Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, USC, Sections 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.CONFIDENTIAL(When Filled In)CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEMRETAIN-OR-DESTROYCOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAMREPORT NO. TDCS-3/522,229SUBJECT1.  OPPOSITION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE TO ARMING DATE DISTR. 13 SEPTEMBER 1962    MOUNTAIN TRIBESMEN AND TO THE STRATEGIC    HAMLET PROGRAM2.  CONFLICT AMONG PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIESPRECEDENCE ROUTINEREFERENCESSMITH-BUNDYDUNGANKAYSENINKILBOOFPETERSENSCHLESINGERTAYLORDATE OF INFO. LATE AUGUST 1962PLACE & DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (3 SEPTEMBER 1962)FIELD REPORT NO. FVS: 7923APPRAISAL 3SOURCE A MEDIUM-LEVEL OFFICIAL (C) IN THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF VIETNAMESE LABOR (CVTC)KLEINKOMERRASKINSAUNDERS1. ON 29 AUGUST 1962 BUI BO, GENERAL SECRETARY, KHANH HOA PROVINCE COUNCIL, GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF VIETNAMESE LABOR (CVTC), AND MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE, REPORTED TO CVTC HEADQUARTERS THAT KHANH HOA PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN POLICY OF ECONOMIC AID, TRAINING, AND ARMS FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE. THESE AUTHORITIES FEAR THAT THE TRIBESMEN MAY INDISCRIMATELY KILL INNOCENT VIETNAMESE, ESPECIALLY IN CASES WHERE THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS MINGLE WITH THE LOCAL POPULACE.2. BO ALSO SAID THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE ARE OPPOSED TO THE STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TOCONFIDENTIALCLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION. CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEMGROUP I Excluded fram automatic downgrading and declassificationSTATE/INR DIA ARMY/ACS NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC AID USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR 081 00 EXOSTATE/DIRTELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMFORM 1Ka OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.5-62
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CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS# CONFIDENTIALNO FOREIGN DISSEMTDCS-3/522,229IN 21488PAGE 2PROVIDE TOO MUCH WORK, MATERIAL, AND MONEY. THIS OPPOSITION HAS BECOME SO STRONG THAT PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED ORDERS FORBIDDING ADDITIONAL DEMANDS FOR LABOR, MATERIAL, OR CASH.3. BO REPORTED CONFLICT BETWEEN COMPETING FACTIONS IN THE PROVINCE, WHICH THE PROVINCE CHIEF, MAJOR LE TAP, IS UNABLE TO HANDLE. THE DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR SECURITY, BA (FNU), A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL TON THAT DINH, COMMANDING GENERAL, 11 CORPS, IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN TAP. TRUONG DINH CAC, WHO HOLDS THE POSITION OF DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR ECONOMIC MATTERS, A POSITION NOT NORMALLY FOUND IN PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, IS THE REAL POWER IN THE PROVINCE. CAC WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PROVINCE BY NGO DINH CAN, BROTHER OF PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM AND POLITICAL LEADER OF CENTRAL VIETNAM, FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF BRINGING ALL MAJOR PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF CAN AND HIS FACTION IN THE CAN LAO PARTY. BO DESCRIBED THE DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR ADMINISTRATION, YANG (FNU), AS A GOOD MAN BUT COMPLETELY LACKING IN AUTHORITY.4. FIELD DISSEM: STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC PACAF 9TH FIELD STATION.# CONFIDENTIALEND OF MESSAGECLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEM
