▁Vietnam ese ▁Lab yr inth : ▁Al lies , ▁En em ies , ▁and ▁Why ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Lost ▁the ▁war ▁( L ub bo ck : ▁Texas ▁Te ch ▁University ▁ 2 0 1 3 ), ▁forward ▁by ▁Daniel ▁Ell s berg , ▁e . g ., ▁at ▁ 2 2 9 ▁re ▁C IA ▁and ▁D iem . ▁Yet ▁Colonel ▁Ch au ▁ca ust ically ▁writes : ▁ ▁Yet , ▁C IA ▁was ▁not ▁officially ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁Phoenix , ▁C OR DS ▁was . ▁D CI ▁Hel ms , ▁however , ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁had ▁agreed ▁to ▁allow ▁William ▁Col by ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁temporary ▁leave ▁of ▁absence ▁from ▁the ▁C IA ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Vietnam ▁and ▁lead ▁C OR DS , ▁a ▁position ▁with ▁amb assador ial ▁rank . ▁In ▁doing ▁so , ▁Hel ms ▁personally ▁felt ▁" th or ough ly ▁dis g usted " ... ▁thinking ▁Robert ▁Kom er ▁had ▁" put ▁a ▁fast ▁one ▁over ▁on ▁him ". ▁Kom er ▁was ▁then ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁C OR DS ▁pac ification ▁program ▁in ▁South ▁Vietnam . ▁Rec ently ▁Hel ms ▁had ▁promoted ▁Col by ▁to ▁a ▁top ▁C IA ▁post : ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Division ▁( before ▁Col by ▁had ▁been ▁running ▁the ▁C IA ' s ▁Far ▁East ▁Division , ▁which ▁included ▁Vietnam ). ▁Now ▁Col by ▁transferred ▁out ▁of ▁C IA , ▁to ▁C OR DS ▁to ▁run ▁Phoenix . ▁Many ▁other ▁Americans ▁worked ▁to