EVALUATION OF FBIS SAIGON OPERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-01094R000100040015-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 26, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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I25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
26 April 1956
Assistant Director, Operations
Evaluation of 7818 Saigon Operation
1. MIS Saigon reporting is valuable to chiefly an
background information. Saigon won' for ng provides many political
sidelights, local color reports and complete speech texts not
reported elsewhere,
cloesing of the Saigon bureau would affect most seriously
aorth Vietnam. Sic* the recent closing of the American
Ux , 0n3Y TBX8 Saigon would be able to provide complete monitoring
quencies, a possibility indicated, by present poi broadcasting pat
increased. If DRY domestic programs arm broadcast only on local
Consulate in Hanoi and the initiation of stepped-up, Viet Minh radio
propaganda activity, the importance of the bureau's contribution has
3. ONE therefore favors the retention of the Saigon bureau
both for its present contribution and in the event of unexpected
deveelots.
n Kent
Assistant Director
National Estimates
Evaluation A. 8.
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