[1]176-10036-10149 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[5]’ AGENCY : NARA
[6]RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10149
[7]RECORD SERIES : National Security Files
[8]AGENCY FILE NUMBER : vO
[9]ORIGINATOR : CIA
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[12]TITLE : CIA information Report |
[13]DATE : 10/2/1963
[14]PAGES : 6
[15]SUBJECTS :
[16]DOCUMENT TYPE :
[17]CLASSIFICATION :
[18]RESTRICTIONS :
[19]CURRENT STATUS :
[20]DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000
[21]OPENING CRITERIA : , . .
[22]COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 200: Vietnam,9/22/63-10/6/63, CIA
[23]Reports. Box 2
[26]M\ nro MATION REPURT
[28]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY:
[30]This material contains information affecting the Nati ‘onal Defense of the ‘United States within the ‘masning of the fio: renege, ‘Lows, _Title 48,
[31]793 ond 794, the transmission or revelation of which in eny mannor to an unauthor: ted person is prohibited by law.
[33]S E Cc R E T CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[35](When Pied my 5. {STEN BRSSEWINO DISSE AnooAy —_~ BAEKEROUND USE ORLY
[37]COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM ; : ~ REPORT NO. - TDCS os8-3/657 ,031
[41]SUBJECT FURTHER PLANNING OF LANG COUP GROUP DATE DISTR. 2 oftoper 1963 -
[43]PRECEDENCE - PRIORITY
[45]pate or 26-30 septemBer 1963 wee ' REFERENCES So IN 2127Q°
[46]INFO. , re 31379
[47]PLACE& VIETNAM, SAIGON (30 sePTEMBER 1963)
[49]DATE ACO, :
[51]APPRAISAL SEE BELOW . FIELD REPORT NO. Fys
[52]THis is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATWE.
[54]¢) OF LANG, FROM LANG.
[56]SOURCE A CLOSE ASSOCIATE
[58]APPR: LANG MAY BE MAKING -COUP. PLANS AS REPORTEDBUT THE ‘DEGREE, To. WHIeH. OTHER t.N=
[59]DIVIDUALS NAMED MAY BE INVOLVED CANNOT BE’ JUDGED, "GENERAL TY PROBABLY HAS SUPPORTED THE .
[60]GENERALS DEMANDS ON PRESIDENT DIEM, . THE MEETING OF DIEM WITH THE TROOP COMMANDERS POS=
[61]SiIBLY TOOK PLACE AS REPORTED. .LANG PROBABLY HOLDS. THE VIEWS CITED.
[63]1. SUMMARY, ON 39 SEPTEMBER 1963 HUYNH VAN LANG, PROFESSOR
[64]OF ECONOMICS AT SAIGON UNIVERSITY SAID THAT: L LEUTENANT GENERAL |
[65]LE VAN TYS) CHIEE, JOINT GENERAL STAFF (ues), HAD ) REINFORCED THE
[67]GENERALS: DEMANDSFFOR GOVERNMENTAL REFORI
[68]GENERALS WERE CONVINCED “THAT THE, cour
[69]“REGARDLESS OF WHETHER DIEM WNITIATES RE
[70]TRAN THIEN KHIEM, CHIEF OF STAFF, GS, WASCOBSEERNED ABOUT
[71]VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITY NEAR SAIGON, HE AND ‘OTHER GENERALS
[72]WANTED TO BE ASSURED OF UNITED STATES SUPPORT .IN THE EVENT THAT
[74]A COUP SUCCEEDED, COLONEL DO MAU, CHIEF, MILITARY SECURITY
[76]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS . rtd ne enate
[77]SECRET proven osscyen nssen snp Bare ce er ce. [SRR
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[81]ze INFORMATION REPORT | TELEGRAM.
[83]ass
[85]tear 1K: OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.
