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TITLE Opposition in Khanh Hoa Province
DATE: 9/13/1962
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SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT
1. OPPOSITION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE TO ARMING DATE DISTR. 13 SEPTEMBER
MOUNTAIN TRIBESMEN AND TO THE STRATEGIC
HAMLET PROGRAM
2. CONFLICT AMONG PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES
LATE AUGUST 1962
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (3 SEPTEMBER 1962)
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PRECEDENCE
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REFERENCES
1962
ITH-BUNDY
DUNGAN
KAYSEN
INTELBUFF
_PETERSEN
SCHLESINGER
TAYLOR
FIELD REPORT NO. FVS. 7923 BELK
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT TS TENTATIVE.
A MEDIUM-LEVEL OFFICIAL (c) IN: THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION. OF VIETNAMESE SON
KLEIN
KOMER
RASKIN
SAUNDERS
i. ON 29 AUGUST 1962 BUI BO, GENERAL SECRETARY, KHANH HOA PROVINCE
COUNCIL, GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF VIETNAMESE LABOR (CVTC), AND MEMBER
OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE, REPORTED TO CVTC HEADQUARTERS THAT KHANH
HOA PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN POLICY
OF ECONOMIC AID, TRAINING, AND ARMS FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE. THESE
AUTHORITIES FEAR THAT THE TRIBESMEN MAY INDISCRIMATELY KILL INNOCENT ·
VIETNAMESE, ESPECIALLY IN CASES WHERE THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS
MINGLE WITH THE LOCAL POPULACE.
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2. BO ALSO SAID THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE ARE OPPOSED
TO THE STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
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PROVIDE TOO MUCH WORK, MATERIAL, AND MONEY. THIS OPPOSITION HAS
BECOME SO STRONG THAT PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED ORDERS´
FORBIDDING ADDITIONAL DEMANDS FOR LABOR, MATERIAL, OR CASH.
3. BO REPORTED CONFLICT BETWEEN COMPETING FACTIONS IN THE
PROVINCE, WHICH THE PROVINCE CHIEF, MAJOR LE TAP, IS UNABLE TO
HANDLE. THE DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR SECURITY, BA (FNU), A
CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL TON THAT DINH, COMMANDING
GENERAL, 11 CORPS, IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN TẠP. TRUONG DINH CÁC,
WHO HOLDS THE POSITION OF DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR ECONOMIC MATTERS,
A POSITION NOT NORMALLY FOUND IN PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, IS THE
REAL POWER IN THE PROVINCE. CAC WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PROVINCE BY
NGO DINH CAN, BROTHER OF PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM AND POLITICAL
LEADER OF CENTRAL VIETNAM, FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF BRINGING ALLDAT
MAJOR PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF CAN AND E
HIS FACTION IN THE CAN LAO PARTY. BO DESCRIBED THE DEPUTY PROVINCE O
CHIEF FOR ADMINISTRATION, YANG (FNU), AS A GOOD MAN BUT COMPLETELY
•LACKING IN AUTHORITY..
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