Book description
A translation of cryptologic documents and directives used by the North Vietnamese during the years of conflict.
Table of contents
- Foreword
- Notes on the Translation
- The Publishing House invites the opinions and criticisms of the readers.
- 1. The Genesis of the Cryptographic Branch of the People's Army of Viet Nam
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2. Consolidating and Building Organization and Professional Technique, Meeting Command Leadership Requirements in the First Five Months of the Protracted Resistance (1947–1950)
- 2.1. THE ARMY CRYPTOGRAPHIC BRANCH BUILDS AND SERVESIN COMBAT IN 1947
- 2.2. EXPANDING ORGANIZATION -STEPPING UP THE TRAINING OF CADRE AND PERSONNEL
- 2.2. EMULATION TO BRING INTO PLAY AND IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE
- 2.3. THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC TASK IN THE AUTUMN-WINTER BORDER CAMPAIGN OF 1950
- 2.4. THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC TASK IN THE VOLUNTEER UNITS FIGHTING ON LAOTIAN AND CAMBODIAN SOIL
- 2.5. Notes
- 3. The Army Cryptographic Branch Continues to Build and Develop in Every Aspect, Serving Command Leadership, Developing Guerrilla Warfare and Stepping Up Mobilization for Progress into War of Movement (1951–1953)
- 4. The Army Cryptographic Branch in the Winter-Spring Strategic Offensive of 1953–1954 and the Dien Bien Phu Campaign (1953–1954)
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5. The Army Cryptographic Branch Expands in Every Aspect; Widespread Use of the KTB Technique; Participating in the Discharge of Duties in the New Stage of the Revolution (1955–1965)
- 5.1. ESTABLISHING THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECTION OF CENTRAL AND THE CENTRAL PARTY SECRETARIAT, PROMULGATING TASK REGULATIONS FOR THE VIETNAMESE CRYPTOGRAPHIC BRANCH
- 5.2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DIRECTORATE OF ARMY CRYPTOGRAPHY
- 5.3. ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION IN THE SOUTH
- 5.4. COMPLETING THE CHANGEOVER TO THE USE OF TECHNIQUE KTB4 AND PREPARING FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE IN THE ARMY
- 5.5. DUTY IN THE LAOTIAN THEATER
- 5.6. Notes
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6. Ensuring Leadership and Command Service in Beating the Escalating War of Destruction of the American Aggressors in the North and the Violent Local War in the South (1965–1968)
- 6.1. CONTINUING TO BUILD AND TO EXPAND FORCES WHILE SERVING TO DEFEAT IMPERIALIST AMERICAN DESTRUCTIVE WAR IN THE NORTH
- 6.2. IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING INCREASING THE KEEPING OF SECRECY IN THE TASK OF ENSURING COMMAND SECRECY BY CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE VIA THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
- 6.3. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MISSION IN THE WAR OF THE PEOPLE TO DEFEAT THE AMERICAN IMPERIALISTS' "LIMITED WAR" IN THE SOUTH
- 6.4. Notes
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7. Ensuring Service to Leadership, Guidance, and Command in Defeating the American Imperialists' "Vietnamization Strategy" and their Second War of Destruction in the North (1969–1972)
- 7.1. FINISHING THE CHANGEOVER TO TECHNIQUE KTB5 AND EXPANDING THE USE OF TECHNIQUE KTC
- 7.2. ENSURING SERVICE TO LEADERSHIP AND COMMAND IN ATTACKING AND COUNTERATTACKING THE ENEMY'S "PACIFICATION" SCHEME
- 7.3. ENSURING LEADERSHIP AND COMMAND IN THE 1972 STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE
- 7.4. NGUYEN HUE: THE "EASTER OFFENSIVE"
- 7.5. PARTICIPATING IN THE DEFEAT OF AMERICA'S SECOND DESTRUCTIVE WAR AGAINST THE NORTH
- 7.6. Notes
- 8. The Army Cryptographic Branch in the Strategic General Offensive to Liberate the South in the Spring of 1975
- Conclusion
- About the author
- Supplement: Cryptography in the Armed Public Security Forces, 1959 – 1989
Product information
- Title: Essential Matters: A History of the Cryptographic Branch of the People's Army of Viet-Nam, 1945-1975
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 1994
- Publisher(s): Center for Cryptologic History, NSA
- ISBN: 01120100010SI
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