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[30]DATE OF LAST REVIEW
[32]NARA
[34]National Security Files
[36]CIA Information Report
[37]9/24/1963
[39]National Security Files, Box 200: Vietnam,9/22/63-10/6/63, CIA
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[44]-}COUNTRY “SOUTH VIETNAM oe Ca _ REPORT No. Tose: 023/656 Bie
[45]NH NHU INTENTION, To DEAL: WITH VO “DATE DISTR. ; ‘oh SEPTEMBER 1963
[46]i uc, ATTEMP®.S 10F PHAM NGOC. THAO, ATOCVARRANGE if Dis 78) Cee ne hee
[47]to “AIR FORCE, syrront FOR A COUP DIETAT, °° PRECEDENCE . ROUTINE
[49]__ REFERENCES
[51]TST . a
[53]SOURCE™ Ri FIELD hice VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE “OFFICER (F).
[55]yt : : a OP
[56]T48. PROBABLY TRUE THAT THAO HAS PLANNED a COUP AND HAS S UGHT _VNAF
[57]THE SUBSTANCELOG THAOMSATALKS 4 “WITH O TEMEAND’ iNHUZ CONCERNING
[58]THE VIET. CONG _AND Nauts PLANS FOR MAJOR. CHANGES IN THE SOUTH
[59]UDGE OHI Ti 1s. DOuBTtRULLT HAT WHO! ‘WOULD
[60]ouGH THAO 1s APPARENTLY. CONVINCED THAT “NHU .
[61]UCH, AGT. ONS | CLT, i JE-| THAIE AMBASSADOR LODGE WALKED WITH THAO
[62]“eg SEPTEMBER co LTEUTENANT COLONEL . PHAM NGOC .
[64]_ : : ay te
[66]. L rao
[67]Sets in: io WEP AR BA TEL 4D
[69]= o Let ,
[70]HE PRESIDENCY ‘AS “AN INSPECTOR FOR THE STRATEGIC
[72]“.
[76]Bi cy c
[77]Fe spies THAT HE me TALKED SEPARATELY WITH. PRES | DENT
[79]BEMAYIAS* bee HYP BOErES
[81]G DAR
[83]Lie o5 a ae ey ft ty Aye oF AGZS ‘. wh
[84]. “ll CLAIMED THAT: NAU_ WAS PLANNING MAVOR wa
[85]Yh GE BEDRrEe DEBE Wr GEC ROE INE GEC EZAED LAL WYN Aye |
[87]CHANGES | io MA ARE
[89]E" SOUTH VIETRANESE. ECONOMY peeks aoe 70
[91]“CLASSIFICATION - _ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS —
[93]i Fame i Biss SEHD pisses Ageia ‘trate USE ay”
[96]* SUMMONED HIM AND ‘ASKED HiM HOW. Hie, "DIEM, WAS. "REGARDED BY THE PEOPLE.
[98]“THAO, REPLIED THAT THE PRES IDENT vas stice, PERSONALLY POPULAR | BUT. a
[100]WN “CONTACT with THE Ve. “THAO SAO THAT. DIEM
[101]; To KNOW WHO HAD TOLD THko This INFORMAT]ON. Pee THAT. THIS
[103]THE GENERAL PUBLIC
[105]OPINION WAS COMMONLY HELD | By cave SERVANTS,
[106]AND THE “AMERICAN eS
[108]Lint las
[110]to “ON "6 SEP:
[112]12) ina poo hes yt
[114]DOWN"AND « LATER? IN. THEY
[116]y eyes ty as 72 25008 ors
[120]“NHU- CALMED
[122]AME 1N BEAL ING ‘wit THEM.
[124]NEVER’ MET “THAO, )
[126]Was THAG, SAID, THAT HU PLA
[127], INCLUDING. THE N ile Ol
[129]“coun MONTHS,
[131]EL ey Se Paes
[133]rn ies
[135]ICATION = DISSEMINATION ‘CONTROLS
[139](OS ciinee pinup any--~-A: IHRE et) ana ABROAD BACKEROOND
[140]COMMENT . THAO DID NOT STATE. THE. SOURCE: OF HES. INFORMATION CONCERNING
[142]| toes 656, Biz
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[146]NHU'S PLANS. ) ‘ACCORDING To THAO, “ NHU!S CONTACT WITH THE: COMMUNI STS
[147]WAS VIA THE POLISH DELEGATION: TO. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL COMMISSION,
[148]THAO SAID THAT NHU'S PLAN ‘TO. DEAL. WITH THE COMMUNISTS. MUST BE
[150]| FORESTALLED. | aes Cee oe
[152]: Se ‘ON: 28 SEPTEMBER 1963 THAO ‘SPOKE. 10. a -RANKING VIETNAMESE .
[154]o> AIR FORCE. (VNAF) OFFICER CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE - VNAF
[155] SupPORT NG A COUP. DLETAT AGAINST THE DIEM REGIME, _THAO. SAID THAT:
[157]7: | CAE THE VNAF_ WOULD: NOT BE: INVOLVED | iN, “ANY. FIGHTING BECAUSE’
[158]RESISTANCE By, GOVERNMENT: FORCES" WOULD BE: “OVERCOME IN THREE. HOURS.
[160]= Be THE: ‘COUP LEADERS: ‘WANTED. THE: VNAF To. HINDER OR, ‘STOP THE
[162]FORCES: OF BRIGADIER: ‘GENERAL . HUYNH ‘VAN CAO, VV. CORPS: COMMANDER.
[164]FROM ASSISTING Forces LOYAL TO. THE: DIEM REGIME. -
[165]Q,. STOP. CAO, ALTHOUGH: HE BELIEVED
[167]THAT, CAO M MIGHT HT, NOT, NOW. SUPPORT, THE, PRESIDENT. AS, “STRONGLY,.AS, AN
[169]& THE. east HE. SAVE JHE, FOLLOWING, ;REASONS FOR. THIS ‘JUDGEMENT 3
[170]A. | CAO DID. NOT. ESTABLISH MARTIAL LAN IN: THE, lV. CORPS AFTER:
[172]Paes
[174]THE PROCLAMAT, LON. ESTABLISHING ‘MARTIAL. LAW," THROUGHOUT, THE,,GOUNTRY
[175]: Pie xe as
[177]oN, 21 AUGUST.
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[181]RECENTLY.» 0. HAS KEP + HIS, TROOPS. BEAN Uy cOMpITED 1%,
[183]ag ayy y Ba a cs
[185]+ oT Ronan a CLASSIFICATION ~ DISSEMINATION: CO} ‘i ' “ung ne. * = - ”
[186]a asa stn. sa — a _
[188]FORM Tet “ “USE PREVIOUS
[189]163° | EDITIONS
[192][CONFIDENTIAL
[194]OWEN FILLED: By were ABE FOREN. so ane:
[196]HAS OFFERED. HIS PR.
[198]LYS
[203]“AND, _ PARTICULARLY, to NGO: DINK NHU,, nae te na WDE
[204]WAS VERY. ‘DIFFICULT, 1 RoPuBle f iAT, ACTION VNAF OFFICERS ‘WOULL
[206]HARKINS) GINCPAC, PACELT. ARPAC. |PACAF
[208]LEO AB ae wise an
[210]HAMA ANTAL yO?
[212]fate alae
[214]enemas ret ger nnn
[216]ik. Wy atk Gea YN SPW LODE EAR LE CCl
[218]4 worn.
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[222]: DISSEMINATION. aa TEC? ae
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