CIA RESEARCH REPORTS VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by Paul Kesaris. Guide Compiled by Robert Lester

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1 CIA RESEARCH REPORTS Vietnam and Southeast A

2 CIA RESEARCH REPORTS VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by Paul Kesaris Guide Compiled by Robert Lester A Microfilm Project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD Copyright 1983 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN

3 ACRONYMS ARVN DRV FANK GVN MACV NVA PAVN PRC RITS WIDF Army of the Republic of Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) Force Armee Nationale Khmer (Cambodian Army) Government of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Military Assistance Command, Vietnam North Vietnamese Army People's Army of Vietnam People's Republic of China Reconnaissance Intelligence Technical Squadron Women's International Democratic Federation

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Reel Index 1 Reel! Southeast Asia 1 Cambodia 3 Laos 4 Reel II Laos cont 6 Thailand 8 Democratic Republic of Vietnam 8 Reel III Democratic Republic of Vietnam cont 11 Republic of Vietnam 12 Reel IV Republic of Vietnam cont 15 ReelV Republic of Vietnam cont 19 Reel VI Republic of Vietnam cont 24 Reel VII Republic of Vietnam cont 27 Subject Index 31

5 REEL INDEX Reel I Southeast Asia 1946 Frame 0001 Report: Chinese Minorities in Southeast Asia. December 2. 8pp Report: The Crisis in Indochina. February 10.10pp Report: Consequences to the U.S. of Communist Domination of Mainland Southeast Asia. October 13.12pp Report: Indochina: Current Situation and Probable Developments. December 29. 5pp Report: Probable Developments in Indochina During the Remainder of August 7.10pp Report: Probable Developments in Indochina Through Mid March 3.10pp Report: Probable Developments in Indochina Through Mid June 4.15pp Report: Communist Capabilities in Indochina. May 25.19pp Report: Communist Reaction to Certain U.S. Courses of Action with Respect to Indochina. June 15.16pp Report: The Outlook in Mainland Southeast Asia. March 28.17pp Memo: Chinese Nationalist Irregulars in Southeast Asia. July 29. 3pp.

6 Report: Communist Objectives, Capabilities, and Intentions in Southeast Asia. February pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Highlights. N.D. 2pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Highlights. October pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Highlights. November pp Memo: Or. Bernard B. Fall. N.0.4pp Memo: Possible Rapprochement between North and South Vietnam. September 19. 5pp Information Cable: Instructions to the New Polish I.C.C. Chief in Saigon Regarding Polish Policy in Southeast Asia. January 27.3pp Report: Short-Term Prospects in Southeast Asia. February 12.11pp Information Cable: French Views on the Situation in Southeast Asia. February 24. 4pp Memo: The Situation in Southeast Asia. May 18. 4pp Information Cable: Statements of a Vietnamese Communist Cell Leader on the Situation in Southeast Asia. June 8.4pp Memo: Communist Military Posture and Capabilities vis-fe-vis Southeast Asia. December 31.8pp Memo: France's Recent Role in Vietnam Discussions. February 23.3pp Information Cable: Attitude of Permanent U.N. Representatives to the Vietnam Crisis. March 26.3pp Information Cable: Presentation of Petition of Vietnam to U.N. Secretary-General U Thant. March 31.2pp Foreign Broadcast Information Services Report: Chinese Communist References to Intervention in Vietnam. April 7.9pp Foreign Broadcast Information Services Report: Soviet References to Intervention in Vietnam. April 7.9pp Information Cable: Hungarian Diplomat's Comments on Vietnam. May 14.3pp Letter: The U.S. and Southeast Asia. July 20.5pp Information Cable: Comments of the Chinese Charge D'Affaires, in Paris, on the Vietnam Crisis. January 18.3pp Report: The Chinese Communists Brace for Possible Spread of the Indochina War. February 12.9pp Memo: Impressions from East Asia. April 13.6pp Memo: Communist Reactions to Certain U.S. Courses of Action. March 13.13pp Report: North Vietnamese Intentions in Indochina. June pp.

7 Cambodia Report: Probable Developments in Cambodia to July August 16.11pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Cambodia. July p Memo: Cambodia Economic Effects of U.S. Aid Withdrawal. December 19.2pp Memo: Cambodia. December 19. 4pp Report: The Situation in Cambodia. December 20.6pp Information Cable: Cambodian Decision on Reprisals and other Steps to be taken in Light of Recent Border Incidents. October 26.4pp Information Cable: Planned Visit of a U.N. Official to Cambodia to Attempt to Open a Line of Communication with the Viet Cong. April 20. 2pp Information Cable: Cambodian Interest in a Geneva Type Conference. April 23.3pp Information Cable: The Convening of a Conference to Guarantee the Neutrality of Cambodia. April 26. 2pp Memo: Communist Positions on a New Geneva Conference on Cambodia. April 26. 4pp Information Cable: Possible Cambodian Withdrawal from the U.N. May 3.2pp Information Cable: Background Information on the May 5 Cambodian Note to the U.S. May 5. 6pp Information Cable: Sihanouk's Decision on Participation of the Government of Vietnam in a Cambodian Conference. May 14. 3pp Information Cable: Soviet Desire to Bring the Vietnamese Conflict to the U.N. Security Council. May 28. 2pp Information Cable: Cambodian Queen Mother's Opposition to a Diplomatic Break with the U.S. June 9. 2pp Memo: Cambodia and the Viet Cong. December 22.18pp Information Cable: Reported Viet Cong Movement of Ten American Prisoners into Cambodia. December 26.1p Information Cable: Viet Cong Prison for American Prisoners Reportedly in Cambodia. February 15.1 p Information Report: Report on a Viet Cong Prison Camp. January 2. 2pp Information Report: Viet Cong Elements and Units in Kanchay Mea District. September 30. 4pp.

8 0378 Information Report: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Use of Cambodian Army Prisoners for Transport Work in Kratie Province. December pp Information Report: North Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge Administered Concentration Camp and Headquarters Facility. January pp Information Report: Reported American Casualties and Grave Sites in Kratie Province. March. 5pp DOD Message: Report Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Troop Locations and Prison Camp. May. 3pp Information Report: Location of Viet Cong Prison Camp in Cambodia. July. 2pp Information Cable: Khmer Communist Prison Camp and Personalities. October 9. 5pp Information Cable: Location of Viet Cong Machine Shop and Weapons Repair Shop; also a Prison Camp. November 26.2pp Information Cable: Khmer Communist Execution of an American Prisoner. N.D. 6pp Information Cable: Status of Vietnamese Army Operations into Cambodia. March 17. 4pp Information Cable: Khmer Communist Detention of Foreign Journalists and FANK Personnel. March. 4pp Information Report: Khmer Communist Educational and Indoctrinational Activities. April. 4pp Information Report: Location and Treatment of ARVN Prisoners at a North Vietnamese Prison Camp in Cambodia. May 19.5pp Information Report: North Vietnamese Prison Camp for ARVN Prisoners of War in Cambodia. May. 2pp Information Report: Reported Harsh Treatment of Prisoners of War by Khmer Communists. August. 6pp Information Report: Report of Khmer Communist Leaders, Prison, and other Facilities in Section 37. January. 5pp Information Report: Report of U.S. Journalists Executed by Khmer Communists. March 1.6pp Information Report: Organization and Treatment of Prisoners in Khmer Communist Prison Camps. June. 4pp Report: The Examination of the Intelligence Community's Performance Before and During the Mayaguez Incident of May August. 20pp. Laos Report: Probable Developments in Laos to July July 26.12pp Information Report: After Laos, South Vietnam. June. 2pp.

9 Report: Relative Military Capabilities of Opposing Forces in Laos. January 11. 5pp Report: Relative Military Capabilities of Opposing Forces in Laos Supplement. January 31.5pp Information Report: Reported Viet Cong Prisoner of War Camp. February 20.5pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force of Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Laos: July p Information Report: Situation Report. April 8. 4pp Cable: Plaine Des Jarres Situation. April 20. 4pp Information Report: Accounts of the Shooting Down of a Supply Plane. September 7. 3pp Information Report: Status of the Survivors of the C-46 Plane Crash and Pathet Lao Plans for Them. September 29. 6pp Information Report: Condition of the Survivors of the C-46 Plane Crash. October 12. 2pp Report: The Situation in Laos. November 1. 7pp Information Report: Report of Possible Coup d'etat. December 5. 2pp Information Report: Situation Report as of 2400 hrs. December 5. 2pp Information Cable: Enemy Gains and Pathet Lao Armed Forces Counterattack Plans. January 17. 5pp Information Cable: Pathet Lao Presence near Thakhek. January 29. 2pp Cable: Cross-Border Operations. February 4.1p Memo: Operations into Laos. February 7. 2pp Memo: North Vietnamese Violations of the Geneva Agreements on Laos. May 20.9pp Report: Probable Consequences of Certain U.S. Actions with Respect to Vietnam and Laos. May 25.17pp Report: The Laotian National Liberation Government Organization. June 22.11pp Memo: The Effectiveness of T-28 Strikes in Laos. June 26. 2pp Information Cable: Reported Execution of an American Pilot. June 26.1p Working Paper: The Structure of Communist Organizations in Laos as of March October pp Memo: The Communist Reaction to BARREL ROLL Missions. December 29.5pp Cable: Situation Report. December 29.1p Memo: Comments on Reported Possible Coup Attempt. December 30.2pp Memo: Communist Troop Movements in Laos. January 13. 5pp Memo: Communist Buildup in Laos. January 16. 5pp Intelligence Brief: Effects of the Weather on Air Operations over Laos and North Vietnam. April. 13pp Information Cable: Report of Two American Pilots Being Held Captive. May. 2pp Information Cable: Reported Capture of an American Pilot. May 9. 2pp Information Cable: Reported Imprisonment of Three American Pilots. N.D Information Cable: Pathet Lao Account of Seeing American Prisoners. August. 4pp.