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY: NARARECORD NUMBER: 176-10036-10079RECORD SERIES: National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER :ORIGINATOR : CIAFROM :TO:TITLE: Possible severence of CambodianDATE: 9/17/1962PAGES: 1SUBJECTS :DOCUMENT TYPE :CLASSIFICATION :RESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS :DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 9/62. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM IN.ORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DAGENCY DAGENCESTROYThis material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Tille. Secs 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSCONFIDENTIAL(When Filled In)COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM CAMBODIAREPORT NO. TDCS-3/522,837SUBJECT POSSIBLE SEVERANCE OF CAMBODIAN-.SOUTH VIETNAMESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSDATE DISTR. 17 SEPTEMBER 1962DATE OF INFO. MID-SEPTEMBER 1962.PLACE & DATE ACO. VIETNAM, SAIGON (14 SEPTEMBER 1962)PRECEDENCE ROUT INE DUNGANREFERENCES KAYSENINLDY561_PETERSEN_SCHLESINGERAPPRAISAL 3FIELD REPORT NO. FVS: 7943THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVESOURCE A SENIOR OFFICIAL (B) IN THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF VIETNAMESE LABOBINSONKLEINKOMERRASKINSAUNDERS1. LE VAN DONG, FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, SAID ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1962 THAT HE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY A RELIABLE SOURCE IN CAMBODIA THAT THE ROYAL CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT /RKG/ IS PLANNING TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM. THE DECISION IS TO BE FORMALIZED AT A CABINET MEETING ON EITHER 19 OR 20 SEPTEMBER, AT WHICH TIME THE RKG MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE WILL REQUEST THE SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.2. FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC PACAF 9TH FIELD STATION.CONFIDENTIALEND OF MESSAGECLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSSTATE INR DIA ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC AID USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR 081 00 EXOSTATE/DIRTELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMFORM 1Ka OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM## IDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY: NARARECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10085RECORD SERIES: National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER :ORIGINATOR: CIAFROM :TO :TITLE: Vietnamese Communist Analysis of EffortsDATE: 6/13/1962PAGES: 2SUBJECTS:DOCUMENT TYPE :CLASSIFICATION :RESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS :DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 6/62. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMRETAIN OR DESTRCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis 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 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROCOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM REPORT NO. TDCS -3/513,760-DATE DISTR. 13 JUNE 1962SUBJECT VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF INCREASED US MILITARY AID TO GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAMPRECEDENCE ROUTINEDATE OF 5 MAY 1962INFO.PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (20 MAY 1962)REFERENCESFILEINSMITH BUNIDUNGANGILDNERKAYSENPETERSENSCHLESINGEBELKFORDDOTATKOMERRASKINSAUNDERSDATE ACO. IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THIS IS AN ACCURATE APPRAISAL TRANSLATION OF A GENUINE COMMUNIST DOCUMENTFIELD REPORT NO. FVS-7504-THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.SOURCE AN OFFICIAL (C) IN THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, FROM A SOURCE DESCRIBED AS HEAD OF AN INTELLIGENCE NET REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.Bundy1. 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 WAS WRITTEN IN EARLY MAY 1962, IS A VC COMPANY COMMANDER IN BA XUYEN PROVINCE.2. THE REVOLUTION IN SVN IS PASSING NOW INTO THE PREPARATORY PHASE FOR A GENERAL OFFENSIVE TO LIBERATE IT (SVN) AND SET UP A PEOPLE'S UNION DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, BUT AMERICAN INTERVENTION HAS POSTPONED THAT PHASE. THE US' HALF SUCCESS IS DUE TO USE OF COUNTERGUERRILLA TACTICS, BUT MOPPING UP OPERATIONS WILL LEAD TO DEFEAT BECAUSE (INDISCRIMINATE) KILLINGS WILL PUSH THE PEOPLE TOWARD THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY. IN THE FUTURE THE FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SVN, WITHCLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROLSTATE ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR OO AID. DIAVTFGROUP 1Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassificationTELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM
