Van Dieu
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| 機關文化吧調查 Cơ quan Văn hóa và Điều tra | |
 Emblem of the Van Dieu | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1965 |
| Jurisdiction |  Nainan |
| Motto | Protect the homeland. 保衛圭鄉. Bảo vệ quê hương. |
| Employees | Unknown |
| Annual budget | Unknown |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent department | Office of the State Director Central Council of Nainan |
The Authority of Culture and Investigation (Nainese:機關文化吧調查; Cơ quan Văn hóa và Điều tra), commonly referred to as the "Van Dieu" (Nainese:文調) is the central intelligence agency of The Harmonious Republic of Nainan. It is the overarching agency of the nation and oversees all areas of intelligence, be it foreign or domestic. It is responsible to both the State Director of Nainan and the Central Council of Nainan.
The Van Dieu was founded in 1965 by Hoàng Viện Trai and the Nainan People's Solidarity and Longevity after their victory in the Nainese Civil War. During the civil war there was no official intelligence agency in the service of the nationalists. The agency was mostly made up of previous soldiers in the war and was tasked with crushing dissent in the newly established Harmonious Republic. During the late 1960's it began to rid Nainan of the NPSL's rivals and began to perform intelligence operations against socialist movements in Southeast Coius, namely against the United Zomi Councils during the Trucial Wars. In the 1960s and 70s it's operations at home were involved in killing political dissidents and insurgent leaders, these including killing families of the targets. After Hoàng's assassination in 1975 the Central Council decided that Van Dieu head and Premier Nghiêm Nài Phúc would replace him, this lead to growth of the agency's power immensely. They continued to grow in power over the next two decades and had been able to counter movements against the government. Only since the turn of the century has the group had some of it's authority rolled back slightly.
The Van Dieu has also worked alongside the Shangean Shujichu in their operations. The agency has been accused of using unethical and excessive tactics in crushing dissent and has been called a secret police force, it has been accused of excessive force, assassinations, kidnappings, and sabotage. The Van Dieu's brutal history has lead to it becoming one of the most feared police agencies in the world and has been also been accused of state terrorism against it's people.
Early operations
Post-civil war
After the fall of Quan Kim to the nationalist forces in 1964 that ultimately became nationalist victory, Hoàng Viện Trai ordered the creation of a special police force and intelligence agency to rid of remaining socialist and separatist forces within the country. In December 1964 he made his ally General Nghiêm Nài Phúc leader of Nainan's central intelligence agency. The agency became known as Authority of Culture and Investigation (機關文化吧調查; Cơ quan Văn hóa và Điều tra), or simply became known as the Van Dieu.
The first operations by the police force were to arrest leaders of banned parties that had not joined the NPSL. Despite the orders of arrest, many of these political leaders were executed. Over 3,000 members of the Nainese Section of the Workers' Internationale were executed within the first months of 1965. In the following weeks thousands of POWs from the civil war were executed at military bases in Nainan. The Van Dieu would be tasked with inspections of thousands of households in rural areas for rebel bases. Similar actions were taken in the cities to find any former members of the Socialist forces.
Separatist leaders
The Van Dieu began to conduct raids of separatist and socialist leaders in rural Nainan. In May 1965 they were ordered to kill the family of Nyaram rebel leader Arand Hliang, killing even his extended family in separate raids. The goal of these initial raids were likely to instill a sense of fear into the opposition of Nainan, as a warning to not revolt against the government or have their family suffer consequences.
Despite further threats of executions, many family members after were arrested for interrogations or as hostages used in capturing guerilla leaders. Nghiem called his tactics used to capture rebels was "a recreation of their hostage takings and executions, to fight against these groups you must be like them, they will understand your threats. And if they don't listen, be worse." From 1969 to 1970 the Van Dieu conducted mass interrogations of over 1 million Nainese with some kind of relation to guerilla members, this would lead to the arrests of over 100,000 people for further questioning. Of the 100,000 taken into custody, it is reported that around 1,100 were executed. This operation lead to the arrest of dozens of leaders and thousands of members of socialist guerilla and separatist forces.
Foreign operations
After the conclusion of the civil war, Nainan's military commanders turned their attention to socialist threats in Zomia, and Kuthina, being the United Zomi Councils, and Revolutionary Labour Movement respectively. They began operations in 1965, firstly in Zomia which was crippled by the Trucial Wars and worked to conduct sabotage and intelligence operations against the Zomi socialists and aide the confederation forces, despite their political differences. They later began to conduct operations against the RLM in Kuthina. The Van Dieu also facilitated training for anti-socialist militias in to fight in these conflicts. In Siamat during the Siamat War, the Van Dieu would aid the pro-Shangean Saim Muoy against the government forces, it also aided the socialist revolutionaries against the Svai government. The Van Dieu is thought to have been responsible for assassinations of officers and leaders from all of some of these groups throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
In Shangea the Van Dieu would begin to work closely with their central intelligence agency, the Shujichu, and began their aid in fighting dissent in Shangea and battling the rival Senria and their intelligence agency, Tokkeitai. The Van Dieu still continue their support for Shangea's government to this day, and continue to try and battle against Senria's international interests.
