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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 332 R & S, Southeast Asia Task Force

Reports 4/11-6/13/63. Box 6.

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COPY / OF 10

STATUS REPORT

OF THE

TASK FORCE SOUTHEAST ASIA

COVERT ANNEX - HIGHLIGHTS

CAMBODIA

NORTH VIETNAM

SOUTH VIETNAM

A CIA source in the Chinese Nationalist

diplomatic mission in Saigon has reported

GRC plans to assist dissident Cambodian

leader Son Ngoc Thanh in a political action

campaign against the Sihanouk government.

The GRC is also exploring. Thanh's capability

for penetrating the Cambodian government and

the feasibility of assassinating Sihanouk.

Over 700, 000 CIA-designed leaflets were dropped

into the Haiphong/ Lay Kay areas in April. The

objective of this operation, in addition to familiarizing

the DRV population with the anti-communism symbol

on the leaflets, is to create a diversion within North

Vietnam proper which may dissipate DRV security.

strengths in response to psywar and deception

activities, and thus lessen DRV capability for action

in South Vietnam.

A two-month Civic Action Ministry training course

for 229 montagnard cadres was completed in April.

The first priority of these graduates, in direct

satisfaction of requirements levied by General Rosson

during his visit, is formation of fixed teams for use

at Special Forces camps. Included in the course

were 45. Vietnamese civic action cadre, all tribal

dialect speakers, who will serve as team chiefs.

GROUP 1

Excluded trem auteracti

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