TRANSMITTAL OF TDCS INFORMATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R001100090022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: July 26, 1972
• Content Type: FORM

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DIST 26 JULY 1972
COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM
DOI 1.5 APRIL - 10 JULY 1972
SUBJECT RESULTS OF THE BINH DUONG PROVINCE POLICE
SPECIAL BRANCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE VIET
CON2 INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS EFFECT ON POLICE
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VIETNAM, BIEN HOA. (1-1 JULY 1972) FIELD NO.
1. SINCE, THE NATIONAL POLICE SPECIAL BRANCH (PSB)
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ROLL-UP CAMPAIGN TO ARREST VIET..-CONC I rR ST UCTURE CADRES
(VCI) BEGAN ON 15 APRIL 1972, THE B I NH DUONG PROVINCE PSB
HAS ARRESTED 1107 VCI. THIS COMPARES TO A VOI ARREST FIGURE
OF ABOUT 20 PER MONTH PRIOR TO APRIL. DURING THE PERIOD
15 APRIL-10 JULY THE BINH DUONG POLICE PRESENTED A TOTAL
OF 121 CASES TO THE PROVINCE SECURITY COUNCIL (PSC) FOR
DETERMINATION WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: 35 ARRESTEES
WERE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED; SEVEN CASES WERE REFERRED TO
MILITARY COURTS; ONE CASE WAS REFERRED TO A CIVILIAN COURT;
EIGHT CASES WE RE ADJOURNED' AND 72 ARRESTEES WERE REL E EASED.
2. THE PRESENCE OF THE PROVINCE CHIEF AT B I NH DUONG
PSC MEETINGS SAS A DECIDED INFLUENCE ON CASE ADJUDICATION,
WITH THE CONVICTION RATE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN HE
WAS PRESENT. THE PROVINCE CHIEF ATTENDED THE FIRST TWO PSC
MEETINGS IN JUNE AND THE CONVICTION RATE FOR THOSE CASES
PRESENTED WAS ALMOST 100 PERCENT: WHEN HE DID NOT ATTEND
THE THIRD JUIN PSC MEETING, THE CONVICTION RATE DROPPED TO
TEN PERCENT. THE CONVICTION RATE FOR "C" CATEGORY PRISONERS
LCW-LEVEL VILLAGE AND HAMLET CADRES AND AGENTS, FOOD
SUPPLIERS, VC, SYMPATHIZERS, AND COMMUNICATION-LIAISON PEOPLE
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ONE REQUIRED COMPLAINT ABOUT THE "C" ARRESTEE OR HIS CASE
HAS BEEN PRECEDED AT PSC MEETINGS BY "A" AND "B" CATEGORY
CASES WHICH HAVE ANNOYED THE PSC, THE "C" ARRESTEE REGULARLY
HAS BEEN RELEASED.
3. BECAUSE OF RECENT INSTANCES SINCE LATE JUNE IN IF{ICH
THE "C" CATEGORY ARRESTEES HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, THE MORALE OF
THE LOCAL POLICE HAS BEEN RAISED CONSIDERABLY BECAUSE THE
"C" CATEGORY ARRESTEES REPRESENT THE INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM
THE LOCAL POLICE DEAL PRIMARILY. PREVIOUSLY, MANY "C"
ARRESTEES WHO WERE RELEASED WITHOUT CONVICTION RETURNED To
THEIR ORIGINAL OPERATING AREAS AND RESUMED THEIR VC-RELATED
ACTIVITIES9 FREQUENTLY TAUNTING THE LOCAL POLICEMEN INVOLVED
IN THEIR ARRESTS. SINCE LATE JUNE SEVERAL OF THE "C" INDIVID-
UALS HAVE BEEN REARRESTED AND CONVICTED, RENEWING THE
ENTHUSIASM OF THE POLICE FOR ARRESTING VCI.
COMMENT:
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