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Intelligence and Security Operations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of National Defense

Central Intelligence Agency · 1979-12-01 · 120 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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Annexes
CDV Interrogation Questionnaire for US POWs in South Vietnam
Personal information
Name
Date and place of birth
Occupation before entering the military '
Civilian and military schools attended
Ranks and positions held throughout military career
If enlisted, whether draftee or‘ volunteer '
If officer, whether sponsored by a Congressman (Comment: This
no doubt refers to Congressionalappointments to the" Service
Academies.) If so, the Congressman's attitude toward the war andhis address. If the Congressman appeared susceptible, he would be
contacted and informed that one of the men he had sponsored wasnow a POW; from the Congressman's correspondence it wasfurther to be determined how he could be exploited.
Language capability, where he studied the language and for what
purpose. This information was used to determine if the POW wasever in intelligence and to point out other areas in which the USGovernment might have planned to use him.
Nonmilitary areas of familiarity (for example, TV repair,
photography, rocketry)
Previous countries to which assigned
Date of arrival in Vietnam
Unit to which assigned: its location, mission and morale (including
desertion rate); Subjects function in unit
Battles fought
Military and political training received in preparation for Vietnam
assignment
Sworn to Code of Conduct?
Political affiliations
Detailed data on wife, children; parents, other relatives, and friends
including names, addressees, occupations, current activities, politi-
cal affiliations, and socio-economic living standard. Particular
emphasis was placed on the details of this portion of the
questionnaire. .
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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.