{76-1 0036-10148] . JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10148 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : CIA Information Report: DATE : 9/28/1963 PAGES : 2 | 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
A) ko SO er » #3 f . g % Ge apes ELI STI SER it 3 ce hyeey Ey gary , a ee Suir This material containg information affecting the Nationat Delente of the United. Stat the 793 and 794, the trensmission of revelation of which in any mannar fo an unauthor red Dorion is wrohibited by tees Erpronage Leer Tile 18, USC Secs CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SECRE To CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS She SANE WEB When ria y NO FOREIGIT DISSE | She aN ure e2- a _--,_-_-HO-BISSEN ABROAD/BACKERCURD USE ONLY . COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM | REPORT NO. TDCS pB-3/656,935 SUBJECT . POSTPONEMENT OF HUYNH VAN. LANG .COUP “pate oistr. 28 septemBer 1963 ' §N HOPE OF IMMEDIATE .REF-ORMS . , pe PRECEDENCE PRIORITY DATE OF . . | ae ; "INFO. ‘26 SEPTEMBER 1963 . ERENCES in. 28998 PLACE & a DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (26 sePTemBEeR 1963) FIELD REPORT NO. Fys THIS is UNEVALUATED tnforMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. SOURCE APPRAISAL: «T IS LEKELY THAT THE .COUP ATTEMPT HAS BEEN POSTPONED; WHETHER OR NOT THE REASON GIVEN FOR THE POSTPONEMENT §S TRUE CANNOT BE JUDGED. 1, SUMMARY, HUYNH VAN LANG'S COUP GROUP DECIDED ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1963 TO POSTPONE ACTION.UNTIL THE MCNAMARA/TAYLOR MISSION HAD DE- PARTED, HOPING THAT PRESIDENT DIEM WOULD BE PERSUADED TO REFORM THE GOVERNMENT. SHOULD DIEM FAIL TO.DO THIS, THE COUP ATTEMPT WOULD PROCEED. | 2, .0N 26 SEPTEMBER LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHAM NGOC THAO, STRATEGIC HAMLET INSPECTOR FOR NGO DINH NHU,.MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS: A. THE COUP GROUP HEADED BY LANG HAD POSTPONED COUP oo ACTION UNTIL THE MCNAMARA/TAYLOR MISSION HAD DEPARTED, HOPING THAT THE VISIT WOULD CAUSE DIEM TO REMOVE NGO DINH NHU AND CLASSIFICATION _ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS SECRET BG DISSFM ABROAD/BACKGROUND. USE SipY FORM 1K OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. US
CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS SECRET 2 etre apenas we Eee RENN Gua) USE SAY (When Filled In) Mite Yaa Mel “INSTITUTE REFORM MEASURES. B. IF DIEM SHOULD TAKE THESE Two STEPS, THE COUP GROUP, ALTHOUGH NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED, WOULD CONSIDER SUCH ACTION PRE- FERABLE TO BLOODSHED AND SCHISM IN THE ARMY WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM A COUP. | | | C. SHOULD DIEM FAIL TO TAKE THESE STEPS, THE COUP WILL BE ATTEMPTED, | ee D. THE COUP GROUP HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE NHU HAS | BEEN DISTRIBUTING MONEY AMONG HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICERS. (FIELD COMMENT. SEE FVS-9712 ( socs-3/560, 375 _) FOR INFORMATION FROM THE SAME “SOURCE ON THIS.) | E.. BRIGADIER GENERAL TRAN THIEN KHIEM, CHIEF OF STAFF, JOINT GENERAL STAFF, SEEMS DETERMINED TO PROCEED WITH A COUP WHEN HIS WIFE - IS NOT IN SAIGON, [J comment, THAO SAID THAT KHIEM'S | WIFE WAS RUNNING FOR THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FROM KIEN GIANG PROVINCE, THAT SHE WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH HER PERSONAL SITUATION, AND THAT SHE EXERTED A CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCE ON KHiEM WHEN SHE. WAS WITH HIM, ) 3. FIELD DISSEM. STATE (AMBASSADOR Loose), “USMACV ) (GENERAL HARKINS) CINCPAC PACAF: “ARPAC PACFLT. - CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION geet wf me FURS EE SECRET