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CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL IN TDCS-3/513,760 PAGE TWOITS HIGH-SACRIFICE SPIRIT AND ITS HATE-AMERICA IDEALS, WILL GET 90 PERCENT SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE. ON THE MILITARY SIDE THE US HAS USED ULTRA-MODERN MECHANIZED WEAPONS TO DESTROY ARMED UNITS BY TACTICS OF AREA PACIFICATION. THUS HARRASSED, THE VC ARE NEVER SECURE. THEIR POLICIES MUST NOW AIM AT THE INTERNAL SITUATION AND AT UPHOLDING THE HARDSHIP-BEARING SPIRIT. MEANWHILE, VC ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT YET EXIST, BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF THE PARTY. ECONOMICALLY, VC AGRARIAN REFORMS HAVE SOLVED THE LAND PROBLEM FOR THE PEASANTS AND NOW CONSTITUTE THE FOOD SOURCE FOR THE TROOPS AND CADRES. (SOURCE COMMENT. VC AGRARIAN REFORMS" REFER TO THE DE FACTO LAND EXPROPRIATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE VIET. MINH DURING THE 1945-54 WAR.). FOREST AND SEA RESOURCES ARE STILL SECONDARY AND BRING IN ONLY SOME SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF TAXES. THE VC ARE MEETING GREAT DIFFICULTIES AT THE PRESENT TIME, BUT THE SVN PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED BY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND INTERNAL MILITARY MEASURES, 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. STATE ARMY. NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG AID CINCPAC PACAFPACFLT ARPAC END OF MESSAGEC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS SEKAINOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL
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176-10036-100862025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY : NARARECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10086RECORD SERIES : National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER :ORIGINATOR : CIAFROM :TO :TITLE : Views...Possible Coup D'EtatDATE : 6/15/1962PAGES : 2SUBJECTS :DOCUMENT TYPE :CLASSIFICATION :RESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS :DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 6/62. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis 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 794, the transmission or revelation of which. in. any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law..CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROLCOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM REPORT NO. TDCS -3/513,973SUBJECT VIEWS OF COLONEL ΤΟΝ THAT XUNG KONYTHEN DATE DISTR. 15 JUNE 1962POSSIBILITY OF A COUP D'ETATDATE OF RETAIN OR DESTROY REFERENCES FILE ININFO.PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (3 JUNE 1962)DATE ACQ.APPRAISAL SEE BELOW FIELD REPORT NO. FVS-7484THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.SOURCE AN AMERICAN OBSERVER (B); FROM COLONEL ΤΟΝ THAT XUNG.APPR. IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT XUNG HOLDS THE VIEWS STATED; HOWEVER, THE CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENTS ARE CONSIDERED POSSIBLY TRUE.1. COLONEL TON THAT XUNG, COMMANDER OF THE RANGER COMMAND, DURING A3 JUNE 1962 LUNCHEON MEETING WITH TON THAT CHU, CHIEF OF PLEIKU PROVINCE, SAIDTHAT THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM WERE GETTING TIRED OF THE PRESENT SITUATION ANDTHAT SOME ACTION WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN TO CHANGE IT. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THEPLANS WERE NOT GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE AMERICANS BECAUSE THE UNITEDSTATES, A BASICALLY LAW-ABIDING NATION, IS OPPOSED TO UNLAWFUL ACTS. SINCE ACOUP D'ETAT IS CONSIDERED BY AMERICAN OFFICIALS TO BE AN UNLAWFUL PROCESS, THEUS IS FORCED TO DISCOURAGE SUCH ACTIONS, AND THEREFORE, THE AMERICANS WILL NOTBE NOTIFIED OF ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY ON THE PART OF THE VIETNAMESE TO UPSET THECURRENT REGIME UNTIL THE ACTION IS ACCOMPLISHED.CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL![group 1, excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM
