Accession Number:

AD0691718

Title:

DOCUMENTS OF AN ELITE VIET CONG DELTA UNIT: THE DEMOLITION PLATOON OF THE 514TH BATTALION - PART FOUR: POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION AND MILITARY TRAINING

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Elliott, David W.
• Elliott, Mai

Report Date:

1969-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

110.0

Abstract:

The report presents a collection of translations of documents pertaining to political indoctrination and military training in a Viet Cong unit operating in the Mekong Delta. In Vietnamese Communist practice, the training of troops includes both indoctrination and conventional military instruction. Political indoctrination aims at giving the fighter a firm Communist ideological stand, arousing his hatred of American bandits, and convincing him that the Party is the supreme guide.

Descriptors:

• *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• *MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
• COMMUNISM
• INSURGENCY
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• TRAINING
• WARFARE

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE