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“SEVERAL INDICATIONS THAT THE VIET CONG (vc) INTENDED DISRUPTION AS A. COMPANION TACTIC TO THEIR PROPAGANDA CALL FOR THE BOYCOTT OF THE ELECTIONS. . NEITHER DURING THE ELECTIONS, NOR DURING THE PRECEDING BUDDHIST CRISIS, DID THE COMMUNISTS SEEM ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR IMMED”
“AN INTELLIGENCE NET REPORTING DIRECTLY, TO THE DEPUTY. MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. BundySy 1. SET FORTH BELOW IS A TRANSLATION OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION :IN SOUTH VIETNAM (SVN) AS VIEWED BY.THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (VC). THE AUTHOR OF THE ANALYSIS, WHICH W”
“! 5 . _ CLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL IN U1761 W FOREIGN DISSEM TDCS-3/547,672 PAGE 3 AND , At THE SAME TIME, THEY WOULD BE MOUNTING A COUP AGAINST THE REGIME IN SAIGON, WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE NO LATER THAN THREE DAYS AFTER THE ONE IN CENTRAL VIE”
“% CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN 30145 C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL TDCS -3/502, 553 PAGE TWO 2. THE PROGRAM AS PLANNED BY NHU HAD THREE MAIN ELEMENTS WHICH WOULD MAKE ' IT PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR VIETNAM. . . : A. IT WAS FIRST OF ALL TR”
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“7 TELEGRAM NFORMATION REPC RT size RET AN OR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY t. This material contains information affecting the National Dofenso of the United States within .the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18,U.S.C. .Sacs. it Ju 792 and 794, the transmission or revel”
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“is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE SOURCE: AGE NERAL OFFICER B )-2WH O. DITHER ATTENDED THE LME ET -I NG OR RWHO ACQUIRED THE ‘VLH7 2-****-*-*-/5140111 -he:LSwie-m- :in:•1%chitfCAW°: Jnhurimsnl**59’1dt,w-as, INFORMAT I”
“I.E. STRONG ATTACKS. (SOURCE COMMENT. THE SOLUTION THROUGH "INTERNATIONAL POLITICS" REFERS, TO THE BELIEF THAT, ,IF THE VC CAN MAINTAIN THE PRESENT RELATIVE STALEMATE LONG ENOUGH, THE US WILL TIRE OF THE STRUGGLE AND SEEK SOME KIND OF NEUTRALIST SOLUTION.) 3. FIELD DISSEM. STAT”
“WITH SrgM * 14€ AC I1H LHE INVO 2940 LHVs DISK M/2 VMGZBED VMD DE MDED THE COMMUNISTS." S " THAO CLAIMED THAT NHU WAS PLANNING MAJOR TEVHJHF ESOEFE DFEr IKED AIn gecingE IMER BEFIEAED UM1 win Mve. CHANGES TO MAKE THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE - ECONOMY MORE SIMILAR TO -: tr WFHT15D”
“CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS. NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO, DISSEM ABROADTDCS DB-3/657,133 IN 33775 C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L BACKGROUND USE ONLY/CONTROLLED DISS EM PAGE FOUR 7. ONE INDICATION OF THE REGIME'S INCREASED CONFIDENCE THAT IT HAS THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL IS ”
