Chieu Hoi Program materials Series 1.
1964-1968
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet.
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes materials collected by Carrier documenting the work, policies, and operations of the Chieu Hoi Program.
This series also contains some of Carrier's personal correspondence and memoranda. This series primarily consists of statistical
notes, charts, and graphs created or collected by Carrier in support of his research on the Chieu Hoi Program and other topics
relating to Viet Cong activities, the U.S. use of ralliers, and Vietnam in general. The bulk of these items are weekly and
monthly statistical data and statistical summaries on ralliers from various regions of North Vietnam, some derived from Quy
Chanh rallier identification cards. Other files contain organizational charts, maps, a budget for "rural reconstruction,"
and propaganda leaflets distributed among the Viet Cong. These files also contain detailed lists of ralliers and an extensive
collection of rallier identification cards. Documents are in Vietnamese and English.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged in 4 subseries:
- Subseries 1. Administrative materials, 1965-1967
- Subseries 2. Reports, 1965-1968 and undated
- Subseries 3. Rallier identification cards, 1965-1966 and undated
- Subseries 4. Statistics in Vietnamese, 1965-1967
- Subseries 5. Statistics in English, 1965-1968
Box-folder 1 : 1-8
Administrative materials Subseries 1.1
1965-1967
Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains various kinds of administrative materials related to the Chieu Hoi Program, including correspondence,
memoranda, ephemera, leaflets and maps. It also has the notes from the Conference at Bein Hoa in 1965 about the policies for
the program.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box-folder 1 : 2
Miscellaneous (in Vietnamese),
circa 1965
Box-folder 1 : 3
Organizational chart,
1965
Box-folder 1 : 4
Policies and procedures,
1965
Box-folder 27 : 1-2, Box-folder 1 : 5-8
Program information and guidelines,
1964-1967
Box-folder 1 : 9-11
Correspondence and memoranda,
1965-1967
Box-folder 22 : 21
Ralliers Conference at Bien Hoa, notes,
1965
Box-folder 1 : 15-19, 22 : 22
Reports Subseries 1.2
1965-1968 and undated
Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains a variety of written reports summarizing statistical or observed information. The report writer is
not usually named. Subjects include kinds of people who become Ralliers, weapons confiscated and reasons for defection.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box-folder 26 : 1-11
Rallier identification cards, Subseries 1.3
1965-1966 and undated
Scope and Content Summary
Rallier identification cards record all the official information about the volunteer to the program: name, age, place born,
date rallied and previous experience with the opposition.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box-folder 1 : 20-22
Research notes on Chieu Hoi Program and viet Cong activities,
1967 and undated
Box-folder 2 : 1-11
Statistics (in Vietnamese) Subseries 1.4
1965-1967
Language of Collection Materials: The subseries is in Vietnamese.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by monthly and weekly statistics.
Box-folder 2 : 1-4
Monthly returnee totals,
1965-1967
Box-folder 2 : 5-11
Weekly returnee totals,
1965-1966, and undated
Box-folder 2 : 12-15
Statistics (in English) Subseries 1.5
1965-1968
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by monthly and weekly statistics.
Box-folder 2 : 12
Monthly returnee totals,
1965-1967
Box-folder 2 :13-15
Weekly returnee totals,
1965-1966
Box-folder 3 : 1-8
Summaries
1965-1968 and undated
Chieu Hoi Program interviews Series 2.
1962-1968
Physical Description:
19.2 linear feet.
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes transcripts of interviews with North Vietnamese ralliers, civilians, and military prisoners applying
for amnesty under the Chieu Hoi Program. The interviews, primarily conducted by Rand and the Simulmatics Corporation specialists,
cover a wide range of topics such as residence, family background, religion, and occupation, as well as information about
villages and attitudes toward the French, Republic of Vietnam, and the Viet Cong. Viet Cong civilian and military prisoners
were also queried about their specific activities, how and why they became involved with Chieu Hoi, and their feelings toward
the program. There are also what Carrier labelled as as "Quy chanh" interviews that contain all of the above information in
Vietnamese and English translation with black and white photos and fingerprints of the interviewees. Also included are sample
and completed questionnaires and interrogation reports. A detailed collection of rallier identification cards collected between
1965 and 1966 can be found in Series 1. Chieu Hoi Program materials.
Series Arrangement
This Series is arranged in 4 Subseries:
- Subseries 1. Rand Corporation interviews, 1964-1967
- Subseries 2. Simulmatics interviews, 1965-1967
- Subseries 3. Quy Chanh interviews, 1965-1968
- Subseries 4. Miscellaneous interview materials, 1962-1967
Rand Corporation interviews, Subseries 2.1.
1964-1967
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of typed transcripts in English of interviews conducted with civilians, military personnel, and refugees
by Rand Corporation specialists. They include brief biographical information concerning residence, occupation, military rank,
and duties. Information regarding the bureaucratic structure of hamlets, feelings toward Americans, French, Southern Vietnamese,
and Viet Cong, and reasons for becoming a rallier was also solicited. Viet Cong prisoners were questioned about military rank
and duties as well as their experiences. Interviewer commentary is also provided.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by type of rallier and then by interview date.
Box-folder 3 : 9 - 4 : 1, Box-folder 30 : 1 - 31 : 3
Civilian prisoners,
1964-1967
Box-folder 4 : 2-7, Box-folder 31 : 4 - 33 : 3
Civilian ralliers,
1965-1967
Box-folder 4 : 8 - 5 : 5, Box-folder 33 : 4 - 39 : 2
Military prisoners,
1964-1967
Military ralliers
1964-1967
Box-folder 5 : 6 - 6 : 3, Box-folder 39 : 3 - 42 : 4
Box-folder 6 : 4 - 7 : 6, Box-folder 43 : 1 - 45 : 4
Box-folder 7 : 7 - 8 : 6, Box-folder 45 : 5 - 46 : 3
Box-folder 8 : 7-9, Box-folder 46 : 4 - 48 : 2
Refugees,
1965-1967
General Physical Description note:
Simulmatics interviews, Subseries 2.2.
1965-1967
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains transcripts, in English, of interviews conducted with Chieu Hoi ralliers by Simulmatics Corporation
specialists. Not all interviews are included.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by Simulmatics Corporation interview number.
Box-folder 11 : 11 - 12 : 3
Quy Chanh interviews, Subseries 2.3.
1965-1968
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of interviews in Vietnamese stapled to an English translation. The Vietnamese copy includes a 2" x
2" black and white photo of the interviewee taken on the day of the interview, their thumb prints (and sometimes other finger
prints) and official stamps and signatures. These interviews are arranged by year, but there was some evidence of previous
arrangement by place of interview or interviewee's last name. The relationship between the Rand or Simulmatics interviews
is not clear.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by year of interview.
Box-folder 48 : 3 - 49 : 6
Quy Chanh interview data,
1965-1968
Box-folder 50 : 1
Defector's forms,
1966-1968
Box-folder 50 : 2 - 62 : 1
Box-folder 62 : 2 - 67 : 3
Miscellaneous interview materials, Subseries 2.4.
1962-1967
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of transcripts of interviews with Chieu Hoi ralliers, questionnaires, reports, and notes produced
by the Chieu Hoi Ministry of the Republic of Vietnam, the U.S. Military Intelligence Center, and other unidentified agencies.
Questionnaires cover various topics including Viet Cong air and ground operations, pre-Front activities, and the impact of
defoliation. Also included is an example of how to complete a "returnee dozzier form."
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by form of material.
Box-folder 12 : 9-12, Box-folder 27 : 3-5
Interrogation reports,
1962-1966
Box-folder 12 : 13-14
Interview transcripts and excerpts,
undated
Box-folder 13 : 1-2
Participant data,
1965-1967 and undated
Box-folder 27 : 7, Box-folder 13 : 3-5
Questionnaires,
1965-1966 and undated
Government publications Series 3.
1959-1973
Physical Description:
4.0 linear feet.
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of published and unpublished reports produced by the United States and Republic of Vietnam governments.
Files include materials on socioeconomic conditions in Vietnam and the American involvement in Vietnam, and also include various
policy papers and public statements prepared by the American and Vietnamese governments. Titles of monographs are italicized
and titles of articles, reports, and related materials are placed within quotes.
Series Arrangement
This Series is arranged in 2 subseries:
- Subseries 3.1. Republic of Vietnam publications, 1960-1972
- Subseries 3.2. United States publications, 1959-1970
Republic of Vietnam publications, Subseries 3.1.
1960-1972
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of published reports from various departments and offices of the Republic of Vietnam. Topics covered
include food production and dietary conditions, irrigation projects, and statistical reports. Documents are in Vietnamese,
French, and English.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by government office.
Box-folder 13 : 6
Committee on Nutrition for National Defense,
Nutrition study,
1960
Box-folder 13 : 7
Department of Rural Affairs,
Annual work progress report on technical assistance to irrigation development projects,
1961
Box-folder 13 : 8
Institute Pasteur du Vietnam,
Anthropologie biochimique du Vietnamien,
1972
Box-folder 13 : 9
Ministry of Agriculture,
Agricultural calendar,
1961
Box-folder 13 : 10
Ministry of Health,
Data on population and vital statistics,
1967
United States publications, Subseries 3.2.
1959-1970
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains published and unpublished reports, press releases, and internal documents from various federal departments
regarding U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Included are documents from the U.S. House and Senate, the Pentagon, State Department,
United States Military Command, Secretary of Defense, and others. This subseries also includes a number of "Saigon Communiques"
and "Vietnam Packages," collections of newspaper and journal article clippings, press releases, and reports produced by the
U.S. Air Force. These reports kept Rand Corporation personnel apprised of current public opinion and politics concerning the
Vietnam Conflict.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by government office.
Box-folder 14 : 1 and 16 : 1 - 19 : 8
Box-folder 14 : 1
"Fact sheet S.E. Asia,"
1966
Box-folder 16 : 1-2
Communiques 1-5, .
1965-1966
Box-folder 16 : 3-5
Communiques 7-12,
1965-1967
Box-folder 16 : 6 - 19 : 8
Box-folder 16 : 6-10
Package numbers 14-42,
1965
Box-folder 17 : 1-5
Package numbers 53-63,
1965-1966
Box-folder 17 : 6-10
Package numbers 64-73,
1966
Box-folder 18 : 1-5
Package numbers 74-104,
1966
Box-folder 18 : 6-10
Package numbers 105-119,
1966-1967
Box-folder 19 : 1-5
Package numbers 122-138,
1967
Box-folder 19 : 6-8
Package numbers 141-150,
1967
Box-folder 14 : 2
News releases and intelligence information reports,
1965-1966
Box-folder 27 : 8
Economic reports,
1958-1961
Box-folder 27 : 9
Republic of China: country study and station report,
1961
Box-folder 14 : 3
Aggression from the North: the record of North Viet-Nam's campaign to conquer South Vietnam,
1965
Box-folder 14 : 5
Local administration in Vietnam: village finance,
undated
Box-folder 14 : 6-7
House of Representatives. Committee on Armed Services.
Box-folder 14 : 7
Report of Special Subcommittee to South Vietnam,
1965
Box-folder 14 : 8
Information Agency, "When the communists come: a study,"
1962
Box-folder 14 : 9
J.U.S.P.A.O. Planning Office, reports,
1965-1967
Box-folder 14 : 10-22
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Box-folder 14 : 10
"People's intelligence,"
1965
Box-folder 14 : 12
Standard operating procedures,
1967
Box-folder 14 : 13-19
Translation report of enemy documents, .
1964-1965
General Physical Description note:
Box-folder 14 : 20
V.C. military doctrine,
undated
Box-folder 14 : 21
"V.C. political infrastructure strength,"
1967
Box-folder 14 : 22
"The Vietnamese village,"
1970
Box-folder 15 : 1
Military Assistance Institute, Country study and station report: Laos,
1959
Box-folder 15 : 2
Pentagon, "News conference of Hon. Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense,"
1966
Box-folder 15 : 3
Posvar, Wesley, "Some impressions of the United States' position in Vietnam,"
undated
Box-folder 15 : 4
Psychological Operations Company (244th),
Leaflet catalog,
circa 1966
Box-folder 15 : 5
Appropriations Committee, "Statement of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara,"
1965
Box-folder 15 : 6
Committee on the Judiciary,
Refugee problems in South Vietnam,
1966
Box-folder 15 : 7
Committee on Foreign Relations,
The Vietnam conflict: the substance and the shadow,
1966
Box-folder 15 : 8-15
U.S.O.M. (United States Operation Mission to Vietnam)
Box-folder 15 : 9-10, Box-folder 27 : 10
Annual statistical bulletin,
1962-1964
Box-folder 15 : 11
Chieu Hoi newsletter,
1966-1967
Box-folder 15 : 13
Public administration bulletin,
1964-1965
Box-folder 15 : 14
"Reports of U.S.O.M. Provincial Representatives,"
1965
Box-folder 27 : 11
Rural health information
1965
Box-folder 15 : 15
U.S.O.M. Provincial Representatives guide,
1962
Box-folder 15 : 16
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
The Republic of Vietnam,
1960
Non-governmental publications and research materials Series 4.
1958-1992
Physical Description:
2.4 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains published and unpublished reports, periodical articles, and newspaper clippings created or collected
by Carrier in support of his writing on the Chieu Hoi Program, the defoliation of Vietnam, and other research interests. Materials
include both Rand and non-Rand materials and address such topics as counterinsurgency movements throughout Asia, pacification
programs, and Soviet policies. Titles of monographs are italicized and titles of articles, reports, and related materials
are placed within quotes.
