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176-10036-10097 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10097 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : Central intelligence Agency Information Report DATE : 4/25/1963 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS :. CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 ° OPENING CRITERIA : , COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 4/63-5/63. Box 2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ue This materia! contains iafermation affecting the National Delensa of the United Stites within ; the meaning of the Esmoneqe tews, Title 16, U.S.C Sees 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unguthoriued person is prohibited by lew. . CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS C-O-N-F-I ~D-E-N-T-I-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM country SOUTH VIETNAM _ REPORTNO. TDCS-3/544, 961 SUBJECT VIET CONG CONCENTRATION ON DATE DISTR. 95 APRIL 1963 | TERRORIST AND MILITARY . SUBVERSION ACTIVITY IN THE PRECEDENCE ROUTINE CAPITAL. AREA - DATE OF EARLY APRIL 1963 REFERENCES IN INFO. . PLACE & DATE ACO. VIETNAM, SAIGON (8 APRIL 1963) APPRAISAL 3 FIELD REPORTNO. FVS-8792 . { THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. 3 SOURCE — 1. IN EARLY APRIL 1963, WARD-LEVEL OFFICIALS IN THE VIET CONG (VC) "SAIGON-CHOLON-GIA DINH SPECIAL ZONE WERE INFORMED THAT TERRORIST AND MILITARY SUBVERSION ACTIVITY WOULD BE INCREASED, THE AREA TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WOULD OPERATE UNDER DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN DIRECTLY AND ‘SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO THE SPECIAL ZONE COMMITTEE, EVERY DISTRICT MUST DEVELOP ONE.OR TWO. TERRORIST » GROUPS CONSISTING OF ‘THREE CELLS EACH, - OPERATIONS OF ‘THESE GROUPS WOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO ‘THEIR OWN: DISTRICTS BUT. COULD BE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ZONE, - AS’ OPPORTUNITIES AROSE. AMERICANS. WERE TO BE THE PRIMARY TARGETS OF ALL OPERATIONS. woe te CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS ae [ctr (C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-1-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM downgadng ond dectosuficonas ro“ Kb _ OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS, } G20) SANTI ZED aves OLANIT OB. |
CLASSIFICATION— DISSEMINATION CONTROLS. TDCS=3/544, 961. “C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A=L - NO FOREIGN DISSEM 2. VC COUNTERPROPAGANDA PERSONNEL OF THE SAIGON-CHOLON-GIA DINE SPECIAL ZONE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO SUSPEND ALL ACTIVITY AND AWAIT TRANSFER ORDERS. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MANY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO MILITARY SUBVERSION ORGANIZATIONS IN: THE ‘AREA. 3. FIELD. DISSEM. STATE ARMY -NAVY.. AIR USMACV AID ‘MAAG - USIA CINCPAC PACFLT  ARPAC: PACAF “9TH FIELD.STATION 2ND AIR ; DIVISION. END OF MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NO FOREIGN DISSEM | | | ston ar sheet emits x ar meets,
176-10036-10104 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA - RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10104 “ RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ~ ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TITLE : CIA Information Report DATE : 6/19/1963 PAGES : 2 . SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : _CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 197: Viethnam,6/63. Box 2
’ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | i this meterial contains ialormation effecting the National Defense of the United. States within the meaning of the Espronage Lows, fPotte (8, USC Seca” 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner fo an unavthorited person is prohibited by tow CONFIDENTIAL {When Filted in; COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM . REPORT NO. TDCS - -3/550,953 | .SUBJECT GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM WHITE PAPER ON THE _ DATE DISTR. 19 sune 1963 : BUDDHIST (iSSUE AND AMERICAN PRESENCE AND : POLICY IN SOUTH VIETNAM PRECEDENCE PRIORITY DATEOF = REFERENCES "IN Ingo. «12-17 sune 1963 | | 7 62883 PLACE & = VIETNAM, SAIGON (17 vuNE 1 6 Ar Aco, , (17 9 3) | . APPRAISAL 3 Fieto reportNo. FYS 9171 Tas & UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE, SOURCE 1, ON 17 JUNE 1963 GENE GREGORY OF THE TIMES OF VIETNAM SAID “THAT HE HAD JUST RETUNED FROM DALAT WHERE HE HAD SPENT FIVE ‘DAYS WORKING ON A WHITE PAPER SETTING FORTH THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM POSI TON NOT ONLY ON THE BUDDHIST ISSUE BUT ALSO ~ ON THE ENTIRE QUESTION OF AMERICAN PRESENCE AND POLICY IN SOUTH VIETNAM. GREGORY SAID THAT MADAME NGO DINH NHU HAD ASKED HIM TO PREPARE THE PAPER AND, iN FACT, HE LIVED 1N THE NHU VILLA. IN DALAT WHILE HE WORKED ON IT. 2. GREGORY SAID THAT ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTS WHICH MADAME Gaoue | Cactuded from avramane downgrading ond decloufzotge CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL a Wd PNEIBN ite —_— STATE/OOR a) eae nae a kta oo meaty Sei t1EO MK 41975 7:2-6 rom Ka OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. (15+: ¥
en HSS SFIDENTIAL (WHEN FILLED IN) ac: ee EDITIONS - oe a ae Cognigens -CONTINUATION OF TDCS INFORMATION REPORT =” ee ae ee CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS TCs _ 3/550,953. PAGE WITH THE UNITED STATES WHERE GANGSTERISM AND RACE RIOTS EXISTED, THE CONCLUSION BEING THAT THE DIEM REGIME WAS NOT REALLY TOO BAD AFTER ALL. 3 GREGORY STATED THAT THE WHITE PAPER CONSISTED « OF OVER TWENTY PAGES, WAS NOT FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION, BUT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED "INTERNATIONALLY , DIRECTED PRIMARILY AT THE UNITED STATES BUT POSSIBLY ALSO FRANCE AND ENGLAND. 4, FIELD DISSEM. STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG. USOM USIS 9TH FLD. STA. 2ND AIR DIV. CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC PACAF. ~ MESSAGE .. END OF CLASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS FORM IK... USE PREWOUS MPG. 2630. (15-20-44-1 N 62883 p NHU SUGGESTED BE INCLUDED IN THE PAPER WAS A COMPARISON OF SOUTH VIETNAM
476-10036-10106 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM , IDENTIFICATION FORM P AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10106 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : DOS FROM : Saigon - TO : Secretary of State TITLE : Information Telegram DATE : 7/1/1963 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2
176-10036-10109 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10109 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : GRIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : CIA information Telegram ' DATE : 7/8/1963 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : _ CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2
