176-10036-10141 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10141 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : . ORIGINATOR : CIA — FROM : TO: TITLE : CIA Information Report DATE : 9/23/196 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,9/22/63-10/6/63. Box 2
» STATE/O IR INFORMATION REPORT y ] EXEMET Lyf CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WU Ba-Blo This material contains information affacting the Netiona! Defense of the United States wilhin the meaning of the Espionage Lees, Title 16, U.S.C Secs 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthoried person is prohibited by law. a ; Sanheed wa ALS fis CO (3) > CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NO DISSEM ABROAD/NG FOREIGN DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY ; COUNTRY SOUTH: VIETNAM . re REPORT NO. TDCSDB-3/656, 793 SUBJECT INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THEuate piste. 23 SEFTEMEER 1962 ; EIGHTH REGIMENT, FIPTd INFANTRY DIVISION, IN DANG DUC KHOL' COUP D'ETAT PLAN PRECEDENCE ROUTIUWE DATE OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1963 AND AS STATED "REFERENCES . - IN INFO. ; PLACES . VIETNAM, SAIGON (22 SEPTEMBER 1963) DATE ACQ. APPRAISAL SEE BELOW FIELD REPORT NO. THIS ts UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. SOURCE APPR IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT MAJOR TU HAS HEEN INVOLVED IN COUP D'ETAT PLANNING WITH DANG DUC KHOI, BUT WHETHER THE GROUP WILL EVER BE ACTIVATED CANNCT BE ASSESSED. TU'S STATEMENT THAT THE COUP WILL BEGIN WITH THE REVOLT OF HALF OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD, AS WELL AS PART OF THE AIRBORNE, IS UNUSUAL AS THE GUARD HAS © BEEN THOUGHT TO HE EXTREMELY LOYAL TO PRESIDENT DIEM. 1. SUMMARY.” MAJOR NGUYEN VAN TU, COMMANDING OFFICER, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF THE FIFTH INFANTRY ‘DIVISION, THIRD MILITARY AREA, SAID ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1963 THAT HIS REGIMENT. 1S PREPARED TO MOVE AS A COUNTER-COUP D'ETAT FORCE IN SUPPORT OF A COUP D'ETAT PLAN TO WHICH DANG DUC KHOI BELONGS. TU CLAIMED THAT THE COUP WOULD BEGIN wins THE REVOLT OF HALF OF THE FRESIDENTIAL GUARD AND FOUR BATTALIONS: GF!" >": THE AIRBORNE. ‘TW REMARKED THAT HE WAS KEEPING ALL HIS TRANSPORT UNDER REGIMENTAL CONTROL IN ORDER TO MOVE ONE BATTALION AT A TIME, THAT HE HAS STOCKED FIFTY-SEVEN _ MM RIFLES ; AMMUNITION , SAND BAGS, BARBED WIRE, AND HAS ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN 2.5 " CLASSIFICATION -— DISSEMINATION CONTROLS GAOUP 5-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE _ ONLY. ‘ ECOL AOD AIUD EODCODEC LEO OC OEPCC OSS ULOLOTCORECIUSLOR MO LOODE CIENT CORT NC OCT OO PG) mien ues INFORMATION REPORT gaggegeny-VUE FORM Kb OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. (15-20)
ONO FOREIGN DISSEM/NNO DISSEM. ABROAD. “1 TB _ BACKGROUND._USE omy ed _.. -8+...MAJOR TU STATED THAT FOR SOMB'MONTHS HE HAD [BEEN INVOLVED IN.COUP D'BTAT PLANNING WITH DANG DUC KROL, ASSISTANED DIRECTOR GENERAL, -DIRECTORATE ‘GENERAL’ OF INFORMATION. TU ‘SAID THAT iE COUP woo HRCI WITH THE REVOLT OF HALF OF ‘THE PRESIGENTIAL atiaRD AND FOUR’ ‘BARTALTONS OFTHE ATRBORNE.° HIS REGIMEN? ; ‘WHICH IS: DESIGNATED. By THE GOVERNMENT OF vieitivan (GvN) AB A PRIMARY ANTI-COUP D'ETAT STRIKE FORCE, WILL MOVE ONE OR “TWO OF “THE TERER. BATTALIONS 10 - SAIGON “ASA COUNTER-COUP D'ETAT FORCE. TU SAID THAT HE HAD SEALED ORDERS WHICH WERB,“T0. BE. OPENED.ONLY' ON RECEIPP OF A CODE WORD. | | | : 3.° TU REMARKED THAT HE WAS NOW KEEPING ALL THE TRANSPORT UNDER HIS REGIMENTAL CONTROL, WHICH WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MOVE ONLY: ONE BATTALION AT A ~ TIME. He HAS ALSO STOCKED FIFTY-SEVEN MM RECOLLIESS RIFLES WITH AMMUNITION, AND HE HAS AMTEMPIED 20 OBTAIN 3.5 ROCKETS. i HAS -ALSO: RECENTLY STOCKPILED SAND a ae 7 comment THAT. HE PLANNED TO USE THE FIRS? - BADEAL TON AS AN INTTIAL - cranes FORGE, ‘BACKED: BY ‘THE SECOND BATTALION. THE COMMANDING "OFFICER OF THE FIRST = BATTALION; CAPTAIN {TRUONG VAN PRUC, IS’ ACGRESIVE, RUTHLESS, “AND. A. COURAGEOUS “OFFICER, WHO IS ALSO OUTSPOKENIY OPPOSED TO THE NGO FAMILY, ALTHOUGH HE 6 SYMPATHETIC TO PRESIDENT DIEM. ‘poomn. BOTH PHUC AND TU WERE Dui. oy * haa COURAGED UPON, HBARING OF TRAN KIM TUYEN'S DEPARTURE FROM SOUTH ‘VIETNAM. ) : ane oe FU REMAMGRD THAT CAPRAIN HONG VIBE NGO, COMMANDING OFFIOHR OF 6, ‘SECOND: BATTALION, Is A CAO DAI AND ALSO SHRONGLY ANTE-GO DINE NHU, wes NOT . — SAME TYFE OF COURAAEIOUS LEADER AS PHUC. CAPTAIN HA MAL VIET, gaunt rN * “~~ CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS " . — eave = Fame: Perec 4 en pe Pee se pg ge Tes tearee mesite tearm grammes ee eden oa or cere nemo sy te te ee ooo nS ee
+ CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS : CRIET No FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD ‘BACKGROUND USE.ONLY’ G . N . ~ TDCSDB-3/656, 793 pace THREE hs A DEVOUT BUDDHIST. TU SAID THAT HIS LIAISON N WITH THE OTHER PLOTTERS IN 6. COLONEL NGUYEN VAN THIEN, COMMANDING OFFICER, -FIFTH DIVISION, Is Nor 4 a‘ ARE OF THE PLAN, AND TU BOTH DISLIKES AND FEARS HIM. .CAPTAIN NGUYEN VAN THEE HE: HAS. BEEN SENT ON AN EXTENDED uRgUSETPTED SICK LEAVE. 7; FIELD DISSEM. STATE CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS . FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY. = eens ome A at cee cet cae eB 5 ne een teats