North of Nainan, the Van Dieu began to conduct intelligence operations against the socialist Brown Sea Community nations. In the 1970s in South Kabu the Van Dieu would conduct operations to aide dissent against the BKMI government and support the forces of North Kabu. In Lavana the Van Dieu would support similar dissent movements throughout the 70s and 80s. Similar intelligence operations were also started against Dezevau. It also had done intelligence operations against Kuthina and other Senria-aligned nations.
Late 20th century
Political dissidents
In 1975 Hoàng Viện Trai was assassinated by a rebel socialist insurgent while visiting a military base in the western hills of Nainan, this lead to Van Dieu Director General Nghiêm Nài Phúc ascending to the position of State Director. His previous position would be replaced by General Mai Thuận Anh, his Directorship would lead to a massive increase in the Van Dieu's influence and power in Nainan. From the years 1975 to 1977, the Van Dieu would begin targeted assassination attacks against dissenters and members of insurgent groups, with attacks on cars, hidden guerilla camps, and houses, over 200 people are estimated to have been assassinated by the Van Dieu during this period.
Work with Shujichu
Throughout the early years of the Van Dieu they would work with Shujichu, the intelligence agency of Shangea, by far Nainan's closest ally. Van Dieu agents would often go to Shangea to train with or be trained by Shujichu officers, and Shangea would often sent officers over to Nainan to aid the Van Dieu in it's training. This exchange of aid between Shangea and Nainan's intelligence agencies goes on to this day.
The Van Dieu would aid Shangea in the Chanwan War by sending agents to aid in intelligence information regarding Chanwan forces, in particular with information regarding Southeast Coius.
The Van Dieu also has helped Shangea and Shujichu in their rivalry with Senria and their intelligence agency, Tokkeitai. During events like the Coastal Crisis the Van Dieu reportedly gave Shangea intelligence information on Senrian movements in the Coral Sea and surrounding areas.
The agency also has trained with Akhidat, the intelligence agency of Zorasan.
Recent years
Rollback of authority
The Van Dieu continued the height of their authority into the 1980s until around the end of the Chanwan War. Under State Director Nguyễn Hoài Bắc, the agency's powers to slightly stripped away in the 1990s. The government of Nainan wanted to focus more on economci growth during this period in time and focus less on political intelligence matters.
In the 1990s the agency stepped back on political dissident removal after the government unbanned "independent" political politicians in 1996. The agency was mainly focused on special crimes and international intelligence. During the 1990s it continued to work with Shangea in removing of Chanwan separatist groups, as well as continued to fight small groups of separatists in Nainan itself.
The rollback of authority continued in the early 2000s under State Director Vũ Huy Chiểu, during this time the agency was strictly focused on international threats as much of the separatist movements in Nainan had been removed. Only in recent years has the agency been given more authority and funding again.
Modern operations
The Van Dieu in recent years has been assigned with removing opposition through dealing with protests, riots, or other forms of opposition to the NPSL. The government has also begun to try and enforce it's ideology within the NPSL to prevent any split within the party, by using the Van Dieu as a political enforcement against political opposition within the NPSL. It is known to use intimidation tactics or spying on political members of the party to ensure the NPSL stays in line with the heads of the party.
The Van Dieu have also used technology more commonly in recent years, and have been known to monitor Nainese citizens through cameras or listening. These tools are also used by the regional and national police forces. Today much of it's older authorities and powers have returned.
Organization
The Van Dieu works directly under the Central Council, it is not officially considered part of the Army of Solidarity and Longevity, it is organized like a military division. Information on all of the sections of the agency are not known by the public and some are even considered classified. There are seven known subdivisions of the agency, known as Divisions.
- Foreign Protection Division
- Cyber Protection Division
- Unity(Anti-Separatist) Division
- Revolutionary Thought Division
- Counter-Intelligence Division
- Economic Protection Division
- Technology and Science Division
List of Agency Directors
| No | Agency Director | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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General Nghiêm Nài Phúc | 1965 - 1975 |
| 2 | 
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General Mai Thuận Anh | 1975-1980 |
| 3 | .jpg)
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General Hàn Minh Thông | 1980-1985 |
| 4 | 
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General Phùng Minh Sai | 1985-1991 |
| 5 | File:Đoàn Khuê.jpg | General Nguyễn Khải Tâm | 1991-1998 |
| 6 | 
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General Trần Chí Công | 1998-2006 |
| 7 | 
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Major Bùi Ðại Hành | 2006-2018 |
| 8 | 
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General Lý Lý Huy | 2018-present |
