176-10036-10143 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10143 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : CIA Information Report DATE : 9/24/1963 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : ~ RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : ; COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 200: Vietnam,9/22/63-10/6/63, CIA Reports. Box 2 L
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. CLASSIFICATION ~ " DISSEMINATION CONTROLS” 7 CONE DENTAL e) aia vic orga Anna i nt | SEEN FRED xy” * SUMMONED HIM AND {ASKED HiM HOW ie, “DIEM, WAS. "REGARDED. BY THE PEOPLE. THAO, REPLIED THAT THE PRES IDENT WAS. Stee PERSONALLY POPULAR BUT. a THAT THE ‘PEOPLE: DISLIKED. ‘NHU- BECAUSE. THEY BELIEVED. THAT. NHU WAS . WN, CONTACT Wit THE ‘vc. THAO SAID THAT DIEM WAS, ANGERED AND DEMANDED , TO. KNOW WHO HAD Tolo TAO THis INFORMATION, THAO. REPLIED THAT. THIS OPINION WAS: coMMONLY HELD. by cavit ‘SERVANTS , THE, GENERAL PUBLIC; a wn? en WL ele AND THE AMERICANS, om PE ol 7 3" “ON is SEPTEMBER ‘NHU . SbeoneD HAG: Gan ASHE it HE HAD | Ne, ears Chae woe i SgHaT Sitch HIMSELF: HAO :TOLD:: e bewcaceekieaes :LODGE: ‘AND THAT. wODGE: "9 7 ad SUBSEQUENTLY, iNFormeD THAO eee ho, cy a 's He 2! QZ9 POSES een M2 Sa nt a INTERVIEW ADMITTED | THAT HE HAD BEEN. N NCONSIDERING DEALING WITH eager inst went oa" as THE “COMMUNISTS. AND THAT. HE “WOULD ‘BE LAYING A DANGEROUS ae GAME IN DEALING ‘WITH THEM. “(FLELD COMMENT. AMBASSADOR Longe HAS . HTTPS EAR: ae Mh a ByL, TSNEVER™ ’MET “THAO. , Lot: ye. “THAO, SAID. THAT ANHU PLANNED <79: MAKE. MAJOR ‘Changes. OUR NG THE ae + COMING MONTHS, INCLUDING THE NA HAL LaenioN 2 | SANS AND: PRIVATE ee ‘|. EENTERPRISES , “WH GH- ‘THAO: -Sals Sconce = thy vo Cpe 23 ait on om, raphe aie Tn " GUaSsHiCaTON Banton, ie —— OF “IBCs:
LASSIFICATION ~ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS . 5 , ot CONFDENTA LO mm PILLED yy B SA EIR isso a ‘ani AACE ; eb oe ent onntte sane PAGES ae 3° > ! COMMENT , THAO DID \NOT STATE THE: SOURCE: ‘OF HIS. INFORMATION CONCERNING | NHU'S PLANS, ) ‘ACCORDING: To THA, “NHUIS CONTACT WITH: THE: COMMUN STS. | ot WAS VIA THE POLISH DELEGATION: TO: THE INTERNAT | ONAL CONTROL COMMISSION, i | THAO SAID THAT NHU'S PLAN ‘TO: DEAL. WITH: THE COMMUNISTS. MUST BE a FORESTALLED. rr re i 5. ‘ON: 26 SEPTEMBER 1963 THAO ‘SPOKE 10. A RANKING VIETNAMESE | "> AIR FORCE. (VNAF ) OFFICER CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE _VNAF™ SUPPORTING A COUP. DLETAT. AGAINST THE DIEM: REGIME, - THAO, SAID THAT: AL THE VNAF WOULD: NOT BE: INVOLVED: in, -ANY. FIGHT ING BECAUSE’ RES STANCE By, GOVERNMENT. FORCES: WOULD BE “OVERCOME IN THREE. HOURS. | : Be THE: ‘COUP. ‘LEADERS: ‘WANTED: THE’ NAF To HINDER OR STOP THE | FORCES: OF BRIGADIER: ‘GENERAL. HUYNH. ‘VAN: CAO; IV. CORPS COMMANDER | FROM ASSISTING FORCES LOYAL TO, THE: DIEM REGIME. ; oebresh THAO WANTED. NAR, "s ‘SUPPORT, TO, STOP :CAO, ALTHOUGH HE BELIEVED THAT, cag MIGHT See Ons SUPPORT, THE, PRESIDENT, AS: STRONGLY, -AS AN THE PAST s- HE. SAVE JHE, FOLLOWING, ;REASONS FOR. THIS JUDGEMENT 3 Ae CAO OD NOI, ESTABLISH. MARTIAL A, IN. THE, sal SCORES. AFTER dyie dive yl eee a ; ON 3 ah "AURUST sats sone toe secur He vets “kore dave heya. iL ' PTs Laven tc raprenrere vues = vB tay RECENTLY,» CAO, HAS, AER HIS, TROOPS AY ¥.,COMMIT TED IN. dp Peed ou ats “ an "OPERATIONS, AGAINST, THE. YG. oerenaie ‘ ee, i We tapial. Nat! i “a i fae § ver Lt afte GAO APPEARED To. BE. FROUAINING ALQOF. ROM EVENTS, IN, SAIGON, 7 Pe i = CEASSINCATION ~ DISSEMINATION® ae vat Ae na. “3 cote = nae : CADET Pu am SSE ABND. sot Sea i: a a a = oa ae “FORM IKE mo ayge PREVIOUS’ 163 EDITIONS 7 | ere “conmuaticn’ OF TDCS_ INFORMATION. REPORT - -
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