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CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL TDCS -3/513,973 IN PAGE TWO2. FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG AID CINCPAC ARPAC PACFLT PACAF.END OF MESSAGE![Image of text YELYM OK DEZIKOA]![Image of text words]CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM## IDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY: NARARECORD NUMBER: 176-10036-10087RECORD SERIES: National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER:ORIGINATOR: CIAFROM:TO:TITLE: Vietnam Communist ActivitiesDATE: 8/23/1962PAGES: 2SUBJECTS:DOCUMENT TYPE:CLASSIFICATION:RESTRICTIONS:CURRENT STATUS: (DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA:COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 8/62. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis 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 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.CONFIDENTIALNO FOREIGN DISSEMFILECOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAMREPORT NO. TDCS-3/520,365SUBJECT VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE SAIGON AREADATE DISTR. 23 AUGUST 1962PRECEDENCE ROUTINEDATE OF INFO. JUNE-JULY 1962RETAIN OR DESTROYREFERENCES IN-SCHLESINGERPLACE & DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (2 AUGUST 1962)FIELD REPORT NO. FVS-7843APPRAISAL 3SOURCE AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM MILITARY SERVICE WHICH RECEIVED THE ITEMS SEPARATELY FROM OTHER OFFICIAL SERVICES.1. DURING THE LATTER HALF OF JUNE 1962 MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED UNARMED VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (VC) ENTERED THE SAIGON AREA AND WERE LIVING IN THE HOMES OF FELLOW VC IN THE FOURTH AND EIGHT DISTRICTS OF SAIGON. (FIELD COMMENT. THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE THE SAME AS THAT OF FVS-7681 (TDCS-3/517,156) WHICH REPORTED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE HUNDRED VC TERRORISTS AND SABOTAGE AGENTS HAD BEEN INFILTRATED INTO THE CAPITAL AREA.)2. THE VC DISTRICT COMMITTEE FOR GO VAP (N 10-49, E 106-40) SENT AN ARMED PLATOON TO THE CITY TO OPERATE AS SPECIAL OPERATIONS CELLS.3. A VC CADRE, AFTER TAKING A TRAINING COURSE IN LOC THUAN, TAY NINH PROVINCE, WAS SENT TO SAIGON TO SET UP A BASE AMONG LABORERSCONFIDENTIALNO FOREIGN DISSEMSTATE ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR OO DIA EX AIDTELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM
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CONFIDENTIALNO FOREIGN DISSEMTDCS-3/520,365IN 10297PAGE 2TO BE USED FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS.4. FORTY VC GUERRILLAS BETWEEN 14 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE HAD COME TO SAIGON TO CONDUCT SABOTAGE AND KIDNAPPINGS OF GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM AND U.S. PERSONNEL.5. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT SAID THAT BRIGADIER GENERAL NGUYEN TRONG DINH HAD BEEN APPOINTED COMMANDER OF THE SOUTH VIETNAM LIBERATION ARMY IN ORDER TO LAUNCH A LARGE-SCALE ATTACK DURING THE VC FALL AND WINTER CAMPAIGN. (FIELD COMMENT. POSSIBLY MAJOR GENERAL NGUYEN TRONG VINH, DEPUTY OF NGHE AN PROVINCE TO THE SECOND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLES GOVERNMENT OF NORTH VIETNAM, IS MEANT.)6. FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM   CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC PACAF.END OF MESSAGECONFIDENTIALNO FOREIGN DISSEM
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY: NARARECORD NUMBER: 176-10036-10088RECORD SERIES: National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER :ORIGINATOR : CIAFROM :TO :TITLE: Indication of PlanningDATE: 11/20/1962PAGES: 2SUBJECTS:DOCUMENT TYPE :CLASSIFICATION :RESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS :DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 11/62. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis 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 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-LNO FOREIGN DISSEMCOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM/NORTH VIETNAMREPORT.NO. TDCS-3/528,813SUBJECT INDICATION OF PLANNING FOR THE REOCCUPATION OF NORTH VIETNAMDATE DISTR. 