176-10036-10078 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10078 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files x ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : . . - TITLE : Opposition in Khanh Hoa Province DATE : 9/13/1962 . PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 196: Vietnam, 9/62. Box 2
>GaNr24 MA QUIT IAD 1/18 we we _ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. “AGENCY ‘This materiat ‘contains information affecting the Notional Defense of the United States within the mo4upa. oF aa Roepe fe 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of whitch in ony meaner fo en uneuthornzed pernon is prohi SY ils iy ij CON Fi DENTIAL CLASSIFICATION a= DISSEMINATION CONTROLS (When Filled In) | _ NO FOREIGN DISSEM ' COUNTRY souTH VIETNAM | REFORT NO, TOCS~3/522,229 SUBJECT |]. OPPOSITION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE TO ARMING DATE DISTR, 13 SEPTEMBER 62 MOUNTAIN. TRIBESMEN AND TO THE STRATEGIC loeromee HAMLET PROGRAM: -. . PRECEDENCE ROUTINE DUNGAN ‘2. CONFLICT AMONG PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES KAY! DATE OF : to , REFERENCES a F INFO. LATE AuGcust 1962 PETERSEN PLACE & _ ar _SCHLESINGEB DATE ACO, VIETNAM, SAIGON. (3 SEPTEMBER 1962) , ~—aviOR APPRAISAL _- FIELD'REPORT NO. Fys. SOURCE KLEIN ! 7 | | | KHANH HOA PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES “ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN FOL icy OF ECONOMIC AID, TRAINING, AND ARMS FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE. THESE AUTHORITIES FEAR THAT THE TRIBESMEN MAY INDISCRIMATELY KiLL INNOCENT | VIETNAMESE, ESPECIALLY IN CASES WHERE THE VIETHAMESE COMMUNISTS MINGLE WITH THE LOCAL POPULACE « . | 2. ] THE PEOPLE IN THE PROV INCE ARE OPPOSED TO THE STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIHED TO CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION. CONTROLS dowagrad:ng oad ~ CONFIDENTIAL NO. FOREIGN. DISSEM area Seg ae ea ww Teac Lee [ee a TT x0 FORM 1Ka ossoLeTe PREVIOUS EDITIONS. (15-:
DISSEMINATION CONTEOLS . CONFIDENTIAL ho FOUEIGH DSSEM - fs spen f al (When Filled In) [proving Too MUCH WORK, MATERIAL, AND MONEY. THIS OPPOSITION HAS . Fl BECOME so STRONG THAT “PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED ORDERS’ FORBIDDING ADDITIONAL DEMANDS | "FOR ‘LABOR, MATERIAL, OR CASH, io -3e [__|REPORTED CONFLICT BETWEEN COMPETING FACT IONS IN THE | PROVINCE, WHICH THE PROVINCE CHIEF, MAJOR LE TAP, 1S UNABLE TO . bs HANDLES THE. DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR SECURITY, BA (FN), A | CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL TON THAT DINH, COMMAND ING GENERAL, i CORPS, IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN TAP, TRUONG DINH CAC, ‘WHO HOLDS THE POSITION OF DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR ECONOMIC MATTERS, as POSITION NOT NORMALLY FOUND IN PROVINCIAL ORGANI ZAT 1 ONS 18° THE REAL POWER IN THE PROVINCE» CAC WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PROVINCE BY. 7 _.N@O DINH,.CAN, BROTHER OF PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM AND POLITICAL LEADER OF CENTRAL VIETNAM, FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF BRINGING “ALL. ey J MAJOR PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC. ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF CAN’ AND =: “Hts FACTION IN THE CAN LAO PARTY. [pescrisen THE DEPUTY, PROVINCE, Pe, CHIEF FOR R ADMINISTRATION, YANG. a (FNU)y AS’ A GOOD. MAN. BUT COMPLETELY. | aE, | he FIELD DISSEMs STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV. MAAG USOM.- CiNeR AC ‘PACFLT ARPAC PACAF gTH FIELD STATION. * > END OF. MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION C | 2") FORE USS = a 7 we rn.