One would have to be brain-dead, however, to be that dumb. Getting back to the files, all the information needed to make a clear, concise analysis of the Cuban goals, objectives, means and methods were present. The four most notorious Cubans, nicknamed by the POWs but not definitively identified by names, were unquestionably DGI professionals at interrogation techniques. Destatte claimed the POWs were never interrogated for tactical or strategic intelligence. The files show that they were.
Propaganda is an intelligence function.
They were, and former POWs who were in the camp scoff at Destatte's ignorance. The debriefs show that the lead Cuban had a briefing by the Vietnamese Camp Commander every morning. Destatte was told the Vietnamese did not know what the Cubans were doing with the POWs. Dornan hearings, a former JTF-FA officer and past Destatte colleague pointed out that Hanoi had a special Vietnamese propaganda cell in Havana to coordinate materials the Cubans were obtaining in Vietnam. Again, not true.