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THE BDM CORFORATION
Program Title: Civic Action
Objective:
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Stimulate and assist rural peasants in Yebuilding war-damaged
public facilities
Timeframe: 1955-1956
Initiator: President Diem
US Proponent. US AID mission gave modest support in late 1955
GVN Proponent: Civic Action Directorate
Results:
4 Showed signs of success 1955-1956, however, the program was
curtailed at the end of 1956 because of inter-agency rivalries
and jurisdictional problems between the Civic Action Directorate
and the Ministries of Heal ch, Information and Agriculture
Remarks:
* Program became propagandistic and political, with less emphasis
on economic and social services. Diem and his brother Nhu gave
the rural Civic Action little but lip service and were more
preoccupied with urban problems.
Figure 5-2.
The Civic Action Program
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