Walter Mackem person
also: Mackham, Macom
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Scotton's program, which sold local initiatives to province chiefs by paying them off. So, as if all of that's not messed up enough, behind every province chief was a CIA paramilitary officer promoting and organizing the CIA's three-part co…
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who arrived in Vietnam in 1964, was one of those officers. After spending two months observing this program, Mackham was transferred to the Delta to institute a similar program in like four or five different areas. Mackham also reported dir…
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Hoa Heia, which was a sect of Buddhists. And they were the most closely related to the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. And you'll see why later that that's so important because, of course, when we F up Vietnam, we're going to go into Cambodia too. A…
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What did exist were private armies, like what was called the Sea Swallows, S-W-A-L-L-O-W-S. And those belong to specific sects. It was from these groups, as well as jails and northern defector programs, that Mackham recruited his counterter…
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The composition of these teams differed from province to province, depending on what form of opposition they encountered. Also, it was tailored to the specific province chief because they didn't want to piss him off either. The biggest cont…