Phoenix program uses harsh tactics against Viet Cong leaders
The Phoenix program, a joint Allied effort in Vietnam, employs covert actions to eliminate National Liberation Front political leadership. An incident described to UPI shows two U.S. CIA linked operatives using a Claymore mine to kill a Viet Cong leader as part of a wider, controversial intelligence operation drawing criticism for “Big Brother” power in Saigon.
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The Phoenix program and its grim toll in Vietnam
The Phoenix program aims to neutralize the Viet Cong Infrastructure in South Vietnam begun 1968 with U.S. help. Officials claim 83,899 neutralized including 20,936 killed, 40,880 jailed, 22,083 defected as informants. Reports describe killings, tortures, and coerced local spying via PRUs and DIOGs supported by CIA financing and salaries.
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Mayor cites hippies outpacing mounted patrols in Piedmont Park
Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell said the sanitation issue at Piedmont Park is worse with hippies and drug addicts than with three mounted patrol horses. He noted the city faced larger sanitation problems from people previously in the park.
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Reid urges end to use of terror in Phoenix program
Rep Ogden Reid of New York calls for immediate termination of the Phoenix program. He cites alleged Geneva convention violations and civilian killings from 1988 to May 1971, urging Saigon to stop the mechanism and the U.S. to disassociate from it.
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Viet Cong Targeting System Revealed by Saigon Officials
Officials describe green and pink sheets in folders used to list suspect details and agent reports. A grading scale from A to F measures informant reliability, while DIG members decide how to neutralize suspects. The process covers assassination, arrest, or persuasion based on intelligence from allied sources.
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