THE VIETNAMESE AFFAIRS STAFF'S 'BLACK BOOK' SUBMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000600110009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 11, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: The Vietnamese Affairs Staff's "Black Book" Submission
1. Some of the material or topics mentioned below are undoubtedly
covered in greater detail in other black book submissions, but here is
a checklist of principal Indochina developments plus copies of the more
important I cables that came in during your absence.
2. The Clay Committee report was moved out of the Pentagon
and discussed at a 40 Committee session convened for that purpose on
Tuesday, 8 June. (That session was followed by an SRG on Laos political
contingencies.) As FE/DDP will certainly have told you, we got help
on the logistics pipeline, a rather murky compromise on command
relationships and advice and a reserved decision (better than a negative
decision) on air support. Copies of the pertinent SecDef and State
messages are appended hereto.
3. The 7 June SRG on Cambodia was something of a shambles,
as reflected indirectly in the attached cable tol which I
wrote at the Director's request.
4. The 9 June SRG on the threat in Vietnam was not particularly
enlightening or conclusive. I will brief you on the atmospherics, issues
and current state of play at your convenience.
5. Our TEMIG project is going forward nicely. The units (PAVE
MACE) are being used in conjunction with AC-130's in the defense of
Bouam Long and in the Long Tieng area. Missions in Laos MR IV are
also fragged with TEMIG in support of our troops in that area. We are
receiving AC- 130 support because of poor weather in the Panhandle
which reduces truck targets.
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of their LAM SON 719 casualties that you may find interesting:
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Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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