176-10036-10131 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10131 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: ; TITLE : CIA Information Telegram DATE : 9/19/1963 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,9/17/1963-9/21/63. Box 2
cee | , ee Ges WLZ- ZrO Qe Snes . ee . ce NEO 2-320, MCB ane ~ CENTRAL | INTELLIGENCE AGENCY t Ed ; " : i This- materi onieins, information affecting the National Oefense, of the United States within the meaening of” the Exmonage Loews, Title (6, usc Secs. : 4 } H i jal , 293 and, 794, the - ‘transmissign . or revelation of which’ in eay manner to an ung uthor red perton is prohibited by lew CLASSIFICATION. == DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFI DENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/ BACKGROUND USE.. ONLY COUNTRY — SOUTH VIETNAM _ REPORT NO. “TDCS DB-3/656, 739 4 SUBJECT . GENERAL NCUYEN KHANH PLANS TO MAKE HIS - DATE DISTR, 19 SEPTEMBER 1963 : A FINAL DECISION ‘SOON ON ANY “ACTION AGAINST - . ; THE DIEM REGIME | | | PRECEDENCE ROUTINE | : DATEOR 15 = 16 SEPTEMEER 1963 - REFERENCES IN pe7 thy. ' INFO. . ' PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (16 - 1% SEPTEMBER 1963) : DATE ACO. . . . . APPRAISAL SEE BELOW "pret RePorRTNO. FVS..- 9660 THis is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE, SOURCE APPR KHANH MAY STILL BE THINKING ABOUT ANTI-GOVERNMENT ACTION, BUT WITHOUT ASSURANCES bone FROM THE UNITED STATES OF SUPPORT, .HE. WILL. PROBABLY NOT INITIATE ANY ACTION. . icon .. NEVERTHELESS, THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS MOUNTING A COUP D'ETAT CANNOT BE COMPLETELY: oo “LDISCOUNTED | SINCE AN INDIVIDUAL. CONNECTED WITH THE TRAN KIM TUYEN COUP GROUP HAS . 7 SAID THAT KHANH MIGHT TAKE. ACTION AGAINST THE DIEM GOVERNMENT, AND SINCE KAANH'S NAME HAS EEEN MENTIONED AS ONE" OF A NUMBER OF ALLEGEDLY. DISSIDENT GENERALS . ot 4 | ie ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1963 BRIGADIER GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH, HE _ corPs COMMANDER, SAID THAT: HE WOULD DECIDE IN A. DAY ‘OR Two REGIME. (FIELD COMMENT. SEE FVS+963%,. mposps-3/656, 637, | FOR: PREV 1OUS . “REPORT: ON KHANH 'S PLANNING » ) HE. REMARKED THAT IF HIS DEC ISON WERE Acark de tia? eole i beie par ene sD f527o Fle i). NEGATIVE, HE WOULD CEASE, ALL. PLANNING. ‘AND, NOT. REVIVE THE. PROJECT. ON 16 | Ww ei eT arf a H a SEPTEMBER. KHANH ‘SAID THAT. HE HAD CHANGED HIS MIND ‘AND wouLb MULL 1 | i | t | ae WHETHER OR: NOT To PROCEED WITH" PLANNING ACTION AGAINST THE DIEM . ‘ ; “OVER THE “SITUATION. FOR ANOTHER WEEK ‘BEFORE GIVING. HIS FINAL - DECISION: KHANH: PLANNED TO, RETURN TO THE II: CORPS. AREA, ON 18 CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS” = | Group | Eectuded rom avtomane i ma] downgeoding ead’ |! ‘dectorsficaton i ' ia ~ L:GONF FIDENTI AL- ~ —~.-NO.-RORE IGN..DISSEM/NO-DISSEM,, BROAD ACKGROUND Retin en get USE ONLY: ~~ CIE ceo sreet [ing [ne [ROOPOEOE] oer: [zor [er] SOOPER ms (95-20) . POE! kg. ossoukti previous eormong, ee
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