Chieu Hoi Program materials Series 1.
1964-1968
Physical Description: 1.2 Linear Feet
Language of Material: 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 1, folder 1-18
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 1, folder 2
Miscellaneous (in Vietnamese)
circa 1965
box 1, folder 3
Organizational chart
1965
box 1, folder 4
Policies and procedures
1965
box 27, folder 1-2, box 1, folder 5-8
Program information and guidelines
1964-1967
box 1, folder 9-11
Correspondence and memoranda
1965-1967
box 22, folder 21
Ralliers Conference at Bien Hoa, notes
1965
box 1, folder 15-19, box 22, folder 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 26, folder 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 1, folder 20-22
Research notes on Chieu Hoi Program and viet Cong activities
1967 and undated
box 2, folder 1-11
Statistics (in Vietnamese) Subseries 1.4
1965-1967
Language of Material: The subseries is in Vietnamese.
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by monthly and weekly statistics.
box 2, folder 1-4
Monthly returnee totals
1965-1967
box 2, folder 5-11
Weekly returnee totals
1965-1966, and undated
Physical Description: 0 folders.
box 2, folder 12-15
Statistics (in English) Subseries 1.5
1965-1968
Subseries Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by monthly and weekly statistics.
box 2, folder 12
Monthly returnee totals
1965-1967
box 2, folder 13-15
Weekly returnee totals
1965-1966
box 3, folder 1-8
Summaries
1965-1968 and undated
Chieu Hoi Program interviews Series 2.
1962-1968
Physical Description: 19.2 Linear Feet
Language of Material: 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 3, folder 9-end of box, box 4, folder 1, box 30, box 31, folder 1-3
Civilian prisoners
1964-1967
box 4, folder 2-7, box 31, folder 4-end of box, box 32, box 33, folder 1-3
Civilian ralliers
1965-1967
box 4, folder 8-end of box, box 5, folder 1-5, box 33, folder 4-end of box, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, folder 1-2
Military prisoners
1964-1967
Military ralliers
1964-1967
box 5, folder 6-end of box, box 6, folder 1-3, box 39, folder 3-end of box, box 40, box 41, box 42, folder 1-4
box 6, folder 4-end of box, box 7, folder 1-6, box 43, box 44, box 45, folder 1-4
box 7, folder 7-end of box, box 8, folder 1-6, box 45, folder 5-end of box, box 46, folder 1-3
box 8, folder 7-end of box, box 46, folder 4-end of box, box 47, box 48, folder 1-2
Refugees
1965-1967
General Physical Description note: no content
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 11, folder 11-end of box, box 12, folder 1-3
Quy Chanh interviews Subseries 2.3.
1965-1968
Language of Material: 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 48, folder 3-end of box, box 49, folder 1-6
Quy Chanh interview data,
1965-1968
box 50, folder 1
Defector's forms
1966-1968
box 50, folder 2-end of box, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, folder 1
box 62, folder 2-end of box, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67, folder 1-3
Miscellaneous interview materials Subseries 2.4.
1962-1967
Language of Material: 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 12, folder 9-12, box 27, folder 3-5
Interrogation reports
1962-1966
box 12, folder 13-14
Interview transcripts and excerpts
undated
box 13, folder 1-2
Participant data
1965-1967 and undated
box 27, folder 7, box 13, folder 3-5
Questionnaires
1965-1966 and undated
Government publications Series 3.
