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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
—S-E§R-Sl'- 18. Emotions of mother/wife when POW departed for Vietnam (did she cry?) B. Attitudes (both personal and that of fellow military and commanding officers) toward: 1. Vietnam war, destruction and casualties wrought by US bombing 2. Thieu/Ky government ' S. Desertion 4. Participation in demonstrations (names of soldiers, dates of demonstrations, types of demonstrati0_n—racial,_ antipoverty, antiwar) 5. Martin Luther King's assassination (Negro reaction) ' ~ 6. Bertrand Russell trial organized to oppose American participation e in Vietnam and knowledge of Russell's trial speech 7. Criticism or punishment from superiors. Information on this attitude was to be used to incite the POW against his superiors and to decrease his morale by showing him that he lost his status as a free and equal citizen when he entered the military 8. Race riots in the US; attitude of white soldiers toward Negro soldiers 9. Vietnamese wives of American military personnel 10. Laborers in the US toward their government C. General and specific details regarding: 1. Who read VC propaganda leaflets and what types were read 2. Books read by officers and enlisted men and reasons they liked these books 3. Conflicts between US Army and ARVN 4. Dissension between officers and enlisted men 5. Deserters in the unit: names, dates, locations, causes 6. Morale, topics of discussion, and factors bothering the military most when serving in remote areas of Vietnam 7. Names, ranks and home states of American soldiers who killed or raped Vietnamese civilians 8. What goods POWs intended to buy and bring back to the US with them when they were transferred. In this way, the VC could determine when a unit was pulling out and could direct the appropriate propaganda at the unit in the hopes that some of it would seep back to the friends and families of the soldiers involved 9. Names and dates of people who had committed self-immolation for antiwar purposes .¢ 74 §$'EGR-EL "~' -' ' ~>~ — — x .. ..-:..;l..,.__ ms 982011 E 1 ")7 . ...\.,€
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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.