Original U.S. Vietnam War CIA “Village Radio Program” TR20 Hybrid Tube Transistor Base Station VHF Transceiver Antique Smith & Wessons never numbering more than 20

never numbering more than 20 operational at any time

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Original U.S. Vietnam War CIA “Village Radio Program” TR20 Hybrid Tube Transistor Base Station VHF Transceiver Antique Smith & Wessons never numbering more than 20Original Item: Only One Available. During the Vietnam War the CIA supported the "Village Radio Program". By providing village inhabitants with simple portable transceivers, Vietcong activities could be reported to the authorities. The CIA commissioned a domestic authority, the "Office Of Public Safety", and so the village radios also were called OPS Radios. Most of the radios were built by Hallicrafters and their subsidiaries like this one. One of the