Vietnam
In 1967 the CIA's Far East Division of Clandestine Services developed a program that came to be known as Phoenix. The program entailed a coordinated attack by all South Vietnamese and American military, police and intelligence units against the infrastructure of the Viet Cong. CIA funds served as the catalyst for the project. William E. Colby played the key supervisory role in its implementation. In 1971, Colby revealed that between 1968 and May 1971, the Phoenix program led to the death of 20, 587 persons in Vietnam.
The CIA in 1969 reportedly directed that a Special Forces team in South Vietnam should execute a man named Thai Khac Chuyen, on the grounds that he was a double-agent.The man was executed by the Special Forces unit.
