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TITLE Vietnamese Communist Analysis of Efforts
DATE: 6/13/1962
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REPORT NO. TDCS -3/513,760- KAYSEN
SUBJECT VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS
OF INCREASED US MILITARY AID TO
GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM
DATE OF 5 MAY 1962
INFO..
PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (20 MAY 1962)
DATE ACQ.IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THIS IS AN ACCURATE
APPRAISAL TRANSLATION OF A GENUINE COMMUNIST DOCUMENT
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AS HEAD OF AN INTELLIGENCE NET REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF
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1. SET FORTH BELOW IS A TRANSLATION OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION
IN SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) AS VIEWED BY THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (VC). THE AUTHOR
OF THE ANALYSIS, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN EARLY MAY 1962, IS A VC COMPANY COMMANDER
IN BA XUYEN PROVINCE.
2. THE REVOLUTION IN SVN IS PASSING NOW INTO THE PREPARATORY PHASE FOR
A GENERAL OFFENSIVE TO LIBERATE IT (SVN) AND SET UP A PEOPLE'S UNION DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT, BUT AMERICAN INTERVENTION HAS POSTPONED THAT PHASE. THE US' HALF.
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SUCCESS IS DUE TO USE OF COUNTERGUERRILLA TACTICS, BUT MOPPING UP OPERATIONS WILL
LEAD TO DEFEAT BECAUSE (INDISCRIMINATE). KILLINGS WILL PUSH THE PEOPLE TOWARD THE
REVOLUTIONARY PARTY. IN THE FUTURE THE FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SVN, WITH
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ITS HIGH-SACRIFICE SPIRIT AND ITS HATE-AMERICA IDEALS, WILL GET. 90 PERCENT SUPPORT
FROM THE PEOPLE. ON THE MILITARY SIDE, THE US HAS USED ULTRA-MODERN MECHANIZED
WEAPONS TO DESTROY ARMED UNITS BY TACTICS OF AREA PACIFICATION. THUS HARRASSED,
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THE VC ARE NEVER SECURE. THEIR POLICIES MUST NOW AIM AT THE INTERNAL SITUATION AND
AT UPHOLDING THE HARDSHIP-BEARING SPIRIT. MEANWHILE, VC ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
DO NOT YET EXIST, BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF
THE PARTY. ECONOMICALLY, VC AGRARIAN REFORMS HAVE SOLVED THE LAND PROBLEM FOR THE
PEASANTS AND NOW CONSTITUTE THE FOOD SOURCE FOR THE TROOPS AND CADRES. (SOURCE
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COMMENT. VC. AGRARIAN REFORMS" REFER TO THE DE FACTO LAND EXPROPRIATIONS CONDUCTED
BY THE VIET. MINH DURING THE 1945-54 WAR.) FOREST AND SEA RESOURCES ARE STILL
SECONDARY AND BRING IN ONLY SOME SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF TAXES. THE VC ARE MEETING
GREAT DIFFICULTIES AT THE PRESENT TIME, BUT THE SVN PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED BY
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND INTERNAL MILITARY MEASURES, I.E. STRONG ATTACKS. (SOURCE
COMMENT THE SOLUTION THROUGH "INTERNATIONAL POLITICS" REFERS TO THE BELIEF THAT,
IF THE VC CAN MAINTAIN THE PRESENT RELATIVE STALEMATE LONG ENOUGH, THE US WILL TIRE
OF THE STRUGGLE AND SEEK SOME KIND OF NEUTRALIST SOLUTION.)
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