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In January 1970 the U.S. Embassy announced that, as a matter of U.S.
policy, contractor employees whose privileges were suspended or withdrawn
for cause by MACV would be considered unacceptable for continued
employment under U.S. governmernt contracts. In February MACV determined
that this policy would be applied retroactively; that is, individuals
whose military privileges had been revoked in the past were also
unacceptable for continued employment.
As of January 1968 there were seventy-five individuals on the MACV
Provost Marshal's debarment roster. By February 1970 the number had
grown to 613; by April 1971 there were 943 U.S. civilians and nationals
of other countries from whom military privileges had been withdrawn and
who were unacceptable for employment in Vietnam under U.S. financed
contracts or as U.S. government direct hire employees on nonappropriated
funds. Most debarment cases, perhaps over 90 percent, involved currency
manipulation, smuggling, or postal and black market violations. There
were also dcbarments for firearms violations, larceny of government
property, and serious driving offenses. Once their employment was
terminated and their access to U.S. military facilities was cut off,
many debarred civilians left Vietnam. Others, however, remained in
Vietnam working at jobs unrelated to the U.S. government and living
on the Vietnam economy.
74. Cortright, Soldiers in Revolt, p. 23.
75. See endnote 23 above.
76. See Major W. Hays Parks, "Crimes in Hostilities," Marine Corps Gazette,
August 1976, p. 16.
77. Baskir and Strauss, Chance and Circumstance, p. 144.
78. William F. Beusse, Factors Related to the Incidence of Disciplinary
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Personnel, Air Force Human Resources Lab.,
19. Cortright, SLIdiers in Revolt, p. 18.
80. Eugene Litden, "Fragging," Saturday Review, p. 12.
81. Moskos, "The Amer'can Combat Soldier in Vietnam," p. 34.
82. Minutes of USACHS-t.ited meeting of Strategic Studies Institute, Army
War College, p. 8.
83. "For GIs, it's a Different War - But still Dangerous," U.S. News and
World Report, 14 February, 1972.
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