10 Reel II Laos cont Information Cable: Information on Captured American Pilots. January 16.6pp Information Cable: Information on Captured American Pilots. February 12.3pp Information Cable: Use of Prisoners and the Conscription of People to Work on Caves in Prison Areas. February 10.1 p Information Cable: Establishment of Major Pathet Lao Political and Military Headquarters near Sam Neua. March 24.3pp Information Cable: Information on Captured American Pilots. March. 3pp Information Report: Reported Presence of American Pilots near Sam Neua. March. 3pp Information Report: Escaped Prisoner's Description of his Prison. August. 3pp Information Cable: Report from a Defector on American Prisoners. August. 6pp Information Cable: Report of Prisoners being Held in a Cave. August. 2pp Information Cable: Reported Death of an American Pilot. September. 2pp Information Cable: Report on American and Thai Prisoners. September 27.4pp Information Cable: Reported Death of an American Pilot. October. 2pp Information Cable: Report on American Prisoners. November 23.3pp Information Cable: Escaped Prisoner's Description of a Pathet Lao Prison. December 8.7pp Information Cable: Report on Enemy Installations near a Prison Camp. December 9. 3pp Information Cable: Escaped Prisoner's Description of a Pathet Lao Prison. December 19.2pp Information Cable: Report on Prisoners Being Held at Ban Thaphachon. December. 4pp Information Cable: Debriefing of Escaped Pathet Lao Ralliers. January 3.2pp Information Cable: Debriefing of Freed Prisoners. January 7.4pp Information Cable: Freeing of Prisoners held by the Pathet Lao. January 8. 2pp Information Cable: Relative Location of where American Pilots were Held Prisoners. February 1.3pp Information Cable: Visit of Souphanouvong to Three American Prisoners held in a Cave. February 1.3pp Information Cable: Location of Pathet Lao Prison. February. 1p Information Cable: Location of Pathet Lao Prison. February. 2pp Information Cable: Location of Two Pathet Lao Prisons. April. 2pp Information Cable: Escaped Prisoner's Account of His Capture and the Prison where He was Held. April 11.8pp Information Cable: Use of American Prisoners for Propaganda Purposes. April 22. 2pp Information Cable: Report on the Capture of Six American and Two Thai Pilots by the Pathet Lao. April 25.2pp Information Cable: Report on the Capture of an American Pilot. May 30. 2pp.

11 0095 Information Cable: Report on the Capture of Two American Pilots. May. 3pp Information Cable: Location of an Enemy Prison and other Installations. June. 2pp Information Cable: Location of the NLHS Administrative Headquarters. June. 2pp Information Cable: Account of the Liberation of Three Prisoners. June. 4pp Information Cable: Location and Conditions of a Pathet Lao Prison. June 21. 5pp Information Cable: Reported Sighting of Captured American Pilots. June. 2pp Information Cable: Report on the Location and Conditions at a Pathet Lao Prison. June. 4pp Information Cable: Location of a Pathet Lao Prison. July. 1p Information Cable: Report of American Pilots being Held Prisoner in Sam Neua. July 20. 2pp Information Cable: Location of a Pathet Lao Prison. August. 2pp Information Cable: Report on Enemy Prisons in Laos. September 1. 5pp Information Cable: Pathet Lao Order for the Release of Some Prisoners. September 18.1 p Information Cable: Location of the Crash of a U.S. Airplane. September. 2pp Information Cable: Report on the Crash of a U.S. Airplane. September 2pp Information Cable: Propaganda Display of Four American Pilots. January. 3pp Information Cable: Locations of Four Enemy Prisons in Southern Laos. March. 5pp Information Cable: Relocation of the Ban Na Dene Prison. May 10. 2pp Information Cable: Location of a Pathet Lao Prison. June. 2pp Information Cable: Location of Enemy Installations. July 3.2pp Information Cable: Location of a Pathet Lao Prison. August 1. 2pp Information Cable: Conditions of the Road System near some Enemy Installations. August. 3pp Information Cable: Estimated Enemy Prison Facilities in Laos. October 15.3pp Information Cable: Location and Conditions of a Pathet Lao Prison and the Results of Air Strikes. November. 4pp Information Cable: Location. Organization, and Administration of a Pathet Lao Prison. December. 2pp Information Cable: Report on Air America Pilots being Held in Sam Neua. January. 2pp Information Cable: Report on the NLHS Administrative and Political Apparatus and Activities. January. 4pp Information Cable: Estimated Enemy Prison Facilities in Laos. January 25. 3pp Information Cable: Enemy Prisons and Civilian Morale. January 27. 3pp Information Cable: North Vietnamese Troop Dispositions and Facilities in Laos. March. 7pp Information Cable: Location of Prison for American Inmates. June. 3pp Information Cable: Pathet Lao and Leftist Neutralist Organizations. June. 3pp Information Cable: Estimated Enemy Prison Order of Battle in Laos. July 25.4pp Information Cable: Location of a Pathet Lao Prison. August. 3pp Information Cable: Estimated Enemy Prison Order of Battle for Laos. October pp.

12 Information Cable: Details of American Prisoners Captured by the Pathet Lao. N.D. 3pp Information Cable: Low Pathet Lao Morale, Economic, and Propaganda Situation. August. 3pp Information Cable: Agreement between the LPDR to Ship Opium to the U.S.S.R. in Exchange for Medical Supplies. August. 2pp. Thailand Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Thailand. November p Information Report: Security Situation in Thailand. March 23.6pp Information Report: Prime Minister Sarit's Medical Condition. December 7.2pp Information Report: Death of Prime Minister Sarit. December 8.1 p Information Report: Selection of a New Prime Minister. December B. 2pp Information Cable: Sweeping Changes in the New Prime Minister's Government. March 20.2pp Information Cable: Army Alert and Possible Coup Attempt. August 28.1 p Memo: Insurgency in Thailand. October 30.27pp. Democratic Republic of Vietnam Information Report: The Penitentiary System in North Vietnam. July 17.14pp Information Report: The Debriefing of an Escapee/Defector from North Vietnam. October 9.3pp Information Report: Report on Lam Son Prison. December. 3pp Information Report: Moong Bon Prison Camp. January. 1p Information Report: Status of the African-European Agricultural Site in Ha Tay Province. December. 3pp Report: North Vietnam's Military Establishment. December 27.10pp Memo: Supplement to the Weekly Report. March 29.1 p.

13 0292 Report: North Vietnamese Control of the Communist Front in South Vietnam. April 3. 10pp Memo: North Vietnamese Violations of the Geneva Agreements on Vietnam. June pp Report: The Hanoi-Directed National Liberation Front for South Vietnamese Liberation. July 10.10pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 6.11pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 8.6pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 10.8pp Information Cable: North Vietnamese Viewpoints on the Vietnamese Situation. August 12.3pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 12.6pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 13. 5pp Memo: The North Vietnamese Crisis as of 1300 hrs. August 14.5pp Memo: Communist Reaction to Increased U.S. Pressure Against North Vietnam. September 9.7pp Memo: Delivery of Surface-to-Air (SAM) Missile Equipment to North Vietnam. February 10.2pp Memo: Demonstrations Against U.S. Embassies in Support of North Vietnam. February 17. 4pp Report: Communist Reactions to Possible U.S. Courses of Action Against North Vietnam. February 18.12pp Information Cable: Results of Air Strikes Against North Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Reactions. February 21. 4pp Memo: The Current Position of Hanoi and Peking on a Negotiated Settlement in Vietnam. February 23. 4pp Memo: Reported Air Strike Damage to North Vietnam. March 6.5pp Memo: Peking-Hanoi Differences over Doctrine and Strategy for the Viet Cong. April 2. 21pp Information Cable: Living Conditions in Hanoi in Late April May 2.3pp Memo: The DRV Attitude Toward Free Elections in Vietnam. May 11. 3pp Cable: Second SAM-2 Site under Construction near Hanoi. May 12.1 p Information Cable: Debriefing of an Indian Resident of Hanoi on the Bombings of North Vietnam. May. 3pp Memo: Communist Air Reaction to U.S. Strikes in North Vietnam. May 21. 4pp Cable: Nature of the Communist Jet Fighter Reaction During the U.S. Leaflet Drop. May 21.1 p Information Cable: Statements on North Vietnamese Problems Resulting from the American Bombing. June 3. 3pp Memo: Communist Bloc Reaction to U.S. Statements on the Use of U.S. Ground Forces in Combat in South Vietnam. June 15. 3pp Memo: Evolution of the Communist Positions Concerning Negotiations. June 21. 2pp Memo: Prospects for Communist Use of Air-to-Air Missiles over Vietnam. June 23. 5pp Memo: Status Report on SAMs in North Vietnam. June 29.5pp.

