VIETNAM ORIENTATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 1, 1967
• Content Type: MISC

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VIETNAM
ORIENTATION
No. 19 28 Aug - 1 Sep 1967
Room 1 A 07
BACKGROUND
TO CRISIS
THE COMMUNIST
INSURGENCY
SAIGON'S RESPONSE
THE AGENCY'S
OPERATIONS
PROGRAM
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S E C R E T
VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 19
28 August - 1 September 1967
Room 1 A 07
Course Coordinator
Office of Training
x 5941
1.
List of Speakers
p. 1
2.
Student Roster
P. 3
3.
Schedule
p. 4
S E C R E T
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S E C R E T
VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 19
Monday, 28 August 1967
INTRODUCTION
8:45 - 9:15
9:15 - 10:15
PART I: BACKGROUND
Administration
The Importance of Vietnam -
and Why You Are Here
10:30 - 12:00
The Physical and Political
Geography of Vietnam
2:10 - 2:40
History - Part I: From
Earliest Times to Dien
Bien Phu
"End of An Empire" - The
A CBS Film
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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2:50 - 3:50
History - Part II: From
4:00 - 4:30
Geneva to Today
Class Discussion with Mr.
- 4 -
S E C R E T
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VIETNAM! ORIENTATION NO. 19
Tuesday, 29 August 1967
8:45
- 9:35
Learning Vietnamese
9:45
- 1p:40
"The Quiet War" - A
1961 Study of the People,
Their Culture, and the
War
An Intertel
Film
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10:55
- 12:00
Culture and Customs of
the Vietnamese
Lunch
12:45
- 1:44
"Saigon" - 1967 and the
Impact of the American
Presence
A CBS Film
PART II: SUPPORT AND PERSONAL AFFAIRS
1:45 - 2:30 The Support Structure
A. "Saigon" ? an amateur movie
on Support facilities
B. Su ort - A taped talk by
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2:40 - 3:30 Inside Vietnam Station: Notes
on Administration and Person el
3:45 - 5:00 Personal Affairs: Travel,
Reception in Saigon, Living
Conditions, Housing
S E C R E T
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Wednesday, 30 August 1967
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8:45
- 10:00
10:15
- 10:45
10:55
- 11:45
12:40
- 1:10
The Chinese Background
to the Vietnamese
Struggle
"Ho Chi Minh; Man of A CBS Film
the Month"
North Vietnam: Strengths
and Weaknesses
"Night of the Dragon"
A USIA Film
PART IV: THE RESPONSE 25X1A9a
1:15 - 2:15 Vietnam Station: Organizational
Problems in a Crisis Situation M
2:25 - 3:15
3:30 - 4:30 Liaison Activities in the
Provinces
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 19
Thursday, 31 August 1967
8:45 - 9:45 Living and Working in Panelists to be
Vietnam: Discussion with Announced
Returnees
9:55 - 10:45
11:00
- 12;15
From OCO to CORDS: A
Review and a Report on
Current Developments
1:00
- 1:55
"The People Fight Back"
An Agency Film
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2:00
- 3:15
The Functions of the RDC
in the Hamlet
PART V: CURRENT SITUATION
3:3Q - 4:45 Revolutionary Development:
Problems and Outlook
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VIE'NAM ORIENTATION NO. 19
Friday, 1 September 1967
8:30
- 9:15
The DRV - An Intelligence
Target
9:30
- 10:45
The Military Situation in
Vietnam
1:00
- 12:30
A Summation: Where we are
and Where We're Going
Mr. Marsh
CONCLUSION
1:30
- 2:00
Administration
2:00
- 2;50
Some Medical Considerations
3:00
- 3:50
Insurance, Life, Accident
and Flight
1+:00
- 4:30
Panel on Hitherto Unanswered
Questions
S E C R E T
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