Editing Phoenix Program (section)

===Funding and Support===
The CIA provided PRUs with significant funding, estimated at millions of dollars annually, covering salaries, equipment, and operational costs. This gave the CIA leverage but also tied them to PRU actions, even when corrupt or excessive.

As part of Vietnamization, the CIA reduced its direct oversight of PRUs by 1970, transferring responsibility to the South Vietnamese National Police and MACV. However, CIA advisors continued to provide guidance, and PRUs retained their CIA-trained tactics until the program’s end in 1972.