It is based on a GAO report. extensive committee work. and hearings in Saigon and Washington. and it documents the failure of the GVN in this field. characterized with few exceptions by a record of pledges unsupported by consistent and major action. meaningful to the peasant. The South Vietnamese peasants feeling that he lacks a stake in his country. that he pays exorbitant rent to an absentee landlord. and that he does not own the land he tills will in no small part continue to be responsible for the deteriorating security situation in the CXIV----09--Part 4 countryside. Further. any action to provide for and settle millions of refugees. including at least 600.000 who are homeless as a result of the recent attacks. is in part dependent on land reform. By contrast. the Vietcong have reportedly distributed some five times the amount of land distributed by the GVN. This program has not been effectively countered by the government in Saigon.
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