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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 14 November 1961SECRET. Appendix 4

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 * Expedite GVN Junk Patrol Force Program


 * 60 more sailing junks due to be operational by end of 1961. Motor junk prototype due for second sea trials in November 1961.

Entire program scheduled for completion in 1963. Program is to be expedited but to what degree is currently unknown.

Accelerated procurement has a direct relationship to recruitment and training of the junk force personnel. The training cycle is approximately three (3) months and is conducted orally in South Vietnamese due to the illiteracy problem. Rh