RECENT CHANGE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PROPAGANDA POLICY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300300001-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Recent Change in Democratic Republic
of Vietnam Propaganda Policy
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1. In early ;January 1953, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) changed its
propaganda policy. instead of attacking the capitalists, it is now focussing
its propaganda on resigtance and independence'", and is being very careful to
avoid any fallacious statement that could later be prejudicial to the prestige
of the government. For example, nothing is said about a general offensive.1
2. During a National Conference in late 1952, Truong Chinh, Secretary General of
the Lao Dong Party, pointed out the usual mistakes in DRV propaganda: calumny
and fallacious promises. Since that time, the DRV has. changed not only its
propaganda line, but the methods of implementing propaganda. It has now
assigned-special agents from the Ministry of the Interior to do propaganda
work among the people, since it has been found that agents not specializing in
propaganda are not effective in this type of work.
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1. I Comment. Presumably because the DRV is not yet ready for a general
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