Republic of Vietnam Special Police

The Special Police (Vietnamese: Cảnh Sát Đặc Biệt – CSĐB) or ‘Police Speciale’ in French, was the Special Branch of the Republic of Vietnam National Police (Vietnamese: Cảnh Sát Quốc Gia – CSQG) from 1962 to 1975. The CSĐB served as an intelligence agency tasked with national security by acquiring and developing intelligence on internal and external threats to the Republic of Vietnam, subversive activities, and prevent acts of sabotage and espionnage.

History

The CSĐB traced back its origins to the Vietnamese section of the Indochinese Sûreté Générale secret police raised by the French Union authorities during the First Indochina War between 1946 and 1954.

See also

• ARVN
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• First Indochina War
• List of weapons of the Vietnam War
• Phoenix Program
• Republic of Vietnam
• Republic of Vietnam Military Forces
• Vietnam War

References

• Sir Robert Thompson et al., Report on the Republic of Vietnam National Police, 1971. [available online at http://www.counterinsurgency.org/1971%20Thompson%20Police/Thompson%20Police.htm ]
• Valéry Tarrius, La Police de Campagne du Sud-Vietnam 1967–1975, in Armes Militaria Magazine No. 236, March 2005, Histoire & Collections, Paris, pp. 37–43. (in French)

External links

• History of the Republic of Vietnam National Police (in Vietnamese)
• Republique du Vietnam–Police Nationale (in French)
• Police Nationale Sud Vietnam (in French)
• The "White Mice" of Vietnam
• RVN National Police at globalsecurity.org
• South Vietnam Police camouflage patterns
• South Vietnam Police insignia