REPORT COVER SHEET: A REPORT FROM A SOURCE DESCRIBED AS RELIABLE:
Originator: CIA
From: SAIGON
Document date: 11/12/1963
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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REPORT rO.

REPORT COVER SHEET

FROM

SAIGON

REPORTING OFFICER

URSULA I. GREGSAMER

REPORTS OFFICER

RUTH S. DEICHSTETTER

APPROVING OFFICER

ACKGROUND DATA AND COMMENTE

CONFIDENTiAL

DATE OF REPORT

RD. NO:

PROJ.

B'CE CR.

FVS- 9840

12 NOVEMBER 1963.

UNION

1. DISSEM 1 TD.

AN OFFICIAL FRENCH SERVICE FROM A SOURCE DESCRIBED

AS RELIABLE.

APPRAISAL OF CONTENT-

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC SEN

OF VIETNAM PROBABLY WAS MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED-

ALSO SEE FIELD COMMENT.

3. PARI 1267. /UNION REPORT DATED 24 OCTOBER/

4. N? INDEX

OPTIONAL: ENTRIES BELOW NEED NOT BE FILLED IN IF DUPLICATED IN ACCOMPANYING REPORT

DISTRIBUTION

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EXTRA-AGENCY

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1- USOM/PSD

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2-9TH FLD. STA. 1-USIS

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COUNTRY

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NO. OF ENCLOSURES

NORTH VIETNAM/CUBA

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NORTH VIETNAMESE TO FLY TO CUBA

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VIETNAM. SAIGON /30 OGTOBER 1963/

24 OCTOBER 1963

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1. BY 24 OCTOBER 1963 THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM /DRV/

MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAD ASKED THE DRV

EMBASSY IN PRAGUE TO RESERVE AIR PASSAGE TO CUBA FOR 35 PERSONS

14HOMERE TO LEAVE DIREGTLY FOR HAVANA:FRON PRAGUE OR MOSCOW ON...

11 NOVEMBER. /FIELD COMMENT. AFTER THE APPOINTMENT IN JULY ~1963.

OF NGUYEN VAN HIEU, FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL FRONT

FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM INFLSVN/ AS PERMANENT REPRE-

SENTATIVE TO CUBA, HANOI RADIO ANNOUNCEO THAT ON 27 SEPTEMBER A

"'COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM'' HAD

BEEN FORMED IN CUBA.

IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT EITHER THE NFLSVN

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OR THE DRY TRADE UNION DELEGATION PRESENTLY IN MOSCOW FOR THE

TRADE UNION CONGRESS MIGHT LATER VISIT CUBA.

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