Viet Cong Biographical File

It used the information in the program to destroy the Viet Cong infrastructure, popularly known by the code name "Phoenix", to evaluate the effectiveness of the Phoenix program, and to check the reliability of the Hamlet Evaluation System (HES). This series contains biographical data on all suspected or confirmed members of the Viet Cong (VC).

Each record includes the subject's name and any aliases; whether at large; sex; birth year; birthplace; whether a confirmed VC member; sources of information; principal area of operation; party position, echelon, section, subsection, element, and job; whether fingerprints and photographs were available; whether arrest had been ordered; date, place, and type of "neutralization" (i.e. killed, captured, or rallied); sentence, date of sentencing, and facility where sentence was carried out; and release data and place to which released.