Accession Number:

AD0672546

Title:

THE NORTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY ADVISER IN LAOS: A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Langer, Paul F.
• Zasloff, Joseph J.

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

Excerpts are presented from the testimony of Captain Mai Dai Hap, a member of the Communist Lao Dong Party who served as military adviser in northern Laos from February 1964 until his defection in December 1966. As adviser to a Pathet Lao battalion, Captain Hap operated within the framework of the North Vietnamese military and political-administrative support system.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
• VIETNAM
• LAOS
• LIMITED WARFARE
• COUNTERINSURGENCY
• SOCIOLOGY
• MILITARY TRAINING
• MILITARY PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE