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DATE: 8/1/1962
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8/14/62. Box 6.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETAIN
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This material.contains: Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage
793 and 794, the: transmission: or revelation of which in any manner: to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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WARNING TO PRESIDENT DIEM OF A POSSIBLE
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SOURCE: PARAS 2-4 AN AMERICAN OBSERVER FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL NGUYEN. VAN EÐAÐ HNSON
KLEIN
PARAS 5-8 AN AMERICAN OBSERVED
AN AMERICAN OBSERVER
; FROM MAJOR LONG; IT AS NETINKA (FIL HOMER
AN OFFICER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY SERVICE. (C), WHO IS RASKIN
STATE
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BELIEVED TO REPORT, WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS GOVERNMENT
SAUNDERS
COMNIMICITEER OFICER C² THE GTV DIMR KHOAIECINT COARSENEAL HVD THESECELLED
HEADQUARTERS COMMENT. ALTHOUGH THE COUP D'ETAT DESCRIBED IN THIS
GURIMME LEGION. PHYLLIVKA PECORILI PRVICE (WEB) ELVIED SAVI V CELEST BETE
REPORT DID NOT OCCUR ON THE NIGHT OF 1-2 AUGUST 1962, THIS REPORT IS BEING
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DISSEMINATED SINCE. IT IS POSSIBLE, THAT THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED MIGHT EVOLVE
EXLIVIU LHE BIO E COMICLEE
A PLAN FOR
TRADWARD HE DID NOT UP AGAINST THE DIEM: REGIME SEE FIELD APPRAISAL IN
COUP
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2. ON 1 AUGUST 1962 LIEUTENANT COLONBE, NGUYEN. VAN: CHAU CHIEF OF THE
JUDICHTEN THAT YOUR THAOTAEEMI AUR WGELENITVT VHD HOL EXSTIGIL'
· ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SERVICE, STATED
THE OL, THE Sovne THONG TAVNJAKAC- CALEN” HIGHLI. VIRO ES TMAOTARD' QIAL
AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS THAT HE HAD BEEN, INFORMED THAT PRESIDENT NGO DINH
A ' CHINA MIZO SIVJED JENI. HE HETTEAED IPUL „KIOWDLEY CELEBYT WVI HNA
“DIEM HAD BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUP D'ETAT OCCURING ON THE NIGHT
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SENIOR ARVN OFFICERS LED BY ARVN CHIEF OF FIELD COMMAND MAJOR GENERAL DUONG
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DECIMC INS. WIGHT
VAN MINH. CHAU ALSO STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT BRIGADIER GENERAL MAI HUU
XUAN, CHIEF OF THE QUANG TRUNG TRAINING CENTER, MIGHT ALSO BE INVOLVED. CHAU
RELOFING OF ATTIRE (AM) FRIEND
INDICATED THAT XUAN'S INVOLVEMENT WAS INFERENTIAL AND NOT EXPLICIT.
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TO JHICH THE
BE INVOLVED. CHAU CONJECTURED THAT NOT MORE THAN TWO ARVN BATTALIONS WERE
V KTVIA LOU_V SOLOKE GONS VEVIURI: LEE DIEN KEGIAT” ARE_AID VÄÄLVIST IN
INVOLVED. HE DID NOT EXPLAIN THE BASIS OF HIS CONJECTURE.
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AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS ON 1 AUGUST, MAJOR LONG, CHIEF OF THE
KIKOKI, AID EST COCOK ON THE NIGHT OR F-S venat rags THE VELOHL IS BEING
CAPITAL REGION MILITARY SECURITY SERVICE (MSS) STATED THAT A CENTRAL TELE-
VELRONCH LEGO D.EIVI DESCKIBED IN THIS
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OF THE GIA DINH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HAD INTERCEPTED
ON 1 AUGUST A VIETNAMESE, COMMUNIST (VC), RADIO MESSAGE IN PLAIN TEXT ADDRESSEDADENS
EVENIM
WH OLLICEK CA THE HERIDEMALIVT PERCONTIJA ZEKATCE (C)). MSO 29.