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vieTNAM ON THE OCCASION OF. THE 6 way’ ‘BUDDHIST “INCIDENT. e et wae OMe F pte “$3 i Dae bey yt ek . mth WS. MISTAKE AND MADE: “AMENDS - ' TO THE € PEOPLE a, : 10 8 : {OAS QED BA. Debs oe a i: “NT THE VIET. CONG: FROM Fhwing BCHEBYE OLE ICERS* "vir cur for gens ane . — FULL, NVANTAGE OF THE: CONTINUING BUDDHIST. PROBLEM. Reed Te farts aL EF Oe ALE” 28D. OA 9 vA aed rat SREWE “DID Nor SPECIFY WHETHER. THEY WOULD BE KELLED: oR’ MERELY EXILED: ii Aw. Dats". COMBINES Ob LAE awind cows we Free eee & 3 ER niet d He guir vee ALES ee eras f HENCAMONG WHOM THERE Mk eS OG * an edie Ye few TAOES ) THE MILLTARY PLAN “ne 8 Hes oF | ~ ‘ Seecenete te rab REEF £, A. Syne gels" gre gy | TMEDT ATELY AND WHEL BE. HELD ROM
476-10036-10110 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM. © IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA | RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10110 : . RECORD SERIES : National Security Files | AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : DOS FROM : Saigon TO : Secretary of State TITLE : , DATE : 7/9/1963 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION °: RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : ee COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2 ’
- a a - 0 SEE SANITIZED meen NLK=BR9B Q a : a C X INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State eg ’ 31 oo, ee _ “SECRET | ‘Action. | | os Co Control: 6804 . oo _— . Rec'd: peat 9; 1963. FE : a = 7 11sh2 aM . Oo Info FROM: SAIGON - ee Bo Co .. 025 iz 8g 10: , Secretary of State. NO: 59, JULY 95-5 PM ; PRIORITY ~ ~, action DEPARTMENT: 535 INFORMAT 1ON CINCPAC. 34. CINCPAC FOR POLAD . . : a . So Lamar. DISTRIBUTION. ~~ EMBTEL re - eo - a os THUAN: INFORMED ME: TODAY THAT FOLLOWING: CONVERSATION REPORTED Pe —/UBEPTEL HE.HAD -ASKED DIEM: DIRECTLY. WHETHER HE..PLANNED SPEECH © — B+.” -@N BUDDHIST. .PROBLEMs DIEM’SAID.HE: DED NOT-REPEAT NOT. THUAN - | oe “SAID. HE. CONCLUDED THAT -LUONG' IN TALKING TO CAS OFFICER | *¢ 3 (EMBTEL 41). MUST: -HAVE BEEN. REFERRING TO..PASSAGE ON PROBLEM _ CONTAINED ‘DOUBLE ‘SEVEN-SPEECH (EMBTEL 49) ~ “THUAN. AGREED” a WITH, ME THAT - LATTER . NOT REPEAT NOT HELPFUL « PS re n THUAN, ALSO” INDICATED THAT. HE: HAD HAD NO SUCCESS iN GETTING- GVN- - _ ORDERS, To PROVINCES PUBL i SHED - AND. GAVE ‘EVERY EVIDENCE OF HAV ING RUN. OUT. OF. STEAM ON, BUBDHTST PROBLEM. ; : 1 TOLD THUAN «1 -WAS ‘Most DISCOURAGED OVER SITUATION AN ND. i cary ERERSOF GVN.ACTIONS..1 ALS@ FOUND OFFENSIVE ;CONTINUING ARTICLES IN SF IMES -OF VIETNAM” SEEKING: ‘CINK US WITH 12605) cou: SBEBBRISTSEED SF Tew ey BEENE I me DID ve f PSSPeENT Rasiya veSteRbEy” “ACCMPRNY ING. “AMBASSADOR BOWLES ON” 7 VISITS: ‘TO BLEM, “THO 5” THUAN: AND: MAU + “BUDDHIST: PROBLEM: ‘NOT ° MENTIONED: . 7 DIRECTLY BY: BIEM TN! _ SESSION WHICH LASTED, ‘NEARLY » FOUR HOURS” NOR WAS | AT, REFERRED: TO: IN-OTHER TALKS EXCEPT WHEN .BOWLES ee ee «, 7"... REPRODUCTION: FROM: THIS COPY is ae ~ PROHIBITED. UNLESS “UNGLASSIFIED" |
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a ee . 34 '  NCOWING TELEGRAM : Department of Stay he 4 ao “5B ee SEORET a | 932. "Action. Control: 70 74 ogg. ne — JULY 9, 1963 - SE ea eee mee rng ee Le ot ete Sey ee proteepeeneme 2 : may . . ‘ “Info Ah 225 PM FROM: SAIGON: ©) | Le 10: Secretary of State NO: 6, JULY 9, 7 PM PRIORITY : | Limit DISTRIBUTION s/s > ENBTEL 57s | CAs: OFFICER. DISCUSSED WITH WHICH TAM CHAU LETTER TRANSMITTED 7 “ REETEL CHAU SAID HE UNDERSTOOD US. POSITION AND HAD NO. RPT NO” INTENTION. PUBLISHING LETTER. HE- ASKED LETTER BE RETURNED, — WHICH WE: WILE BO FORTHWITH, | TRUEHEART = A pepRpUCTION: FROMM THIS “COPY Is SEP RET _- Pr PROHIBITED UNLESS. “UNCLASSIFIED” ra eT
