"COMMUNIST EVASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON VIETNAM, KOREA, AND LAOS"

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CIA-RDP79T00429A001100050020-8
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July 31, 2006
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June 12, 1963
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Nftwl~ Approved For Rel se 429AOSM 00050020-8 OCI No. 2017/63 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence 12 June 1963 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Communist Evasion of the International Agreements on Vietnam, Korea, and Laos Since the end of the fighting in Korea, the United States has had an opportunity to observe in practice the implementation of international agree- ments by truce supervision commissions in Korea, Vietnam, and Laos. Communist violations of the in- ternational agreements made with respect to each of these countries have been numerous and flagrant. Nevertheless, the supervisory commissions have been able to document only a handful of Communist trans- gressions. Their failure has been due to Communist evasion, harassment, and obstruction. At the same time that the Communist members of the commissions used their positioris.to violate both the spirit and letter of the agreements, they gained an additional advantage by collecting valuable intelligence on non-Communist military activities through commission operations. They have been aided in their actions by the functional weakness of'the commissions under terms of the international agreements. General Nature of Communist Evasion 1. The Communists have managed to evade de- tection by the commissions of violations in North Vietnam and North Korea by placing crippling re- strictions on the scope and frequency of inspections by commission investigation teams. Endless Commu- nist excuses, such as an alleged lack of transporta- tion or security in the area to be investigated, have also been used to block operation of the teams. 2. Since the commission for Vietnam was estab- lished in 1954, North Vietnamese military facilities have been steadily expanded'and the army has been State Dept. review completed Approved For Release 29AO01100050020-8 25X1 Approved,~V Rejse 429AOfi3+100050020-8 approximately doubled in strength. During the same period a relatively modern, well-balanced army has been created in North Korea to replace the broken, defeated force left at the end of the Korean War. Both of these developments are in direct violation of the international agree- ments on Vietnam and Korea. 3. In Laos and South Vietnam, the supervisory commissions have been hamstrung by the actions of Communist commission members, who have been able to delay the initiation of inspections until local Communist authorities could take appropriate action to cover up violations. Inspection teams in Laos and South Vietnam have also been overloaded by count- less false Communist charges of violations by pro- western forces in those countries. 4. In the meantime, North Vietnamese troops and supplies have been used with impunity by Hanoi to support Communist Pathet Lao aggression in Laos. Hanoi has also fueled the Communist insurrection in South Vietnam with a stream of guerrilla infiltrators, money, and supplies. These activities are barred by the international agreements. 5. While sabotaging commission operations in South Vietnam and South Korea, Communist commission members have used their posts to collect military intelligence on South Vietnamese and South Korean armed forces. In South Vietnam, the Communists have also used the commission as a link with the local Communist guerrillas. 6. In obstructing the operations of the super- visory commissions, the Communists have been aided by the failure of the international agreements to spell out in detail commission powers and procedures. No enforcement mechanism was provided any of the commissions and investigative procedures were left vague. The Communists have particularly used the latter weakness to bog the commissions down in a mass of procedural red tape. The commissions have also been weakened on occasion by members from neu- tral nations who, bending over backward to demon- strate their neutrality, have unfairly favored the Communist side. Approved For Release 2007/03/EW9T00429A001100050020-8 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/03/06 : CIA-RDP79T00429AO01100050020-8 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2007/03/06 : CIA-RDP79T00429AO01100050020-8