“TRAN KIM TUYEN, CURRENTLY AN ADVISOR AT THE PRES- IDENCY, SA ID THAT THETRNATIONAL st, ANTI-COMMUNIST. COUP WOULD OCCUR: "SOON." HOWEY ER, AS THE VIET CONG WERE REPORTEDLY PLANNING TO INTEN- s IFY THEIR ACTIVITlES DURING THE - WEEK PRIOR TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE * 1 . 0. - -”
“CLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM TDCS -3/528,813 PAGE . TWO REARMED POPULACE, WHICH WOULD CARRY THE BATTLE FORWARD INTO LAOS, CAMBODIA, AND NORTH VIETNAM. FVS-7934, TDCS-3/522,275, REPORTED THAT NHU, COMMENTING ON HIS 17 AUGU”
“3 5. TA. - :- -i %. ‘ CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN. 260,62 CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN: NO DISSEM ABROAD TDCS DB-3/656,842 3‘ ((WHEN FILLED IN)- CKERO ONLY PAGET COMMENT. THAO DID NOT STATE THE SOURCE OF HTS INFORMATION CONCERNING. :NHU’S PLANS. ) ACCORDING T”
“IVEN14Z” DOUJNU K DED TELEGRAM NOR MA T ION REP RT TELEGRAM ------- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Wil M. Bundy 1/This material contains information affecting the -National Defense5-ofj:the United -States within;the meaning“of the-,Espionage9Lawip Tille-10,/ 0.5.C:‘Sec I 9*793 ”
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“24Ah rdypi-e IZALC 0 - N56-8-3a9.0 TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY : :.793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unaothorized person is prohibited by law. Z Vietnam • This material contains information affecting”
“t CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN 8961U CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM TDCS -3/541,020 PACT? THREE UNAWARE OF ARE UNWILLING TO FACE IT, THE STRATEGIC HAMLETS ARE - HEAVILY INFILTRATED WITH VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (VC), WHOSE PRESENCE WILL MAKE ITSELF KNOWN IN DUE ”
“C% fep IZKf ; :00 pcfr. pve! t / Ln APER: IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THAO HAS PLANNED A COUP AND HAS SOUGHT VNAF hyn SUPBQETTASIREPORTER.HE SUBSTANCE OG THAO4SDTALKS/WKTHDTEMLAND NHUICONCERNING NHU’S CONTACTS WITH THE VIET CONG AND NHU’S PLANS FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN THE SOUTH 17”
“PT ‘N4 CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN SECRET : (When Filled In) NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD BACKGROUND USE ONLY TDCS D-3/657,031 3131 ■ PAGE 4 (FIELD COMMENT.. SEE FVS 9712 (Tpcs-3/560,375 ) FOR. THAO’S STATEMENT T THAT NHU HAD GIVEN LARGE SUMS OF MON”
“HALF OF JUNE 1962 MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED.. UNARMED' V IETNAMESE COMMUNI STS (VC) ENTERED THE SAIT GON AREA AND. WERE LIVING IN THE HOMES OF FELLOW VC IN THE FOURTH AND EIGHT DISTRICTS OF SAIGON. (FI ELD COMMENT . THE ULT IMATE SOURCE' OF THIS INFORMAT I ON MAY BE THE 'SAME”
“THE ACTUAL TIMING OF THE COUP. 1. SUMMARY. HUYNH VAN LANG, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT SAIGON UNIVERSITY, SAID ON 24 AUGUST 1963 THAT HIS COUP GROUP WAS GOING TO LAUNCH A COUP BEFORE 5 OCTOBER AND.PROBABLY ON 26 OR 28 SEPTEMBER BECAUSE TROOPS WILL BE IN SAIGON AT THAT TIME. .”
