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eae8 CONTROLS: : . ue _ i TDCS DB- 3/650, 769 poe BIGHT = “ECRSSTIEATION = BISEMINAY on NOFORN/ CONTINUED. "oWHOL/ xo : ~ lace “EIGHT ~| _C-O-N:F=I-D-E-N-T-1-A-L DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND. USE: : ONLY 4: ‘ue fo _ MONTAGNARD SYTUATION . cede | A. MIXED ANERICAN-GN TEAK m8 CURRENTLY MAKING, A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY oF ; AND ‘TE. RESULTS ARE mate AVAILABLE, ‘FULL STATISTICAL EXPOSITION OF THE ‘PROBLEM | CANNOT BE PROVIDED. iW ‘HE FIRST FOUR, PROVINGES VISITED, (DARLAC, TOvEN ue, ram . DONG, aN NINE, THUAN , > SOME 18, 600. our oF A ‘TorAL, MONTAGNARD POPULATION OF ABOUT . 165 ,000 HAVE ‘NovED auay: FROM TER NORWAL, LIVING ARBAS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. ON THE BASIS OF THE SURVEYS. OF THESE. PROVINCES, “AND ‘SOME SUBSEQUENTL VISITED, “THE - ares "TEAM HAS REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE AAS BEEN EXTENSIVE RELOCATION. OF ‘THE . yorEAGnARDS DURING ri PAST ‘six MONTES, ‘STEMENG FROM A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, | INCLUDING FEAR oF oe ‘VC, RESENTMENT OF TNE (CONFISCATION oF a MoH OF THE 7 Og SUFPLE, a AND A NEW FOUND RESFEOT F FOR iE POWER mE om HAS MANIFESTED IN OBEN ATTACKS AND THE USE OF HBLICOPIERS, im ‘SOME INSTANCES, HOWEVER, MOVEMENT mest ae VB GTR Br Pouca HAS BREN ar TE TWVITATION or THE Gyn in ACCORDANCE WITH ‘LONG-TERM PLANS 70 aaa ae gris & “ag” . Peet . pESETTLE “TRIBEMEN . “THUS, THE _NOVENENT OF" Ba] 300. oF THE ll, (000 KON :AGHARDS IN | a sUrEN Due ‘PROVINCE WAS MADE ar mE INVITATION ‘or. PROVINCIAL L OFFICIALS 10 4 AREAS "ye fet “ aed . . te . * . ia Pays heats wae: what. a Re ‘etline 72 Her OVA leet: all ” rr iene REFUGEES, MANY oF owe al resp oF OF or RBA ‘PROVINSION oF. FOOD AND. ‘OrHER ESSENTIALS, MOST OF THE “PRONTNCRS Vi VISITED oa ARE- NOP ‘con: IOBRED. TO i oO HAVE ReeneY SERUATONS IN IU OF OF NORDAGNARDS NEEDS. 1 Is BRCOHENG . | mo [INGREASINGLY. APPARENT, HOWEVER, “THAT TE cw AND THE U UNITED STATES ARE. PACED WITH |) see ok fe LON AERM ‘PROBLEN-IN- ‘LOOKING APTER UPROOTED: ‘MONTAGNARDS EITHER ‘BY MAKENG SuaseiCATiOn ‘DISSEMINATION CONTROLS wo, toe oS ; “of 4 eet ec cep, ee oe vem ge geo pe ene ee peg ee ge, te ae epee a Te ns tema FeO — eee cee cme va mene ee ee a ne Omer ne Mem ne a
° ° - . - . . , : . ; No * CLASSIFICATION == DISSEMINATION CONTROLS Hot . ow net NOEGRN /CONTLNUED CONTROL/NO Im | | C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L DISSEM ABROAD /BACKGROUND USE =| TDCS DB-3/650,769 | SETTLEMENT IN THE PRESENT LOCATIONS PALATABLE TO THEM, OR PREFERABLY,. IN CREATING CONDITIONS OF SECURITY NECESSARY TO INSPIRE THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCALES. WHATEVER INSPIRATION ‘THEIR ‘MOVEMENT TOWARD GvN- CONTROLLED CENTERS, GVN- | ‘IS FACED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE TO FORGE A NEW AND BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRIBAL PEOPLE. PATLURE TO DO $0 COULD CONCEIVABLY MEAN THE LOSS OF THE ENTIRE PLATEAU AND MOUNTAIN AREAS TO THE COMMUNISTS. | 13. If IS HOPED THAT WHEN THE CURRENT SURVEY IS COMPLETED, THE SITUATION ~ ‘WILL BE CLARIFIED, AND THE GyN AND AMERICAN. AGENCIES WILL HE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD . WITH MORE EXPEDITIOUS ACTION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT BY PROVIDING -AN ALLOCATION OF . FIFTY MILLION PIASTERS DIRECTLY TO THE PROVINCE CHIEFS, A GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN TEALING WITH THE VARYING PROBLEMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONTAGNARDS IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES WILL BE ACHIEVED. 14. FIELD DISSEM.- CINCPAC ARPAC PACAF PACFLT. END OF MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS _ C-O-N-F-1-D-E-N-T-1-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NNO DISSEM ABROAD /BACKGROUND USE ONLY een een ape poem a een ere ua Eee © ayers teen