USAID PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000800030030-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: January 11, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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11 January 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. William E. Colby
Executive Director-Comptroller
"""`' r'%' 1 USAIDl/Public Safety Program
3. I am not quit sure how best to proceed in this sphere,
particularly since I want at all costs to avoid any hint that the Agency
is volunteering to pick u any of the stray pieces. You have much
more experience than I in dealing with AID and I would therefore
greatly
1. I never could re d AID cables and the one attached
(SAIGON 0346) strikes me s being even more opaque than is normal
with such communicationsm The message that comes through to me
loud and clear, however, s that AID is running, not walking, to the
exit in the public safety fi ld.
2. No matter ho pure our disinterested patriotism may
be, we should certainly of get the Agency involved in routine police
support (ordinary crime traffic control, etc. , etc.) that the Public
Safety Division of USAI was supposed to handle. Nonetheless, the
U. S. Government will b ill served if this function -- including its 1
necessary logistical sup, ort -- is dropped or even too severely
curtailed.
Geo ge A. Carver_ .Tr
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S
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a~ Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM
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FM AMEMBASSY SAIGON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6069
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E C R E T SAIGON 0346
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AID AC
SUBJ ? PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR REALIGNMENT
t. UNDER TERMS OF PROJECTED CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT, U.S. POLICE
ADVISORY ASSISTANCE TO THE GVN WILL BE WITHDRAWN; COMMODITIES
SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A U.S. TECHNICAL/
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF BE RETAINED WITHIN USAID TO CARRY OUT
RESIDUAL, CURRENT AND FOLLOW-ON LOGISTICAL SUPPORT OF POLICE
PROGRAMS.
,STAT
2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT WITH THE
GVN COMBINED TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORATE WITHIN THE MINISTRY
OF INTERIOR PRESENTLY BEING ADMINISTERED BY CORDS/PUBLIC SAFETY,
WILL BE CONTINUED. ITS TECHNICAL SPECIALIZED NATURE LOGICALLY
POSITIONS THIS ACTIVITY IN USAID ENGINEERING. THE CIVIL TELECOMMU-
NICATIONS INVOLVED ARE THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE/SECURITY
COMMUNICATIONS MEANS FOR THE GVN MINISTRIES AND ALL LEVELS OF
CIVIL GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE NO SUBSTITUTE AND WILL BE CRITICAL
IN BOTH A CEASEFIRE AND FUTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT,
IT IS PROPOSED TO TRANSFER TEN OF THE PRESENT AUTHORIZED. 12
TELECON SPACES TO USAID. (TRANSFER OF TELECON ACTIVITY WILL
NECESSARILY INCLUDE SEVEN EXISTING CONTRACT AND 20 TCN POSITIONS
FUNDED THROUGH FY 73.)
3. PROGRAMS: COMMODITIES AND OTHER SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM MFG. 1.72
CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY
FILE R.F.
~Y E CT- R E WiO t-
IZED PROGRAM MONITORING TO SUSTAIN EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTINUITY.
ONE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMMER WILL BE TRANSFERRED FOR THIS FUNCTION.
40 LOGISTICS: THE COMMODITIES PIPELINE' FOR FY 73 AND PRIOR YEARS
IS' APPROXIMATELY $16 MILLION;. $8.7.MILLION HAS BEEN PROJECTED FOR
FY 74. THE PUBLIC SAFETY LOGISTICS STAFFING PATTERN NOW HAS 17
POSITIONS INCLUDING FIVE REGIONAL ADVISORS. BY INCORPORATING PUBLIC
SAFETY PERSONNEL WITH THE USAID LOGISTICS ORGANIZATION AND ELIMINATING. _.
OPERATIONAL ADVICE, TO THE NATIONAL POLICE, NINE PUBLIC SAFETY
LI1"T P". CAaN EFFECTIVELY COPE WITH POLICE LOGISTICS
SU DRr-r' -"SHE BALAf CE 0 ` 1(7 a AS EFf~` CT 1/[ ESS IS GAINED
WITH THE NEW AMALGAMATED LOGISTICS EFFORT, IT IS ANTICIPATED
THAT THE ADDITIVE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS MAY BE REDUCED FURTHER,
POSSIBLY TO FOUR, IF ACCRUEDEXPERIENCE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
SO INDICATES,
5o DATA MANAGEMENT: IS PROPOSED TO UTILIZE TWO MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SPECIALISTS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF TO INCORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT OF JUSTICE-RELATED SYSTEMS WITH OTHER GVN AUTOMATIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS NOW BEING DEVELOPED WITH USAID/CORDS. ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER. EXISTING POLICE MANAGE-
MENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY PLANNED FOR INCORPORATION WITH
OTHER USAID DEVELOPED SYSTEMS IN MARCH OF 1973. THE CONSOLIDATION
IS NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE TOTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFORT AND ACCOMMO-
DATE TO THE MANY U.S./GVN INTER-MINISTERIAL RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVED,
6. NARCOTICS- SUPPRESSION: IT IS PLANNED TO UTILIZE THREE PUBLIC
SAFETY NARCOTICS POSITIONS (IN CURRENT PROP PROPOSAL) IN USAID.
THE USAID NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION EFFORT IS DESIGNED AS A BROADLY
BASED EFFORT WORKING PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME
MINISTER, BUT NECESSAR IL Y. DEMANDING UTILIZATION AND ORCHESTRATION
OF EFFORTS IN SEVERAL MINISTRIES. THE NATURE OF PROGRAMS WILL
INVOLVE PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OTHER GVN AGENCIES
AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. IF INITIAL PROGRESS IS
ACCEPTABLE, THE THREE POSITIONS WILL BE REDUCED TO TWO AT THE
END OF FY 73.
PERSONNEL TOTALS IN TERMS OF AUTHORIZED PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING,
Numol s1ccQeT
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM MFG. 1.72
CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY
LOGISTICS PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING FY 73 17 INCLUDES 5
REGION ADVISORS ) PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID TRANSFER
9. END FY 73 LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFEREES 4
PROGRAMS PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING FY 73 3 . PUBLIC SAFETY
PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID 1. END FY 73 LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY.,
TRANSFEREES I .
TELECON PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING
FY
73
12.
PUBLIC
SAFETY
PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID TRANSFER 10.
PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFEREES 10.
END
FY
73
LEVEL
OF
NAORCOT ICS PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING FY 73 3 (PROP PROPOSAL)
PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID TRANSFER 3 END FY 73
LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFEREES 2
MANANGEMENT INFORMATION PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING FY 73
7(#) . PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID TRANSFER 2.
E,ID FY 73 LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFEREES 2.
TOTALS. 42 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED STAFFING FY 73 AND 25
PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSED FOR IMMEDIATE USAID TRANSFER. AND 19 END
FY 73 LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFEREES
(#) INCLUDES FIVE FULLTIME MILITAR?.Y0
1. THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT CONSIDERED INHIBITED BY CEASEFIRE LIMI-
TATIONS AND MEETS URGENT GVN NEEDS FOR CONTINUING ASSISTANCE IN
ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
9. ALL POSIT IONS CONSIDERED FOR TRANSFER ARE FUNDED THROUGH
FY 73 AND WILL BE STAFFED WITH AVAILABLE IN-COUNTRY PERSONNEL.
TRANSFER WILL BE EFFECTED AS APPROPRIATE.
10. ADVISE.BUNKER
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