A NLF SVN CIVILIAN POLITICAL CADRE'S OPINION OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM - 1968/01/25

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.THIS REPORTIS THE RESULT OF THE INTERROGATION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED
BY THE NATIONAL INTERROGATION CENTER (Nb) UNDER THE JOINT AUSPICES
OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) AND THE U.S.* CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF DETACHYENT 61
6499TH SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP.(US).
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SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN)
NIC REPORT NO :.l09/6
NIC CASE NO : 170/2/67
SUBJECT A NLF SVN Civilian Political Cadre's
Opinion of the War in Vietnam DATE OF REPORT: 25/1/68
,DATE OF INFO : 11 January 1968 NO. OF PAGES : 3
DATE AND PLACE 11 January 1968 - U) REF: NIC Report 014/68 (PIR)
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The NFL'SVN will eventually win the_WarinVietnam. The purpose of this war is to
drive out the U.S., reunify the country, and establish an independent governmest.
It is the intention of the U.S. to harm and exploit the Vietnamese people. there
are many U.S. citisens who support the NFL SVN. They have demonstrated their
support through stieet demonstrations and protest movements. In addition, many
U.S. organizations, including the "2 May Movement", the "Dubois Club", the
"Veterans' Movement", and a professor-student movement at the University of
Michigan have sent material aid such as medicine and blood plasma to the NFL SVN
and the NVN people. Their material aid is a great spiritual encouragement to
those Conducting this revolution. Unless the U.S. Government understands that
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this war cannot be won militarily, the war will go on for a long time.
Militarily, the U.S. and the NFL SVN are equal, but the NFL SVN is winning
the war politically. The NFL SVN has the support of all Vietnamese people.
Aid received from, other nations is only supplementary. The NFL SVN is "the
People Force." The eventual victory of the NFL SVN will come as a result
-ok the increasing support of the nations of the world.
1. The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NFLSVN) will even-
tually Win the war in Vietnam. The revolution being carried out by the
NFL SVN is for a just cause. It is supported by many nations of the world,
including many people of the United States.
2. The purpose of this revolution is to drive the U.S. out of SVN, to reunify
the country, and to establish a new independent government there. If the U.S.
cannot be completely driven out, the NFL SVN will establish a neutral govern-
ment in SVN.
3. Since 1950, the U.S. has interfered with the internal affairs of SVN. The
purpose of that intervention was the promotion of aggressive war. The U.S.
continues to attempt to establish a "new feudalism policy" in SVN. It is
the intention of the U.S. to harm the Vietnamese people, to exploit them,
and to take away their natural resources. To accomplish that end, the U.S.
establishes puppet-governments in SVN. It overthrows all those which do not
fully carry out its feudalist policy.
4 Hatted reit only for those citizens of the U.S. who promote and carry out
this aggressive war. in Vietnam. There are many Americans who support the
NFL SVN spiritually and have helped it materially. The American labor class
fully supports the NFL SVN. They have shown their support through street
demonstrations and protest movements.
. ManY. U.S. organizations have sent material aid to the NFL SVN. These organi-
zations include the "2 May Movement", the "Dubois Club", the "Veterans'
MoVement", and a professor-student movegent at the University of Michigan.
These organizations have provided the NFL SVN and the NVN people with medicine
and blood plasma. Their material aid is a great spititual encouragement to
those conducting this revolution.
6. Before President Johnson was elected he promised the people he would find
a way to end the war in Vietnam, but he has not carried out his promise.
Now the U.S. people do not believe him. Over 50 percent of these people
support the NFL SVN. The American people do not agree with President Johnson's
policy of aggressive war in Vietnam. If President Johnson is re-elected in
1968, the war cannot end because he is " a war-like man" who wants to always
have war in Vietnam. There is a chance that the American people will elect
a man as President who can find a way to end the war.
The NFL SVN cannot negotiate the settlement of the war with any U.S. President
unless he understands "the real situation in SVN." This real situation is
that the war can never be won militarily. At the present time, the U.S. and
the NFL SVN are equal militarily. But politically, the NFL SVN is winning
the. war. This is the case because the revolution is for a: Just cause. The
SVN people see that the NFL SVN is right, and they all support it. The people
of the world also support the NFL SVN. Even the SVN people who work for the
U.S. "lean spiritually on the NFL SVN." If the U.S. Government cannot see that
the war cannot be won militarily, the war will last five or ten more years.
The NFL SVN 1:scapable of continuing to fight until the last day just as the
VIE HINH1'who had no modern weapons, were able to eventually drive out the
French.
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8.- The major advantage of the NFL SVN is its belief in "the People Force."
The aid received from other countries is. only supplementary. Even if it
were completely terminated, the NFL SVN would continue to fight because
it has the support of all the people. However,- at the present time the
AWL SVN and NVN are receiving material support from the U.S.S.R, Communist
-China, Albania, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Notth Korea, East Germany,
Cuba and Poland. The NFL SVN and NVN have received weapons, medicine, And
"implements" (type unknown) from all of these countries. The most important
.'contributors to the revolution are the U.S.S.R., Communist China, Czechoslo-
vakia, East Germany, and Cuba. Nevertheless, the NFL SVN is short of weapons
and ammunition. The reason for this shortage is that the weapons are delivered
to NVN and their transportation to SVN is very difficult due to the control
by the GVN/U.S. troops South of the 17th paralled. The NFL SVN will overcome
this situation by capturing the weapons and ammunition of these enemy forces.
9. The NFL SVN cannot defeat the U.S. militarily. The U.S. is a great and
powerful nation. Vietnam is very small. But if the war lasts a long time,
:the U.S. will lose. The victory of the NFL SVN will come as a result of the
.increasing support of the nations of the world. In the meantime,.the NFL SVN
.military forces continue to win victories against the GVN/U.S. forces.
In 1966, for example, the VIET GONG defeated twelve U.S. battalions and
destroyed 52 GVN battalions. In addition, the NLF now controls 75 per cent
of SVN, according to a 1966 article in the offical newspaper of the NFL SVN.
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