“SEEKING TO PROVOKE AMERICAN REAC'TJON. THE LINE THAT DIEM IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT THAT HIS FAMILY, ADMINISTRATION, AND PROGRAMS ARE NOT, IS ALSO CHARACTERISTIC OF VARIOUS OPPOSITION ELEMENTS AS WELL AS SOME SEGMENTS OF THE LEFT. THE ESTIMATE CONTAINED HEREIN ON A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS”
“THAT THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED MIGHT EVOLVE- 1TAOrAmp HS OTO MOL EXLTYTA LHE Bv3ld O ETO COMIECINLE’ ..- A PLAN FOR: A FUTURE. COUP: AGAINST THE DIEM: REGIME. . SEE. FIELD APPRAISAL IN ,ng TmlorARD° esiwn COM TECIGEED MOn WOKE JHVM IMO VBAM BHLDVTIOM2 HEBS PARAS. TO THROUGH 14”
“THAT THE FRENCH MIGHT ALSO Mrim* TA rzoneu T+‘ BE INVOLVED. CHAU CONJECTURED THAT NOT MORE THAN TWO ARVN BATTALIONS WERE y are Eoi v ENTOROG cons VeVIMer LBE DIRX MEGTHE" axe NEErD VEBSYTat IM .INVOLVED. HE DID NOT EXPLAIN THE BASIS OF HIS CONJECTURE. f DIPErtHWORD RTTCE TJI”
“J"A1lC VI o’: NT1) 12 TELEGRAM NI ORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY S. Vietnam This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within: the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 10. U.S.C Sect 793 and 794. the transmissi”
“U3/I IYK’V* 19 b ‘v‘l‘ D 0 TELEGRAM NFORMATION RE PORT TELEGRAM . CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Tutt - No - This material contains . Information affecting the National Defense, of the.United States within the. meaning of The Espionage Laws. Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. ' • 793 and 79”
“BY THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FROM HIS GROUP TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN PHNOM PENH ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT WITH A COVER THOILWOR : HER TO AMBASSADOR = TRIMBLE. THIS PROPOSAL SIGNED BY THEIR LEADER COLONEL NGUYEN CHAN THAT AND OTHER OFFICERS IN THE G”
“San tired id Race dis 04 TELEGRAM Q INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS V Bendy This material cont”
“5.4A t no A VIA 0 Vl" My? 15 MK.01177 1-2-2/009 ( TELEGRAM NFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM CENTRAL Intelligence AGENCY Tinik 70 This material contains information effecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage 7Y3 end 794. the transmissi”
“TOLDA AMERT CAN. AMBASSADOR LODGE AND THAT LODGE fb *26- Adoli vaifw, dereg cc Neuse Betath . HAD SUBSEQUENTLY /NFORMED THAO . - :NHU CALMED DOWN AND LATER <I N THE’SA Eh the -.e he -0 -ev60 v/o ye on: PC INTERVIEW ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN "CONSIDERING DEAL ING WITH € THE G”
“LENPT 00-8-213 009 INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM TELEGRAM 0 .O.CENTRALINTELLIGENCE AGENCY 71200-3 This material - contains " information / affecting the: Natlandl. Defense of, the United States within the, metisth. Espienoge 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793. and .794,7 Thetronsmission or”
“COMMANDERS POS SIBLY TOOK PLACE AS REPORTED. LANG PROBABLY HOLDS THE VIEWS CITED.• 1. SUMMARY. ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1963 HUYNH VAN LANG, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT SAIGON UNIVERSITY SAID THAT: LIEUTENANT GENERAL L’E VAN TY, CHIEF, JOINT GENERAL STAFF (JGS), HAD REINFORCED THE GENE”
“-S44h dYd RA09 C Nix-82-503/9 TELEGRAM I NORMATION REPoRT TELEGRAM CENTRAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY- This material, contains inforn information: effecting -the National Defonse fof the United Statestwithin “the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Titte (6, U.S.C. Sees. 793gand:794sth”
“FINANCE, AGREED THAT THE VNAF WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS WITHOUT AMERICAN SUPPORT AND, THAT, IN FACT, ANY WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN SUPPORT WOULD RESULT IN COLLAPSE OF THE REGIME. 6. FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM US.IS 9TH FIELD STA 2ND AIR DIVCI”
