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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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--1-—\———-kw —-~ -—:_——‘~ ~ -~ - "7'_'*7-)T_j\'4.f*r_,.g_*'_.-Y _ ’ ‘ 2=' " -5-E-GR-ET- components had over 50,000 agent assets down to the village level. CDV fifth column assets contributed greatly to the disintegration of ARVN forces during the 1975 “Great Spring Victory” PAVN offensive. Background and Development The origins of the CDV can be traced back to the period following Ho Chi Minh's establishment on 19 May 1941 of the Vietnam Independence League (Viet-Nam Doc-Lap Dong~Minh Hoi/Viet Minh). V0 Nguyen Giap, currently the SRV Minister of National Defense and a VCP Politburo member, was tasked with making preparations for an armed insurrection‘ and the development of guerrilla bases for Hoi Chi Minh’s Indochinese Communist Party'(ICP). Giap proceeded to create a covert intelligence apparatus by converting his guerrilla units into armed propaganda units. Through the use of selected terrorism, Giap's armed propaganda apparatus forced other Vietnamese nationalist and ethnic minority groups to join the -Viet Minh in providing logistical support and in collecting tactical military intelligence on Japanese and Vichy French forces. It was from Giap's clandestine apparatus that the future Vietnamese military intelligence, enemy military proselytizing, and military security services took root and expanded. On 22 December 1944, Ho Chi Minh signed an official directive which established the “Armed Propaganda Brigade for the Liberation of Vietnam" under the command of Giap. Formed by Giap with a core of 34 elite cadres, the Armed Propaganda Brigade engaged in proselytizing and intelligence collection activities. In April 1945, an ICP Politiburo conference resulted in the consolidation of guerrilla forces into a Vietnamese Liberation Army under the command of Giap. The Vietnamese Liberation Army was then organized into staffs. Van Tien Dung headed the political staff which included subordinate military security (bao ve) and enemy proselytizing (dich van) sections. On 2 September 1945, Ho Chi Minh announced the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV). On 22 March 1946, DRV Decrees No. 33 and 71 officially established the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Decree No. 71 formalized the PAVN staff organization and authorized the organization of a political officer system in PAVN. The PAVN Political Staff, headed by Van Tien Dung, became the highest organ in PAVN for ensuring party control. Its Civilian Proselytizing (Dan Van), Enemy Proselytizing (Dich Van) and Military Security (Bao Ve Ouan Doi) Sections ensured the coordination of military intelligence with party objectives‘ and the internal security of the armed forces. Close coordination existed between these PAVN Political Staff components, the PAVN General Staff Military Intelligence Department (Cuc Ouan Bao), and the civilian DRV Directorate General for Public Security (Tong Nha Cong An/TNCA). The French Resistance War: I946 to 1954 When hostilities between the DRV and the French came to a head on 19 December 1946, Giap's'PAVN attacked French garrisons throughout Vietnam and the DRV Government withdrew from Hanoi to Viet Bac Province to set 2 _ iSEGR-Fl’- .. ._______._..._ -----.____.__- \ '7-3| mm 092011 --~-- '14 /
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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.