The information regarding vietnam on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from. Jan 12, 2008 vietnam mishaps revealed in newly declassified papers a national security agency report released this week details intelligence communications, hoaxes and occasional mishaps during the vietnam war. Factbook photos obtained from a variety of sources are in the public domain and are free. We hereby acknowledge the permissions granted by the gale group to include in this database the abstracts provided in the declassified documents reference system cdrom and by the texas tech universitys virtual vietnam archive to provide the links for fulltext documents. In his book the phoenix program, which drew from a cache of phoenixrelated documents and numerous interviews with former cia officers, douglas valentine chronicled a litany of torture and abuses carried about by cia operatives, pru members and other intelligence agents and military personal under the phoenix program. Sep 01, 2019 project mkultrasometimes referred to as the cias mind control programwas the code name given to an illegal program of experiments on human subjects, designed and undertaken by the united states central intelligence agency cia.
The pentagon papers, officially titled report of the office of the secretary of defense vietnam task force, was commissioned by secretary of defense robert mcnamara in 1967. Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs, alcohol, stick and poke tattoos, and. The recent northward shift of headquarters elements of the communist military region 5. Cia and the generals, covert support to military government in south vietnam. American soldiers captured thousands of enemy documents. The vast majority of the collection 88% has been open in full and released to the public since the late 1990s.
Material is made up of cia operational files, finished intelligence reports, memoranda, and background studies. Anthony alexander poshepny september 18, 1924 june 27, 2003, known as tony poe, was a cia paramilitary operations officer in what is now called special activities division renamed special activities center in 2016. The cia center for the study of intelligence released on march six volumes of previously classified books detailing various aspects of the cias operations in vietnam, cambodia and laos in the 60s and 70s. Vietnam, 6572 during nixons first 2 12 years, state department officially admits that the cia run phoenix program murdered or abducted 35,708 vnese civilians, 4,836 more than the pentagon claimed the nlf had assassinated or kidnapped during the same period, and a monthly increase over the 200 killed by the cia every month under johnson.
The documents in this microfilm collection have been obtained by. Beginning in july 2018, the intelligence community will begin its release of declassified documents related to the tet offensive. Operation northwoods was a proposed false flag operation against the cuban government that originated within the u. The national intelligence council nic commissioned lloyd gardner, the renowned american scholar on the vietnam war, to prepare an introductory essay providing.
After listening to lairs outline of recruiting, training, and. Cia executive committee, asked the intelligence communitys wau. In many instances, cia documents show, journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the cia with the consent of the managements of americas leading news organizations. The black vault filed a foia request for all documents pertaining to mkultra and related projects back in the late 1990s. The cias counterinsurgency in vietnam was brutal and. Prg campaign to relocate the unemployed saigon population. Cia releases newly declassified assessments of vietnam war. Adobe acrobat reader dc software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on pdf documents. Cia central intelligence agency cincpac commander in chief, pacific comusmacv commander, u.
The following is a list of controversies involving the central intelligence agency cia. Declassified documents show the extent of the cia s vietnam war the cia s close relationship with ngo dinh nhu, chief political adviser to his brother president ngo dinh diem, is demonstrated by the presence of cia officer paul harwood and his spouse at the confirmation ceremony for the nhus daughter le thuy. We read every letter or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. Us military, engagement in south vietnam began well before what is marked as the beginning of the 50th. Vietnam declassified is a detailed account of the cia s effort to help south vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the vietnamese peasantry and suppress the viet cong. Cia and the house of ngo, covert action in south vietnam, 195463.
Located on the perfume river in central vietnam, hue was the capital of vietnam from 1802 until 1945. The national archives is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the jfk assassination records collection act. The vietnam collection this collection of declassified estimative products is the first such release by the central intelligence agency of documents exclusively on the vietnam war. Vietnam mishaps revealed in newly declassified papers. The cia center for the study of intelligence released on march six volumes of previously classified books detailing various aspects of the cia s operations in vietnam, cambodia and laos in the 60s and 70s. Cia mkultra mind control collection the black vault.
One example is data on the berlin tunnel project codenamed operation gold, which was a joint cia and british intelligence scheme to carry out surveillance on the soviet army hq in berlin during the 1950s. Declassified cia documents on the vietnam war university. Besides asking for me personally, he bent the rules, allowing my wife and children to remain in vietnam throughout my tour. This is the second such collection of declassified documents published by the national. Retired cia operative and intelligence consultant thomas l. Military assistance command, vietnam cosvn central office of south vietnam dci director of central intelligence dia defense intelligence agency dmz demilitarized zone dod department of defense drv democratic republic of vietnam north vietnam. Dulles, it was later led by frank wisner after dulles became the head of the cia. In june of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed. This is the story of thai civilians who volunteered to fight in laos as forward air guides fags in support of thai, lao and u. Vietnam involvement, and the other is a map of indochina as of 1973. Fortunately, jorgensen was able to schedule a dinner meeting with the cia deputy director desmond fitzgerald, who stopped in laos while on his way from south vietnam. Areas covered in these central intelligence agency vietnam war documents include covert actions in vietnam.
The pentagon papers was the name given to a topsecret department of defense study of u. Center for the study of intelligence, june 2000, 231 pp. Covering the cia engagement from 1954 to mid1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Good questions, wrong answers cia s estimates of arms traffic through sihanoukville, cambodia, during the vietnam war. For dia, the looming war in southeast asia would expose major problems in its. Its capital city is hanoi, and its most populated city is ho chi minh city. It is impossible to read thomas aherns magisterial account of u.