Series Arrangement
The series is organized in 2 subseries:
- Subseries 4.1. Rand Corporation publications, 1958-1972
- Subseries 4.2. Miscellaneous publications and research materials, 1965-1992.
Rand Corporation publications, Subseries 4.1.
1958-1972
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of reports, memoranda, working notes, and other documents produced by the Rand Corporation.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is first arranged by form of Rand Corporation publication (documents, memoranda, papers, reports, and working
notes) and is secondarily arranged by author or title.
Box-folder 20 : 1
Arnsten, M. and V. Laffin.
Three North Vietnamese officials on operations research in North Vietnam,
1968
Box-folder 27 : 12
Cau.
National Liberation front
1969
Box-folder 28 : 1
Cau.
The way to a lasting peace in Vietnam
1973
Box-folder 20 : 2
Cochran, Samuel W. and Le-Thi-Que.
Concepts of and attitudes towards the V.C.,
1967
Box-folder 28 : 2
Counterinsurgency: a symposium,
1962
Box-folder 20 : 3
Duis, R. A. et al. V.I.P.S.:
Vietnam interview processing system,
1968
Box-folder 28 : 3-7
Elliot, David W.P.
Documents of an elite Viet Cong Delta Unit: parts 1-5,
1969
Box-folder 29 : 1
Hickey, Gerald C.
Notes on the South Vietnamese peasant of Mekong Delta,
1964
Box-folder 29 : 2
Kecskemet, Paul.
Insurgency as a strategic problem,
1966
Box-folder 29 : 3
Mendershausen, Horst.
Atlantica, Europe, Germania,
1966
Box 29 : 4
Mitchell, Edward J.
Land tenure and rebellion in South Vietnam,
1966
Box-folder 29 : 6
Penzo, Mary Jane.
Conversion of South Vietnam coordinates from geographic to grads,
1963
Box-folder 29 : 5
Penzo, Mary Jane.
Conversion of South Vietnam coordinates from utm to geographic,
1963
Box-folder 29 : 7
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: a brief summary of view points,
1964
Box-folder 29 : 8
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: the Malayan emergency,
1963
Box 29 : 9
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: unconventional warfare in the Mediterranean
theater,
1963
Box-folder 29 : 11
Scofiels, K. W.
Documents on South Vietnam,
1966
Box-folder 20 : 4
Solomon, Robert L.
Borders, boundaries, and barrier systems: a critical appraisal,
1969
Box-folder 20 : 5
Sweetland, Anders.
Towards an operational definition of pacification: the A.G. data,
1968
Box-folder 20 : 6
West, F.J. and Charles Benoit.
Pacification: view from the provinces, Pt. II,
1968
Box-folder 20 : 7-8
Croizat, V.J.
A Translation from the French: lessons of the war in Indochina, Vol. 2,
1967
Box-folder 20 : 9-10
Davison, W.P.
Some observations on Viet Cong operations in the villages,
1968
Box-folder 21 : 1
Donaldson, T.S.
Power of the F-test for nonnormal distributions and unequal error variances,
1966
Box-folder 21 : 2-3
Elliott, David W.P. and W.A. Stewart.
Pacification and the Viet Cong system in Dinh Tuong, 1966-1967,
1969
Box-folder 21 : 4
Gurtov, Melvin.
Problems and prospects of United States policy in Southeast Asia,
1969
Box-folder 21 : 11
Hickey, Gerald C.
Notes on the South Vietnamese peasant of the Mekong Delta,
1964
Box-folder 29 : 12
King, J. S.
Conflict of interest,
1964
Box-folder 21 : 5
Lee, Chong-Sik.
Counterinsurgency in Manchuria: the Japanese experience, 1931-1940,
1967
Box-folder 21 : 6
The Huk rebellion in the Philippines: an econometric study,
1969
Box-folder 21 : 7
Land tenure and rebellion: a statistical analysis of factors affecting government control in South Vietnam,
1967
Box-folder 21 : 8-9
Pearce, R. Michael.
The Insurgent environment,
1969
Box-folder 21 : 10 - 22 : 1
Box-folder 21 : 10
Origins of the insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954-1960: the role of the Southern Vietminh cadres,
1968
Box-folder 22 : 1
Political motivation of the Viet Cong: the Vietminh regroupees,
1968
Box-folder 22 : 2
Memorandum for record,
1965
Physical Description:
2.0 items.
Box-folder 22 : 3
Donaldson, T.S. and R.J. Kaplan.
Field testing: methodological considerations and a specific example,
1970
Box-folder 29 : 14
Election of a constituent assembly: more interviews and observations,
1966
Box-folder 22 : 4
Hallinan, Timothy.
