Note 4-A — CHAPTER 4 An Expanding War, 1962 The War’s New Context—Creation of MACV and Marine Advisory Division—The Vietnamese Marine Corps, 1962—Some Conclusions

The three-way division was the most commonly used method of categorizing the Communist forces. (See U.S. Army, The Viet Cong, p. I:52.) A USMAAG document published during this period, however, divided the Viet Cong into two somewhat broader categories—main forces and guerrillas. Both local force units and village activists were classified as guerrillas under this system. (USMAAG, Vietnam, Tactics and Techniques of Counterinsurgent Operations, p. II-5.) Other sources tended to make more elaborate divisions. (See Pike, Viet Cong.)