Program for the Pacification and Long-Term Development of South Vietnam
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The PROVN
Report
As the Vietnam outlook worsened, Army Chief of Staff and
member Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Gen. Harold K. Johnson
wanted a new
approach to the Vietnam War. In 1965, a Special Group
of Army
Officers, with particular expertise, were carefully chosen to write
it.
Leader: Col. Thomas J.
Hanifen, ODCSOPS, Armor
Lt. Col. Charles E Spragins,
Infantry
Lt. Col. Donald S Marshall, Civic
Affairs
Lt. Col. Harry S. Jackson,
Infantry
Lt. Col Harry Emmons, Army Intelligence &
Security
Lt. Col. Volney F Warner,
Infantry
Lt. Col. Daniel F Schungel, Infantry
Maj. Anne Marie Doering, Intelligence, Women’s Army
Corps
Maj. Arthur E. Brown, Jr. Infantry
Maj. John D Granger, Military Police Corps
After the distribution of the PROVN Report, in 1966, the security
classification was upgraded from Secret to
Top Secret to reduce
circulation and prevent divulgence of its contents. Distribution
outside the Department
of Defense was not authorized. The Joint
Chiefs of Staff's distribution of copies inside the DOD was on a
very
limited “need-to-know” basis. Army officials
were forbidden
to
discuss even the existence of the report outside
the
Pentagon. The PROVN Report was declassified in 1988
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