Economic prospects of the Republic of Vietnam,
1969
Box-folder 29 : 14
Herbicide operations in Vietnam
1966
Box-folder 22 : 5
Hickey, Gerald C.
Accommodation in South Vietnam,
1967
Box-folder 22 : 6
Mitchell, Edward J.
Inequality and insurgency: a statistical study of South Vietnam,
1967
Box-folder 22 : 7
Pohle, V.
In retrospect: views on the Rand Viet Cong interview project,
1968
Box-folder 29 : 15
Sensitive (additional material from AG-401),
undated
Box-folder 22 : 8
Six interviews concerning the question of foreign schools in Vietnam,
1966
Box-folder 22 : 9
Solomon, Robert L.
Saya San and the Burmese rebellion,
1969
Box-folder 22 : 10
Some Catholic views on peace in Vietnam,
1966
Box-folder 22 : 11
Some findings of the Viet Cong motivation and morale study,
1965
Box-folder 22 : 12
Speier, Hans.
Revolutionary war,
1966
Box-folder 29 : 16
Views of the war and the American presence in Vietnam: two interviews
1966
Box-folder 22 : 13
Wolf, Charles, Jr.
Insurgency and counterinsurgency: new myths and old realities,
1965
Box-folder 22 : 14
Wolfe, Thomas W.
Soviet policy in the setting of a changing power balance,
1969
Box-folder 22 : 18
Elliott, David W.P.
Dinh Tuong revisited: first impressions of Viet Cong recent responses to pacification,
1971
Box-folder 22 : 19
Jenkins, Brian M.
People's Army, Part I: historical solutions to the problem of sustained mobilization,
1971
Box-folder 22 : 20
Komer, Robert W.
The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organization and management of a successful counter-insurgency effort,
1971
Box-folder 22 : 15
Ziehe, T.W.
The Catalog: a flexible structure for data storage,
1966
Box-folder 22 : 16
Report. Komer, R.W.
The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organization of a successful counterinsurgency effort,
1972
Box-folder 22 : 17
Research memorandum. Kahn, Herman.
Some specific suggestions for achieving early non-military defense capabilities and initiating long-range programs,
1958
Miscellaneous publications and research materials, Subseries 4.2.
1965-1992
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries includes various published and unpublished materials, including reports, working papers, journal articles,
and newspaper clippings collected by Carrier as background for his research on insurgency movements, the general political
climate of the late 1960s, the war, and Vietnamese society and culture. Journal articles and newspaper clippings were taken
from a variety of sources, including academic publications and popular publications such as
The New Yorker. Of particular interest are a number of journal articles, including two undated works by Vietnamese authors, and a National
Academy of Science (NAS) working paper series titled
The Effects of herbicides in South Vietnam (1974) relating to the U.S. use of herbicides during the war. These NAS working papers include Carrier's publication
The location of herbicide missions and Hickey's informants in South Vietnam: an appraisal. This subseries also contains Carrier's research materials for the San Francisco Center for Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement's
1991 study of Southeast Asian communities and AIDS, published by Kenji Murase as
AIDS knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors in Southeast Asian communities in San Francisco (San Francisco: Center for Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement, 1991).
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by form of material.
Journal articles
1965-1985 and undated
Reports, memoranda, and working papers
Box-folder 24 : 5-8
1974
Scope and Contents note
Contains NAS working papers on herbicides.
Box-folder 29 : 20
CCC wheat stocks (handwritten research notes)
undated
Box-folder 29 : 21
Soldiers of the Army,
1963
Box-folder 29 : 22
Dainhae Hoi: pop music festival in Mien-Nam
1967
Box-folder 29 : 17
Nolting, Frederick E.
The origin and development of United States committment in Vietnam,
1968
Box-folder 29 : 18
Reports on land reform,
1965
Box 68, Folder 1-4
Leon Gouré letters Series 5.
August 1964 - June 1968
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet.
(1 box)
Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of personal letters sent by Leon Gouré to an unidentified female colleague at the Rand Corporation branch
in Santa Monica, California, from 1964 to 1968. The letters, in Gouré's hand, describe the social scientist's experiences
as part of the Viet Cong Motivation and Morale Study. Gouré's study is cited in the Chieu Hoi Program memorandum written by
Carrier and C.A.H Thomson. Additional information about the project and Gouré is available in Mai Elliott's book
RAND in Southeast Asia: A History of the Vietnam War Era (2010).
Note on Redacted Information
The name of the recipient of the letters was redacted by Dr. Carrier.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Dr. Carrier, 2012. The letters were given to Carrier by a family member of the recipient after her death.
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