DIFFICULTIES INCURRED BY VIET CONG IN GIONG TROM DISTRICT, KIEN HOA PROVINCE; AS A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM PHUNG HOANG F - 6 PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-01120
• Publication Date: July 11, 1972

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DIFFICULTIES INCURRED BY VIET CONG IN G IONG
TROM DISTRICT, KIEN HOA PROVINCE-, AS A RESULT
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM PHUNG HOANG F-6
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INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPHS 1-2 FROM A MEMBER
OF A VC REAR SERVICE UNIT IN 'KIEN HOA PROVINCE
WHO ATTENDED THE CITED LECTURE, AND THE INFOR MA
TION IN PARAGRAPHS 3-4 FROM A DEPUTY COMMANDER
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OF A snALL VC INFANTRY UNIT IN C TONG TROM
DISTRICT.
1. . ON 20 JUNE 1972, HA IDUNG, A LEADING CADRE OF
THE VIET CONG (VC) GOING TROM DISTRICT COMMITTEE, VC BEN TRE
PROVINCE,. LECTURED VILLAGE PARTY CHAPTERS ON EFFECTS WHICH
THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM '(GVN) PHUNG HOANG F-6 PROGRAM HAD
HAD ON THE VC, AS OUTLINED IN VC BEN TR E PROVINCE PARTY
DIRECTIVE 121/TU, SIGNED BY ALIAS BAY D AC, SECRETARY
OF THE VC BEN TRE PARTY COMMITTEE, ON 16 JUNE 1972. (FIELD COMMENT:
THE NATIONAL POLICE F-6 PROGRAM FOR THE ARREST OF
SUSPECTED VC AND MEMBERS OF THE VC INFRASTRUCTURE RE-
SULTED IN THE DETENTION, DELTA-WIDE, OF ABOUT 4,400 PERSONS
BETWEEN APRIL. AND 30 JUNE. VC BEN TRE PROVINCE INCLUDES ALL OP
GVN }GEN HOA PROVINCE AND PART OF VINH LONG PROVINCE.)
2.- DUNG EXPLAINED THAT THE GVN F-6 PROGRAM HAD LED
TO THE ARREST. OF VC LEGAL CADRES AND THAT AS A RESULT, THE
MEDICAL SUPPLIES NORMALLY ACQUIRED BY THE CADRES HAD NOT
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4 WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN EARLY JULY 1972, ON THE
GVN SWEEP AND SEARCH OPERATIONS HAVE PREVENTED THE CONCENTRA-
TION OF MILITARY FORCES AND THE GVN MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
PROGRAM HAS DENIED THE VC NEW RECRUITS. HE SAID THAT THE VC
MUST MAKE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO OVERCOME THESE DIFFICULTIES.
POLITICAL CADRES MUST COLLECT ADDITIONAL TAXES AND ENCOURAGE
YOUNG MEN TO JOIN THE VC MILITARY UNITS. BEGINNING ON
23 JUNE 1972, VC MILITARY:AND GUERRILLA UNITS WERE TO
INITIATE ATTACKS ON GVN OUTPOSTS AND STRIKE AT RELIEF FORCES.
3. ON. 20 JUNE 1972 ALIAS BA DA 0, DEPUTY PROVINCE
PARTY SECRETARY OF VC BEN TRE PROVINCE, IN EXPLAINING DIREC-
TIVE 121/TU TO CADRES OF THE 5I6D LOCAL FORCE (LF)
BATTALION, SAID THAT THE GVN CAMPAIGN HAD LED TO THE
ARREST OF MANY VC CADRES AS WELL AS HAVING COMPROMISED
VC ATTACK PLANS. IN ORDER TO COUNTER THE GVN CAMPAIGN,
THE 516B LF BATTALION SHOULD'LIBERATE MY CHAN HOA VILLAGE
IN BA TRI DISTRICT. HE INSTRUCTED THE SAPPER UNIT OF THE
5I6A LF BATTALION AND THE 519TH LF COMPANY TO SUPPORT THE
516B LF BATTALION BY ATTACKING OUTPOSTS AND INTERCEPTING
GVN REINFORCEMENTS. THE ATTACK ON MY CHAN HOA VILLAGE
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NIGHT OF 21 JUNE, A SAPPER SQUAD FROM THE-5I6A LOCAL FORCE
BATTALION, TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE 516B LOCAL -FORCE
BATTALION, RECONNOITERED MY CHAN HOA VILLAGE AND SKETCHED
A MAP OF THE OUTPOST AND VILLAGE DEFENSES. (FIELD COMMENT:
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER ALIAS BA DAC CITED ABOVE AS DEPUTY
PROVINCE SECRETARY IS THE SAME AS THE ALIAS BAY DAD CITED
BY
PARAGRAPH ONE. NO ATTACK ON
MY CHAN HOA VILLAGE HAS YET BEEN REPORTED.)
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EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5B (2)..AU1OMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED
ON APPROVAL OF DIRECTOR.
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