VIETNAM OREINTATION BACKGROUND TO CRISIS THE COMMUNIST INSURGENCY SAIGON'S RESPONSE THE AGENCY'S OPERATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2014
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: January 19, 1967
• Content Type: AG

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VIETNAM
ORIENTATION
NO. 12 10-12, 17-19 January 1967
Room G A 13
BACKGROUND
TO CRISIS
THE COMMUNIST
INSURGENCY
SAIGON'S RESPONSE
THE AGENCY'S
OPERATIONS
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
10 - 12 January 1967
17 - 19 January 1967
Room G A 13
Course Coordinator:
Qffice of Training
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Tuesday, 10 January 1967
INTRODUCTION
8:45 - 9:15 Administrative Matters
9:15 - 10:30 The Importance of Vietnam -
and Why You are Here
10:45 - 11:15 "Why Vietnam?" - A Depart-
ment of DefenSe Film
11:15 - 12:00 A Survey of Current
Literature on Contemporary
South Vietnam
PART I: BACKGROUND
1:00 - 2:45
3:00 - 4:45
The Physical Setting:
Vietnam's Physical and
Political Geography
The Historical Background:
the Vietnamese people; the
French era; Diem; and current
political dynamics
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Wednesday, 11 January 1967
8:45 - 10:15 The Culture of Vietnam:
Language, Religion, and
Customs
10:30 - 11:00 "End of An Empire" - A
.CBS film
PART II THE THREAT
11:05 - 12:00 North Vietnam: Strengths
and Weaknesses
1:00 - 1:30
1:30 - 2:15
2:25 - 3:15
3:30 - 4:45
Lunch
"Man of the Month,
Ho Chi Minh" - A CBS film
The Communist Apparatus
In North and South Vietnam
The Military Arm of the
Insurgency
The Chinese Background to
the South Vietnamese Struggle
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Thursday, 12 January 1967
PART III: THE VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN RESPONSE
8:45 - 10:30
The American Involvement
in Vietnam: Some Highlights
in Recent History.
10:45 - 11:45 The Soviet Interest: Objec-
tives, Strategy, and Tactics.
12:20 - 12:55
1:00 - 1:50
2:00 - 2:50
3:00 - 4:45
Lunch
Film: "Night of the Dragon"
A USIA film
South Vietnam: Strengths
and Weaknesses.
The official American
Community in Saigon.
The Department of State:
role, problems, and relat-
ions with other U.S. agencies.
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Tuesday, 17 January 1967
NOTE
Today's program will consist of brief-
ings by representatives of the Department
of Defense, the United States Information
Agency, and the Agency for International
Development on the work of their agencies in
Saigon.
As soon as the details have been com-
pleted, a definitive schedule will be made
available to you.
Please note the following, however:
Operations, will discuss "The Saigon Station:.
History, Problems, and Pressures" from 3:30
to 4:30, this day, this room.
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VIETNAM ORIMATION
Tuesday,- 17 January 1967
A.I.D. and Revolutionary
Development Operations in
South Vietnam.
11:00 - 12:15 The Special Forces in
Smith Vietnam.
Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 The Marines in South
Vietnam.
2:25 - 3:25
3:30 - h:30
"Vietnam: It's a Mad
War!" - An NBC film.
The Saigon Station:
History, Problems, and
Pressures.
Mr. Jerome T. French,
Office of Vietnam Affairs,
U.S. Agency for Inter-
national Development.
Lt. Col. W. H. Tyler, USA,
Special Warfare Branch,
Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for
Military Operations.
Lt. Col. John C. Scharfen,
USMC, Joint Planning
Group, Hqs., USMC.
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Wednesday, 18 January 1967
8:30 - 9:30
9:40 - 10:30
10:45 - 11:45
12:45 - 1:45
1:50 - 3:00
3:15 - 4:50
4:00 - 4:50
The Nature of the Struggle
The Intelligence Division
Field Operations: Intelli-
gence Division and Office
of Civil Operations
Lunch
"The People Fight Back"
An Agency Film.
Revolutionary Development
and Cadre Operations
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VIETNAM ORIENTATION NO. 12
Thursday, 19 January 1967
8:45 - 9:20
9:30 - 10:15
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- 11:10
11:15
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- 1:50
The Democratic Republic of
Vietnam (DRV) - An Intelli-
gence Target.
Cambodia via-a-is South
Vietnam and the United
States.
Operations.
"Thailand - The New Front"
An NBC Film.
Lunch
POperations
PART V; PERSONNEL MATTERS
2:00 - 2:50 Keeping Healthy in Saigon
3:00 - 3:50 Insurance, Wills and Other
Vital Matters
4:00 - 4:45 Panel on Hitherto Unanswered
Questions
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