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TITLE: CIA Information Report
DATE: 9/24/1963
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1. NGO DINH NHU INTENTION TO DEAL WITH VC
DATE DISTR.
:-2, ATTEMPTS OF PHẠM NGỌC THAO, TO ARRANGED T
AIR FORCE SUPPORT FOR A COUP D'ETAT.
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(22 SEPTEMBER 1963).
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FIELD REPORT NO. FVS 9684
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
SOURCE™ A FIELD GRADE VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE OFFICER (F).
IMLEKATEN YOWALLED THE HVD SEEM „Cevrug Wa
APER: IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THAO HAS PLANNED A COUP AND HAS SOUGHT VNAF
H SUPPORT AS REPORTED THE SUBSTANCE OG THAO'S TALKS WITH DIEM AND NHU CONCERNING
NHUS CONTACTS WITH THE VIET CONG AND NHU'S PLANS FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN THE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE FECONOMY CANNOT BE ACCURATELY JUDGED OUT IS DOUBTFUL THAT NHU WOULD
MAKE A DEAL WITH THE COMMUNISTS ALTHOUGH THAO IS APPARENTLY CONVINCED THAT ENHU
Corp I CONSIDERING SUCH, ACTION? CITA IS NOT TRUE THAT AMBASSADOR LODGE TALKED WITH THAO
SUMMARY 
ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1963 LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHẠM NGỌC
OM 10. BEWIESEN WAN MOVED TO WWD WRKED MINMAA ME HYD
THAO, ASSIGNED TO THE PRESIDENCY AS AN INSPECTOR FOR THE STRATEGIC
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HAMLET PROGRAM, SAID THAT HE HAD TALKED SEPARATELY WITH PRESIDENT
Con my COMMONPA NETO A CHAIT REKAYAS THE CE seri
DIEM. AND NGO DINH NHU ABOUT NHU'S CONTACTS. WITH THE VIET CONG. (VC).
VUOK MHO HID LORD. LAVO TRY TOM' LHVO YESPIED IN THI
AND THAT NHU HAD ADMITTED THAT HE WAS "CONSIDERING DEALING WITH
THE AC CHO 20 LA DISK MY MGZber who dowlDED
THE COMMUNISTS. THAO CLAIMED THAT NHU WAS PLANNING MAJOR.
JAVNE Obre DiarikED WAN SEE THE BECICASO DAVI MAN Mv2.
CHANGES TO MAKE THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ECONOMY MORE SIMILAR TO
MEACTED LAW THE DEN IT BE LOGOPS S
THE ECONOMIES OF COMMUNIST NATIONS. THAO HAS SOLICITED VIETNAMESE
Pe KCOVUDED BA LHE BECATE
AIR FORCE (VNAF) SUPPORT FOR A COUP D'ETAT AGAINST THE DIEM REGIME.
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THAO SAID THAT NHU'S PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE COMMUNISTS MUST BE
FORESTALLED.
2. THAO SAID THAT DURING THE WEEK. 9-15 SEPTEMBER-PRESIDENT DIEM
SUMMONED HIM AND ASKED HIM HOW HE, DIEM, WAS REGARDED BY THE PEOPLE.
THAO REPLIED THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS STIEL PERSONALLY POPULAR BUT
THAT THE PEOPLE DISLIKED NHU BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT NHU WAS
IN CONTACT WITH THE VC. THAO SAID THAT DIEM WAS ANGERED AND DEMANDED
TO KNOW WHO HAD TOLD THAO THIS INFORMATION. THAO REPLIED THAT THIS
OPINION WAS COMMONLY HELD BY CIVIL SERVANTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AND THE AMERICANS.
.3. ON 16 SEPTEMBER NHU SUMMONED THAO AND ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD
TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF NHU'S CONTACTS WITH THE VC THAO BELIEVED D
THAT NHU HIMSELF HAD TOLDA AMERICAN: AMBASSADOR LODGE AND THAT LODGE
HAD SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED. THAO NHU CALMED DOWN AND LATER IN THE SEMIN
INTERVIEW ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN "CONSIDERING DEALING WITH
303: THE COMMUNISTS. THAO CLAIMED THAT HE TOLD NHU THAT NHU DID NOT
UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNISTS AND THAT HE WOULD BE PLAYING A DANGEROUS
GAME IN DEALING WITH THEM. (FIELD COMMENT. AMBASSADOR LODGE HAS
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THAO SAID THAT NHU PLANNED TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES DURING THE
COMING MONTHS, INCLUDING THE NATIONALIZATION OF BANKS AND PRIVATE
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ENTERPRISES, WHICH THAO SAID WOULD MAKE SOUTH VIETNAM'S ECONOMY
MORE SIMILAR TO ECONOMIES OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: (FIELD
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THAO DID NOT STATE THE SOURCE OF HIS INFORMATION CONCERNING
NHU'S PLANS.) ACCORDING TO THAO, NHU'S CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNISTS
WAS VIA THE POLISH DELEGATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL COMMISSION.
THAO SAID THAT NHU'S PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE COMMUNISTS MUST BE
FORESTALLED.
5. ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1963 THAO SPOKE TO A RANKING VIETNAMESE
AIR FORCE (VNAF) OFFICER CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VNAF
SUPPORTING A COUP D'ETAT AGAINST THE DIEM REGIME. THAO SAID THAT:
A. THE VNAF WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY FIGHTING BECAUSE
RESISTANCE BY GOVERNMENT FORCES WOULD BE OVERCOME IN THREE HOURS.
THE COUP
B. THE COUP LEADERS WANTED THE VNAF TO HINDER OR STOP THE
FORCES OF BRIGADIER GENERAL HUYNH VAN CAO, IV. CORPS COMMANDER
FROM ASSISTING FORCES LOYAL TO THE DIEM REGIME.
6. THAO WANTED VNAF SUPPORT TO STOP CAO ALTHOUGH HE BELIEVED
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THAT CAO MIGHT NOT NOW SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT AS STRONGLY, AS IN
90 DAY
THE PAST HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR THIS JUDGEMENT:
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HECOND KITTED.
A. CAO DID NOT ESTABLISH MARTIAL LAW IN THE IV CORPS AFTER
14 AGH 2
THE PROCLAMATION ESTABLISHING MARTIAL LAW IN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
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ON 21 AUGUST.
10 700 4 MY HE MERO
8. RECENTLY, CAO HAS KEPT HIS TROOPS HEAVILY COMMITTED IN
WOWN BOD
OPERATIONS AGAINST THE VC.
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C. CAO APPEARED TO BE REMAINING ALOOF FROM EVENTS IN, SAIGON.
D CAO HAS MADE REPEATED REQUESTS TO THAO TO VISIT HIM AND
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HAS OFFERED HIS PRIVÁTE AIRCRAFT TO THÁO FOR SUCH A VISIT.
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7. THE VNAF OFFICER WHOM THAO APPROACHED REPLIED THAT COLONEL
HUYNH HUU HIEN, VNAF COMMANDER, WAS COMPLETELY LOYAL TO THE REGIME
AND, PARTICULARLY, TO NGO DINH NHU. HE ALSO TOLD THAO THAT IT
WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHAT ACTION VNAF OFFICERS WOULD TAKE
IN THE EVENT OF A COUP THAO REPLIED THAT IF HIEN, FAILED TO
COOPERATE, HE COULD EASILY BE KILLED.
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