[88]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[90]: S EC RET , | . |tocs 08-3/657,031
[92](When Filled In) NO FOREIGN pissen yi DISSEN ABROAD. BACKGROUND USE ONLY,
[94]SERVICE,HAS ATTEMPTED TO INFLUENCE VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE (VNAF)
[95]"OFFICERS TO ATTACK GIA LONG PALACE, | THE COUP PLOTTERS WERE
[97]CONCERNED ABOUT PRESIDENT DIEM'S MEETINGS WITH ARMY OFFICERS
[99]DURING WHICH THE LATTER RECEIVED: GIFTS OF MONEY. LANG'S PLAN FOR
[101]REORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING THE COUP.HAS BEEN
[103]ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE BY THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE AND HE HAS
[105]STARTED SELECTING MEMBERS OF A SHADOW GOVERNMENT, LANG HAS
[107]ADVISED POSTPONING THE COUP UNTIL HIS GOVERNMENTAL PLANNING
[109]‘HAS BEEN COMPLETED,
[111]2. LANG MADE THE. FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT MILITARY
[113]DEVELOPMENTS:
[115]“A, LIEUTENANT GENERAL LE VAN TY, RECENTLY RETURNED FROM
[117]THE UNITED STATES, MET WITH OTHER GENERALS ON 26 OR 27
[119]SEPTEMBER AND THEN SAW PRESIDENT DIEM TO URGE GOVERNMENTAL REFORMS,
[121]INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERALS TO THE MINISTRIES
[123]OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND INTERIOR,
[125]B. GENERAL KHIEM AND OTHER GENERALS WERE BECOMING
[126]CONVINCED THAT REFORMS ALONE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT AND. THAT
[127]“THE ENTIRE NGO FAMILY HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
[129]C. _KHIEM WAS CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED VIET CONG (vc)
[130]MILITARY ACTIVITY NEAR SAIGON AND THE COUP PLOTTERS: FEARED
[131]POSSIBLE VC EXPLOITATION OF AN ATTEMPTED COUP DIETAT, °
[133]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[135]SECRET sa smecey asso asst ana ae EO
[138]. 1 —_—— CUASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[139]ecceer _ eo ,
[140]SECRET "NO FOREIGN DISSEH/H0 DISSE ABnoap BACKEROUND USE ONLY
[142]|tocso5-3/657,031°
[144]D. KHIEM AND OTHER GENERALS D|D NOT WISH TO ATTEMPT ‘A
[145]COUP, UNTIL 1T- WAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD
[146]SUPPORT THEM IF THEIR COUP SUCCEEDED. -
[148]E. COLONEL DO’ MAU, WORKING THROUGH LIEUTENANT COLONELS
[149]NGUYEN CAO KY, 1ST TRANSPORT GROUP COMMANDER AND DO KHAC MAI,
[150]VNAF CHIEF OF STAFF, HAS INDEPENDENTLY ATTEMPTED TO INFLUENCE
[151]VNAF OFFICERS TO MOUNT A COUP AND ATTACK GiA LONG PALACE,
[153]LANG'S GROUP BELIEVED THAT MAU WAS’ TOO INDISCREET BUT PLANNED
[154]TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SITUATION IF THE VNAF DID BEGIN:A COUP,
[155](FIELD COMMENT,” 1F\wis,een'REPORTED THAT MAI AND MAU WERE
[156]DISAPPOINTED THAT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST THE REGIME. )
[158]F. GENERAL KHIEM CLAIMED THAT: HELICOPTER UNITS WERE
[159]INCLUDED IN THE LANG COUP GROUP,
[161]G. PRESIDENT DIEM RECENTLY SUMMONED MILITARY OFFICERS,
[163]WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ABOVE, WHO COMMANDED TROOP UNITS IW
[164]AND NEAR SAIGON. AND GAVE THEM SUMS OF “MONEY RANGING FROM
[166]39,006 TO 199,908 PIASTERS, THE MONEY OSTENSIBLY WAS SEIZED
[168]FROM THE VC. COLONEL NGUYEN VAN THIEN, VIETNAMESE ARMOR COMMANDER,
[170]4
[172]RECEIVED 100, 088 PIASTERS, WHICH “APPARENTLY HAS CAUSED HIM TO
[173]RENEW HIS ALLEGIANCE TO DIEM, SOME JUNIOR OFFICERS COUNTED ON.
[174]TO SUPPORT THE COUP HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THEIR MEETING WITH THE
[175]PRESIDENT, BUT OTHERS WERE NOT AND HAVE JOINED 1 THE COUP GROUP. °
[177]_ CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[179]BACKEROUND USE ONLY
[183]fe im eee gee me meee id cieeeie ea tm agin prem eee: Renee er men ee pee pete
[185]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS»
[187]0. FOREIGH RSet Ut nse sano _ pee bss mr
[189](FIELD COMMENT. SEE FVS 9712 (r58s-3/560,375 ) FOR THAO!'S STATEMENT T
[190]| THAT NHU HAD GIVEN LARGE SUMS’ OF’ MONEY TO MILITARY OFF ICRS. )
[191]| H. DIEM HAS GIVEN LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO COLONEL HUYNH
[192]4 HUU HIEN, VNAF COMMANDER. ACCORIONG TO GENERAL KHIEM, DIEM HAS
[193]| "GIVEN HIEN ORDERS TO USE THE VNAF FOR COYNTERCOUP ACTION AND
[194]FOR EVACUATION OF THE PRESIDENT. IF NECESSARY,
[195]J, DIEM OFFERED LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHAM NGOC THAO,
[196]_ INSPECTOR OF STRATEGIC HAMLETS, THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR
[197]GENERAL OF NATIONAL, POL ICE WHILE NHU OFFERED HIM COMMAND OF THE
[198]SPECIAL FORCES. THAO, HOWEVER, HAS NOT WAVERED wn HIS ‘SUPPORT -
[199]OF THE COUP, ce - |
[200]3.0 “LANG SAID ‘THAT HE HAS URGED DELAY IN “MOUNTING THE
[201]COUP, UNTIL HE HAS COMPLETED HIS PLANS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[202]SO. THAT THERE WOULD BE NO vo1D- FOR THE’VC TO EXPLOIT. “HE:
[203]SAID. THAT THE REVOLUT | ONARY COMM! TTEE HAS ACCEPTED IN
[204]PRINCIPLE HIS IDEAS CONCERNING ORGANIZATION OF A. NEW GOVERNMENT.