Vietnam war 1961 1969 white house cia dod nsc dept. Many of the buildings of the imperial city were destroyed during the vietnam war. Declassified cia filesjcrc hearsay ho chi minh province. Lair returned to the cia headquarters to consult with his superior, chief gordon l. The pentagon papers, officially titled report of the office of the secretary of defense. Vietnam war department of state 40,000 telegrams 19731975 plus 950,000 covering world events.
Jfk assassination records 2018 additional documents release. Good questions, wrong answers cias estimates of arms traffic through sihanoukville, cambodia, during the vietnam war. Photographic detection of offensive missile systems in north vietnam. Why cia analysts were so doubtful about vietnam harold b.
This release consists of six declassified histories volumes and describes the cias role in indochina during the vietnam war. Jfk assassination records 2018 additional documents. The release totals some 1,600 pages and represents the largest amount of vietnam era cia documents yet declassified. This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the united. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. Although vietnam became independent after world war ii, the french continued to rule the. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. The briefings detail the evolution of the war in vietnam and responses to such events as the cuban missile crisis and.
Vietnam declassified is a detailed account of the cias effort to help south vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the vietnamese peasantry and suppress the viet cong. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from many quality issues. Due to the age and poor quality of some of the pdf images, a screen reader may not be able to process the images into word documents. In september 1970, after service in burma and japan, i returned to bien hoa, vietnam, as regional officer in charge of the ten provinces surrounding saigon. The war in south vietnam, 19651967, and us intelligence. Full text of cia operation mockingbird how the cia. The phoenix program is arguably the most misunderstood and controversial program undertaken by the governments of the united states and south vietnam during the vietnam war, according to a retrospective of the phoenix program by retired marine colonel andrew r. The documents were written by cia historian thomas l. The painting depicts a singular aerial victory in the vietnam war and will soon be on display as a lasting and inspiring reminder of the heroism and courage of the employees of air america, said george little, a cia spokesman. Operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. These documents will be released in three installments over a period of 15 months.
The documents in this file were released by the cia in 1979 in response to a freedom of information act request from the national league of families of american prisoners and missing in action in south east asia. Finlayson, published on the cia s official website. The works were distributed and discussed at a conference hosted by texas tech universitys vietnam center and archive. In concert with the dnis threepart installment on the vietnam wars tet offensive and in. The national intelligence council nic commissioned lloyd gardner, the renowned american scholar on the vietnam war, to prepare an introductory essay providing historical context for the documents. Gate leaving the grounds of the former imperial city in hue. Courtfiled documents for your convenience, the primary courtfiled documents in our case may be accessed here, without any password or registration. For years i waited, and was never contacted back by the cia.
Arvn army of the republic of vietnam ay group assault youth group cia central intelligence agency cincpac commander in chief, pacific. First, it was the cia which insisted that the us engage itself in a major way in vietnam in spite of the coolness of the state department and considerable opposition in the pentagon. The briefings detail the evolution of the war in vietnam and responses to. The proposals called for the central intelligence agency cia or other u. A webbased database of cia declassified documents on the. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. In july 20, declassified documents from the cia acknowledged the existence of area 51 for the first time, and confirmed that the topsecret site was used to test a variety of spy planes. To my knowledge, i was the only cia officer authorized to do this. Top 10 declassified documents that rocked the world enkivillage. These historical documents are pdf images of formerly classified carbon paper and reports that have been declassified. Cia and the generals, covert support to military government in south vietnam cia and the house of ngo, covert action in south vietnam, 195463 cia and rural pacification.
But in declassifying some of its wartime documents, hanoi sheds new light on how its intelligence service was able to neutralize virtually every spying operation mounted against it by the cia and. Cia activities in vietnam were operations conducted by the central intelligence agency in indochina and then vietnam from the 1950s to the late 1960s, before and during the vietnam war. The history of the cia by tim weiner accuses the cia of covert actions and human rights abuses. Foia this volume covers the early years of the agencys work in vietnam, and ends with the south vietnamese military coup that overthrew saigon leader ngo dinh diem, of which the cia. Cia vietnamera powmia documents declassified for dod, crash sights, sightings, and burials of powsmias presence of us citizens in saigon. Nothing decisive has resulted from these some of the independence bloc s moves, however. A webbased database of cia declassified documents on the vietnam war by vinhthe lam and darryl friesen during the vietnam war years 19601975, the u. The book comprehensively documents the cias role in the rural pacification of south. Documents in pdf format require the adobe acrobat reader.
A walled citadel, 2 km by 2 km, as well as a moat, surrounded the city. Covering the cia engagement from 1954 to mid1972, it provides a thorough analysis of. Department of defense dod and the joint chiefs of staff jcs of the united states government in 1962. And now, its connected to the adobe document cloud. This book offers a detailed account of the central intelligence agency s cia effort to help south vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the vietnamese peasantry and suppress the viet cong. Alternatively, you may access the complete docket of the case and all the documents on file by visiting the website for the united states district court for the northern district of california at. The range of documents, known as the crest cia records search tool database, covers an array of materials related to the vietnam war, korean war and cold war. The agency was the decisive factor in making all those shadowy commitments which tied the hands of later administrations. Begun in the 1950s, it was initially organized by cord meyer and allen w. Historically, vietnam became a part of french indochina in 1887. Vietnam and southeast asia, supplement university publications of america. Throughout its history, the cia has been the subject of a number of controversies, both at home and abroad. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of vietnam 2020 information contained here.
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