1. COMMUNIST BRIGADE ON THE BURMA-INDOCHINA BORDER 2. COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN COCHINCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900520001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION Ci";; O d'
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE -AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Indochina
DATE DISTR.
11 June 1951
SUBJECT 1.
Communist Brigade on the Burma-Indochina Border
NO. OF PAGES
1
2.
Communist Activities in Cochinchina.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
NO. OF ENCLS.
(USTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1X
INFO.
REPORT NO.
1. Than Van Giaa, minister of Information of the Democratic Republic of Viet-
nam (DRV) is now in command of a well trained and well equipped Communist
brigade operating on the Burma Indochina border.* Troops of this brigade
include Burmese, Laos and Vietnamese.
2. Pham Ngoc Thach, President of the Administrative and Resistance Committee
of Saigon-Cholon, is currently at Tan Khanh (106-0, 11-00), where he is
investigating the causes behind the increasing defections of DRV forces in
Cochinchina.
Muoi Trig-, will arrive in Saigon-Cholon in a few days to replace Nguyen an
Thi, who was recently arrested, as head of MV forces in the area. Tri,
whose younger brother recently arrived in Saigon, is now believed to be in
complete sympathy with the Coannunists.
25X1A * Comment. According to all, available information, Tran Van
iau has ways been associated with information and propaganda work.
It is probable that he is !'olitical Commissar, rather than military
commander., of this brigade. 25X1A
25X1A ** Comment. ruoi Tri was reported as commander of
a resistance group operating in the Chau Doc An Thinh-Binh Thach area
of Cochinchina, which had made unsuccessful attempts to rally to the iao
Dai Government.
Th"is dbCunibnt . s hereby regraded to
CONPIDENTIALin accordance with the
letter of 18 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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