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TITLE: Ngo Dinh Nhu's Statement on Withdrawal of
DATE 4/20/1963
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COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 4/63-5/63. Box 2
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SOUTH VIETNAM
SUBJECT
NGO DINH NHU'S STATEMENTS ON WITHDRAWAL
OF AMERICAN AID
DATE DISTR.
20 APRIL 1963
PRECEDENCE
LATE MARCH-EARLY APRIL 1963.
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PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
APPRAISAL
VIETNAM, SAIGON . (1 AND 12 APRIL 1963)
SEE PARAGRAPH 7
FIELD REPORT NO.
FVS 8804
THIS 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 CON-
CERNING 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-
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GORIES OF PRIORITY.
FIRST, AID WHICH WE MUST CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
INDEFINITELY, SPECIFICALLY THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION; WE WILL NOT SEEK
A REDUCTION IN THIS CATEGORY, NOR WILL WE REQUEST AN INCREASE. SECOND
AID WHICH CAN BE EVENTUALLY PHASED OUT. THIRD, AID WHICH CAN BE
TEMINATED IMMEDIATELY.
C. ALL SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED ON THE ABOVE LIST OF
PRIORITIES BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS. POLICY IS NOT
INTENDED TO BE ANTIFOREIGN. FOREIGN AID WILL PROVIDE WITH THE MEANS
ASSISTANCE.
OF PRODUCTION SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY DO WITHOUT CONSUMER GOODS
WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, FOREIGN AID WILL CEASE
SOONER 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 10.
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APRIL 1963, VNAF COMMANDER COLONEL HUYNH HUU HIEN SAID THAT NHU HAD
INSTRUCTED HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) OFFICIALS AT A 5
APRIL MEETING TO PREPARE FOR A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN AID;
NHU SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS USING AID AS A MEANS OF PRESSURING
THE GVN AND WAS IMPINGING ON GVN SOVEREIGNTY. AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
USE OF AMERICAN AID TO PRESSURE A RECIPIENT COUNTRY, HIEN CITED THE
CUTOFF OF DELIVERIES OF GASOLINE TO THE ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE WHEN THE
THAI GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO AGREE TO SOME (UNSPECIFIED) POINT;
HIEN SAID THAT THE DELIVERY OF GASOLINE RECOMMENCED ONLY AFTER STRONG
THAI GOVERNMENT PROTESTATIONS.
(FIELD COHMENT.
PRESUMABLY HIEN
REFERS TO THE REDUCTION AND EVENTUAL TERMINATION BY THE END OF
FISCAL YEAR 1965 OF U.S. SUPPORT OF MILITARY AID PROGRAM POL AND
MEDICAL 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 HẠ 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.
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STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM USIS 9TH.
FIELD STA 2ND AIR DIV CINCPAC PACAF ARPAC PACFLT..
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7. APPRAISAL:
IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT NHU MADE THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED
IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 3 AND THAT INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED AS DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH 2.
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IS POSSIBLY TRUE THAT NHU MADE THE STATEMENTS IN PARAGRAPHS
4 AND 5 CONCERNING THE UNITED STATES USING AID. TO PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT
OF VIETNAM BUT IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT HE TOLD GVN OFFICIALS TO PREPARE FOR A
COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN AID. THE REACTION OF THE VIETNAMESE AIR
FORCE OFFICERS TO HIEN'S VERSION OF NHU'S STATEMENTS IS PROBABLY TRUE.
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