tailieunhanh - The Border Control Problem In South Vietnam

A study of the border control problem in South Vietnam describing its nature, magnitude, and difficulties, and analyzing solutions in terms of give reports of infiltrations, cost and manning estimates for barrier control, patrol ship requirements, and a list of organized hamlets. | ARPA ORDER NO. 189-61 UNCLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM RM-3967-ARPA JUNE 1964 THE BORDER CONTROL PROBLEM IN SOUTH VIETNAM c. V. Sturdevant PREPARED FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY Classification - . -. ZTZTZ Unclassified - rouo changed tn __ Authority SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA UNCLASSIFIED Ry. Publications Date 1-13-75 Operating Entity The Rand Corporation FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY -iii- PREFACE This Memorandum primarily reports research done by the author in the field in 1962 while assigned to the Combat Development Test Center. Some later data were included during subsequent short tours in South Vietnam. The results therefore apply to the border control situation in the early spring of 1963 and many of the observations are couched in a 1962 context. Their applicability depends strongly upon the materialization of events hoped-for at that time. Of prime importance ỉn this regard is the successful implementation of the Strategic Hamlet Program which has been a far-reaching assumption ỉn South Vietnam. The main products of this study have been the guidance and suggestions provided by the author ỉn field reports and personal discussions while he was working in South Vietnam. The present Memorandum attempts only to document those results and is not addressed to the related history background or general problem of border control. These results and observations are published at this time only to make available to a wider audience material that might be of use in subsequent considerations of border control problems. They are not intended as an up-to-date review of the general border control situation or research on that .