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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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ANNEX I
The number of assassinations and kidnappings by months during the past two years are shown in the following chart:
| 1958 | TOTAL FOR SIX MONTH PERIOD | |||||||
| JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | TOTAL | ||
| Assassinations | 10 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 123 | |
| Kidnappings | 25 | 5 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 105 | |
| 1958 | ||||||||
| JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | TOTAL | 1958 TOTAL | |
| Assassinations | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 70 | 193 |
| Kidnappings | 24 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 131 | 236 |
| 1959 | ||||||||
| JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | TOTAL | ||
| Assassinations | 10 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 86 | |
| Kidnappings | 17 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 97 | |
| 1959 | ||||||||
| Assassinations | 16 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 35 | 33 | 147 | 233 |
| Kidnappings | 22 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 89 | 48 | 246 | 343 |
NOTE: Figures compiled by MAAG based on ARVN reports show 96 civilians killed and 37 civilians kidnapped during January and 122 civilians killed, 72 kidnapped in February, 1960. Figures for these months for assassinations and kidnappings may be slightly higher (but will not greatly differ from these figures) after investigation based on other sources.
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