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US naval aviator in North Vietnam in August 1964, Dao directly
supervised US POW affairs under the MND General Political
Department's Enemy Proselytizing Department (CDV). He specifi-
cally supervised the CDV's, Policy Office, which was responsible for
US, Allied and ARVN POWs and their exploitation. Dao had the
authority to grant foreign newsmen and other foreigners access to US
POWs for interviews during psychological warfare exhibitions and
press conferences in Hanoi. He was also an approving authority for
determining which US POWs were to be released early. Dao was
concurrently a member of the MND Central Military Party Affairs
Committee and a standing member of the Central Military Party
Affairs Committee of the VCP Central Committee. In February 1974,
he was the deputy secretary of the VCP Central Military Affairs
Committee, which established policy guidelines for the CDV as well
as for the MND General Political Department's Military Security
Department (Cuc Bao Ve Quan Doi/CBV). On 27 May 1974, he was
promoted to rank of lieutenant general. Following the Fourth
National VCP Congress in December 1976, he was cited as holding
the positions of official VCP Central Committee member, standing
member of the Central Committee's Central Military Affairs
Committee, member of the Central Committee's Control Committee
Secretariat, and as a deputy secretary of the Hanoi City Party
Committee. In August 1971, he was the political officer of the
Forward PAVN Laos Front also known as B70 Corps. In December
1971, he was cited as a member of the Fatherland Front Secretariat.
Between January 1978 and September 1974, he directly supervised
DRV and PRC delegations to the Four and Two Power Joint Military
(Ceasefire) Delegations in Saigon. He supervised directly the activities
of the MND General Political Department's CBV Paris Agreement
Implementation Office (Office 42B), which had the mission of
monitoring enemy actions in fulfilling the articles of the January 1978
Paris Ceasefire Accords, and of drafting appropriate countermeasures
for implementation. In this activity, Dao relied heavily upon CBV
Director Major General Tran Kinh Chi. Through Chi, who briefed
and debriefed returning DRV and PRG delegates, Dao kept abreast of
activities performed by them in Saigon, and also personally briefed
and debriefed senior DRV and PRG delegates on their activities in
Saigon.
Nguyen Luong Dao, deputy chief, Ouang Da Special Region Party
Committee Enemy and Military~Proselytizing Section, concurrent
head, Penetration Cum 2, 1969 to 1974. Born about 1927 in Hoi An
Village, Hieu Nhon District, Ouang Nam Province, Central Vietnam,
Dao joined the revolution as an Indochinese Communist Party
member in late 1945, and operated as a military cadre during the
1945-1954 French Resistance War in Region 5. In 1954/1955, he
regrouped to North Vietnam and became a factory director. In 1969,
he infiltrated South Vietnam and became the deputy chief of the
Ouang Da Special Region'stEnemy and Military Proselytizing Section
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