176-10036-10111 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10111 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : WH FROM : Forrestal TO : Bundy, McGeorge TITLE : DATE : 7/9/1963 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : . COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2
‘on VERSION NUK- 8-a72 - /\ Ny L EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL J WASHINGTON 25, D.C. ( ie om / Aes - SECRET July 9, 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BUNDY - SUBJECT: South Vietnam ' I attach two reports which the President ought to see. The first is a summiary by the CIA in Saigon of.the ‘current political situation (TDCS-3/552, 770). It strikes meas being a fair and accurate appraisal. The. second.is a report by Maj. General Victor (Brute) Krulak, USMC, on his recent visit to Vietnam. It gives, I think, a fair and soundly optimistic picture of the part of the iceberg which is under water, i.e. the ‘war against the Viet Cong. Nuadhu Michael V. Forrestal Att: 2 SECRET
176-10036-10113) JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10113 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : , TO: TITLE : CIA Information Telegram DATE : 7/12/1963 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : - COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2
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176-10036-10115 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA ~- RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10115 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: -: TITLE : CIA Information Telegram DATE : 7/16/1963 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 _ OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2
eRe en ce ate” Mie Ee prince ty Seals MO ae a bare © OF REFERENCES. a ses neceinemns CENTRAL. tne ih ont material contains information affecting the- National Dotaiice ‘108 the - United States: within! the - fresning .of <the: Espionage’, ‘Lewin Fitte~ ta: e798 and nya,” ‘the transmission or revelation of which In “any mientior fo: en. ‘una uthofned: ‘périon <inorahibited by" few: Sa srwe asa": orcs) ad VAS (When Filled In) Qt. OUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM - SUBJECT . “SFAT.US OF. ‘COUP -DIETAT PLANS. DATE DISTR 16 JULY! 363. ‘+98. es ; PRECEDENCE. ROUTINE. pLACE & :- DATE ACO. . IETNAM SAIGON. $15 suey 1963) ae at _ —_ - we : APPRAISAL . Be ; Siege. kw ‘SOURCE we | ih Ase fa cau “cobs ‘OUR ‘DATE. F
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(176 -10036-10122 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10122 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files © AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : DOS FROM : Saigon TO : Secretary of State TITLE : Department of State Outgoing Telegram DATE : 8/24/1963 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : ! CURRENT STATUS : | DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 ) OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,8/24/1963-8/31/63. Box 2 AGENCY : NARA | |
. ; ar —~ Tee YS TIOLON ., we va NUK-83-13 , ani UPHELD unoeR FPRCAL - incoming TELEGRAM §=©— Department of State e 32 | SECRET _ oo , Control: 20409 ‘Action. a TE Rec'd: AUGUST 24, 1963 2305 PM ‘nto FROM: SAIGON #89 650+ an. oo 026 C TO: Secretary of State : SF NO: 329, AUGUST 24, 11 |pM | INR - | RMR , - | | OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE ] | ACTION DEPARTMENT 329, INFORMATION CENCPAC 212 ; CINCPAC FOR POLAD . { | FOR HILSMAN : LIMIT DISTRIBUTION l.  