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THE BDM CORPORATION
Program Title. Accelerated Pacification Campaign (APC)
Objectives:
* Sustain local security
* Invigorate attack on the VC infrastructure
* Re-energize village initiatives, land reform and self-help pro-
"jects
0 Re-organize GVN and RVNAF cacification couicils and support
elements to match US CORDS structure
Timeframe: Tet 1968 - 1970
Initiator: iVN, President Thieu
U.S. Proponent: CORDS
GVN
Proponent: RD cadre teams, RF/PF Oucposts
Results:
. Tne Tet offensive helped strengthen the New Model program. Over
90 per cent of the GVN s pacification forces were left intact
after Tet.
0 In 1969, village and hamlet elections were held and President
Thieu promulgated decrees designed to enhance the powers of
hamlet and village governments.
* In 1970, the GVN passed the Land-To-The-Tiller and Montagnard
Land Reform Programs, Over 1 million hectares were successfully
redistributed to about 650,000 tenant farmers,
Remarks:
* By the end of 1970, a considerable measure of security hzd been
restored and the ability of the VC to affect events, to mobilize
the people, to fight, to tax and to recruit had been eroded to
the point where it, was a manageable threat.
Figure 5-16. The Accelerated Pacification Campaign (APC) Program
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