BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MILITARY LEADERS IN SOUTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400420009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Tkynit V .n Daop cornander of the Denocratic Republic of Vietnam ( V
:103 Artillery Battalion' in South Vt.otne., rig was born at Long Thanh~ Bien
Prior to 194x5 he was secretary of the Bien Iloa military
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tribunal and a netnber of Ta `Chu T3:xau9 s Fourth Inrternationa coup DtV
of ro n to detain Dao because of his Fourth International activities
were aucceseful in late 1947 when he accepted an i.nvitati.oxi :'ta a LTV
mil ltex y conference, . Dao was kept under close surveil, n+^e and requ
to attun ed me^tinr. of the mi.l.ita;,y tribunals of South Vietnam, whore
1-is ,rosei:ce was 'sed to etxpoort t7RV claims of cooperation 'between the
omr^unl t factions of the so'.ith. In 1950 Dao become, t Communist, and
following, an. extensive period of Indoctrination he is now porn. itted to;,.
,ii"cule t.e freely.
xa, Van Yen.
The c31.7 Battalion, stationed near ? Liao l s un1 t? is commanded by flue Van Yen,
In ;:,e;ntember :i9/9 suspected of being a member of the Tan Dan Chu (Progressive.,
)*-monrati v., Party), Yr~n was tal& en to Tan boa for .nterro ationa However,
"he wv.> released and rei.nst to d to his for nett nosIItion through the intevven-w
tion o" To Van tac, his br otlior-in l.aw and a long-time member of the Communist
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