were subjected to rigid screening procedures for three weeks at the Binh Thuy Airbase and at Camp Davis, Tan Son Nhut. All former VNAF flight personnel were grounded and the PAVN Air Force canceled all flights to discourage other potential defectors, as well a_s to allow time for the PAVN military security screening mechanism to identify high risk potential defectors who might similarly attempt to escape Vietnam by air. Shortly thereafterwards, VNAF officers from the rank of captain upward were transferred to reeducation camps in North Vietnam. The Prison Comp System in North Vietnam Although some ARVN field grade and general staff officers had been sent immediately to reeducation camps in North Vietnam after the Communist takeover, significant numbers were not sent there until after April 1976. Three separate incidents precipitated this action." These were the March 1976 escape by air to Thailand by a VNAF pilot from the Binh Thuy Airbase, and two massive breakouts of ARVN officers in PAVN IV Corps in April 1976. In April 1976, antiregime resistance forces attacked the Long Ciao Reeducation Camp in Dong Nai Province of PAVN Military Region 7, and Hoa Hao resistance forces attached the Chi Lang Reeducation Camp in An Ciang Province of PAVN Military Region 9 in the Mekong Delta area. Several hundred interned officers succeeded in escaping from the two camps, which alerted Hanoi to the danger of escapees joining antiregime resistance forces in South Vietnam. Hanoi then decided to remove all ARVN officer internees from the rank of captain upward, and all Category C “dangerous” elements from South Vietnam to camps in isolated areas in North Vietnam. Over 7,000 field grade officers were sent to North Vietnam. It was at this time that Hanoi announced that those who remained in the reeducation system would not be released until they had completed three years of reeducation. At least six camps were administered by the CDV in North Vietnam at Muong Trai (2l-36N/103- 53E), Cao Bang, Lang Son, Nghia Lo, Son La, and Yen Bai. Another six camps were administered by the BNV for RVN civil officials and noncombatant ARVN officers at Phu Luong (Bac Thai Province), Son Tay (Ha Son Binh Province), Nam Ha (Ha Nam Ninh Province), Vinh Phu (Vinh Phu Province), Son Cam (Thanh Hoa Province), and Quang Ninh Province near the Chinese border. The Cao Bang Camp was a maximum security prison for senior ranking ARVN officers serving 15-year and life sentences. According to prison guards 67 » -SEGRE-‘1'- \ l mm qazmi --—-- 7/ L’ .,
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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.