176-10036-10094 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10094. - RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : Ngo Dinh Nhu's Statement on Withdrawal of DATE : 4/20/1963 | PAGES : 4 F 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
. ar , * ! wm i ns edad uw es a7 . . , V ¢ f lL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Vi This material contains information affecting the National Oafense of the United States within the meaning of the Esp ronage Laws, Title (8, usc Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission of revelation of which in any manner fo an unauthoried person is prohibited. by law. - CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL, ia rangi COUNTRY . SOUTH VIETNAM ; “REPORT NO. tocs+3/544, 531 SUBJECT NGO DINH NHU'S STATEMENTS ON WI THORAWAL DATE DISTR. 20 APRIL 1963 OF AMERICAN AID re ; PRECEDENCE PRIORITY DATE OF LATE MARCH-EARLY APRIL 1963. REFERENCES IN 2185¢ PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (1 ano 12 apret 1963) DATE ACO. : a 7. APPRAISAL SEE PARAGRAPH , FIELD REPORT NO. rvs 8804 THIS s- UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE... APPRAISAL -OF CON SOURCE I. AT THE 5 APRIL MEETING OF THE INTERMINISTER IAL COMMITTEE | ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS, NGO DINH NHU MADE THE FOLLOWING REMARKS’ CON- CERNING AMERICAN FOREIGN AID: ci A. -THE: AMERICANS HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REVISE THEIR POLICY ON FOREIGN AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM; ‘WE WIEL REVISE OUR POLICY ON RECEIVING SUCH AID. WE MUST MARCH TOWARD THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF TERMINATING AMERICAN AID‘'AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO DO WITHOUT SUCH ASSISTANCE, Be AMERICAN AID*SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE FOLLOWING CATE~ oRour t Eacluded from avtamane | - downgrading aad declaruficatan CLASSIFICATION _ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL » cactl arr [ns [maT A [| en Dae IN FORMATION REPORT] : | TELEGR TELEGRAM IT FORM 5-82 1Kq OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. (15-20)
=i DISSEMINATION CONTROLS GORIES OF PRIORITY. FIRST, AID WHICH WE MUST CONTINUE TO RECEIVE INDEFINITELY, SPEC IF ICALLY THE MEANS OF PRODUCT ION; WE WILL NOT SEEK A REDUCTION IN THIS CATEGORY, NOR WILL WE REQUEST AN INCREASE. SECOND AID WHICH CAN BE EVENTUALLY PHASED OUT. THIRD, AID WHICH CAN BE | TEMINATED IMMEDIATELY. C. ALL SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED | ON THE ABOVE List OF PRIORITIES BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE MADE CLEAR THAT. THIS. POLICY 1S NOT INTENDED TO BE ANTIFOREIGN, FOREIGN AID WILL PROVIDE WITH THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY DO WITHOUT CONSUMER GOODS ASSISTANCE, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, FOREIGN AID WILL CEASE SOONER OR LATER, AND SO WE MUST STRIVE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. MEANWHILE WE MUST MAKE PROPER USE OF THE AID WE RECEIVE. 2.. DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1963 THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ON ORDERS FROM NHU, ISSUED TO ALL PROVINCE CHIEFS INSTRUCTIONS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO START. PRODUCING WEAPONS, LAND MINES AND AMMUNITION IN HOME WORK SHOPS WITH THE, AIM OF ATTAINING A DEGREE OF SELF~SUFFICIENCY. 3. ON ABOUT 5 APRIL PHAM DUC TIEN, CHIEF OF CIVIC ACTION IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS IN BINH TUY PROVINCE AT WHICH NGO DINH NHU SAID THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY AMERICAN ADVISORS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND THAT BOTH THE NUMBER OF THESE ADVISORS AND THE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN AID SHOULD BE REDUCED. | 4h. AT A MEETING OF VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE (VNAF) OFFICERS ON 19. calieelalingn Aan DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
TDCS =3/544,531 APRIL 1963, VNAF COMMANDER COLONEL HUYNH HUU HIEN SAID THAT NHU HAD INSTRUCTED HIGH- RANK [NG GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) OFFICIALS AT A5 APRIL MEETING TO PREPARE FOR A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL oF AMERICAN AID; NHU SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS USING AID AS A MEANS OF PRESSURING THE GVN AND WAS IMPINGING ON GVN SOVEREIGNTY. AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF AMERICAN AID TO PRESSURE A RECIPIENT COUNTRY, HIEN CITED THE CUTOFF OF DELIVERIES OF GASOLINE TO .THE ROYAL THA AIR FORCE WHEN THE THAI GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO AGREE TO SOME (UNSPECIFIED) POINTS HEN SAID THAT THE DELIVERY OF GASOLINE RECOMMENCED ONLY AFTER STRONG THAI GOVERNMENT PROTESTATIONS. (FIELD COHMENT. PRESUMABLY HIEN REFERS TO THE REDUCTION AND EVENTUAL TERMINATION BY: THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 1965 OF U.S. SUPPORT OF MILITARY AID PROGRAM POL AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE THA] GOVERNMENT, ) | 5. AFTER THE MEETING SEVERAL VNAF OFFICERS, INCLUDING MAJOR DANG DINH LINH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MATERLAL, MAJOR TRAN DO CUNG, ASSISTANT. TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF, AND CAPTAIN HA DUONG DOAN, DEPUTY CHIEF | OF STAFF FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE, AGREED THAT THE VNAF WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS WITHOUT AMERICAN SUPPORT AND THAT, IN. FACT, ANY WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN SUPPORT WOULD. RESULT..1N COLLAPSE OF THE REGIME, | ee _ ae 6. FIELD DISSEM, STATE. ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG USOM. USS 9TH. . FIELD STA 2ND AIR DIV. CINCPAC PACAF ARPAC. PACFLT... “yn ae DISSEMINATION CONTROLS GP GaelGN ass
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