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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011

The following are the types of actions envisioned to help the GVN accelerate its public information program with the objectives of gaining broad public understanding of the actions required to combat the Communist insurgents and to build public confidence in the GVN's determination and ability to deal with the Communist threat:

a. Assist the GVN to develop and improve the USOM-supported radio network for the country, to include the prompt establishment of the presently planned new stations at Soc Trang, Banmethout and Quang Ngai and the installation of the more powerful, new transmitters now on USOM order for Saigon and Hue.

b. Assist the GVN to initiate a training program for information and press attaches in the various ministries and directorates.

c. Assist the GVN to establish a Press Institute for the training of selected young people for careers in journalism.

d. In cooperation with the MAAG and the Ministry of Defense, make use of the troop information and education program of the GVN armed forces as a channel of communication between the Government and the people in the rural areas. Rh