14 0479 Memo: CIA Appreciation of SAM-2 Activity in North Vietnam During Late July. August 1.7pp Information Cable: Statements on Alleged North Vietnamese Interest in Negotiations. September 1.2pp Memo: Increased Communist Capabilities for Vietnam. N.D. 4pp Report: Status of Soviet and Chinese Military Aid to North Vietnam. September 3.7pp Information Cable: North Vietnamese Request for Indonesian Support In Preventing U.N. Action Concerning the Vietnamese War. October 3.2pp Memo: Civilian Casualties in North Vietnam. October 6.3pp Memo: Peking-Hanoi Differences on "People's War". October 7.16pp Memo: The Current Strength of the North Vietnamese Army. December 8.4pp Memo: Hanoi's View of the War. December 14.10pp Memo: Pharmaceutical Imports by North Vietnam. December 29.1p Information Cable: Aide-M6moire on President NKrumah's Proposed Visit to North Vietnam. January 11.3pp Report: Possible Effects of a Proposed U.S. Course of Action on DRV Capability to Support the Insurgency in South Vietnam. February 4.14pp Information Cable: WIDF Delegation Member's Account of Conditions in North Vietnam. March. 7pp Memo: The Condition of the North Vietnamese Economy. March 8.1 p Foreign Broadcast Services Report: North Vietnamese Party Problems and Differences. March 9.22pp Foreign Broadcast Information Services Report: Trends and Highlights of Communist Bloc Broadcasts concerning Vietnam. March 16.6pp Information Cable: India's Neutral Position on Vietnam and the Offer from the All- India Youth Federation to Send a Medical Team to North Vietnam. March 31.2pp Information Cable: Assertion that many Captured American Pilots are willing to stay in North Vietnam and May be used to Train North Vietnamese Pilots. April 27.2pp Information Cable: Yokoyama's Meetings with the South Vietnamese Liberation Front and North Vietnamese Representatives. May. 3pp Memo: An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam through May 14. May 21.12pp Memo: Foreign Shipping to North Vietnam in May June 25/July 7.18pp Memo: An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam through June 14. June PP Information Cable: Statements by a Captured North Vietnamese Officer on the Good Treatment of Captured American Pilots. July. 3pp Information Cable: North Vietnamese Aide M6moire Given to Indiaonlntentionsof the U.S. in Vietnam. September 13.7pp Memo: An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam through September 12. September. 18pp Information Cable: Speculation on the Presence of American Prisoners in Hanoi and Hanoi's Defense Measures, Rationing, and Public Morale. October 30.7pp Information Cable:.Location in Hanoi of American Prisoners. March. 2pp Information Cable: Movement of Soviet and Chinese Supplies and North Vietnamese Personnel. April. 3pp.

15 0677 Information Cable: Foreign Medical Advisors, Blood Program, and Availability of Medicines in North Vietnam. May. 5pp Memo: Bomb Damage Inflicted on North Vietnam through April May 12.11pp Memo: The Current State of Morale in North Vietnam. May 12. 8pp Memo: Consequences of Mining the Seaports and Water Approaches to North Vietnam and Bombing the Northern Railroads and Roads. May 23. 9pp Information Cable: Soviet Bloc Observations of Chinese Specialists in the Hanoi Area. May. 1 p Information Report: Report on a Preliminary Debriefing Site for Captured American Pilots and the Presence of Soviet and Chinese Personnel at this Site. June. 3pp Information Cable: Evidence of War Weariness in North Vietnam; Reported Good Health of Ho Chi Minh; Low-Key Cultural Revolution Activities among the Local Chinese. June. 5pp Information Cable: Comments of a Haiphong Resident on the Effects of the Air Raids. June. 4pp Information Cable: Reported Capture of an American Pilot. June. 2pp Information Cable: Comments on the Bombing of North Vietnamese Dikes and on the North Vietnamese Inability to Meet Rice Production Quotas. June. 3pp Information Cable: Comments of a Haiphong Resident on American Air Attacks and Living Conditions. July. 3pp Information Cable: The Names of American Prisoners of War Held in North Vietnam. June. 3pp Information Cable: The Use of American Prisoners for Forced Labor Projects in Hanoi. July 25.1p Information Cable: Port Observations at Haiphong and Cam Pha. July 27.6pp. Reel III Democratic Republic of Vietnam cont cont Information Cable: Building Located on Red River Island might House American Prisoners. July 29. 2pp Information Cable: Comments on the Affect of Food Shortages, Bombing Raids and the American Race Riots on North Vietnamese Morale. August. 5pp Information Cable: Jail Sighted on Red River Island. August 9. 2pp Message: Location and Condition of Captured American Pilots. August 13. 4pp Message: Location and Condition of Captured American Pilots. September 14.1p Foreign Broadcast Information Services Report: Nhan Dan Publishes the Identities of Downed American Pilots. November 21.1 p Information Report: Report of an American Prisoner of War Camp in North Vietnam. February. 2pp Report: The Attrition of Vietnamese Communist Forces, March 30.10pp Information Report: The Sighting of a Downed U.S. Airplane in North Vietnam. April 8. 3pp Information Report: North Vietnamese Treatment of American Prisoners. May. 4pp.

16 Information Report: Location of Possible Radio Intercept Building in Hanoi. March. 2pp Information Cable: The Reported Sighting of American Prisoners in North Vietnam. August. 2pp Information Cable: Locations of American Prisoner of War Camps in North Vietnam. August 29.2pp Report: The Outlook from Hanoi: Factors Affecting North Vietnam's Policy on the War in Vietnam. February 5.23pp Information Report: Recovery of American Prisoners shown in a North Vietnamese Film. May 20.4pp Information Report: The North Vietnamese Postal System in South Vietnam. October 12.5pp Information Cable: The Integration of South Vietnamese Prisoners into North Vietnamese Society. May. 8pp Information Report: Plans to Use South Vietnamese Prisoners in North Vietnamese Industry. January. 4pp Information Cable: The North Vietnamese Army Appeal to South Vietnamese Prisoners to Join the NVA. May 10.4pp Message: MHCHAOS. May. 2pp Information Report: Reported Sighting of American Pilots. May 3pp Information Cable: Operation of a Camp for ARVN Prisoners in Hanoi. July. 4pp Information Cable: Observations on Air Activities over North Vietnam. September 12. 4pp Memo: Information Reports Concerning the Possible Identity of one or more American POW/MI A/Deceased in Indochina. November 8.9pp Report: Communist Military and Economic Aid to North Vietnam, pp Information Report: Reported Sightings of Detained Caucasions/Americans in Saigon and Alleged Detention of Americans in North Vietnam. N.D. 5pp. Republic of Vietnam Report: Probable Developments in South Vietnam. April 26.5pp Report: Probable Developments in Vietnam to July October 11.13pp Intelligence Survey: South Vietnam. April. 68pp.

17 Report: Probable Communist Reactions to Certain U.S. Actions in South Vietnam. November 7. 20pp Information Report: Security Conditions and a Change in Communist Tactics. November 17.4pp Information Report: The Views of Dr. Tran Kim Tueyn on Vietnamese Reactions to Increased U.S. Military Aid. November 21.4pp Memo: Status Report on Covert Actions in Vietnam. February 23. 2pp Information Report: Analysis of the Strategic Hamlets Program and the Montagnard Situation. July 11. 9pp Memo: Status Report of the Task Force Southeast Asia: Covert Annex-Vietnam. September 18-October 1. 3pp Information Report. Information on a Vietnamese Communist Concentration Camp. December 25.1 p Information Report: Indications of a GVN Plan to Request a Reduction of American Personnel in Vietnam. April. 2pp Information Report: Comments of Ngo Dinh Nhu on Possible Changes in U.S. Policy Toward South Vietnam. August 15. 2pp Information Report: General Tran Van Don Details the Present Situation and the Future of South Vietnam. August 23.14pp Information Report: Ngo Dinh Nhu's Interpretation of Recent U.S. Actions and His Order for the Arrest of Civilian Oppositionists. August 28. 2pp Memo: The Cast of Characters in South Vietnam. August 28.14pp Report: The Nature of the Buddhist Conflict in South Vietnam. September 27. 4pp Memo: U.S. Contacts with the Vietnamese Generals. October 23. 5pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam as of 0700 hrs. November 2. 3pp Information Report: Situation Appraisal as of November 30. November 30. 5pp Information Report: Situation Appraisal as of December 7. December 7. 7pp Information Report: Intelligence Appraisal for the Week ending December 28. December 28. 5pp Report: Trends of Communist Insurgency in South Vietnam. January 17.10pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 0725 hrs. January 30. 2pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 0800 hrs. January 30.1p Information Cable: Background of Coup Staged by General Khanh. January 30.2pp Information Cable: Situation in Hue and Reaction to the Coup. January 30.1p Information Cable: Khanh Group Considering Selection of a Younger Civilian for Prime Minister and the Imprisonment of Some Generals. January 30. 2pp Cable: Situation in Saigon. January 30.1p Information Cable: Duong Van Minh's Willingness to Join the New Government. January 31. 3pp Information Cable: Plan to Free Arrested Generals. January 31.1 p Memo: Weekly Situation Summary. February 7.1p.

