‘(176-10036-10080 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM : TO: TITLE : DATE : :3 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : . COMMENTS : PAGES JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM 5 e008 009488 HE 88S AF EEG 6 SES DD Ps DD pF OE EE EE PE am CPx OR On OOP 00 OO an SS GE WES GD SS SR DG ED OD NARA 176-10036-10080 National Security Files Program to sample peasant attitudes and opinions 9/10/2000 ‘ National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 9/62. Box 2
a A - C ae 7 - ¢ Co in. Saetal | Ss Sait hed. Wesson Nuk-93- 10) a ey | Wet ‘ CURRENT: RESULTS cl lpnoondie £0 SAMPLE PEASANT APTITODES 4ND OPINIONS The following is a sumiation of the results of the first five months of a progran designed to. sample peasant. ‘attitudes ° and. opinions in South Vietnam: . The’ Government of Vietnam. (GYR) | The: peasants. attitude tovards: the ern varies’ considerably from village to village, depending: On the: ‘aiount: of eontrol exercised by the: govern ; ment. and/or the Viet. Cong. ‘Even: in those areas undér complete, “ov donination, however, there. is: feeling: ‘that, the: one lacks: oe “e loyal. “honest "éadre capable. OF: helping anid leading the - | :  peeple: at: ‘the: eest. level, “The GVN has ‘failed to. elininate. = _eérrapt. @lénéute: in the middie: and lower. Sénelons of the: “Goverunent, ‘despite ‘the ‘tact: -that there is still indication . “ot: respect ‘f6r President Dien's. motives and honesty. YO oe - Strategie Hailiote: Certain: resentment. has ar ison over the | condtzustigon’6 of Strategie hanlets particularly those to wilich " -yillegers- ard. moved ‘forcibly. ‘There has. been. evidence of. ‘official: corraption in the execution of, the: Strategic Hantots ay program and vet “resentment exists toward forced lebor and: “foreed. finawete1. “eontribution te the: progran.. ‘The: basic. peasant” desire: is security. ‘Next. ig: to. be leet alsa: by both. ‘the: Gun te tt ar ad The eb Sh Ea and the ve. ‘In ‘Gases where: the avr has: “been able to provide. . security the Besant has ‘tended, to be Bre: governnoat. ; Sep os
MERE ry imeticans. ‘on the positave side, Americans: are generally | well regarded by the Vietamese armed forces for their contri-.. butions" in. ‘the: form of military aid, road construction etc. Bone Vietnanese peasants ; OF. the other hand, are inclined to pelieve: the. ‘fner‘cans have come: to replace the French. This: 468 perhaps. & mansif festation of the: fact that. the Vietnamese,” by natiire , are: often deeply prejudiced against foreigners. "aay ove over, “the: past, six months. as ; increased igrteas, nilitery aad naw: ‘begun t 7 > ° ‘opposition. to: the: Self=Defonde . Corpa (ne) 1 rons ‘high due te - "peasants who: are: exposed to coumunist propaganda: and control. Veity- ‘Little. evidence. of Amér ican, aid has. as: yet. reached gone Armed Férdes Horale has much. taprovel. iin. ‘the. Vietnamosé ms c " Pessiasit! RE thie fact, that: ‘the ‘Spe. is: poorly paid and. has: a tendency to "Live "oft the Yona, ‘stenting £004. ‘arid woueD. from ‘the villigers. . tn adidition, ‘training and torale. in the. ane xensia low. The: Givi Guard stands sonewhere between the. army and the: sp¢ tn morale: with & proportionate decrease An. peasant resentnont . of ine Civil duard. These opinions are. in direct proportion, to the equipment,” “pay ecales 4 and ‘degree: of. discipline ‘of. the ° “thires gervices.. Viet: Cong, the strength at the Viet Cone. Gan ‘bast: ‘be - von wea anam inne «wake Ostnte void AR at ay aE ten “Sect TE ae he LATE tate Bact Sih et EE SE, et aS
SECRET explained by the latkadaisical attitude of the peasants — ( ettatan toward both the ve and. the own. In areas where both. bides exéreise control over’ a. village: ‘(the vc at: night and: thé vi. |, during: the day). there ig a tendency to. fear the ve, ‘pay’ their taxdé;~and -do thotr chores, but to: have nore respect! for. the omy program whic is nore often colistructive rather than de Hontagnainds’ ‘The tendency has been for the Hontagnard . 7 tribesmen to. swing’ toward ‘opposition to the vc and attempt to -  gecept. arms to defend thenselves against them. . Onuthe. other ‘hand the Hontaguards do. not care for the Vietnatiese etunic group: a8! .2 whole, be they communist or ethervide. we ieee ee