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THE BDM CORPORATION
Program Title: New Life Hamlets
Objectivesf
* Establishment of a village defense system for the entire country
similar to the Strategic Hamlet program
No forced resettlement S•
Timeframe: Early 1964
Initiator:
GVN
U.S. Proponent:
because
USOM Essistance and experts available but not utilized
of GVN inability to approve and implement necessary
programs.
Resiilt and Remarks:
0 Pacification received low emphasis by the GVN following the Diem
overthrow.
• There were not enough resources to commit to the program.
* New cadre were reluctant to implement the program forcefully for
fear of being identified with the old regime.
0 Leadership gave no clear-cut direction and the organizat-ions that
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were to operate the program were piagued by ineffective and
incompetent administrator;,
* Province chiefs were changed with such frequency that few knLW
exactly what to do or how to do it.
Figure 5-9.
The New Life Hamlet Program
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