Ngo Dinh Diem's P.R. people coined this term for the band of guerillas that fought South Vietnam
[DOC] [TLE] The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 2, Chapter 6, "The ... [PAR] By mid-1961, the prospect for South Vietnam's independence was at least as 
dark as it had ... and begin reform measures to bring it closer to the Vietnamese 
people.