</s>176-10036-10088 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-1006-100888 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER: AGENCY FILE NUMBER # : NationalSecurity Files ORIGINATION : CIA TO : FROM : TITLE : Indication of Planning DATE : 11/20/1962 PAGES : 2 SUBJECT : 2 DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Securty Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 11/62. Box 2

Summary:  
The document is a CIA telegraphic report dated November 20, 1962, detailing planning for the recapture of North Vietnam by South Vietnamese forces. It references discussions between Vietnamese officials, including Minister for Civic Action Noo Thong Hieu, who instructed assistants to draft questionnaires for South Vietnamese citizens and those residing in North Vietnam to gather information on acquaintances still present in the north. The report also mentions strategic military planning involving the rearmament of populations to advance into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam. Additional references include assessments of Vietnameses history and the Strategic Hamlet Program's impact on population movements.  

Key People:  
- Noo Thong Hieu (Minister for Civic Action)  
- Vietnamese officials (specific names redacted)  

Key Locations:  
- South Vietnam  
- North Vietnam  
- Laos  
- Cambodia  
- Saigon  

Key Events:  
- Planning for recapture of North Vietnam by South Vietnamese forces  
- Drafting questionnaires to gather intelligence on North Vietnamese acquaintances  
- Strategic military planning involving population rearmament and territorial expansion  
- Assessments of Vietnameses history and the Strategic Hamlet Program  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (USMACV)  
- South Vietnamese government agencies (Ministry for Civic Action, Directorate General of Information)

JFK Declassified Files

176-10036-10088.pdf

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