TITLE

The Tay Ninh Provincial Reconnaissance Unit and Its Role in the Phoenix Program, 1969-70

AUTHOR(S)
Finlayson, Andrew R.
PUB. DATE
June 2007
SOURCE
Studies in Intelligence;2007, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p59
SOURCE TYPE
Government Documents
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article explores the role of Tay Ninh Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) in Vietnam in the Phoenix Program, a military, intelligence, and internal security program designed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and coordinated with the Republic of Vietnam's security apparatus during the Vietnam War. Some members of the 92-man Tay Ninh PRU had military experience with the Cao Dai Army. The PRU was armed with M16 rifles, M60 machine guns, 45-caliber automatic pistols, and M79 grenade launchers.
ACCESSION #
31683439

Tags: VIETNAM War, 1961-1975;  RECONNAISSANCE operations;  MILITARY art & science;  ESPIONAGE;  UNITED States. Central Intelligence Agency

 

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