18 0351 Weekly Report: Situation Report. February 7.10pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Xuan Oanh. Vice Premier and the Minister of Finance. February 10.1 p Weekly Report: Situation Report. February 7.10pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Xuan Oanh. Vice Premier and the Minister of Finance. February 10.1 p Memo: Appraisal of the Situation in South Vietnam. February 18.5pp Memo: Situation in South Vietnam. February pp Information Cable: Concern over the Possibility of Another Coup. February 21. 3pp Information Cable: Promotion of a Coup Against General Khanh. February 22.3pp Information Cable: Schemes of Dai Viet Leaders to Assume Power. February 27.3pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. February 28.22pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. March 6.17pp Memo: Recommended Actions for South Vietnam. March 14.1p Information Cable: Support of Key Military Officers for General Khanh. March 16. 2pp Information Cable: Claim that General Khanh's Anticorruption Law is Affecting the Army Off Jeers' Morale. March 16.3pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. March 20.17pp Memo: Annex to the Situation in South Vietnam Appraisal of General Nguyen Khanh. March 20.10pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. March 25.17pp Monthly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. April 10.10pp Information Report: The Views and Activities of the South Vietnamese Catholics. May. 2pp Information Report: Viet Cong Efforts to Conscript Military Forces and to thwart the Recruitment by the Government. May. 1p Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. May 11.15pp Biographic Report: Vu Van Mau. Ambassador-Designate to the United Kingdom. May 14.3pp Memo: Cover Memo to the Situation in Lang An Province: A Case Study. May 15.1 p Memo: The Viability of South Vietnam. May 15.5pp Memo: An Assessment of the Religious Problem in South Vietnam. May 20.2pp Information Cable: General Khanh on the Political Situation in South Vietnam and the Need for Controlling South Laos. May 30.4pp Information Cable: Possible Adverse Reactions to the Release of the Arrested Generals. June 3.3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. June 3.18pp Information Cable: Possible Overthrow of General Khanh with the Aid of the Released Generals. June 9.4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. June pp Biographic Report: Ton That Xung. Commander, I Corps. June 16. 2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. June pp Memo: Report on a Viet Cong Ambush of a Military Convoy. N.D. 2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. June 24.25pp Information Cable: Comments on the Likelihood of a Military Coup against General Khanh. July 13.2pp.

19 0627 Information Cable: Manuvering Preceding General Khanh's Decision to Step Down in favor of General Duong Van Minh. July 22. 2pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Plan to Involve the U.S. in North Vietnam. July PP Information Cable: Indications of the Planned Removal of General Khanh is Spreading in Saigon. July 22. 2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July pp Information Cable: Indication of South Vietnamese Negotiations with the French. July 23. 3pp Information Cable: Indications of Weakening Military Support for General Khanh. July 23. 2pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Plans to Relinquish his Position as Prime Minister in Favor of General Duong An Minh. July 23. 2pp Information Cable: Cabinet Discussion on the Bombing of North Vietnam. July 25. 3pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Document Giving Guidance for the Exploitation of Another Anticipated Coup D'Etat. July 27. 4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July pp Information Report: Comments on the Poor Security Situation. July 30. 3pp Report: The Money Supply and the Price Level in South Vietnam. August. 6pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. August 5. 23pp. Reel IV Republic of Vietnam cont cont Information Cable: The South Vietnamese Reaction to American Retaliatory Action Against North Vietnam. August 6. 3pp Memo: Cover Memo to a CIA Situation Report. August 6.1p Information Report: Planned Changes in the Leadership of the Vietnamese Government. August 11. 2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. August pp Biographic Report: Cao Van Vien. Commander, Airborne Brigade. August 21. 2pp Biographic Report: Le Nguyen Khang. Commander, Marine Brigade. August 21.1 p Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1500 hrs. August 24. 3pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1200 hrs. August 25. 3pp Information Cable: Rescission of the "August 16 Constitution" and the Resignation of General Khanh. August 25. 1p Cable: Situation Report. August 25. 2pp Cable: Situation Report. August 25.1p Memo: Situation Report. August 25.1p Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. August 25. 2pp Cable: Situation Report. August 26. 1p Biographic Report: Chung Tan Cang. Commander, Vietnamese Navy. August 26.1p Information Cable: Details of the Meetings of the Military Revolutionary Council. August pp.

20 0062 Information Cable: Appraisal of Thich Tri Quang. August 27.8pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. August 27.14pp Information Cable: Plans of Colonel Thao to Mount a Coup in the Event the Situation does not Improve. August 28.5pp Information Cable: Appraisal of Pham Ngoc Thao. August 29.8pp Information Cable: Situation Appraisal: Groups Planning Coups, the Possibility of a Successful Coup and the Expected Public Reaction. August 30.6pp Information Cable: Catholic-Buddhist Agreement to Form a Council to the Government. August 31.2pp Information Cable: Situation Appraisal: The Loyalties of the Armed Forces Commanders and the Possibility of a Successful Coup. August 31. 9pp Cable: View that General Khanh is in Control of the Situation and the Signing of a Loyalty Oath by Key Officers. September 2.2pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Plans to Further Anti-Government Demonstrations in the Saigon Area. September 3.2pp Information Cable: Catholic Request for Government Action Concerning Catholic- Buddhist Differences. September 3.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. September 3.3pp Information Cable: Plans of General Khanh to Leave the Government at the end of his Mandate and Appoint an Interim Government. September 6.3pp Report: Chances for a Stable Government in South Vietnam. September 8.20pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. September 10.3pp Memo: Situation Report as of 0700 hrs. September 13.3pp Information Cable: Background of the Coup; the CIA views the Coup as Ill-Advised. September 13.3pp Information Cable: The Trip of Colonel Thao to Bien Hoa. September 13.1p Information Cable: Disposition of Military Elements and Support for General Khanh. September 13.3pp Information Cable: Coup Involving the 7th and 9th Divisions. September 13.2pp Information Cable: Conjecture on the Part of Catholic Priests Concerning the Arguments used to Convince the Junior Officers of the 7th and 9th Divisions to Move Their Units to Saigon. September 13.2pp Information Cable: Possible Detention of Police Officials. September 13.1p Information Cable: General Phat's Announcement that he has Taken Control of the Government. September 13.1p Information Cable: A Hold has been put on the Situation by General Khanh. September 13.1 p Information Cable: Support of General Ton That Xung for General Khanh. September 13.1p Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1400 hrs. September 13. 2pp Information Cable: Attempt to Obtain Student Support for the Coup. September 13. 2pp Information Cable: Situation of II Corps Commanders. September 13.1p Information Cable: Demonstrations in Nha Trang. September 13.1p Information Cable: Situation in Nha Trang as of 1700 hrs. September 13.1p Information Cable: General Ton That Xung's Support of General Khanh. September 13.2pp Information Cable: Support of Neutrality towards the Coup. September 13.2pp Information Cable: Security Conditions. September 13.1p.

21 0182 Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1930 hrs. September 13. 2pp Information Cable: Flare Drops by the Vietnamese Air Force over Saigon. September 13.1p Information Cable: Reactions to the Coup. September 13.2pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 0730 hrs. September 14.2pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the OCI. September 14.4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. September pp Weekly Report: Supplemental to the September 16 Report. September 16. 6pp Memo: Tri Quang and the Buddhist-Catholic Discord. September 19.11pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1715 hrs. September 20.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. September 21. 3pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Cao Ky. Commander, Vietnamese Air Force. September 21.3pp Memo: Failure of the Viet Cong to Attempt the Seizure of Power During the September 13 Coup. September 22. 2pp Information Cable: Identification of the "Young Turk" Group and their Views. September. 4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. September 23.19pp Cable: Situation Report. September. 1p Information Cable: Viet Cong Plans and Intentions. September. 4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. September 30.16pp Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. October 1.12pp Information Cable: Armored Corps Plans to Prevent any Future Coup. Attempts. October 1. 2pp Information Cable: Possible Viet Cong Attack on the City of Quang Ngai by October 12. Octobers. 3pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 7.3pp Memo: "Young Generals' Group" in South Vietnam. October 8. 2pp Memo: Vu Van Mau. October 8.2pp Information Cable: Situation in South Vietnam. October 12. 4pp Information Report: Survey of Important Organizations in Saigon. October. 3pp Information Cable: Possible Montagnard Activity Against the Government. October 13. 2pp Information Cable: Support of Two Key "Young Turk" Generals. October 15. 5pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 15. 3pp Information Cable: Reassignment of the Dalat Generals. October 20.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 21. 3pp Report: Viet Cong Infiltration into Northern South Vietnam. October 23.6pp Information Cable: Support of Senior Military Officers for a Civilian Government. October 25.3pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 26.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 27.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 28. 3pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. October 30.4pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. November 2.3pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Planning for an Attack on Bien Hoa. November 3.2pp.

22 0356 Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. November 4.2pp Memo: Vietnam Checklist for the DCI. November 5.4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. November 18.7pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. November pp Information Cable: Increasing Buddhist Pressure on the Government to Announce the Convocation of a National Convention. November 30.3pp Information Cable: Buddhist Plans to Publicly Oppose the Government. December 2. 5pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. December 2.19pp Memo: Note to Holders of the Weekly Report on December 2. December 3.1p Memo: Public Statements on Viet Cong Infiltration. December 4.44pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. December 9.20pp Information Cable: Buddhist Plan to Bring Down the Government, including Confrontations with the Americans. December 10.3pp Information Cable: Buddhist Plans to Seek Student Support. December 12.2pp Information Cable: Belief that Tribal. Viet Cong, and Buddhist Disorders will Take Place between December 17 and 20. December 15.3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. December 16.39pp Information Cable: Remarks Reflecting Unhappiness with the U.S. December 20. 2pp Information Cable: Scheduled Speech on the Condition of the Government. December 22.2pp Information Cable: Thich Tri Quang's Views on the Events of December 20 and His Fear of a U.S. Aid Cut-Off. December 23.3pp Information Cable: Possibility the "Young Turks" now Feel their Decision to Abolish the High National Council was Ill-Advised. December 23. 2pp Information Cable: Ambassador Khiem's Willingness to Intervene in his Government's Political Situation. December 23.2pp Information Cable: Press Censorship on Stories concerning U.S.-Vietnamese Relations. December 23.2pp Information Cable: Apparent Buddhist Desire to Seek a Solution to the Political Impasse. December 23.2pp Information Cable: Possibility of Negotiating with the Armed Forces Council for a Return of the High National Council. December 23.2pp Information Cable: Intention of the Military not to Release the Prisoners Picked up on December 20. December 26.2pp Information Cable: Failing Health of Prime Minister Huong. December 28.1p Memo: Situation in South Vietnam. December 28.2pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Statements on the Recent Crisis in Saigon and on the Future of the War in South Vietnam. December 30.4pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Wish to Settle the Existing Problems with the U.S. December 30.5pp Information Cable: Concern Among General Officers that the Strained Relations with the U.S. May Lead to a Withdrawal of U.S. Aid. December 30. 4pp Information Cable: Rumors of an Imminent Military Takeover of the Government. January 3.2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. January 6. 27pp.

