I have nothing on specific units. However, from reading unclassified Senate
and House reports years ago it was very clear that there was an effort to at
least undertake insurgent operations. The CIA use to publish the National
Intelligence Fact Book and I believe still does every year. However,
getting a copy that covers that period of time which would have listed
opposition and insurgent movements operating in Thailand it could give you
some insight to the circumstances in which they operated. You might also
check the New York Times Index for the years concerned. Also the Bankok
Post if it is still available. Some of the old timers - Air America surely
would have some opinion on what was going on there at the time. However, an
FOIA to the USAF and/or Special Warfare School (JFK) in North Carolina might
turn up some history as well as asking for the OPRs and Lessons Learned for
MAAG Thailand and/or specific Detachments stationed there. Also DOS Embassy
Cable files and the Johnson and Nixon Library, an E-mail to the chief
librarian will do - they have a website. Also the University of Texas.
There were Thai troops in Vietnam in 1965 when I was there. Also, the Thai
Embassy in WDC - the Military Attaché's office might have some history, I
use to train the Thai's soldiers in Virginia - after I returned from
Vietnam. My recollection I am sorry to say has faded with time, 30 years
plus. However, I am sure the Bankok Post has some history on it. You might
send Mark Smith an e-mail in Thailand - he was living there for a while. He
sure as hell knows the history of that region from the point of view of a
former SF officer and operator. Colonel Bo Gritz might have some insight as
well. DOS Historians office might be able to give you some very direct
citations as well.




"Mike" wrote in message
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> Thanks Jason. Do you or anyone else here have any information on
> actual
> NVA units or NVA special forces units that operated in Thailand during
> the Vietnam war ?
>
> Didn't the NVA communists provide some kind of aid or training to the
> Thai Communist movement ?
>
>
> "JASON A. KAATZ" wrote in message
news:...
> > The takeover appears to have been one of the objectives of the
Tricontential
> > conference held in Cuba which Vietnam and the Soviets played an active
role.
> > At the time the communist were advocating global insurgency with the
idea
> > that they would eventually take over the Southeast Asian region by one
means
> > or another. That objective has not changed since Vietnam is a communist
> > nation and as a matter of ideological doctrine the idea still remains
alive
> > in terms of doctrine. There is not a hell of amount of difference
between NK
> > and VN - both according to Senate testimony are developing WMD
capabilities.
> >
> > -----------------
> > "Mike" wrote in message
> > news:7cfd37d2.0311021741.4430afa0@posting.google.c om...
> > > I read once that American Air Force bases in Thailand were sometimes
> > > attacked and that some snipers near the bases turned out to be North
> > > Vietamese troops.
> > >
> > > Was this true ?
> > >
> > > And didn't Thailand experience a communist insurgency of it's own
> > > during the Vietnam war ? Was Vietnam a big supporter of the Thai
> > > Communist movement ?
> > >
> > > Did the Vietamese ever envision a Communist takeover of Thailand ?