20 NOVEMBER 1962DATE OF INFO. LATE OCTOBER 1962PRECEDENCE ROUTINEPLACE & DATE ACO. VIETNAM, SAIGON (2 NOVEMBER 1962)REFERENCES INAPPRAISAL 3FIELD REPORT NO. FVS-8188THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.SOURCE A VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL (C) IN THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF INFORMATION; FROM A VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL (F) IN THE MINISTRY FOR CIVIC ACTION.1. ON 20 OCTOBER 1962 MINISTER FOR CIVIC ACTION NGO TRONG HIEU TOLD THREE OF HIS ASSISTANTS THAT HE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO ASSIST IN PLANNING FOR THE REOCCUPATION OF NORTH VIETNAM. THE PLANNING WOULD PROGRESS THROUGH MANY STAGES, BUT THE THREE ASSISTANTS WERE FIRST TO DRAFT A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WAS TO BE FILLED OUT BY SELECTED PEOPLE IN SOUTH VIETNAM. IN ADDITION TO THIS FORM, PEOPLE WHO FORMERLY LIVED IN NORTH VIETNAM WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ALL ACQUAINTANCES STILL KNOWN TO BE IN NORTH VIETNAM. THE DRAFT QUESTIONNAIRE WAS LATTER SUBMITTED TO HIEU.2. FIELD COMMENT. FVS-8137, TDCS-3/527,406, REPORTED, IN PARAGRAPH 3, NGO DINH NHU'S STATEMENT AT THE 5 OCTOBER MEETING OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS THAT THE SELF-DEFENSE CORPS MUST BECOME PART OF ACLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-LNO FOREIGN DISSEMSTATE/INR DIA ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA. NIC AID USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR 081 00/STATE/DIR# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMFORM 1Kb OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS,
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CLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM TDCS -3/528,813 INPAGE TWOREARMED POPULACE, WHICH WOULD CARRY THE BATTLE FORWARD INTO LAOS, CAMBODIA, ANDNORTH VIETNAM. FVS-7934, TDCS-3/522,275, REPORTED THAT NHU, COMMENTING ON HIS17 AUGUST REMARKS AT QUI NHON ABOUT A "MARCH TO THE NORTH" ASSERTED THAT THIS DIDNOT IMPLY A MILITARY MARCH, BUT WAS HIS CONCEPT THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE SOCIAL,ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM WOULD BE AN ATTRACTION FOR THEPEOPLE IN THE NORTH AND WOULD GRADUALLY UNDERMINE THE COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP THERE..PARAGRAPH 4 OF FVS-7867, CS-3/522,559, REPORTING A NEW VERSION OF VIETNAMESE HISTORYTO TIE IN THE STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM WITH THE FLIGHT OF THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE FROMTHE HIGH PLATEAU OF CENTRAL VIETNAM, STATED THAT THE THIRD EPOCH OF VIETNAMESEHISTORY WAS OCCURRING, AND THAT THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WERE NOW RETURNING TOWARDTHE NORTH THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRATEGIC HAMLETS.3. FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMAGV MAAG AID 9TH FIELD STATION   CINCPAC ARPAC PACFLT PACAF.END OF MESSAGECLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLSC_O_N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY: NARARECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10094RECORD SERIES: National Security FilesAGENCY FILE NUMBER :ORIGINATOR: CIAFROM :TO :TITLE: Ngo Dinh Nhu's Statement on Withdrawal ofDATE: 4/20/1963PAGES: 4SUBJECTS:DOCUMENT TYPE :CLASSIFICATION :RESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS :DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 4/63-5/63. Box 2
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# TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis 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 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited. by law.CONFIDENTIALCLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEMCOUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAMREPORT NO. TDCS-3/544,531SUBJECT NGO DINH NHƯ'S STATEMENTS ON WITHDRAWALOF AMERICAN AIDDATE DISTR. 20 APRIL 1963DATE OF INFO. LATE MARCH-EARLY APRIL 1963.PRECEDENCE PRIORITYPLACE & DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (1 AND 12 APRIL 1963)REFERENCES IN 21850APPRAISAL SEE PARAGRAPH 7FIELD REPORT NO. FVS 8804THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE... APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.SOURCE PARAS 1 & 3: AMEDIUM LEVEL OFFICIAL (C) OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.PARAS 2 &4: A FIELD GRADE OFFICER (F) OF THE VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE.1. AT THE 5 APRIL MEETING OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS, NGO DINH NHU MADE THE FOLLOWING REMARKS CONCERNING AMERICAN FOREIGN AID:A. THE