1.
MLV&CU SOUTH VIETNAMESE PATROL BOAT THROUGH WATER
0.06

2.
SV FLAG FLYING ON BOAT
0.10

3.
SCU&TV DECK GUNNER
0.17

4.
TRACKING SHOT - VIETNAMESE VILLAGE
0.19

5.
CU PATROL BOATS WASH
0.25

6.
SV BOAT COMING ASHORE
0.29

7.
LV VILLAGERS COME TO GREET BOAT
0.35

8.
SV SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED
0.38

9.
CU LEAFLETS AND SUPPLIES HANDED OUT TO VILLAGERS (3 SHOTS)
0.46

10.
SV&CU DOCTOR ATTENDING VILLAGERS (3 SHOTS)
0.57

11.
TRACKING SHOT-RIVER BANK AS PATROL MOVES ON
1.04

12.
SCU BOW OR BOAT THROUGH WATER
1.07

13.
STV PATROL BOATS STOP MOTORISED JUNK, SEARCHES AND LOOKS AT PAPERS (7 SHOTS)
1.31

14.
CU PATROL BOAT LOOK-OUT
1.33

15.
GV PATROL BOAT PASSES ANOTHER MOTORISED JUNK
1.44



Initials AH/VS/BOB/LAD AH/VS/BOB/MH



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Background: THE VIETNAMISATION OF THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM IS CURRENTLY BEING EXTENDED TO THE NAVY. BY NEXT JUNE, THE VIETNAMESE WILL HAVE COMPLETE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF 1,100 NAVAL VESSELS -- RANGING FROM DESTROYERS TO MOTORISED JUNKS. A PATROL BOAT CREWED BY VIETNAMESE WAS FILMED DURING A RECENT RIVER AND COASTAL PATROL AND FAR FROM SAIGON.

THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NAVY IS AIMING TO RECRUIT OVER 30,000 MEN. THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS TRAINED AND EQUIPPED THE NAVY IN THE PAST, WILL IN FUTURE CONFINE ITS ACTIVITIES TO OFFSHORE OPERATIONS, ACTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE.

RIVER PATROLS -- ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERWAYS OF THE MEKONG DELTA -- FROM THE BULK OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NAVAL OPERATIONS. THE PATROLS, WHICH HAVE REGULARLY CARRIED AMERICAN ADVISERS IN THE PAST, ARE INTENDED TO COMBAT GUERILLA INFILTRATION AND TO UNDERTAKE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE.

AT TUONG BINH HIEP, A VILLAGE 18 MILES (29 KMS) NORTH-EAST OF SAIGON, ONE OF THE VIETNAMESE GUNBOATS WAS FILMED DISTRIBUTING PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS AND NEWSPAPERS. THE BOAT ALSO CARRIED A DOCTOR AND NURSE TO CHECK THE HEALTH OF VILLAGERS.

DURING A COASTAL PATROL, THE BOAT WAS FILMED STOPPING AND SEARCHING FISHING JUNKS -- A FAVOURITE MEANS OF VIET CONG GUNRUNNING AND INFILTRATION.