12-01-2011, 10:00 PM
Robert Ramsdell, the CIA Phoenix advisor in Quang Ngai Province, told task Force Barker that only VCI would be there that day, and a team of US MI guys and GVN special police went in to interrogate people, I believe right after or during the massacre.
It's important to differentiate the Phoenix concept from the Phoenix program.
Both target civilians.
the Phoenix Program had few forces of its own, just the advisors, but they could call upon troops - like Task Force Barker - to "block" off nationalist forces so the MI guys and Viet special police could do their thing.
And that's what happened.
It's important to differentiate the Phoenix concept from the Phoenix program.
Both target civilians.
the Phoenix Program had few forces of its own, just the advisors, but they could call upon troops - like Task Force Barker - to "block" off nationalist forces so the MI guys and Viet special police could do their thing.
And that's what happened.