VC PROCEDURES FOR DETAINING AND EXECUTING PRISONERS IN TUYEN DUC PROVINCE AS IM

Created: 1/5/1971

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PROVINCE WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE CAT EG ORT HIRD COUNTRY CIVILIANS, ALJJED ANDE/UBLIC. OF. VIET MAW /ARVN/ SOLDIERS, AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAMCOUNTRY CIVILIAMS, WHOSE BACKGROUNDS AND REASONS FOR BEING IN VIETNAMNVESTIGATED BY THE VARIOUS VC INFRASTRUCTURE /VCI/ MEMBERS IN WHOSE JURISDICTIONTHEY LIVED, USUALLY VERE RELEASED UNKgRMEP. ALLIED PERSONNEL AND

STATUS. GVN OFFICIALS WERE GIVEN WARNINGS BY VCI MEMBERS AND ASKED TO ACCOMMODATE THETHESE WARNINGS WERE IGNORED, THEY WERE

EXECUTED. THIRD COUNTRY CIVILIANS, ALLIED PERSONNEL AND ARVN

SOLDIERS WERE NOT EXECUTED UNLESS SPECIFIC ORDERS WERE RECEIVED

EADQUARTERSTHE NORTH VIETNAMESE

ARMYAIN FORCE /MF/ BATTALION PROVIDEDCTHE DETENTION AND COURT FACILITIES FOR ALL lJND IV IDAPTURED BY THE VC IN

TUYEN DUC END SUMMARY.

1. ALL PERSONS DETAINEDfBY TIE VC IN TUjTJn DUC PROVINCE,INTENTION OR CHANCE ENCOUNTER, WERE DIVIDED INTO THREECOUNTRY CIVILIANS, ALLIED AND ARVN SXDIERS, AND GVNPROCEDURES FOR HANDLING THE DETAINEES WERE_BAS_ED UPON THESE

a, CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WHICH RESULTED IN THEE_ OF.jt HIrD

COuhjRYKIJfiEDtTHA* LKE INDIVIDUAL BE PETARDDURESS, DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE, SUCHBY THE INDIVIDUAL, HE NATURE OF THEABOUT THZCCAPT Z, T. QgggjSION OF ARMS, CONCEALS0 HAD NO EFFECT UP' .HE E NT OF {jHE CAPTIVE, AS0

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TREATMENT, HE VAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN

EATTALION SECURITY SECTION FOR INTERROGATION. fjHE PERSON WAS 4ty QUESTIONED AND HIS POSSESSIONS AND DOCUMENTS WERE EXAMINED, HE WAS REQUIRED TO EXPLAIN HIS PRESENCE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AS WELL AS HIS REASON FOR BEING IN VIETNAM, IF HE WAS FROM THE LOCAL AREA, THE BI0TH NVA BATTALION SECURITY SECTION FORWARDED THE RESULTS OFTHE INTERROGATION TO THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OR THE DALATOMMITTEE, DEPENDING ON WHERE HE LIVED. THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE ASSISTED THE INVESTIGATION BY CONTACTING VCI MEMBERS, WHOTHE VALIDITY OF THE PRISONER'S EXPLANATION, RESIDENCE,DDRESS AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA. IF THE PERSON WASISTANT CITY, TliE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE CONTACTED VCEADQUARTERS,

WHICH IN TURN CONTACTED THAT CITYO"CITY UNITS OF VCI. THEH BATTALIONHINESERADIO SET,E, TO CONTACT THECOMMITTEE, VCEADQUARTERS, AND THE DALAT CITY /FIELDWAS NOT FAMILIARLEVEL NOR LATERAL LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICESNCLUDES OVN BINH TUY, LAM DONG, BINH THUAN, NINHAND TUYEN DUC PROVINCES./ THEOF THE PRISONER. ALL THIRD COUNTRY CIVILNS WHEN ARRESTED WERE CONSIDERED PRISONERS OFtf/{t

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PRIMARILY UPON THE TIME THE VCI NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE THEIR CLAIMS. JF. THE EXPLANATION WAS DISPROVED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE

PERSON WAS ENGAGED IN MILITARY OR POLITICAL DUTIES, HE WASTHEPROVISION

EXISTED FCR THE EXECUTION OF THIRD COUNTRY CIVILIANS, BASED UPON AN '

WDER FROM VCIGHER COMMAND. SPECIFIC ORDERS EXISTED,

HOWEVER,UTFIELD COMMENT*-^ NEW^

3 O7 NO SUCH

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J. ALLIED MILITARY PERSONNEL AHD ARVN SOLD IER6 WIRE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATfi GORIER BASED UPON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WEIJE_CAPTyREO R HAD SURRENDERED, ALL WERE CONSIDERED POW' S, BUT THOSE WHO HAM SLTv-

TiyLTJREj!lMEHT BY THEBATTALION. /FIELDONGNOTF THIS DISTINCTION WAS MADE

BEYOND THE JURISDICTION OFTH. MX7MSWLJiM!iX^

DESCRI BED THE TREATMENT AND QUESTIONING OF AN AMERICAN POW WHO WAS

CAPTURED IN TUYEN DUC PROVINCE./' THE PRERE NOT TO BE

EXECUTED BWLESS VCSO ORDERED.

4. OVN OFFICIALS WERE SPOTTED FOR WARNINGS, KIDNAPPING OR EXECUTION BY THE VCI IN THEIR AREA. THE LOCAL VCI COULD RECOMMEND THEFVN OFFICIAI CAL ACTION ARROW TEAM /AAT/ WHICH THEN PLACED THE NAMELACK LIST. THE AAT CONTACTED THE DUAT CITY COMMITTEEujT RECOMMENDATION AS TO PUNISHMENT FOR THE GVN OFFICIAL. MPLOYED GVN OFFICIAL WASRITTEN OR ORAL WARNING TO TERMINATE HIS EMPLOYMENT OR .TOlCCOHMODATE THE VC. FICIALS^WITH/W'M/jiwjg ^JJi^'fiO

_ U> ED lNDOCTHrNATIOfr. GVN WHO CONTINUED TO DISREGARD THE INDOCXhIwVTjIW OR THE

INSTRUCTIONS WOULD BE ORDERED EXECUTED.

WERE SENT FROM THE DALAT CITY COMMITTEE TO IHE PROPER AAT IF THE GVN OFFICIAL DID NOT RESIDE WITHIN THECOMMITTEE AREA, THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE SERVED THEAAT AND VCI MEMBERS WERE ORDERED NOT TO ENGAGE IN KIDNAPPING WITHOUT SPECIFIC "InSotIcTIONS

5. EXECUTIONS WERE USEDUNISHMENT FOR CRIMES COMMITTED BY VC AND MEMBERS OF THE NVA. THEH BATTALION SERVEDOURT, BUT THE FINAL DECISION IN CAPITAL CASES RESTED WITH VCEADQUARTERS. /FIELD COMMENT--^ QsAID HE HAD NEVER KNOWN OT AN EXECUTION NOR OF OFFENSES COMMITTED THAT HAD BEEN PUNISHABLE BY EXECUTION./

6. FIELD DISSEM--STATE, USMACV, USAID, CORDS, DIR/JUSPAO ONLY/, TTH AIR FORCE, USARV, TH MI OP,OSI, CINCPAC, PACFLT, PACAF, ARPAC

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