23 0594 Information Cable: Alleged Plotting by General Khanh, with the Buddhists, to Overthrow the Government of Prime Minister Huong. January 6.3pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Views on the Need for a Proper Role for the Military in the Government. January 8.5pp Information Cable: Thich Tri Quang's Proposal for Establishment of a Joint Military- Civilian Council to Run the Country. January 8.3pp Information Cable: Hunger Strike by Thich Tri Quang. January 12. 3pp Information Cable: Thich Tri Quang and Protests against the Government. January 13.3pp Report: The Communist Liberation Front in South Vietnam A Progress Report. January 15.11pp Information Cable: Thich Tri Quang's Campaign to Bring Down the Huong Government. January 20. 7pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. January 21.14pp Information Cable: Appraisal of the Catholic National Defense Force. January. 10pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1400 hrs. January 22. 2pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1520 hrs. January 22.2pp Information Cable: Deliberations of the Armed Forces Council. January 24. 7pp Information Cable: Armed Forces Council's Decision to Back the Huong Government, if it can Restore Stability. January 24.4pp Cable: General Thieu's Assessment of the Situation in Central South Vietnam. January 26.1 p Information Cable: Buddhist Leader's Support of the Concept of a Civilian Government. January 27. 3pp Information Cable: Statements by General Ky Concerning the Lack of Support for General Khanh, the Armed Forces Council, and the Weakness of the Buddhist Leaders. January 28. 4pp Report: Short-Term Prospects in South Vietnam. January 29.12pp Biographic Report: Paul Nguyen Van Binh. Archbishop of Saigon. January 29.2pp Biographic Report: Tran Quoc Buu. President, Vietnamese Confederation of Workers. January 29. 4pp Biographic Report: Thich Tarn Chau. Chairman, Institute for Execution of the Dharma. January 29.2pp Biographic Report: Tran Ngoc Chau. Chief, Kien Hoa Province. January 29.1p Biographic Report: Nguyen Huu Co. Commander, II Corps. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Phan Quang Dan. Leader, Liberal and Progressive Party. January 29. 3pp Biographic Report: Bui Diem. Editor of the Saigon Post. January 29. 4pp. Reel V Republic of Vietnam cent cont Biographic Report: Tran Van Do. Opposition Leader. January 29.4pp Biographic Report: Pham Van Dong. Chief, Joint General Staff. January 29.3pp Le Nguyen Khang. Commander, Marine Brigade. January 29.2pp.

24 0010 Nguyen Khanh. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. January 29.5pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Cao Ky. Commander, Vietnamese Air Force. January 29. 4pp Biographic Report: Iran Van Ly. Catholic Leader. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Tran Van Minh. Minister of the Armed Forces. January 29. 3pp Biographic Report: Le Van Nhieu. Special Intelligence Commissioner. January 29. 1P Biographic Report: Paul Naur. Deputy Chief for Montagnard Affairs, Kontum Province. January 29. 2pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Xuan Oanh. Acting Premier. January 28. 3pp Biographic Report: Dang Van Ouang. Commander, IV Corps. January 29.1p Biographic Report: Thich Tri Quang. Buddhist Leader. January 29.5pp Biographic Report: Huy Quat. Opposition Leader. January 29.4pp Biographic Report: Hoang Quynh. President, Committee of Struggle for the Catholic Cause. January 29.2pp Biographic Report: Dang Van Sung. Publisher of the Chin Luan and Leader of the Dai Viet Party. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Phan Khac Suu. Chief of State. January 29.2pp Biographic Report: Tran Ngoc Tarn. Commanding General, Regional Forces. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Le Van Tat. Chief, Tay Ninh Province. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Chanh Thi. Commander, I Corps. January 29.3pp Biographic Report: Nguyen Van Thieu. Second Deputy Premier. January 29. 4pp Biographic Report: Cao Van Vien. Commander, III Corps. January 29.2pp Biographic Report: Linh Quang Vien. Psychological Warfare Minister. January 29.1 p Biographic Report: Nguyen Luu Vien. First Deputy Premier and Minister of the Interior. January 29.1p Information Cable: Buddhist Statement against American Aid and their Desire to Participate in the Government. January 30.3pp Information Cable: Attempt to Obtain Support of General Khanh. January. 5pp Information Cable: Decisions and Discussions of the Armed Forces Council. January 31.7pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Comments on the Possibility of his Assuming Power. January 31.3pp Report: Short-Term Prospects in South Vietnam. February 2.13pp Information Cable: General Ky's Views on the Present Power Position of General Khanh. February 3.4pp Information Report: General Ky's Views on General Khanh. February 3. 3pp Information Cable: Possibility of Some Military Support of General Khanh if he can Obtain a Popular Mandate. February 3. 4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. February 3. 22pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. February 3.2pp Information Cable: Lack of Military Support for General Khanh's Political Ambitions. February 3.2pp Cable: Meeting of the Armed Forces Council. February 4.1 p Cable: Possibility General Khanh will Attempt to Take Power. February 4.1p Cable: Meeting of General Khanh with the Armed Forces Council. February 4. 2pp.

25 0138 Information Cable: Opinion that a Coup is Imminent and that the Buddhists will Mount Mass Demonstrations. February 4.3pp Information Cable: View that General Khanh will not Seize Power at the next Armed Forces Council Meeting. February 4. 3pp Information Cable: Alleged Coup Scheduled for February 4. February 4.2pp Information Cable: View that General Khanh does not Plan to Assume Control of the Government. February 4. 2pp Information Cable: Views that the Military has the Responsibility for Preserving Law and Order; the Need for a Dictatorship. February 4.2pp Information Cable: General Khang's Support for General Khanh as the Eventual Head of the Government. February 4.4pp Information Cable: Possible Compromise Concerning Participation of Religious Leaders. February 4. 2pp Information Cable: Reports of Possible Religious Demonstrations. February 5. 3pp Information Cable: Results of the Armed Forces Council Meeting. February 5. 5pp Information Cable: Comments on General Khanh's Meeting with McGeorge Bundy of the U.S. Government. February 5. 3pp Information Cable: Plans of Ex-General Duong Van Due to Remove General Khanh from Power. February 7. 3pp Information Cable: View that the Vietnamese Government will Regard the Departure of American Dependents as a Prelude to an American Withdrawal from Vietnam. February 8. 2pp Information Cable: General Khanh's Request for the Buddhist Reaction to General Thieu's Appointment to Prime Minister. February 8.4pp Information Cable: Catholic Rejection of General Khanh's Offer to Appoint Two Catholics to the Military-Civilian Council. February 9. 2pp Cable: Armed Forces Council Decision to Form a New Government. February 9.1p Memo: Viet Cong Military Activity in South Vietnam. February 10. 5pp Information Cable: Formation and Principal Officers of a Proposed New Government. February 10. 4pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam as of 1030 hrs. February 11. 7pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 12.12pp Memo: Free World Reaction to the Vietnam Air Strikes. February 12. 5pp Memo: Report of Viet Cong Terrorist Plans Against U.S. Installations. February 12. 4pp Cable: Recounting of Events Leading to the Present Impasse in the Formation of a New Government. February 13.2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of February 13.7pp Information Cable: Reaction of the Viet Cong to the U.S. Bombings in North Vietnam. February 13.4pp Information Cable: Possible Viet Cong Attack on Ban Me Thuot. February 14.2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 1300 hrs. February 14. 5pp Information Cable: Review of the AFC Executive Session on February 14 and Discussion of Phan Huy dual's Cabinet. February 15.6pp Information Cable: Lord Home's Interpretation of the Vietnam Situation. February. 2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 16. 5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 18.5pp Memo: Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao. Feburary 19. 2pp.

26 0256 Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 19.5pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1430 hrs. February 19.2pp Information Cable: Belief that the Military is against the Coup. February 19.2pp Information Cable: Situation Report as of 1700 hrs. February 19.2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 20.5pp Memo: Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao Amended Report. February 22.6pp Memo: Implications of the Saigon Coup Events. February 20.6pp Possible Support of Thich Tarn Chau for General Khanh. February 21.1 p Cable: Situation Report as of 1600 hrs. February 21. 2pp Cable: General Khanh's Agreement to Leave Vietnam. February 22.1 p Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 23.5pp Cable: Concern over the Fate of the Armed Forces Council. February 24.2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. February 24.18pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 24.5pp Bulletin: Vietnam. February 24.2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 25.5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. February 28.5pp Information Cable: Planned Replacement of the Vietnamese Ambassador to the U.S. March 1. 2pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 1. 4pp Information Cable: Possible Viet Cong Attack on Qui Nhon. March. 2pp Memo: Coup Rumors in Saigon. March 4.2pp. 0343, Information Cable: Unlikelihood that the Combat Police Present a Coup Threat. March. 5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 6.5pp Information Cable: Situation Appraisal. March 7.3pp Memo: Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 8.4pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. March 10.19pp Information Cable: Effect of Buddhist Representatives in Army Units. March 11. 5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 11. 3pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 13.5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 14.5pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 15.5pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Sabotage and Assassination Plans for the Saigon Area. March 17. 3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. March pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 0600 hrs. March 20. 7pp Memo: The Situation in South Vietnam. March pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. March pp Memo: Possible PAVN Tactical Command Headquarters in South Vietnam. March 31. 3pp Monthly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. April 2. 28pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam. April 6.9pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. April 7.18pp Memo: The Vietnam Situation Report by Senator Stennis. April 9.21pp.