TO THE VC SAIGON/CHOLON ZONE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTING, ALL VC MILITARY UNITS TO BEX
VA VMRKTOWN OBJEKAT LEON TIRNIRAVUL COTOMET NGRIT AWA
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EXECEDENCE
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KESONO 120202-R610'378
GOVERNMENT-ON-25-JULY-1962-THAT-HIS-INTELLIGENCE-SECTION HAD INTERCEPTED-A-
CONNIBA
VC DOCUMENT INSTRUCTING VC PERSONNEL TO BE READY FOR AN UPRISING IN ABOUT ONE
S-E-C-R-E-T
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WEEK. (SOURCE COMMENT. MAJOR LONG DID NOT KNOW THE ORIGINATOR OR THE ADDRESSEE
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OF THE INTERCEPTED DOCUMENT, NOR DID HE STATE TO WHICH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT
AGENCY - GENERAL XUAN HAD REPORTED)D IN BUY HER TO AMELIONEIT
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2017/MAJOR LONG ALSO REVEALED THAT AN MSS AGENT PENETRATION OF THE VC “OF
UNTESTED-RELIABILITY-HAD REPORTED ON 1 AUGUST THAT HIS VC-SUPERIOR IN CHÂU HIEP
(THIRTY ‘KILOMETERS WEST OF SAIGON) HAD INSTRUCTED HIM ON 31 JULY TO BE ALERT GED
FORVA COUP, AND TO MEET HIS VC SUPERIOR IN SAIGON FOUR HOURS AFTER THE COUP
BEGAÑA CON VISNÍLI KAGEAL ECK THE VIEKL OF COOLINE CAN ENSURE RIVED IN
4.
85 MAJOR LONG ALSO STATED THAT A HAND GRENADE HAD EXPLODED IN THE GO
LIETO CONMETAL
VAP AREA OF SAIGON ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST INJURING SEVEN VIETNAMESE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN (SOURCE COMMENT. THE RELEVANCE OF THE EXPLOSION TO A COUP
ATTEMPT IS NOT CLEAR BUT MAJOR LONG BELIEVED THAT THE EVENTS MIGHT BE VIRO
CONNECTED.))! F-5 Wenzu FQAZAEN VI VÄLUOKINVESTA THE CYNE LIVE' THE MOLNYT
TIKLETO. (UE THE (PRESIDENTIAL (SECURITY SERVICE (SEPES) INTERCEPTED CODED RADIO
MESSAGES CON AUGUST ON UNUSUAL FREQUENCIES THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGES WHEN
DECODED WERE IN VIETNAMESE AND FRENCH AND STATED THAT A COUP WOULD OCCUR ON HE
THE NIGHT OF 12 AUGUST: ARVN UNITS HAVE BEEN ALERTED IN THE SAIGON AREA DED
TOMG FOR FIELD COMMENT CHAU IS CONSIDERED TO BE FAIRLY RELIABLE SOURCE,
A
WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT OF ALL THE ARVN OFFICERS
GENERAL DUONG VAN MINH
WAS THE MOST LIKELY TO LEAD A COUP ATTEMPT GENERAL MINH HAS BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC
THE DIEM REGIME INSOFAR AS DIEM'S EFFICACY AGAINST THE VC IS CONCERNED.
GENERAL MAI HUU. XUAN, FREQUENTLY RUMORED TO BE A MEMBER OF VARIOUS COUP GROUPS,.
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KIS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AND TO HAVE.
་་
HARBORED RESENTMENTS AGAINST DIEM FOR ALLEGED SLIGHTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT
DIEM PROMOTED HIM FROM COLONEL TO BRIGADIER GENERAL SEVERAL YEARS AGO MAJOR
LONG HAS EXHIBITED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN HIS PRESENT POSITION.
7777
TYLL
FIELD COMMENT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION PROCEEDED
FROM A SINGLE SOURCE OR FROM TWO SOURCES AND THE VARIATION IN DETAIL WAS IN THE
ORAL ACCOUNTS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) CENTRÁL
INTELLIGENCES ORGANIZATION (CIO) WAS UNAWARE OF ANY POSSIBLE COUP SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT ON 1-2 AUGUST. HOWEVER APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, THE NORMAL
PRESIDENTIAL. GUARD HAD ALREADY BEEN REINFORCED AND POLICE CHECK POINTS ALSO
SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REINFORCED GIVEN THE ADVANCE ALERT BY THE GVN MILITARY
AND SECURITY ELEMENTS, IT IS PROBABLE THAT ANY INTENDED COUP WOULD BE ABORTIVE
FIELD COMMENT.
12. AT 0200 ON 2 AUGUST, SAIGON WAS QUIET AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS APPARENT
OFFANY COUP ATTEMPT, EXCEPT FOR THE ALERT OF SOME OF THE GVN ELEMENTS STATED IN
PARAY 1103 VZD LO WEEL HIS AC DENIS IN VICOBA VLISH IS CONG
(JHI313 KIFIELD COMMENT. THE INTERCEPT OF A PLAIN TEXT VC RADIO MESSAGE REFERRED
TOLIN PARA FIVE IS NOT CONVINCING AND RAISES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE VC MIGHT
BE ENGAGED IN A CONFUSION MANEUVER. SEPES CAPABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND DECODE
MESSAGE IN THE SAME DAY, LAS REPORTED IN PÅRA. NINE, IS QUESTIONABLE
C. 14 FIELD DISSEMESTATE CINCPAC ARPACPACAF PAFET WERE CONTRASIERL
(ECUNCE COMELL AVIA FONG DID HOT NICHTS OLIGIEVING IN THE VODKEPAER
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