PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-533-2-3-4
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 2, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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National Security Decision Memorandum 63
The Secretary of State
The Secretary. of Defense
..The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director, U. S. Information Agency
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
including psychological objectives to be. accomplished.
directed against the Vietnamese Communists,
Develop a National Psychological Warfare strategy
'SUBJECT: Psychological Warfare Operations Against the
Vietnamese Communists
The President has directed that a committee be formed to provide
direction for and coordination of psychological warfare against. the
Vietnamese Communists.
on the committee in accordance with existing responsibilities,
? Corn.mittee will be executed by the respective agencies represented
National Security. The recommendations of the Ad Hoc PSYOP
Central Intelligence Agency and the Assistant to the President for
Defense, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,' the Director of ti
to the NSC Ad Hoc Group on Vietnam. Member. of the committee
will be representatives of the Secretary of State, the Secretaryof
' It will bear the designation. Ad. Hoc PSYOP Committee and will report
The committee is to be chaired by a senior representative of the .
U. S. Information Agency, to be appointed by the Director of USIA.
missions and procedures of the several agencies. T Ws committee.
will ,perform the following functions:
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Coordinate the overall psychological warfare effort
against' the Vietnamese Communists. ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS
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??< . Prepare p'sr odic reports to the.Assistant to the:
President for National Security Affairs on our psychologi..
cal warfare operations. against the' Vietnamese Communists.
Assess the anticipated. psychological impact of Vietnam':,,
related policy options -as appropriate,
Decisions relating to a`psychological warfare strategy, as well as'
other decisions covering major issues in the conduct of our
psychological warfare against the Vietnamese Communists, should
,be referred to the President for approval.
The responsibility for coordination and policy guidance for all
psychological and .-informational programs in South Vietnam romaine.
with the Minister"- Counselor for Public Affairs, Saigon, under. the.,
direction of the U. S. Ambassador and-Mission. Council.
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in Full 2010/12/09: LOC-HAK-533-2-3-4
No Objection to Declassification