27 0541 Memo: Selected Significant Statements on Intervention in Vietnam. April 7/9.4pp Memo: Recent Indications of Communist Intentions in South Vietnam. April 9.5pp Information Cable: Political Activities of the Buddhist Institute. April 10. 4pp Information Cable: Vietnamese Communist Propaganda Line among the Vietnamese in Phnom Penh, Including Reference to Acts of Terrorism against U.S. Personnel and Facilities. April 10. 3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. April pp Information Cable: Evidence of Lowered Viet Cong Morale and Propaganda Lines to Counter this. April. 3pp Information Cable: Possible Viet Cong Intentions to Launch Major Campaigns in Central and Southern South Vietnam. April 15.4pp Memo: Modernization of Viet Cong Armament. April 20.2pp Information Cable: Activities of U Thant Concerning the Vietnamese Situation. April 20. 3pp Memo: Results of U.S. Air Strikes in South Vietnam. April 21. 6pp Memo: An Assessment of Present Viet Cong Military Capabilities. April 21. 7pp Information Cable: Conditions in North Vietnam and South Vietnamese Support of American Air Strikes against the North. April 30.3pp Information Cable: Fear of the Possibility of a Coup in the Near Future. May 4.4pp Information Cable: Discussion on Buddhist-Government Cooperation. May 4.6pp Monthly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. May 5.18pp Information Cable: Decision of the Armed Forces Council to Dissolve Itself. May 5. 1P Information Cable: Armed Forces Council Decision and the Relationship of the Military to the Government. May 5. 3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. May 12.18pp Memo: Status of the War in South Vietnam. May 12. 5pp Information Cable: Rumors of a Coup Attempt by General Thieu. May 14.1p Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. May 19.20pp Cable: Bui Diem's Awareness of Coup Rumors and his Confidence any Attempt would Fail. May 20.1 p Information Cable: Police Alert Against the Possibility of a Coup Attempt. May 20. 2pp Information Cable: Expression of Anti-U.S. Sentiments by Some Cabinet Members. May 22.3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. May 26.18pp Information Cable: Prime Minister Quat's Efforts to Break the Cabinet Crisis by Rallying the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai Support. May 27.3pp Information Cable: Catholic Leaders Demand the Removal of Prime Minister Quat. May 27. 2pp Memo: An Assessment of Mai Van Bo's May 18 Approach to the French Government. May 27.3pp Information Cable: Belief by the Military that the Chief of State should leave the Government. May 28. 3pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Plans to Sabotage the Bien Hoa Airbase and the Capital City. May 31.3pp.

28 Reel VI Republic of Vietnam cont cont Memo: Recent Municipal and Provincial Elections in South Vietnam. June 3.4pp Monthly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. June 4.22pp Information Cable: Catholic Greater Unity Forces' Plans for Future Anti-Government Activity. June 8.3pp Memo: The Viet Cong Regular Force. June 9.7pp Memo: Reactions to a Further U.S. Buildup in South Vietnam. June 10.6pp Memo: U.S. Options and Objectives in Vietnam. June 10.6pp Cable: Police Plan to Arrest the Chief of State and Catholic Opposition Leaders. June 11.1p Information Cable: Military Plans for a Revolutionary Government to Replace the Present Government of South Vietnam. June 11.6pp Information Cable: Military Decision to Resume Power and to Reorganize the Government. June 12.3pp Information Cable: Comments on the Personnel and the Program of the New Government. June 14.5pp Information Cable: Meeting of the Military Leaders and the Reported Pledge of Support by Catholic Leaders. June 16.3pp Information Cable: Location of a Viet Cong Hospital and Arms Depot. June. 1p Memo: Cover Memo to a Weekly Survey of the Situation in Vietnam. June 24. 2pp Memo: Interdiction of Communist Infiltration Routes In Vietnam. June 24.15pp Memo: The Situation in Vietnam as of 1600 hrs. June 28.13pp Memo: Status of U.S. Prisoners of the Viet Cong. June 28.9pp Memo: Developments in South Vietnam during the Past Year. June 29.25pp Memo: The Viet Cong Campaign in South Vietnam's Highlands. July 9.7pp Memo: The Downing of a U.S. Aircraft on July 24 by a SAM. July 26. 5pp Information Cable: Report by the PRC, DRV, and Liberation Front Delegates to the Recent World Peace Conference. July 31.3pp Memo: Cover Memo to the Organization, Activities, and Objectives of the Communist Front in South Vietnam. September 7.2pp Memo: The Organization, Activities, and Objectives of the Communist Front in South Vietnam. September 7.84pp Memo: The Organization, Activities, and Objectives of the Communist Front in South Vietnam. September pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. January 12.2pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. January 19.5pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. January 26. 5pp Information Cable: French Foreign Office Instructions to their Ambassadors to the U.S. and Vietnam. February 9.2pp Memo: The Return on Our Investment: Demonstrable Improvements in the Situation in Vietnam Since the Spring of February 20.12pp Memo: Discussion of a New U.S. Congressional Resolution on Vietnam. February 23. 1p.

29 0378 Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. March 2.25pp Information Cable: Prime Minister Ky's View that General Thi may have Lost the Support of the Populace and may be Engaged in Political Moves against the Government. March 3. 3pp Information Cable: Confirmation of Strained Relations between General Thi and the People of the I Corps Area. March 7.2pp Cable: Insubordination Charges Brought against General Thi. March 9. 2pp Cable: Directorate Support for the Removal of General Thi. March 10.2pp Cable: Situation Report. March 11.1 p Cable: Situation Report. March 14. 2pp Information Cable: Buddhist Political Plans and Discussions with Government Leaders. March 6pp Information Cable: Reason for Decision to Permit General Thi to Visit Danang. March 16.3pp Information Cable: Scheduled Directorate Meeting to Discuss Buddhist Exploitation of the Current Unrest. March 16.2pp Cable: View that Buddhist Agitation against the Government will Continue. March 21. 1P Information Cable: View that Agitation in Central South Vietnam will Continue until the Government is Replaced. March 21.3pp Cable: Special Meeting of the Directorate to Consider the I Corps Situation March 24. 1P Information Cable: Planned Demonstrations in Dalat and Ban Me Thuot. March 31. 2pp Memo: Cover Memo Regarding General Thi. April 8.1p Memo: The U.S. Commitment in Vietnam. April pp Information Cable: Statements to the Japanese Peace Envoy, on Vietnam, by West European Governments and the Vatican. May. 3pp Information Cable: Reported Detention of Americans by the Viet Cong. August 7. 2PP I nf ormation Cable: Reported Viet Cong Use of Captured American Pilots for Propaganda Purposes. August 19.2pp Information Cable: Report of Viet Cong Mass Execution of Long-Term Political Prisoners. August 28.1 p Memo: Cover Memo to the Vietnamese Communists' Will to Persist. August 29.3pp Information Report: Locations of Several Viet Cong Detention Camps. September 30. 1p Information Cable: Report of a Viet Cong Camp for American Detainees. October. 1 p Memo: Comments on Secretary McNamara's Trip Report. October 15. 5pp Memo: The Strength of the Viet Cong Irregulars. November 7/8.13pp Information Cable: Report of a Viet Cong Detention Camp with Forty-Two American Prisoners, in the South Vietnam-Cambodia Border Area. November. 2pp Information Cable: Report of a Viet Cong Mass Kidnapping. December 1. 4pp Memo: The Strength of the Viet Cong Force Support Personnel. December 2.5pp Report: Problems of Political Development in South Vietnam over the Next Year or So. December 15.14pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Use of Three American Prisoners for Propaganda Meetings with the Montagnards. December 23. 2pp Information Cable: Location of a Viet Cong Prisoner of War Camp. December 29.2pp.

30 Memo: The War in Vietnam. January 9.24pp Biographic Report: Bui Diem. Ambassador to the U.S. March 15.1 p Biographic Report: Nguyen Huu Hanh. Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance. March 15.1 p Biographic Report: Nguyen Due Thang. Ministry of Revolutionary Development. March 15.1 p Biographic Report: Vu Quoc Thuc. Member. Civilian-Military Council. March 15.1p Biographic Report: Nguyen Bao Tri. Minister of Information and Open Arms. March 15.1p Biographic Report: Nguyen Ngoc Linn. Director, Vietnam Press. March 15.1 p Text of a CIA Report: Remarks of the Vietnamese Ambassador to the U.S. March 17. 2pp Memo: The Working Notes on the Guam Conference. March pp Memo: An Assessment of the Situation in the Southern Delta of South Vietnam. April 19.6pp Information Cable: Police Information Concerning a Possible Coup Attempt and Government Countermeasures. May 20.3pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Advance Warnings of B-52 Raids and the Effects of the Raids on Viet Cong Morale. May 20. 2pp Information Cable: Reported Capture of American Soldiers in Kontum Province. June. 4pp Information Cable: Alleged Viet Cong Use of American Prisoners to Teach Cadres English. June. 2pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Policy Towards Prisoners of War. June. 4pp Information Cable: Viet Cong Reclamation of Land and the Use of Prison Labor for Agricultural and Fishing Projects. June. 1p Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Bac Lieu Province. June. 3pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in An Xuyen Province. June. 9pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Vihn Binh Province. June. 6pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in IV Corps Area. June. 9pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Go Cong Province. June. 4pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Kien Giang Province. June. 6pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in III Corps Area. June. 8pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Binh Tuy Province. June. 4pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Binh Dinh Province. June. 10pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Quang Nam Province. June. 5pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Quang Tin Province. June. 9pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Hau Nghia Province. June. 6pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in II Corps Area. June. 15pp Weekly Report: The Situation in Vietnam. July 3.18pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July pp.