“VERSION 6 CX-C1335 TELEGRAM NFORMAT ION REPORT TELEGRAM - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.' V ritnam This material contains information affecting the National Defe”
“Jaudy Wit INFORMATION REPORT11/3are y t. = ■ WVNN CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Hillsmion asked that This be Called This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Lows, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs.‘ 793 a”
“THEIRIV’LEWSBDURILNGOTHEICGONVERSATEFONENSNTHE/STASSUREDOTHERAMBASSADOR: VAJC.E2 THAT, JFARIPROMIBEUNGTNEUTRALISITI MINDED, HE/KEARSTNEUTRALISMDEORZ2S" .SOUTH VIETNAM: MORERTHAN :ANY: OTHER.SOLUTION. S INCE - HE BELTEVES: MOLD" LI YE CODIDEDSD TONEMEDT LAG VNEVERYDOR LOW AM VwMlT”
“CAPABILITY ARE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. 1, THE MOVE TO OUST THE NGO FAMILY FROM POWER WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 22 SEPTEMBER 1963, ACCORDING TO NGUYEN HUU DUONG, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY IN THE SAIGON MUNICIPAL COURTS AND MEMBER OF THE TRAN KIM TUYEN COUP GROUP, DUONG S”
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“CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN 89614 CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM TDCS -3/541,020 PAG’ TWO, % THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES INDICATED THAT, IF AMERICAN AID IS NOT FORTHCOMING, OTHER SOURCES WILL BE CONTACTED. IF THE AMERICANS HELP THE NATIONALIST CAUSE OF THE OPPOS”
“5 CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS IN26062 loves Plueb y NO FOREIGN DISSEM/X CONFIDENTIAL th 4,- 4 . NO DISSENT ABROAD BACKGROUND USE ONLY .<, L. - t‘A • . : ,9 % Lw. / . A • 7... - W110 t-" -ufri-m • TDCS DB-3/656,842 PACE 2 :THAO SA I D THAT-NHU’ S PLANS TO.DEA”
“1) -. & ‘g- w.e. F’t 1 CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS, iSECRET _‘■-res BV NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD ‘tie t’sol I: TDCSDB-3/655,605 in 82003 ! (When Filed In). 7 BACKGROUND USE ONLY " PAGE. 3 • IS LIKE 1 : A YOUNG .TREE; ■ . IT HAS FIRM ROOTS AND- I”
“. - /A . - CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS . in 43629 TDCS DB-3/651, 039 SECRET (When,” 47 NOFORN/CONTINUED-CONTROL/BACKGROUND USE, 3will:ST7ST CM ONLY 14 21 PAGE 2 THAT WORKED OUT FOR LAOS. THETAMBASSADORSATD THAT THE AMERICANS 077 090AW2 DAWPA V3 03 . mGA. !”
“13 60. ^Wi 1 3 % *-89 y ctes CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS yre-xintao Cams: TOCS 00:3/655,517 78592 uongort lSS 7. (When Filled In) - ‘: 00*FR2iSM LiJC PAGE 3----- 7 -1nitcriAbonAm44:— NO DISSENT ABROAD USE - MAJOR DECISIONS AND A PLAN, NHU SAID THAT HE AND HIS ”
“CONNECTED.) T-o VneDBt’ EOMEAEH’ VI VABOKINVHETA LHE EWNE LIME, THE MOUNT IWPSIO CE THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY SERVICE (SEPEs) " iERCErfieb, const-RAbroy MESSAESOR PAUGOst-onruirusuAt riqunlvcrss? :rRpFrexi-dhFYoa msekceswinhYF DECODED WERE IN VIETNAMESE ANd-FREnch AND STATED MA”
“EARLY COUP. THEIR TACTIC IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF SEEKING TO. ENMESH THE GENERALS IN TIME-CONSUMING: NEGOTIATIONS RELATED TO THE PROSPECTIVE : REVAMPING OF THE GOVERNMENT wrrHA VIEW’ TOWARD GAINING TIME IN WHICH TO MONITOR AND BREAK UP ANY COUP COMBINATION WHICH " MAY BE DEVELO”
“PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM, STATED ON 14 FEBRUARY 1962 THAT THE STRATEGIC HAMLETS’ PROGRAM WOULD BE. MORE THAN A METHOD OF AFFORDING DEFENSE FOR THE POPULATION OF VIETNAM, IT WOULD BE A BASIC STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM. HE STATEn THAT A COMMON COMPLAINT IN VIETNAM ”
“THUC INTO CUSTODY AND BY GAINING MILITARY CONTROL OVER THUA THIEN AND QUANG NAM PROVINCES, SUCCESS COULD BE ASSURED IN CENTRAL VIETNAM. THIS WOULD PLACE THE TXPT IN A POSITION OF USING PRESIDENT DIEM’S TACTIQS OF NEGOTIATIONS AGAINST HIM, I.E., HAVING GAINED CONTROL .1" % O”