'SPOOKS' - THE GHOST KIND AND THE C.I.A. KIND--ARE BUSY IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200410049-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: October 8, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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'Spooks'-the Ghost Kind and the C.I.A. Kind
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This dispatch comes front MaL wem to on the grand atrategY
m W. Browne, chief come-!In the battle against the Com-
munist guerrillas. Saigon poll-
ondent for The Associated, ti4'5 were sidelined.
cgs in South Vietnam for thri The United States Special
t two years, who is now onj Forces in mSouth Vietnam were
IM- arm of the
etion in Tojogo, iC I.A. Later, the Special Forces
'TOKYO. Oct 7-When John were transferred to the Military,
ichardson began his sign-: A sei*tance Command headed by
ent as chief of the "nitedi GenPaul D. Harktms, and be-
rates intelllrolrce Agency unit camp a regular unit
ddhis Yletntfn, he had to use The Special Forces had a vital
uddhict monks to exetr.iec the; p,Art in securing Vietnam's
sea in his villa. it ugle-covered highlands. Six-
The specter of a different kind tan teams in some areas ad-
f Buddhist ghost has been 11' ministered entire villages nfI
ajor factor in 'Air. Eticluird-j thousands of tribesmen. The
n's remit to Washington. S fat Forces suffered heavy
7n fact, all the American icasizaltles.
pocks (intelligence Wren) z'1; At another level, Mr. R[chard
oath Vietnam have come un- son worked closely with Ngo
er close and critical scrutiny -Dinh Nhu, the President's
of only from the Saigon p ov- brother and chief adviser. Ngo
rnnrent but from State De art- Dinh Nhu and Mr. Richardson
eft officials as well. A new lanned American aid for the
with a new mission may P
the small office on strategic ha=jet program.
he se=a floor of the embassy In a recent interview, Nga
here Mr. Richardson Worked. (Dinh Nhu pointedly recall
Mr. Richardson's recall is be- that his forces that raided
leved to>be partly a result Of a Buddhist pagodas Aug. 21 had
disagreement over tactics.with been created by,. the United
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, States.
who came to Saigon its August. Mr. Richardson is bald
yen. wNgo Dinh Diem And classes with heavy horn ,rims
I his family have charged tent and dr ~. , ..... ,
the C.I.A. actually plotted a servatively. #He looks and acts`
coup W WV '
r - list in counter insllrg
meet last month. The United spoafought Communist
States Embassy called the a envy, having charge nonsense. guerrillas for his aaggency In
Behind endless charged and Greece and the Philippines. Both
countercharges, how much of a campaigns were ultimately suc-
role have American inteliigence'cessful. and his tee:
Under the former Ambas- year, were assigned to a vill
as ~ 1:
to the Ambassador, he was a Japanese, the Vietnamese Corn
Saigon Government .,
cials, including those iri the beets a place for torturing'polt
secret police. Leal prisoners.
Richardson and the 2001 Servants refused to work i
Mr.
or so agents under his commandi tilt villa at first, saying th
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4th Military Inteiigence De-
officeand??,...'
ral Affairs Section, bladed
w. agent with experien9q,'ir
s worst together. In ,pra?t}c_,
Some agents in :Saigon were
almost open revolt agsln$t
tend Stages policies at ;rifle
trrt pwuea ul~~r..p.w??
rt law. The United StateE Americans ?? i ed .tram
ounced Saigon's actions, ant'
- - - - stir.. beta e.
i-ne
medial elr pointed l~ at Mr 1 C I.A. itt' igating foreign to
y' l spond t s.tnet the ertr
Correspont ts.were told p ~
F suspicion o putg C.I.A. n,
d that sotutB;;aigh be
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defied,Statei l tart' agal
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