Regional Forces organization
also: constable groups, constable
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Related entities (most co-mentioned)
CIAintelligence service · 2Viet Congorganization · 1Joint U.S. Military Advisory Grouporganization · 1Vietnam Bureau of Informationorganization · 1Ministry of Defense (South Vietnam)organization · 1
Claims (2)
Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group overthrew
Regional Forces host_asserted
“These ragtag squads were targeted against the VCI using intelligence provided by their VBI. However, in 1960, at the end of the year, the U.S. Military Advisory Group seized control of the constable groups and began organizing them into com…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program @ 36:40
Regional Forces member_of
Ministry of Defense (South Vietnam) host_asserted
“armed with automatic rifles and machine guns. That's us. We had the CIA set up stay-behind units, and then the military comes in and gives them their weapon caches. That's what we're describing here in our terminology. The constable was ren…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program @ 37:08
Mentions (3)
▶ 36:10
That obviously could be controlled by the CIA. It also guarded bridges, major roads, and power stations. CIA advisors assigned to the constable's office developed clandestine cells within each of these units. So they're embedding stay-behin…
▶ 36:40
These ragtag squads were targeted against the VCI using intelligence provided by their VBI. However, in 1960, at the end of the year, the U.S. Military Advisory Group seized control of the constable groups and began organizing them into com…
▶ 37:08
armed with automatic rifles and machine guns. That's us. We had the CIA set up stay-behind units, and then the military comes in and gives them their weapon caches. That's what we're describing here in our terminology. The constable was ren…