1959-1973
Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet
Language of Material: 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 Material: 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 13, folder 6
Committee on Nutrition for National Defense,
Nutrition study
1960
box 13, folder 7
Department of Rural Affairs,
Annual work progress report on technical assistance to irrigation development projects
1961
box 13, folder 8
Institute Pasteur du Vietnam,
Anthropologie biochimique du Vietnamien
1972
box 13, folder 9
Ministry of Agriculture,
Agricultural calendar
1961
box 13, folder 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 14, folder 1
"Fact sheet S.E. Asia,"
1966
box 16, folder 1-2
Communiques 1-5
1965-1966
box 16, folder 3-5
Communiques 7-12
1965-1967
box 16, folder 6-10
Package numbers 14-42
1965
box 17, folder 1-5
Package numbers 53-63
1965-1966
box 17, folder 6-10
Package numbers 64-73
1966
box 18, folder 1-5
Package numbers 74-104
1966
box 18, folder 6-10
Package numbers 105-119
1966-1967
box 19, folder 1-5
Package numbers 122-138
1967
box 19, folder 6-8
Package numbers 141-150
1967
box 14, folder 2
News releases and intelligence information reports
1965-1966
box 27, folder 8
Economic reports
1958-1961
box 27, folder 9
Republic of China: country study and station report
1961
box 14, folder 3
Aggression from the North: the record of North Viet-Nam's campaign to conquer South Vietnam
1965
box 14, folder 5
Local administration in Vietnam: village finance
undated
House of Representatives. Committee on Armed Services
box 14, folder 7
Report of Special Subcommittee to South Vietnam
1965
box 14, folder 8
Information Agency, "When the communists come: a study"
1962
box 14, folder 9
J.U.S.P.A.O. Planning Office, reports
1965-1967
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
box 14, folder 10
"People's intelligence"
1965
box 14, folder 12
Standard operating procedures
1967
box 14, folder 13-19
Translation report of enemy documents
1964-1965
General Physical Description note: no content
box 14, folder 20
V.C. military doctrine
undated
box 14, folder 21
"V.C. political infrastructure strength"
1967
box 14, folder 22
"The Vietnamese village"
1970
box 15, folder 1
Military Assistance Institute, Country study and station report: Laos
1959
box 15, folder 2
Pentagon, "News conference of Hon. Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense,"
1966
box 15, folder 3
Posvar, Wesley, "Some impressions of the United States' position in Vietnam"
undated
box 15, folder 4
Psychological Operations Company (244th),
Leaflet catalog
circa 1966
box 15, folder 5
Appropriations Committee, "Statement of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara,"
1965
box 15, folder 6
Committee on the Judiciary,
Refugee problems in South Vietnam
1966
box 15, folder 7
Committee on Foreign Relations,
The Vietnam conflict: the substance and the shadow
1966
U.S.O.M. (United States Operation Mission to Vietnam)
box 15, folder 9-10, box 27, folder 10
Annual statistical bulletin,
1962-1964
box 15, folder 11
Chieu Hoi newsletter
1966-1967
box 15, folder 13
Public administration bulletin
1964-1965
box 15, folder 14
"Reports of U.S.O.M. Provincial Representatives"
1965
box 27, folder 11
Rural health information
1965
box 15, folder 15
U.S.O.M. Provincial Representatives guide
1962
box 15, folder 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 20, folder 1
Arnsten, M. and V. Laffin.
Three North Vietnamese officials on operations research in North Vietnam
1968
box 27, folder 12
Cau.
National Liberation front
1969
box 28, folder 1
Cau.
The way to a lasting peace in Vietnam
1973
box 20, folder 2
Cochran, Samuel W. and Le-Thi-Que.
Concepts of and attitudes towards the V.C.
1967
box 28, folder 2
Counterinsurgency: a symposium
1962
box 20, folder 3
Duis, R. A. et al. V.I.P.S.:
Vietnam interview processing system
1968
box 28, folder 3-7
Elliot, David W.P.
Documents of an elite Viet Cong Delta Unit: parts 1-5
1969
box 29, folder 1
Hickey, Gerald C.
Notes on the South Vietnamese peasant of Mekong Delta
1964
box 29, folder 2
Kecskemet, Paul.
Insurgency as a strategic problem
1966
box 29, folder 3
Mendershausen, Horst.
Atlantica, Europe, Germania,
1966
box 29, folder 4
Mitchell, Edward J.
Land tenure and rebellion in South Vietnam
1966
box 29, folder 6
Penzo, Mary Jane.
Conversion of South Vietnam coordinates from geographic to grads
1963
box 29, folder 5
Penzo, Mary Jane.
Conversion of South Vietnam coordinates from utm to geographic
1963
box 29, folder 7
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: a brief summary of view points
1964
box 29, folder 8
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: the Malayan emergency
1963
box 29, folder 9
Peterson, A. H.
Symposium on the role of airpower on counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare: unconventional warfare in the Mediterranean
theater
1963
box 29, folder 11
Scofiels, K. W.
Documents on South Vietnam
1966
box 20, folder 4
Solomon, Robert L.
Borders, boundaries, and barrier systems: a critical appraisal
1969
box 20, folder 5
Sweetland, Anders.
Towards an operational definition of pacification: the A.G. data
1968
box 20, folder 6
West, F.J. and Charles Benoit.
