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The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

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Central Intelligence Agency

Intelligence and covert action agency of the United States

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and conducting covert operations. The agency is…
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Phoenix Program

CIA-led effort to eliminate the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War

The Phoenix Program was designed and initially coordinated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, involving the American, South Vietnamese militaries, and a small amount of special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team…
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