</s>176-10037-104060 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSASSINATIONAL SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10033-10460 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER: AGENCY FILE NUMBER :: CIA FROM : TO : TITLE : Task Force Status Report DATE : 0/00/1963 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National security Files, Box 332 R & S, Southeast Asia Task Force Reports 4/11-16/13/63. Box 6.

Summary:  
This document is a Task Force Status Report from the CIA’s Southeast Asia Covert Annex, dated 0/00/1963 (likely an error or placeholder). It outlines operations in Cambodia and North Vietnam. In Cambodia, a CIA source within the Chinese Nationalist diplomatic mission in Saigon reported that the GRC (General Revolutionary Council) planned to assist dissident Cambodian leader Son Ngoc Thanh in political actions against the Shanouk government. The GRC also considered Thanh’s potential for destabilizing the Cambodian government and explored the feasibility of assassinating Shanouk. In North Vietnam, over 700,000 CIA-designed leaflets were dropped into Haipong/Lay Kay areas in April 1963. The operation aimed to familiarize DRV (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) populations with anti-communist symbols and create a diversion within North Vietnam to weaken DRV security and disrupt its capabilities for action activities.  

Key People:  
- Son Ngoc Thanh (dissident Cambodian leader)  
- GRC (General Revolutionary Council)  
- Shanouk (Cambodian government leader)  
- CIA personnel (unspecified individuals)  

Key Locations:  
- Cambodia (Saigon, unspecified regions)  
- North Vietnam (Haipong/Lay Kay areas)  
- South Vietnam (implied through reference to South Vietnamese operations)  

Key Events:  
- GRC’s planning to support Son Ngoc Thanh against the Shanouk government  
- CIA leaflet operation in North Vietnam (April 1963)  
- Training of 229 Montagard cadres for Civic Action Ministry in April 1963  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- General Revolutionary Council (GRC)  
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)

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176-10037-10460.pdf

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