HANOI EDITS "CUU LONG" ARTICLE ON GUERRILLA WARFARE IN SOUTH

Created: 12/8/1966

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Kar/jj Edits "Cuu Long" Article on Guerri'P* Warfare in South

A seemingly major addition to the literature on the conduct ofin the South appears with Liberation Radio'sovemberof an article on guerrilla warfare under the pseudonymwhich was described as having been written for the dailyeditions of the DRV army organ QUAN DOi KHAN DAN.

identity of Cuu Long is not known* but he speaks with obvious authority regarding the war in the South. And the article takes on added significance when it is published in quak DPI KHAN DAN onovenher and broadcast by Hanoi radio to the_South9 anj_jO_Hoyemberumber of apparently sensitivedeleted_or

* The last available article attributed to Cuj Long was one carried by Liberation Radioeptember which. dry season offensive and discussed strengths and weaknesses of the Viet Cong and the allies in somewhat polemical terms.

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Cuu Long's article discusses the scope and potential of guerrilla war in unusual detail. And while he notes io passing that the "regulars" play the decisive role in the warhole, his major thesis is that at this stage guerrilla action can successfully counter .the allies despite their troop buirdupV"superior"weaponry, and air power. Tbe article comes in the wake of considerable propaganda on military theory. Cuu Long now refers to the Front's guerrilla warfare conference, which Liberation Radio reported onctober, saying that it had "determined the procedures for organizing the three types of forces at the basic level." In June, July and August therelurry of statements on military matters in the propaganda. Host notably an article in HOC TAP by Nguyen Chi Thanh, broadcast by Hanoi to the Southuly, detailed allegedly hypothetical pitfall* which the Viet Cong avoided during the dry season. And at the end of July and early August, Hanoi released speechesid-Hay "determined-to-win" congress of youth of the armed forces by First Secretary Le Duan, Defense Minister Giap and Gen. Song Rao,

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Sow of Hanoi's_dsletions of tha Cuu Long article raisa thaof_ differencesigh level Including auch basic questiona oi'tht .rola.pfj:'ht VftA ln tha South ahtTthecoritr-bl'bf" tha Viet Cony. Tha article is notable for lta stress on the importance of "organizing the revolutionarynd the author cites Le Duan as well aa the HFLSV Central Committee as hia authority on this matter. Hanoiuotation from Le Duan on the subject as wellubsequent reference to him. Hanoi retains Cuu Long's assertion that "leadership over the guerrilla war in various localities is not limited to military matters and cannot be understood as mainly the task of military organs."

Hanoi_omits the following passage which says that the matter of leadership must be further discussed.

In the discussion of the role and nature of guerrilla warfare, Hanoi deletes from the middleentence the specification of erroneous concepts as "the idea of depending on concentrated troops and of overestimating the enemy's forces andnd Hanoi omitsassage on the need for continued attack that statement that: "in this fierce struggle, to pause at the defensive ia to invite the danger of being annihilated. Even If we do not attack the enemy, he will attempt to exterminate us."

Hanoi alsomexcises Cuu Long's unusual details regarding theof the guerrilla force: It reports hia statement that forces waging guerrilla warfare include all the armed forces from the main-force troops to the regional troops, but it omits his disclosure that they also Include "apecial aroed forces, such aa the special task force and the ranger force." Hanoi alaoubsequent reference to "the special task force, the engineer corps, and surveillance units." engthy passage ln which Cuu Long dlacusses the organization of the different categories of troops--Including "hamlet, village, and intarvlllage" guerrillas and "specialized and secret" guerrillas,

ontinues to Show Concern Over Internal Problgns LE DUCT^ARTICLE IN NWN DAN

An article by La Duc^Eho inovember NHAN DAN voices open concern over theparty cadres and atresses that improving the relatLonafil^^tetween basic party organizations and the masses ia anjiwrgentmust receive the greatest attention." HeaaSerts that cowoandisniBWd^violation of "mass rights"serious degree at the baslo-4evel." While some ofatter of misunderstanding, he says, thes^are also of "bad motives."

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