476-10036-10138 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10138 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : CIA TO : Dirnsa TITLE : DATE : 10/9/1963 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : ~ DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 200: Vietnam,10/6/1963-10/14/63, CIA Reports. Box 2
tt Od SF1O19 trees — WEOCT 9 15 33) SPFORREST ays 00 ESF - | —JOHNSON —KLEIN DE ESI 99/1528Z ocT _——KOMER O @91448Z ZYH : . TRCELESINGER . ‘ RESS FM CIA | | —Fitg OP FICE TO DIRNSA _ STATE RCI (HUGHES) JCS CNO (OP922Y1) AFSsO USAF DIA/CIIC . | NIC : : | LOT. 7 DFI/ACSI WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM a SECRET yoront S EC R ET NO FOREIGN DISSEM NO SIDDEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY . COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM | - SUBJECT PLANS OF GOVERNMENT TO ASSASSINATE AMBASSADOR TRI QUANG, AND BURN THE CHANCERY DATE OF INFO. - 8 OCTOBER 1963 PLACE & DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (8OCTOBER 1963) APPRISAL SEE BELOW - os REPORT NO. TDCS DB- 3/657, 149 DATE DISTR. 9 OCTOBER 1963 PRECEDENCE PRIORITY RIELD REPORT NO. FVS 9753 » , THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. SOURCE SL
ITS REPRESENTATIVES. STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS, EITHER GVN-SPONSORED OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANIZED, MAY TAKE PLACE. THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS REPORT ARE VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM. 1. SUMMARY. ON 8 OCTOBER 1963 _GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM CGVN) AUGHORITIES WERE PLANNING TO ALLOW A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY CHANCERY UNDER COVER OF WHICH ABOUT 188 GVN AGENTS WOULD ATTACK THE EMBASSY AND ASSASSINATE AMBASSADOR HENRY CABOT LODGE .AND OTHER HIGH-RANKING EMBASSY OFFICIALS AFTER WHICH THE CHANCERY WOULD BE SET AFIRE. 2. ON 8 OCTOBER 1963] EARLIER ON THE SAME DAY A DELEGATION OF STUDENTS | | WERE ORGANIZING A DEMONSTRATION WHICH THEY. HOPED WOULD TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY CHANCERY WITHIN “THE NEXT FEW DAYS” DURING OFFICE HOURS AND PROBABLY IN THE MORNING. THE STUDENTS PLANNED TO PRESENT A STATEMENT TO AMBASSADOR LODGE PROTESTING THE REPRESSION OF STUDENTS AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE GVN. (FIELD COMMENT. FVUS<9749, (NOT YET RECEIVED), FROM A FAIRLY RELIABLE SOURCE, REPORTED THE’ ARREST OF 130 SAIGON STUDENTS ON THE NIGHT OF 7 OCTOBER BY SPECIAL POLICE.) THE STUDENTS ALSO TOLD | THAT (NGO DINH NHU, MINISTER OF CIVIC ACTION NGO TRONG HIEU, AND COMMANDER rc
UF LMBADSDY BUR PULIITLIUCAL AFFALKS MELVIN Le MANF ULL, AND SPEULLAL ASSISTANTS MESSRS. _ FREDERICK W. FLOTT AND JOHN M. DUNN,. AS WELL AS THICH TRI QUANG, BUDDHIST LEADER CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE CHANCERY. THE GVN AGENTSWOULD THEN BURN THE CHANCERY. | 3. NORMALLY THE GVN PERMITTED NO DEMON- STRATIONS BUT, BECAUSE OF THE PLANNED INFILTRATION OF GVN AGENTS, THE.GVN WOULD ALLOW THIS PARTICULAR (PORTION GARBLED - BEING SERVICED) (X) DEMONSTRATION BUT THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD CONTROL THE SITUATION. | 4. (FIELD COMMENT. AN UNTESTED SOURCE REPORTED ON 8 OCTOBER THAT A NUMBER OF POLICE WERE GOING TO MASQUERADE AS STUDENTS AND DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE BUILDING. ) | | 5. FIELD DISSEM. STATE CAMBASSADOR LODGE), USMACV (GENERAL HARKINS), CINCPAC PACAF ARPAC PACFLT. | 6. (X) HEADQUARTERS CONMENTAC MISSING PORTION WILL BE DIs- SEMINATED ONLY IF IT WATERIALLY AFFECTS THE SENSE OF THIS REPORT. SCP=-1 - wo SEOREL grr 96 nt 6 190 $56! NNNN