Pacification: view from the provinces, Pt. II
1968
box 20, folder 7-8
Croizat, V.J.
A Translation from the French: lessons of the war in Indochina, Vol. 2
1967
box 20, folder 9-10
Davison, W.P.
Some observations on Viet Cong operations in the villages
1968
box 21, folder 1
Donaldson, T.S.
Power of the F-test for nonnormal distributions and unequal error variances
1966
box 21, folder 2-3
Elliott, David W.P. and W.A. Stewart.
Pacification and the Viet Cong system in Dinh Tuong, 1966-1967
1969
box 21, folder 4
Gurtov, Melvin.
Problems and prospects of United States policy in Southeast Asia
1969
box 21, folder 11
Hickey, Gerald C.
Notes on the South Vietnamese peasant of the Mekong Delta
1964
box 29, folder 12
King, J. S.
Conflict of interest
1964
box 21, folder 5
Lee, Chong-Sik.
Counterinsurgency in Manchuria: the Japanese experience, 1931-1940
1967
box 21, folder 6
The Huk rebellion in the Philippines: an econometric study
1969
box 21, folder 7
Land tenure and rebellion: a statistical analysis of factors affecting government control in South Vietnam
1967
box 21, folder 8-9
Pearce, R. Michael.
The Insurgent environment
1969
box 21, folder 10
Origins of the insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954-1960: the role of the Southern Vietminh cadres
1968
box 22, folder 1
Political motivation of the Viet Cong: the Vietminh regroupees
1968
box 22, folder 2
Memorandum for record
1965
Physical Description: 2 items.
box 22, folder 3
Donaldson, T.S. and R.J. Kaplan.
Field testing: methodological considerations and a specific example
1970
box 29, folder 14
Election of a constituent assembly: more interviews and observations
1966
box 22, folder 4
Hallinan, Timothy.
Economic prospects of the Republic of Vietnam
1969
box 29, folder 14
Herbicide operations in Vietnam
1966
box 22, folder 5
Hickey, Gerald C.
Accommodation in South Vietnam
1967
box 22, folder 6
Mitchell, Edward J.
Inequality and insurgency: a statistical study of South Vietnam
1967
box 22, folder 7
Pohle, V.
In retrospect: views on the Rand Viet Cong interview project
1968
box 29, folder 15
Sensitive (additional material from AG-401)
undated
box 22, folder 8
Six interviews concerning the question of foreign schools in Vietnam
1966
box 22, folder 9
Solomon, Robert L.
Saya San and the Burmese rebellion
1969
box 22, folder 10
Some Catholic views on peace in Vietnam
1966
box 22, folder 11
Some findings of the Viet Cong motivation and morale study
1965
box 22, folder 12
Speier, Hans.
Revolutionary war
1966
box 29, folder 16
Views of the war and the American presence in Vietnam: two interviews
1966
box 22, folder 13
Wolf, Charles, Jr.
Insurgency and counterinsurgency: new myths and old realities
1965
box 22, folder 14
Wolfe, Thomas W.
Soviet policy in the setting of a changing power balance
1969
box 22, folder 18
Elliott, David W.P.
Dinh Tuong revisited: first impressions of Viet Cong recent responses to pacification
1971
box 22, folder 19
Jenkins, Brian M.
People's Army, Part I: historical solutions to the problem of sustained mobilization
1971
box 22, folder 20
Komer, Robert W.
The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organization and management of a successful counter-insurgency effort
1971
box 22, folder 15
Ziehe, T.W.
The Catalog: a flexible structure for data storage
1966
box 22, folder 16
Report. Komer, R.W.
The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organization of a successful counterinsurgency effort
1972
box 22, folder 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 24, folder 5-8
1974
Scope and Contents note
Contains NAS working papers on herbicides.
box 29, folder 20
CCC wheat stocks (handwritten research notes)
undated
box 29, folder 21
Soldiers of the Army
1963
box 29, folder 22
Dainhae Hoi: pop music festival in Mien-Nam
1967
box 29, folder 17
Nolting, Frederick E.
The origin and development of United States committment in Vietnam
1968
box 29, folder 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.
Photographs of South Vietnam
1962-1973
Creator: Carrier, Joseph M.
box 69, folder 1
Black and white negatives and contact sheets of South Vietnam
circa 1970s
box 69, folder 2-4
Slides of South Vietnam
circa 1960s-1970s