AMERICANS HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REVISE THEIR POLICY ON FOREIGN AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM; WE WILL REVISE OUR POLICY ON RECEIVING SUCH AID. WE MUST MARCH TOWARD THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF TERMINATING AMERICAN AID AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO DO WITHOUT SUCH ASSISTANCE.B. AMERICAN AID SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE FOLLOWING CATE-CONFIDENTIALCLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEMSTATE/INR DIA ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC AID USIA OC I ONE OCR ORR 081 .00 EXOSTATE/DIRTELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAMFORM 1Ka OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.(15-20)
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CLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLSCONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEMTDCS -3/544,531IN 21850PAGE 2GORIES OF PRIORITY. FIRST, AID WHICH WE MUST CONTINUE TO RECEIVEINDEFINITELY, SPECIFICALLY THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION; WE WILL NOT SEEKA REDUCTION IN THIS CATEGORY, NOR WILL WE REQUEST AN INCREASE. SECONDAID WHICH CAN BE EVENTUALLY PHASED OUT. THIRD, AID WHICH CAN BETEMINATED IMMEDIATELY.C. ALL SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED ON THE ABOVE LIST OFPRIORITIES BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS. POLICY IS NOTINTENDED TO BE ANTIFOREIGN. FOREIGN AID WILL PROVIDE WITH THE MEANSOF PRODUCTION SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY DO WITHOUT CONSUMER GOODSASSISTANCE. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, FOREIGN AID WILL CEASESOONER OR LATER, AND SO WE MUST STRIVE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.MEANWHILE WE MUST MAKE PROPER USE OF THE AID WE RECEIVE.2. DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1963 THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ON   ORDERS FROM NHU, ISSUED TO ALL PROVINCE CHIEFS INSTRUCTIONS TO   ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO START PRODUCING WEAPONS, LAND MINES AND AMMUNITION   IN HOME WORK SHOPS WITH THE AIM OF ATTAINING A DEGREE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.3. ON ABOUT 5 APRIL PHAM DUC TIEN, CHIEF OF CIVIC ACTION IN PHUỌC   TUY PROVINCE, ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS IN BINH TUY   PROVINCE AT WHICH NGO DINH NHU SAID THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY AMERICAN   ADVISORS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND THAT BOTH THE NUMBER OF THESE ADVISORS   AND THE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN AID SHOULD BE REDUCED.4. AT A MEETING OF VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE (VNAF) OFFICERS ON 10CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION-DISSEMINATION CONTROLSNO FOREIGN DISSEM
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APRIL 1963, VNAF COMMANDER COLONEL HUYNH HUU HIEN SAID THAT NHU HADINSTRUCTED HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) OFFICIALS AT A 5APRIL MEETING TO PREPARE FOR A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN AID;NHU SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS USING AID AS A MEANS OF PRESSURINGTHE GVN AND WAS IMPINGING ON GVN SOVEREIGNTY. AS AN EXAMPLE OF THEUSE OF AMERICAN AID TO PRESSURE A RECIPIENT COUNTRY, HIEN CITED THECUTOFF OF DELIVERIES OF GASOLINE TO THE ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE WHEN THETHAI GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO AGREE TO SOME (UNSPECIFIED) POINT;HIEN SAID THAT THE DELIVERY OF GASOLINE RECOMMENCED ONLY AFTER STRONGTHAI GOVERNMENT PROTESTATIONS. (FIELD COHMENT. PRESUMABLY HIENREFERS TO THE REDUCTION AND EVENTUAL TERMINATION BY THE END OFFISCAL YEAR 1965 OF U.S. SUPPORT OF MILITARY AID PROGRAM POL ANDMEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE THAI GOVERNMENT.)5. AFTER THE MEETING SEVERAL VNAF OFFICERS, INCLUDING MAJOR DANG   DINH LINH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MATERIAL, MAJOR TRAN DO CUNG,   ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF, AND CAPTAIN HA DUONG DOAN, DEPUTY CHIEF   OF STAFF FOR BUDGET AND 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 USIS 9TH   FIELD STA 2ND AIR DIV CINCPAC PACAF ARPAC PACFLT.