[205](FIELD COMMENT? IN LANG'S PROPOSED GOVERNMENT THE REVOLUT | ONARY
[206]‘COMMITTEE WOULD REPLACE PRESIDENT DIEM, THE TERM MINISTER WOULD
[207]BE: USED INSTEAD OF COORDINATING SECRETARY OF STATE AND
[208]“MINISTER OF SECURITY AND MINISTER OF’ POLITICAL AFFAIRS WOULD
[209]_ BE ADDED TO THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD NOT
[210]DIFFER DRASTICALLY FROM THE PRESENT ONE. ) LANG HAS SELECTED
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[214]Ss E c R E T we msn DSSEM ABROAD agen USE QuLY
[217]CLASSIFICATION -- DISSEMINATION CONTROLS -
[219]SEC
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[223]RET = a
[224]_ frien rues io) FOREN DISSEAD ise Ang PAEKEROUD Ose ony
[226]THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF A SHADOW CABINETS
[227]A, GENERAL KHIEM, MINISTER OF SECURITY
[228]B, VO VAN-HIEN, CURRENTLY A SAIGON LAWYER, MINISTER OF
[229]JUSTICE, | |
[230]C: LANG, EITHER MINISTER OF ECONOMY OR DEPUTY MINISTER
[231]OF ECONOMY FOR FINANCE, | .
[232]D. NGUYEN TON HOAN, PROMIENT OPPOSITION LEADER IN:
[233]EXILE, MINISTER OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, I
[235]Seem ese ieee ame.
[237]E, NGUYEN. THAI, - OPPOSITION LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES,
[238]EITHER MINISTER OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS ‘OR DEPUTY MINISTER OF
[239]POLITICAL AFFAIRS. FOR CIVIC. ACTION, . oe
[241]F. MAJOR GENERAL TRAN VAN MINH, DEPOLY. MINISTER OF “ee
[243]SREP SOE ett tt
[245]SECURITY FOR DEFENSE. . ;
[246]Ge NGUYEN HUY NGHIA, GOVERNMENT OF - VIETNAM (evn
[248]Ea
[250]AMBASSADOR To TOKYO, DEPUTY Mi N ! STER OF SECUR I TY FOR 1 NTER 10R,
[252]H. NGUYEN ‘HUU CHAU, FORMER M | NI STER OF 4 NT ER 1oR UNDER
[254]Sh eRe,
[256]: DIEM CURRENTLY. IN EXILE, DEPUTY MINISTER OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS
[258]FOR FORE |GN AFFAIRS. | |
[259]Le AU TRUONG THANH, "PROFESSIONAL ECONOM: ST, DEPUTY .
[261]MINISTER OF ECONOMY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. | _ .
[262]J, LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHAM NGOC THAO, DIRECTOR ‘GENERAL :
[264]- OF. NATIONAL | POLICE. oR
[266]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[268]SE C RE T “pO FOREIGH sent DSSEM ABNGAD
[271]~ CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[273]secret me may
[274]| eran Filled 10) Rehian DSSER 0 ‘anna BACKEREUND USE ONLY
[276]TDCS p8-3/657,031
[278]LANG “HAS CONTACTED ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCEPT NGHIA, CHAU AND HOA,
[279]“HE HAS SENT A CATHOL IC PRIEST TO PARIS TO CONTACT CHAU, AND
[281]WAS PLANNING TO. CONTACT THE OTHERS EVENTUALLY.
[283]oo 4, LANG: SAID THAT HE WAS STRONGLY, OPPOSED TO: THE
[285]_ INCLUSION OF TRAN KIM TUYEN, RECENTLY ASSIGNED AS GVN CONSUL
[286]GENERAL To CAIRO, IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT. NEVERTHELESS, THAO.
[287]HAS A ASSURED TUYEN'S SUPPORTERS. IN. SAIGON THAT TUYEN WILL BE A
[288]MEMBER OF THE REVOLUT | ONARY COMM) TTEE IN ORDER TO ASSURE
[290]THEIR: SUPPORT FOR THE COUP,
[292]oF FIELD DISSEM, STATE (AMBASSADOR LODGE) “USMACY (GENERAL |
[293]HARK INS) CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC ‘PACAF, |
[295]‘pupegenn, eewetiae MK ope re an borat
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[299]t
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