31 Reel VII Republic of Vietnam cont cont Information Cable: Continued Activity of Prime Minister Ky's Political Mechanism. July. 4pp Information Cable: General Loc's Recommendations for the Government's Montagnard Policies. July 20.6pp Information Cable: Instructions Given to Unofficial Thieu-Ky Campaign Workers. July 25. 2pp Information Cable: Plans of General Thang, for his Future Role with the Revolutionary Development Program. July 25.3pp Information Cable: Thieu Camp's Complaint that General Ky is Uncooperative in the Joint Campaign Effort. July 28. 7pp Information Cable: Composition and Internal Problems of Huong's Campaign Organization. July 28.5pp Information Cable: Progress of the Thieu Camp. July 28.9pp Information Cable: Activities of Militant Buddhists in Preparation for the Coming Elections. July 29.3pp Information Cable: Prime Minister Ky's Request that the Mininster of Economy and Finance Retain His Position in the Post-Election Government. July 29.2pp Information Cable: Selection of Six Senatorial Lists. July 30. 3pp Information Cable: Campaign Progress, Problems, and Plans of Thieu and Ky. July 30. 7pp Information Cable: Support being Sought by the Suu-Dang Presidential Ticket. July 31. 5pp Information Cable: Change in Ky's Campaign Representatives in the Delta. July. 3pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July 31.19pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in IV Corps Area during July. July 31. 9pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in II Corps Area during July. July 31. 7pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in An Xuyen Province. July. 3pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in South Vietnam. July. 15pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Khanh Hoa Province. July 31. 4pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Quang Nam Province. July 31. 4pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Tay Ninh Province. July 31. 4pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in Quang Tin Province. July. 4pp Information Cable: Viet Cong An Giang Province Committee Order for One Hundred Sampans to be Built in Cambodia. July. 2pp Information Cable: Summary of Viet Cong Activities in I Corps Area. July pp Information Cable: Huong Campaign Plansand Strategy and Confidence that he will Win the Presidency. July 31. 9pp Information Cable: Decision of the Vietnamese Veteran Legion President not to Support the Thieu-Ky Ticket. August. 2pp.

32 0161 Information Cable: Difficulties Encountered by the All Vietnam Bloc. August 1. 4pp Information Cable: Shortage of Thieu-Ky Campaign Funds. August 2.7pp Information Cable: Corps Commanders' Aid to the Thieu-Ky Campaign and Assessment of Thieu's and Ky's Personalities. August 2.5pp Information Cable: Decisions Taken by the Senior Generals. August 4.5pp Information Cable: Reason for General Thang's Decision to Resign as the Minister of Revolutionary Development. August 4.3pp Resumption of the Distribution of Funds to the Thleu-Ky Campaign. August 10.2pp Information Cable: Functions and Aims of the "Inner Circle" of Generals, who Exercise the Power of Decision. August 7.5pp Information Cable: Problems Encountered by the All Vietnam Bloc. August 8.4pp Information Cable: Anti-Government Feelings Among the Civilian Presidential Candidates. August 10.3pp Information Cable: Continued Activity of the Political Cadre Group of General Ky. August 10.7pp Information Cable: Views of the Movement of the Renaissance of the South. August 11.4pp Information Cable: Comments on the Supreme Military Committee. August 15.3pp Information Cable: Character Traits of Prime Minister Ky and their Effects on his Campaign. August 15.6pp Information Cable: Comments on the Presidential Election and on the Probable Military Reaction to a Civilian Victory. August 17.6pp Information Cable: Campaign Developments and Outlook in the Four Delta Provinces. August 18.5pp Information Cable: Denial by General Loan that a Secret Military Committee Exists. August 19.3pp Information Cable: Background to the Disqualification of the Vietnamese Confederation of Labor's Senatorial List. August 21.5pp Information Cable: Planned Dismissal of Forty-Two Military Officers for Corruption. August 23.4pp Information Cable: Contingency Plans to Rig the Elections in Vinh Long Province in Favor of the Thieu-Ky Ticket. August 24.5pp Information Cable: Huong's Intention to Accuse the Government of Electoral Irregularities after the Election. August 25.3pp Information Cable: Outlook for the Presidential Election. August. 4pp Information Cable: Obstacles to the Planned Manipulation of Elections in Favor of the Thieu-Ky Ticket. August 27.3pp Information Cable: Assessment of Viet Cong Plans and Capabilities of Disrupting the Elections. August. 19pp Information Cable: Modified Optimism from the Thieu-Ky Campaign Organization. August 28.5pp Report: Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam. November 13.29pp Memo: A Review of the Situation in Vietnam. December 8.79pp Memo: Warning of the Tet Offensive. N.D. 15pp Memo: Communist Preparations for the Tet Offensive in Retrospect. N.D. 5pp.

33 0410 Information Report: Viet Cong Prisoner's Account of the Preparations for the Attack on Chau Doc. February 2.2pp Cable: Views of Three Viet Cong Prisoners Concerning the Plans and Objectives of the Tet Offensive. February 5.1p Information Cable: Situation Appraisal of the Tet Offensive. February 12.10pp Cable: Situation Report. February 13.3pp Memo: The Intelligence Background of the Current Communist Offensive. February 15.5pp Memo: The Outlook in Vietnam. February 26.7pp Memo: Communist Alternatives in Vietnam. February 29. 5pp Memo: Questions Concerning the Situation in Vietnam. March 1.11pp Memo: The Communists' Ability to Recoup their Tet Military Losses. March 1.26pp Memo: The Attrition of Vietnamese Communist Forces March 30.10pp Memo: History of the Strength Estimates of the Communist Administrative Services in the South. April 2.6pp Memo: The Case for Higher Guerilla Strengths Based on Shortcomings in the MACV RITZ Reporting System. May 2. 5pp Information Report: Report of American Prisoners in Darlac Province. May. 1p Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July 22.28pp Weekly Report: The Situation in South Vietnam. July 29.17pp Report: The Pacification Effort in Vietnam. January 16.9pp Report: Intelligence Failures: Suggestions for Reform. January pp Information Report: Location of a NVA Prisoner of War Camp. October. 2pp Report: The Phoenix Program. N.D. 8pp Information Report: Report on American Prisoners of War. July 8.3pp Information Report: Location of the B-13 Prison of the Security Section of the Central Office for South Vietnam. October 3.5pp Information Report: Viet Cong Military Region 3 Directive on the Need to Reduce the Number of Prisoners Held by the Viet Cong. November. 4pp Information Report: Report of an American Prisoner of War Allegedly Working for the Viet Cong. December 28. 3pp Information Report: Report on the Christmas Release of Eleven Vietnamese Prisoners by the Viet Cong. December 28. 3pp Information Report: Report on the Viet Cong B-50D Reindoctrination Center. December 29.3pp Information Report: Report on a Viet Cong Detention Camp. December 30.5pp Information Report: Consolidation of Viet Cong Prisons in Binh Thuan Province. February. 4pp Information Report: Location and Operation of a Viet Cong Prison Holding Possible Enemy Intelligence Agents. April. 3pp Information Report: Viet Cong Policy on Handling of Vietnamese Military, Political, and American Prisoners. October. 4pp.

34 0649 Memo: Alleged Viet Cong Plans to Furnish Drugs to American Prisoners of War to Facilitate Debriefings and to Induce them to Work for the Viet Cong. November 2. 3pp Information Report: Location of a Viet Cong Detention Camp for Civilians. January 10.4pp Information Cable: Report on the Cancellation of a Viet Cong Attack. March. 4pp Information Report: Viet Cong Instructions Regarding the Management and Exploitation of Prisoners of War. May 6.7pp Information Cable: Report on Reindoctrination Courses for Military Personnel and Limited Military Objectives. April. 4pp Information Cable: Reported Presence of an American Serving as an Assistant to. Several Leading North Vietnamese Officials. May 20.4pp Memo: Information on an American MIA. October 8.2pp Information Report: Report on Americans Remaining in South Vietnam and the Detention of Americans in North Vietnam. January. 3pp.