EMBTEL 314 WE ARE REPORTING SEPARATELY CONVERSATIONS WITH VO VAN HAI > (EMBTEL 316), GENERAL KIM (EMBTEL 320), THUAN (EMBTEL 324) AND GENERAL DON (CAS SAIGON 0265). THESE CONVERSATIONS CONFIRM FULLY CONCLUSIONS CONTAINED REFTEL. IN ADDITION, THEY INDICATE THAT? ! A) NHU, PROBABLY WLTH FULL SUPPORT CF DIEM, HAD LARGE HAND IN PLANNING OF ACTION AGAINST BUDDHISTS, IF HE DID NOT FULLY -MASTER=MIND ITe HIS INFLUENCE..HAS ALSO BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. B) HE PROBABLY FOUND RELATIVELY FERTILE SOIL IN WHICH TO ; WORK, [eEe CERTAIN OF GENERALS WERE GENUINELY WORRIED ABOUT GVN HANDLING OF BUDDHIST SITUATION AND READY FOR DECISIVE MILITARY ACTION, SUCH AS MARTIAL LAWe. © c) iT Is NEVERTHELESS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT REGULAR ARMY WAS NOT | _ REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY iS ——____ SECRET PROHIBITED UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED” AGRE 4 Rane Ft. MME Me me ow - ~
SECRET ~ 329, AUGUST 24, 11 PM.FROM SAIGON | : ¢ cUT IN FULLY ON PLANNED ACTION AGAINST. “PAGODAS, WHECH WAS - CARRIED OUT BY POLICE AND COLONEL TUNG!S SPECIAL FORCES. (ON OTHER HAND, DON'S STATEMENT THAT ARMY PLANNED SIMPLY. "TO RETURN BONZES TO. THEIR OWN PAGODAS IS DISINGENUOUS, IF HE - MEANT TO 00 THIS COULD BE DONE PEACEFULLY. ) . D) FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANT, WE DO NOT RPT NOT CONCLUDE THAT ANY OF OFFICERS WITH ACTUAL MILITARY STRENGTH IN SAIGON (DON, CENH, TUNG) IS AT THIS POLNT DISAFFECTED WITH PRESIDENT OR WITH NU. WE MUST ASSUME THAT LATTER HAVE, OR MAY WELL HAVE, | STRINGS OF POWER STILL IN THEIR HANDS. | / °° SUGGESTION HAS BEEN MADE THAT U.S. HAS ONLY TO INDICATE TO "GENERALS" THAT IT WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE DIEM-AND/OR NHUS~ GO, AND DEED WOULD BE DONE. SITUATION IS NOT SO SIMPLE, IN ~ OUR VIEW. SPECIFICALLY, AS INDICATED (D) ABOVE, WE HAVE NO © INFORMATION THAT OFFICERS WITH TROOPS IN SAIGON ARE _ DISPOSED TO ACT IN THIS WAY. MOREOVER, THERE IS NO SHOWING THAT MILITARY HAVE AGREED AMONG THEMSELVES ON A LEADERSHIP... — ACTION ON OUR PART IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SEEM TO BE A | “SHOT IN THE DARK» SITUATION AT THIS TIME DOES NOT CALL FOR | ‘THAT, TN MY JUDGMENT, AND | BELIEVE WE SHOULD BIDE OUR TIME, CONT FNUING .TO WATCH SITUATION CLOSELY. | GP3 LODGE OT i | | | | °° NOTE: ADVANCE DELIVERY TO S/S-O AT 2:09 PM AUGUST 24TH / SECRET | |
476-10036-10123 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10123 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : DOS FROM : TO: TITLE : DOS Outgoing Telegram DATE : 8/26/1963 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000. OPENING CRITERIA : . COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam,8/24/1963-8/31/63. Box 2
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SUPPORT | | ALTHOUGH THIS SOLUTION MAY BE TOO PAT BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE AT LEAST THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT ARISEN YET, EFFECT OF THIS TYPE ARRANGEMENT WILL BE FOR STATION TO CONCENTRATE ON ‘STATION WILL ADVISE SOONEST, PROBABLY WITHIN WEEK, END OF MESSAGE
476-10036-10128 RECORD NUMBER ORIGINATOR : : Saigon TO : TITLE : : 9/17/1963 _ FROM DATE PAGES : SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : "COMMENTS : AGENCY : : 176-10036-10128 RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM a a a ee os ea an a A ct eH MN A DSS A A A AD DD OD OD SD A ED EP DO NARA National Security Files Washington 3 9/10/2000 National Security Files, Box 199: Vietnam,9/17/1963-9/21/63. Box 2
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