Vietnam War: Junk Bluebook (1962) - Paperless Archives

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CONFIDENTIAL A "
THAU THAP VSON THAO TAIlI~
COLLECTION __AND -PREPARATION -OF- MATERIAL
'I- *N~y ni~ng 8 thing 2 1962, dhn VI d! chlIn
itfu t~m vi pb~t rx 16 (R&D Field Uinit) c~a cd quan
C411 Pi'p dtf in Situ "~ (AIAPA) thu6c Yin Plbug.Bo
Trtfng Qa' bng Hoa *~ (06D) dlfdc tra6b nhi~if
Vii tbigit 11p Vi Au cho'coank tdc sio'iith~o cu!Kn t~i'
116U A~ hAl tlw'On 'JUNK B1.US BOOK'. W in naky
da atcB Huý.T89l Coo Thfi Bnh Dtding c~hap
tbtn ugly 27-2-1962, vh dddeV~n PongBoTrtiTng
Q96~ Phi~sg Hoa Ký' cdap tihuun niily 22-3-1962.,
VSin dt d! Jrao, alto lHqm D~i c~a 118 Chi HuyT6'
Cao -Thai BhIh W~dg8ti hhnli tro ghdp ddn vi dl
cbi~n ch Cd quý'n Can cfp dtf in sihat~m thuoc Vi'n
Mu~g Eý Trvh~g Qu~c Pihbng Hos Kýv. Nghy
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On -8 Febrmary 1962, it was proposed that
OS/ARPA R&D Field Unit, -Vietnam establish a
project for preparationwof a J,4nik Blue Book. Thiswas,
approved on' 27 February- 1962 by CIZICPAC
and on 42 March-1962 by..060.. The matter was.
passed to CINCPACFLT for -action In providing
assist-an~c to thc OSD/ARPA Field Unit.. By
30 March 19b2, the first. CINCPACFLTr officer
aryv.Icd In Saigon tin temiporary duty to help preýpare
thebook. BylbApril 19b2, sufficilent pe rsunnul
were on boar~d to dephyý the first field survey'
feamn.
30- 3-1962, vi 9a quan aku tidn c~a Ham W31 thu~c
BA Chl Huy' T ýi Coo Thu'l. Blnh Dktdng Ad Saigun
cbug tic da'tiQ gilp soQn thak,ctfdn Ql IIL~u tr~n
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Extensive arrangements had already been
made with the Vietnamese Navy, the Customs
prvlion and local mnilitary commlianders fr gu J
- . 'Nghy 16-4-1962, &iy &I Win vitn d5 ~u~ng
f dph~n tdn phdi dohn quan IsAt da. chlelen du.
ti~n.
' .port of Uife di~rut field. survey teams. In the ten
weeks (116 April to 11) June) that followed, the flild
teams spent between u . week und three weeks in'
the-areas surrounding ench of the twelve major
1019 cuQc, ti,-'p xdc Lrimi; diii d.' thdc hion vAi coastal towns of Souath Vietnam. 'Their tinic~ was
. m-HillQuin ViOt Nam. 8& Quan Thuee Viet Nam,, vh
cic vi chi buy qei"n sit dia phtfdng d0' trd gidli cho
ba phdi dnq an '~ a~ chi. lTrang ntfil ti~9n
l~sau (tit 16 di-tnS 4 A~ 19 thdng 6), cic; phiai &ihn
quLan sit niy df tr~i mbt thbii giam ýt itmut tai1 bs
Wo~n letrong cdc 1dm vitC bao'quanh mt~ithi tr~n
Opent visiting iund questioning Na-val, people, the
local Customs officers', 'the-fisheries, Army
officers, citizens of the nearby towns antivillagus,
and the fishermien and their families. Whenuvei
possible they sailed in the junks they were study-
Ing.
trong 12 thi trian chfnhb JfmieNduyttn i1ul cua VNCH.
1ic phii &A~n da thY~m vI'%g v1 ~ a u i~
vign HSII Qu~an, ca'c ch~tc tru~ch . quinn thus diii
phudnagi c~c ngdnghip, cic si quan ltuc qu~n, d~n
cu mc~nth ~ hn r~ vic~c gt hBcin ga
The basis -of the interviews was a 29 page
questionnaire which was as complete as the Blue
Book project officers could make it. About 2900
diabbho. pages of written notes were collected by the field
teams. In addition, over 3OU0I photographs Yvere
Mu~i khi c4 thILS ca'c Pha'i-~an dik
J.c h~l tiiuy'en mai ho nghi~h c~2L.
di trOn taken in the field.
Can bapn che ca'c cttc. phong &n eon cueC The field trips were rarely dull. On one
phuL ban iý nit t~i ligu 29 trang gor cac c~auhoi. uccssiontheVict~ongentereda small town where
T~i liou nly dfdc coi nht? dky &I tni ca'c s- quan a team was working and killed the wives of two
but an 1BLUE BOOK' d~ir thtfc bie~n ddt~c. Cdc pha' goverru-nent officials. On another, the Viet Cong
61~n dr thou ltfdm dildc tin tdfc gtut Chi p trong overrun an adjacent vil lage and massac red a numch~ing
2,900 trang., Ngohi ra, cu'ng chup dilfdc ber of inhabitants. Another less serious incident
3, 000 Lai'c hl~nh ng%;ai da chlN. occurred when a team was sent ashore under a
bail of small miscellunewus objects thrown at them
C'cuoC q an s U ua Phi.nf kib1 y h nr wife of a boat owner who had been
J cJi- 1. ~ Cxmn~ ~ i rr h ~ ecently drafted Into the Vietnamese Army.
as t hui vq con hai chdc, trukh Chfrih Pihu' Vitt Nam,
ma troaug thi tr~n nby n~t PhAi Don'n quin s~r daug
Con Ac Mt lfin khdc VC trim vho mOt lhng kV
cd'n vim sa't hal m^0t so 'thddng dian. W~t i'jn khucKI
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