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Vietnam Have Put Together the Attached Memorandum Suggesting a Possible Course of Action for the United States at This Time Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 C00236003000236003 WV We Memorandum By the Central Intelligence Agency Washingtonm;@.iq~~~il968 .. 1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (Helms) Files, Job. No. 80 M 01044A, 282. SHOCK. Secret. In the covering memorandum transmitting this memorandum to Katzenbach,Katzenbach,-Nitze, Nitze, Wheeler, and Rostow, February 2, Helms wrote: "A“A number of officersofficers of this Agency who have been concerned over the years with Vietnam have put together the attached memorandum suggesting a possible course of action for the United States at this time. I pass it to you for your consideration in light of some other factors bearing on the problem.”problem." (Ibid.) • ;,{·.- · · - ApprovedI'ppro'ved for Release: 2019/01/17201 9/01/1 7 C00236003ccoozseoosmaae ... ::,.~~•,_,/ • -.- .. <,, • - 1 Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 C00236003000236003 V/U LR} /) -"“ "'"“ Hm _.. F L u " ‘L':L}'-l "LA‘I_IPML.Z' - un‘ Lfl-h. 5'43...“ .....'1: _r—.-r v—-— , / 2 February 1968 MEMORANDUMME MORANDUM SUBJECT: ' 1.l. The Viet Cong Tet offensive isis. a clear indication of .continuedcontinued Viet Cong power which calls for a new looklock in our approachapproaCh to the Vietnam war and totothe the Go.vernmentGovernment of Vietnam. Over the years the current leaders of Vietnam have developeddeve10ped a complacent assurance that American support is immutable. Consequently, they have felt free to ·approachapproach the war ininterms terms of gradualism, favoritism amoI1gamong the limited circle of personalities at the top and only a casual attention to mobilizing popularp0pular support and engaging the population actively in.in the war. This gentle treatmenttreatment ofofthe the members of the Establishment has worked to exclude from positions of responsibility younger, more ciynamicdynamic and moder'l""mindedmodern-minded leaders. - The Tet offensive can be utilized in a frontal attack onon these attitudes and habits, since it has forcefully demonstrated that the present GVN lacks somesome of the principal attributes of sovereignty. It cannot defend its frontiers without a half million U. S. troopstr00ps and cannot even enable the AmericanAm erican Ambassador to utilize hishis Embassy. In this frontal attack, the United States must ,,.,- insist on standards of performance and American participation in decision making during an emergency effort. While this ‘ would temporarily suspend the long-standinglong—standing policy that the Vietnamese be encouraged and allowed to carry an increasing load of initiative and decision, the objective would be to remake ·‘ the power structm:estructure to permit the emergence of new and more dyn=:i.micdynamic leadership to whom this role could babe passed. This frontal attack would be thoroughly consistent with our long­long - standing public position that the UU. o S. effort in Vietnam is only to help thethe. Vie.tnameseVietnamese help themselves, not to carry the fight for them. These points .shouldshould be expressedeXpressed in an == Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 C00236003000236003 C W 4’it/e ,.' / I / ,I // I I early urgent interview between Ambassador Bunker,Bunker, accompanied by General Westmoreland, and President Thieu and Vice P1.·esi<lcntPresident Iy.K}. ' _ 2.Z. In specific terms, the United States should review for PresidentPreSident Thieu the serious situation revealed by the Viet Cong offensive in terms of the weakness of Vietnamese security ' _ and the lack of pepularpopular resolution to contribute to the fight against the Viet Cong, with the implication that the prospects of success along current lines and current progran1sprograms are ' 1 insufficient. The point should be made that gradualism can no longer be accepted as an approach on our side of the war - and it should be stated forcefully that henceforth the GVN i must follow U. ~-S. direction in an urgent program to redress the state “ofof the war. I 1' 3. , As the first point in thisthisprogram, program, we should insist that Gene1General .tl Nguyen Due Thang be named Minister of Interior and of Defense, with "full powers" over the military, the police and the administrative structure. He·He'should should be assigned the .immediate immediate urgent mission of providing for the security of the nation. He should be given full authority over all Vietnamese forces in order to accomplish this and he should be di.recteddirected to concentrate his efforts on strengthening and purging secure areas outward into less secure areas. He should be advised that Free World forces will be employed against Viet CongGong and DRV main force rmits_,units, through spoiling actions, etc.,etc. , and in re-enforcementrev-enforcement of the Vietnamese forces when needed, and that Vietnamese forces must be 100% committed to an aggressive pacification role. General Cao Van Vien of the Joint Ge1.teralGeneral Staff should be specifically instructed that all Vietnamese forces will henceforth be used in direct support of the pacification program commanded by General Thang through such subordinate commanders as Thang may selectselect,3 includingincludingprovince province chiefs. 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The first would be to ·I (f \ organize an individual review of the personal files and performance \ of all Vietnamese military and civilian officersoffice-rs and officials, with immediate purging of all found involved in corruption or other abuses of authority. Upon removal, immediate replace­replace- .............. ments should be appointed from subordinate levels or from other serviceEservices... .. Vice President KyKy‘s1 s second majo1·major mission should be to organize a national political vehicle or front out- side the government structure, including all non-C0mmunistnon—Communist political elements, to share a massive rallying of the entire pepulationpopulation in support of this new programprOgram to developdeve10p the _ country and free it of Viet GongCong terror. rI 5. In order to focus the entire nation andand'government government on this program, and still respect the provisions of the Constitution, President Thieu should seek the approval of the National Assembly on an urgent basis of the establishment of a War and Reconstruction Council. The War and RecqnstructionReconstruction Council shc:.1ldshould consist of Pi·esidentPresident Thieu as Chairman, Vice President Ky as ViceViCe GhairrnanChairman and Director of Operations, General Thang as Deputy Director of Operations, and appropriate representatives of the Ministries and the Armed Forces as well as the Senate and the Lower House. The War and Reconstruction Council should have counterpart _ War and Reconstruction Councils at the province and district levels, with similar participation not only of representatives of the Administration but also of provincial and district councils. - The function of the Councils would be to review the degree to -:‘:‘-."2“'§Wn.,- :‘Ew-np. 1,... 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These Councils should also be charged - with ensuring that the programsprograrns initiated in this emei·gencyemergency be developed for t.ll.ethe long tern-iterm benefitbeneiit of Vietnamese citizens through normal governmental and political structures. The preposalproposal to establish these Counci.lsCouncils should be announced to the nation in a Presidential speech within the next ten days, to be given maximum dissemination by all possible media. l The National Assembly should be required to accept 01.·or * reject the preposalproposal within a matter of days in order to avoid legislative wrangling over details andand'permit permit full focus on"on this urgent problem while the implications of the Tet offensive are still fresh.fresh= 6. President Thieu should be advised that the United States and all its agencies will support this program'toprogram· to the ' fullest and will utilize all its officers
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