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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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the CDV headquarters in Hanoi, he was sent to South Vietnam in July
1968 and was assigned to the Region 5 EMPS headquarters as its sole
Korean linguist. There, he was responsible for reviewing North
Korean—produced psychological warfare leaflets for distribution by
subordinate Region 5 EMPS echelons; drafted other Korean-language
leaftlets for distribution against Republic of Korea (ROK) forces in
Region 5; and conducted Korean-language courses for Region 5 EMPS
cadres. Hoat was concurrently attached to the Quang Da Special
Region (ODSR) Party Committee's EMPS Propaganda Subsection as
its sole Korean translator, drafting Korean-language leaflets for
distribution. His presence with -
the Region 5 EMPS and its
subordinate QDSR EMPS was kept secret from a North Korean team
assigned to the Region 5 headquarters to assist the Region 5 EMPS in
targeting ROK forces in its area of jurisdiction.
Le Hue alias Ut Hue, Deputy Commander, SVNLA Political Staff
Department Enemy Proselytizing Office Policy Section’s Inter-Unit A
camp system for US/foreign civilian and military POWs, 1965 to
1970. Born about 1930 in Long Xuyen Province, delta area of South
Vietnam, he was a regroupee who held the rank of CDV captain.
Between 1965 and June 1968, he commanded the Enemy Proselytiz-
ing Office Policy Section's Inter-Unit A camp system. He was its
deputy commander between June 1968 and April 1970, when he
became the commander of another Enemy Proselytizing Office
Policy Section POW camp system for US/foreign civilian and
military POWs.
Luu Van Loi, Director, MND Political Staff Enemy Proselytizing
Office, 1948 to 1950. Born about 1920 in Nam Ha Province, North
Vietnam. Nothing is known of Loi's revolutionary activities until
1948, when he was cited as the director of the MND Political Staff's
Enemy Proselytizing Office (Phong Dich Van/PDV). Loi held this
position until 1950, when he was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Do
Quyen alias Luu Quyen as the PDV director. His activities between
1950 and 1967 are unknown. Loi was assigned periodically to the
DRV Paris Peace Talks Delegation and to the DRV/ US Economic
Talks Delegation between December 1968 and February 1974. Prior
to these postings in Paris, Loi held the rank of colonel and served as
the DRV Embassy military attache in Moscow. While posted in Paris,
Loi had a compartmented operational funds account maintained by
the DRV Embassy’s Central Intelligence Department (CTB) Center
Security Group, and was of sufficient importance to warrant the
assignment of a CTB Center Security Group chauffeur. Between 28
January and March 1973, he held the rank of senior colonel as the
deputy chief of the DRV delegation to the F our-Power Joint Military
(Ceasefire) Commission in Saigon. In September 1975, he was cited as
an "assistant" to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Phi Long alias Sau Phi Long, Staff Assistant, SVNLA Political Staff
Department Enemy Proselytizing Office's Policy (POW) Section,
1968 to 1970. Born about 1930 in Kien Hoa Province, delta area of
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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.