35 SUBJECT INDEX African-European Agricultural site II: 0278 Air strikes (U.S.) Laos I: 0706; II: 0154 II: ,0456, 0460,0595, 0626, 0647,0682,0701, ; III: 0098 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0673; IV: 0001; V: ,0604 All Vietnam Bloc VII: 0161,0192 American race riots III: 0003 Anti-Corruption Law Vietnam. Republic of III: 0429; VII: 0238 Armed Forces Council Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0658, 0665; V: 0073,0134, 0136, 0141, 0148, Attrition VII: 0480 August 16 Constitution Vietnam. Republic of IV: 0037 Barrel Roll missions Laos I: 0706 Biographic reports Vietnam, Republic of III: 0361, 0449, 0505, 0565; IV: 0028, 0030, 0045,0229, ; V: , 0256,0275; VI: Buddhist activities Vietnam, Republic of III: 0297; IV: 0103, 0391, 0394, 0483,0486, 0488, 0543,0670; V: 0065, 0138, 0379, 0550; VI: 0415, 0424, 0426, 0427; VII: 0037 Bundy, McGeorge V: 0164 Cambodia ARVN I: 0407 communism I: 0333, 0352,0415, 0432 economics I: 0310 FANK personnel I: 0411 foreign aid I: 0310 foreign relations I: 0322,0331 Geneva Conference I: 0328,0331, 0333 intelligence activities I: 0309 Khmer Rouge I: 0380, , 0437,0444 Mayaguez Incident I: 0448 military forces (foreign) I: 0378, , 0424 prison camps I: ,0372, 0389,0399 prisoners of war (American) I: ,0401,0437 situation report I: 0298,0316 U.N. I: 0326,0337,0348 U.S. I: 0339, 0350 U.S.S.R. I: 0348 Catholic activities Vietnam, Republic of III: 0486; IV: 0103,0164,0644; V: 0176, 0710; VI: 0027

36 Checklists (DCI) Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0122, ,0226,0295,0317, 0324, ,0356,0358 China, People's Republic of Southeast Asia I: 0226,0229 II: , f>j_t ^_! fialmaim wninosg minonavs Southeast Asia I: 0001 Chinese Nationalist Irregulars Southeast Asia I: 0125 CIA II: 0479 Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0155 Civilian casualties II: 0501 Communism Cambodia I: 0333, , 0432 II: 0292, 0425,0504 Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0611; VII: 0438 Communist capabilities Southeast Asia I: 0071,0091,0128, 0184, 0244 II: 0488 Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0258; V: 0545 Communist organizations Laos): 0581; II: 0162,0182 Vietnam, Republic of II: 0292, 0330,0425, 0504; VI: , 0236 Coup d'etat Laos I: 0524,0712 Thailand II: 0228 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0340, 0342, 0378,0381,0541,0625; IV: 0084, , 0159, 0167, 0172,0179, 0185,0290, 0565, 0594; V: , 0281,0341,0607, 0662,0683,0684; VI: 0574 Cross-border operations Laos I: 0536, 0537 Dai Viet party Vietnam, Republic of III: 0384 Economics Cambodia I: 0310 Vietnam. Republic of III: 0706 Economic aid Cambodia I: 0310 III: 0111 Economy (DRV) II: 0559, 0726 Elections Veitnam, Democratic Republic of II: 0449 Vietnam, Republic of VI: 0001; VII: 0011, , , 0150,0159, 0165,0172, 0185, 0196, 0225, ,0276 Fall, Bernard D. I: 0149 FANK personnel Cambodia): 0411 Foreign am Cambodia I: 0310 III: 0111 Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0534 Foreign Broadcast Information Services Southeast Asia I: 0200,0209 II: 0560, 0582; III: 0015 Foreign policy U.S. I: 0019, 0091 III: 0041 Foreign relations Cambodia I: 0322,0331 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0666; IV: 0541 Foreign trade II: 0534, 0607 France Southeast Asia I: 0192 Vietnam. Republic of III: 0666; V: 0712; VI: 0363

37 Geneva Agreements Laos I: 0539 Vietnam, Republic of II: 0303 Geneva-type conference Cambodia): 0328, Government Cambodia I: 0339, 0345, 0350 Thailand II: II: 0292, 0330,0425,0449, 0504, 0524 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0281,0283, , 0627, 0671; IV: 0125, 0128, 0333,0539,0545,0597,0602, 0622,0670,0673; V: 0184,0217, 0237, , 0686,0707,0715; VI: ; VII: 0177, 0187, Guam Conference VI: 0545 Hungary I: 0218 Hunger strike IV: 0605 India II: Indochina I: 0009,0031,0036, 0046, 0056, 0071,0091 Indonesia II: 0499 Industry III: 0081 Infiltration Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0327, 0419; VI: 0070 Insurgency Thailand II: 0229 II: 0538 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0327, 0676; IV: 0116 Intelligence activities Laos II: 0062, 0064, II: 0270, 0452, 0453, 0474, 0637, ; III: 0089 Vietnam. Republic of III: ; VII: 0556 Intelligence survey Cambodia I: 0312 Vietnam. Republic of III: 0151 Intervention Communist Bloc I: 0200,0209 U.S.V: Khanh, Nguyen III: , 0671; IV: 0125,0556; V: 0068,0080, 0104,0132, 0135, , 0167, ,0290 Khmer Rouge I: 0380,0394, ,0415, Ky, Nguyen Cao V: 0097, 0101; VI: 0403; VII: Laos air strikes II: 0154 Barrel Roll missions I: 0706 communist organizations I: 0581; II: 0162,0182 coup d'etat activities I: 0524,0712 cross-border operations I: 0536, 0537 Geneva Agreements I: 0539 intelligence activities I: 0062,0064, Laotian National Liberation Government Organization II: 0012, military forces (foreign) I: 0483, 0486, ,0719; II: opium II: 0210 order of battle II: 0185,0192 Pathet Lao activities I: 0509, 0515; II: 0012, 0162 prison camps Pathet Lao II: 0021, 0041,0046, 0053,0056, , 0098, 0106, , 0135, , 0166, 0169, 0179, Viet Cong I: 0492 prisoners of war, American I: 0580, ; II: , 0070, 0073, , 0111, 0132, 0160, 0179,

38 0203 prisoners of war, others II: 0011, 0021,0031,0046,0058, 0102 propaganda II: 0089,0132 situation reports I: 0468, ,0517,0526, 0711; II: 0206 U.S. I: 0549 U.S.S.R. II: 0210 I: 0539 Vietnam, Republic of I: 0481 Living conditions II: 0446, ,0665,0719, 0729; III: 0003 MayBOVAZ Incident. I: 0448 McNamara VI: 0467 Military aid Communist Bloc II: 0492, :111: 0111 U.S. Ill: 0244 Military establishment II: 0281,0520:111: 0018,0085 Military forces China, Nationalist I: 0125 China, People's Republic of II: ,0711 U.S. Ill: 0263; VI: 0037 U.S.S.R. II: Vietnamese Communists III: 0018 Military Revolutionary Council Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0046 Mining Operations II: 0701 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0250; IV: 0310,0488; VI: 0005 Laos II: 0206 II: 0665,0693,0714,0719; III: 0003 National Liberation Front Vietnam, Republic of II: 0292, 0330,0425,0504 Prisoner of war policy Movement of the Renaissance of thesouthcambodia I: 0444 VII: 0206 Negotiations II: 0416,0467; III: 0666 Nkmmah II: 0535 Opium II: 0210 Pacification Vietnam, Republic of VII: 0547 Pathet Lao I: 0509,0515; II: 0012,0100,0162 Penitentiary system II: 0256 Phoenix program VII: 0605 Police forces Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0166; V: 0343 Political development Southeast Asia I: 0153 Political science II: 0425, 0504,0560 Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0128 Political situation Cambodia I: 0298 Laos I: Southeast Asia I: 0009,0031, , 0108, 0257 II: 0524; III: 0041 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0132,0137, 0220, 0240, 0267,0516; IV: 0128, 0532, 0677; V: 0083; VI: 0107,0495 Postal system III: 0068 Prison camps (see individual country) Prisoners of war (see individual country)

39 Ill: 0031 Viet Cong VII: 0645, 0660 Propaganda Laos II: 0089, 0132 III: 0064 Viet Cong VI: 0459,0509 Religious problems Vietnam, Republic of III: 0514; IV: 0211;V: 0154,0156 Sarit II: 0219, 0222 Security Thailand II: 0213 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0240, 0703; IV: 0181 Senator Stennls V: 0520 Strategic Hamlets Program III: 0250 Student organizations Vietnam, Republic of IV: 0172, 0307 Surface-to-air missiles II: 0394, 0452, 0469,0474, 0479 Tet offensive VII: , 0454 Thailand coup d'etat II: 0228 government II: 0223,0226 insurgery II: 0229 Sarit II: 0219, 0222 security II: 0213 situation reports II: 0212,0213 Thi, Nguyen Chanh VI: 0406, 0408, 0410, 0421, 0433 Thteu, Nguyen Van V: 0662 Threat evaluation Laos): Southeast Asia I: 0009, 0019, 0036 II: 0387, 0400, Vietnam, Republic of III: 0220 U.K. V: 0243 U.N. Cambodia I: 0326,0337, 0348 Southeast Asia I: 0195,0198 II: 0499 Vietnam, Republic of V: 0588 U.S. Cambodia I: 0310,0339, 0350 Laos I: 0549,0706; II: 0154 Southeast Asia I: 0019,0091, 0221, 0244 II: 0387, 0396, Vietnam. Republic of III: 0220,0263, 0281,0301; IV: 0530, , 0556,0561; V: 0065,0170, 0686; VI: 0043, 0365,0434, 0462, 0513 U.S. Congress V: 0520; VI: 0377 U.S.S.R. Cambodia I: 0348 II: 0710 Viability Vietnam, Republic of III: 0509; IV: 0128 Viet Cong Cambodia I: , 0389, 0399 Laos I: 0492; II: 0122 Vietnam, Republic of III: 0262,0598, 0676; IV: 0232,0258, 0327, 0419, ; V: 0179, 0213, 0226, , ; VI: 0030, 0149, 0151, , 0472,0490, 0577,0585; VII: 0281 African-European Agricultural site II: 0278 air strikes II: 0412,0420,0456, 0460, 0595, 0626, 0647, 0682, 0701, 0726, 0729; III: 0098 Cambodia I: 0378, 0380, 0389, 0424 China, People's Republic of II: 0416, 0425, 0504, 0710 civilian casualties II: 0501 communism II: communist capabilities II: 0488 economy II: 0559, 0726 elections II: 0449 foreign aid III: 0111 Foreign Broadcast Information Services II: ; III: 0015