[1]176-10036-10085) | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[5]sh AGENCY : NARA
[6]' RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10085
[7]RECORD SERIES : National Security Files
[8]AGENCY FILE NUMBER : .
[9]ORIGINATOR : CIA
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[12]TITLE : Vietnamese Communist Analysis of Efforts
[13]DATE : 6/13/1962
[14]PAGES : 2
[15]SUBJECTS :
[16]DOCUMENT TYPE :
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[18]RESTRICTIONS :
[19]CURRENT STATUS :
[20]DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000
[21]OPENING CRITERIA : .
[22]COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 6/62. Box 2
[24]. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[26]be This motorlat contains Information. aHecting tho National Dofenta of the United’ States within -the moaning of tha Espionage Laws, Tis
[27]™ and 794, the transmission or revaletion of which in any manner fo an unauthorizod person is prohibited by law.
[29]_C-0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
[31]COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM . - REPORT NO. TDCS 3/513, 166- Aarne
[32]SUBJECT VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS DATE DIsTR. 13 JUNE 1962° ~~ SCHLESINGE
[33]- QP INCREASED US MILITARY, AID- 10 ; SEarion
[34]_ GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM PRECEDENCE ROUTINE ' ~ Sa
[35]DATE OF “5 May 1962 o REFERENCES -PORRESTAL-
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[37]PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (20 ‘MAY 1962)" AAUND ER
[39]* DATE ACQ. .
[40]DATE ACO-TT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THIS 1S AN ACCURATE 51 arpopr No, rvs-75087 OM
[42]. THIS 1S SEV ALUATED aromeaon. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF ‘CONTENT IS TENTATIVE,
[43]SOURCE aN OFFICIAL (C) IN THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, FROM A SOURCE DESCRIBED
[44]AS HEAD OF AN INTELLIGENCE. NET REPORTING DIRECTLY. fre {HE DEPUTY. MINISTER OF -
[45]NATIONAL DEFENSE. =
[46]. Le SET FORTH BELOW is A “TRANSLATION OF AN. ANALYSIS OF ‘THE: PRESENT ‘SITUATION
[47]: .. IN SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN). AS: VIEWED BY THE VIETNAMESE ‘COMMUNISTS - (vc). THE AUTHOR
[48]. OF THE ANALYSIS, _ WHICH WAS ‘WRITTEN IN EARLY MAY 1962, IS A VC COMPANY COMMANDER
[49]IN BA XUYEN PROVINCE. «. . ; . .
[50]; 2. THE REVOLUTION IN SVN is PASSING NOW INTO THE PREPARATORY PHASE FOR -
[51]_ A GENERAL OFFENSIVE 10 LIBERATE rt (svn) AND SET UP A PEOPLE'S UNION DEMOCRATIC’
[52]/ “COVERT, -BUT AMERICAN ‘INTERVENTION HAS POSTPONED THAT PHASE, THE US' HAIF.
[53]; : SUCCESS Is DUE TO. USE OF COUNTERGUERRILLA ° TACTICS, BUT MOPPING UP OPERATIONS WILL
[54]‘LEAD ‘fO DEFEAT BECAUSE (INDISCRIMINATE). KILLINGS WILL PUSH -THE PEOPLE TOWARD ‘THE -
[56]"REVOLUTIONARY PARTY. IN, THE’ FUTURE THE FRONU.FOR THE: LIBERATION OF SVN, WITN
[58]= CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS H
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[68]CLASSIFICATION == DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
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[72]Hb one. Lt -D-E-N-T-I-A-L “Seharg/cormmnep CONTROL
[74]oa r9s. HIGH-SACRIF ICR ‘SPIRIT ‘AND, ms EATE-A -AMERICA IDEALS >. WILL GET. 90 F PERCENT SUPPOR? |
[75]FROM THE PEOPLE.‘ “ON THE MILITARY ‘SIDE ;THE us HAS USED ULTRA-MODERN NECHANTZED
[77]1 WEAPONS bie) DESTROY. ARMED UNITS, BY ‘TACTICS OF AREA PACIFICATION. THUS HARASSED, ae |
[79]. me ve ARE NEVER SECURE, THEIR POLICIES MUST NOW AIM AT THE INTERNAL SITUATION. AND + :
[81]* AP’ UPHOLDING. TE HARDSHIP -BEARING SPIRIT. . MEANWHILE, VC. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS 7 ;
[82]09 NOT YET EXIST, BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE REVOLUTIONARY, SPIRIT OF~ _
[84]“THE: PARTY. ECONOMICALLY, VC AGRARIAN REFORMS HAVE SOLVED THE LAND PROBLEM FOR THE | - .
[86]. PEASANTS AND NOW CONSTITUTE THE FOOD SOURCE FOR, THE TROOPS AND CADRES. (SOURCE ;
[88]: COMMENT. YC. AGRARIAN REFORMS" REFER TO THE DE FACTO.LAND EXPROPRIATIONS ‘CONDUCTED
[90]> BY. THE VIET. MINE DURING THE 1945-54 WAR. ). -FOREST. AND SEA RESOURCES. ARE STILL -
[92]SECONDARY AND BRING IN ONLY. SOME SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF ‘TAXES. THE VC ARE MEETING
[94]-. GREAT DIFFICULTIES AT THE PRESENT TIME, BUT THE SVN PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED BY
[96]> EWTERNATTONAL POLITICS AND INTERNAL MILITARY MEASURES, I.E. .STRONG ATTACKS. (source
[98]“coment! TE SOLUTION THROUGH "INTERNATIONAL POLITICS" REFERS TO THE BELIEF ‘THAT,
[100]iF TE ve CaN MAINTAIN: TE ‘PRESENT RELATIVE STALEMATE LONG SNOW, THE US ‘WILL TIRE
[102]oF a TE STRUGGLE AND ‘SEEK sone xaND oF NEUIRALIST ‘SoWwTION.)
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