CABLE TO SAIGON INFO HONOLULU FROM DCI/SAVA

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-00574
• Publication Date: May 27, 1972

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AIR DROP AND MAIL DISTRIBUTION COUNTERFEIT NORTH VIETNAMESE
CURRENCY, REQUE ST MISSION PSYOPS COMMITTEE TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION PRODUCE AND AIR DROP NORTH VIETNAM LEAFLET DE-
PICTING ACCURATE FACSIMILE ONE DONG NOTE WITH ATTACHED
TEAR SHEET CARRYING PSY WAR MESSAGE RELATING BREAKDOWN
ECONOMY NORTH VIETNAM DRAWING ON APPROPRIATE THEMES OP
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SIMILAR TO ONE DONG NOTE LEAFLET AIR DROPPED NORTH VIETNAM
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RECEIVED THAT PEOPLE IN NORTH VIETNAM HAD CLIPPED ONE DONG
NOTE FROM LEAFLET AND WERE PASSING IT IN LOCAL MARKETS.,
ILEIKE LEAFLET SHOULD BE REPRODUCED FROM AVAILABLE PAPER
STOCK USING PHOTO OFFSET PROCESS TO PRINT ACCURATE FAC-
SIMILE ONE DONG NOTE USING SEVERAL SERIAL NUMBERS, ON BASIS
PAST PERFORMANCE, WE CAN EXPECT THAT THIS LEAFLET WILL
HAVE IMMEDIATE UTILITY GETTING ECONOMY RELATED MESSAGE
ACROSS TO NORTH VLETNAMESE POPULATION, WE HAVE INTEREST,
APART FROM SUCCESS OF THIS OPERATION IN ITSELF; IN DEVELOPING
PLAUSIBLE DENIAL SHOULD DISTRIBUTION OF HIGH QUALITY COUNTER-
FEIT CURRENCY ACTUALLY BE MADE FOR POSSIBLE LATER DIS-
TRIBUTION, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO ASSUME THAT ANY COUNTER-
FEIT OPERATION WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE MIX PUBLIC PROTEST
FROM HANOI AND SUBSEQUENT OUTCRY IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA,
EXISTENCE OF A PRIOR LEAFLET WITH WHAT IS ONLY A CURRENCY
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