POLITICAL AND MILITARY SITUATION IN KHANH HOA AND PHAN RANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100640005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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I Fo n? REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Intiochi.ria
SUBJECT Political and ;'.'ilitary Situation in
25X1 A Khanh Iloa and Phan 1-an g
DATE DISTR. :4 I;IA T 51
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1. ..dmirii strati.on. The administration of ;-hank boa Province is in the hands of
a Provinc ial ~Tssembly, composed of thirty members; 25 of vhiori are elected and
five of whom are appointed by the Chief of the Province, '.r.. Ilai.
2. 7conor.~ic Conditions. Economically, the province operates on a cooperative
basis, eac it aaau. y placing its rice in a central villa,;-, barn 9 :,ice may be
sold freely, but each transaction must be re-iorted to prevent sales to the
Viet ; :inh. :i. two percent tax is imposed on the volume of business and a 50
piaster tax on each quintal of rice imported into bhanh foa,a Three hundred
tons of rice are imported each month from Cholon.
3. Docause all the rice is under ;.guard, there a o few Diet Ld.-ah r aids on villages
in Khanh Iloa. bha Trang was under 'diet . iirnh control for only about two
months in 1945 and there has bon practically no destruction in the tovrn
since that tame.
ter Administration. The administration of the provincial militia and intelligence
services of Phan~~ang is supervized by a committee of four persons, i-icluding
I-To Tranh Ohanh, "..hief of the Province, Van b;ir h, Deputy Chief of th:.; Province,
and the head of the 3urete, ?I;guyen Van?) tiay.
5- ~uoc Gia Lien Iliep. According to I%o Tranh Chanh., the province has strong
:)ai. Viet leanirt sw Chanh aipear s to veil his Dai Diet connectiorns, :?osrsvor,
a s his ;?)arty still bears the nano of ^uoc Gia Lien I_iop, The ' )uoc Gi.a Lien
=;icp was, originally founded for the pu ?pose of bringing Cao Jai bac': to Viet
:.Iam and theoretically ended its mission u on his return.
6. Provincial :ili tia. The provincial militia, the Dao ;le `?man, is organized.
1..nto eight companies, each coinanded by a second l:_eutenant. ;ach com )a:.iy
also includes a political con nissar with rank equivalent to that of an
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officer and who acts as secorr'i-in.=cor .raand.. The militia nur&?ors 900 trained
-I oncolrm.ssioned officers and -Zen and. 100 recruits.
The militia is equi?)ped with the f ol? orring .arias:
25 automatic rifles
600 old rifles
.o 3ten or similar subia--hire guns
I I-Tapareso mortar (knot m or'tar type)
900 grenades
100 rounds of rifle ammunition
The force also has one truck and two fairly old jeeps..
;1 nev ba utalion, to be incorporated in the Vietnamese Nation.]. : y, is
^ua: r ;ntl;,r being formad at flirt hu (109--00, 11-35). This battalion is ccM-
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